Humungous Redback

[ele__13]

Well after i would have scremed and carried on and the rest of the world would have heard what a commotion i was carrying on with and doug would have moved the spider on or dedded it the world would finally started to settle down

I hate them with a passion have been bitten and got very sick from qld trapdoor spiders and none of them are going to get a chance to bite me again
cheers all jules

[timberpassion]

I may be an exception to most people...I love the little buggers!

Been an avid fan of spiders and insects since i was a little tike, reading buying books studying them out in the backyard :P Got a friend in far north QLD who has a licence to catch and sell Bird Eaters to licenced collectors. When I can talk the misses into it (6yrs no luck so far!) I will have one as a pet.

Only ones I kill are Whitetails as these are the most dangerous in my oppinion. there one of the only species that will bite when not threatened, will walk on you in your sleep and bite like crazy wich makes them dangerous. Plus the Necrotic germs in there fluids make for nasty scars!

on another note...

Aracnoleptic - The strange epileptic dance one does when walking into a spiders web in the middle of the night!

If you have kids dont risk it, teach them a smart awareness of the dangers but not to fear them, just respect them enough not to get bitten.

Another fact, we each eat 3-5 insects a year in our sleep =D I personally watched a drunk friend of mine woff down an 8inch huntsman that was drinking the bear of his tongue hahaha!

Simon

[Iain]

I too have a passion for spiders, most will not attack unless provoked but I will step on latrodectus haselti that are in or near the house.
Apart from that, the ones that are in the shed are more than welcome.

[echnidna]

Lotsa spiders around here and the odd little scorpion.
Don't really worry about them.

Tiger snakes, however, are another matter.
Got a 4 ft resident one under the pile of gal iron behind the machinery shed.
Looks real fat too, could be a female.

Hope we get a cold winter as I'll go get it then.

[Iain]

Tiger snakes, however, are another matter.
Got a 4 ft resident one under the pile of gal iron behind the machinery shed.
Looks real fat too, could be a female.

Hope we get a cold winter as I'll go get it then.

Wimp
Nothing as character building as catching one on a nice hot day like today
Wear thongs just to make it more interesting

[Bob38S]

Mortein BLACK - luv the stuff as the spiders hate it.
As to envenomation - some say "I was bitten or know of .... and very little or nothing happened" - bear in mind that once the spider has used its venom it is not replaced immediately - always have bites checked out as you don't know how much of a dose you have received.
Bob

[DavidG]

Baygon Outdoor and spider..

Never found a spider that can survive a wiff of that stuff.
Redbacks just crawl out their web and fall to the ground.
Stays around long enough to do the job.


Disclaimer: I have no association etc................ and what ever..

[la Huerta]

a few months ago whhen i was at he recycling depo getting timber, i turned over a piece and there was a redback right where i almost put my hand....


la H

[Trace]

Only ones I kill are Whitetails as these are the most dangerous in my oppinion. there one of the only species that will bite when not threatened, will walk on you in your sleep and bite like crazy wich makes them dangerous. Plus the Necrotic germs in there fluids make for nasty scars!

Simon

Gotta agree with you there timberpash. I was bitten on the inside thigh six inches below the jewels when I was a roofer. Killed the little bugger. Started out as a small 'itch like mad' spot that eventually turned into a four inch necrotic circle. Left me with a scar with a hole in it.

You see any - YOU KILL EM ALL!

Must be something about my jewels. Got in the car to go to work once and was stung right above the old fella, three times. Shot out of the car and pulled my strides down, then my jocks and out crawled this black wasp. The little blighter must have crawled in them when they were on the line. Good job I was only in the drive at the time.

[timberpassion]

most fetish's are weird but that takes the cake Trace :P

[echnidna]

Wimp
Nothing as character building as catching one on a nice hot day like today
Wear thongs just to make it more interesting

Me ex BIL used to go tiger snake hunting at Warneet with shorts and thongs.

One day he decided to bottle a live one in metho.
In his lounge room.
Well as soon as the snake hit the meths he comes out agin in a big rush.
BIL wearing only shorts, no thongs, is chasing this agitated snake around his lounge room. Eventually got it.

I'm a wimp, I'll wait till winter then go get it.

[HandyAndrea]

No snakes here in NZ.

We have one poisonous spider, which is very shy, lives at the beach, mostly, and doesn't bother people unless they bother it..........BUT we have been invaded by redbacks and white tailed spiders. THANKS Oz!!!

[Iain]

Me ex BIL used to go tiger snake hunting at Warneet with shorts and thongs.

One day he decided to bottle a live one in metho.
In his lounge room.
Well as soon as the snake hit the meths he comes out agin in a big rush.
BIL wearing only shorts, no thongs, is chasing this agitated snake around his lounge room. Eventually got it.

I'm a wimp, I'll wait till winter then go get it.

Well Bob, after all that, we got a 4 footer about 3" thick in the front garden on Saturday, Mrs ran over it and sat there blowing the horn waiting for me to come and get it, it's a black she proclaims, wrong, it was an extremely agitated tiger.
Iain 1 Tigers Nil.
Thongs and shorts too, if I had known it would have been gumboots.

[ozwinner]

Did ya eat it?
If not why not?

Al

[Stuart]

Me- I used to get 100s around the property until I changed the environment (growing grass etc). Still get a few, but what I do is set of a flea bomb in the shed every few months (they also kill spiders) and keeps them away for ages.