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VK3ZL
08-25-2011, 04:36 AM
Thought I would put this in the Rumpus room...

Spring weather is starting at last with some warm days..
The creatures are already waking up and moving around early it seems..

This little guy was under the back porch the other night with a couple of friends..
He is sitting on a 4 x 2inch bracer..She is about 2/3 full size..Got a couple more years of growing to do..

Once the hot summer weather starts we will have dozens of these visitors around and inside the house..
Jeannie hates them of course...I remove any that wander inside as it's an uncomfortable feeling going to bed knowing one is wandering around the house while we are sleeping..

We have three varieties of these Huntsman Spiders in Australia..This variety grow quite large...The bite from one is not toxic however it can be very painful and needs immediate attention otherwise flesh necrosis may set in, similar to the bite from your Recluse Spider..They are very fast moving and can get aggressive if they feel threatened..However like most of natures creatures they do a job killing insects and flies so best left alone..

These are just one of a huge variety of spiders Down Under...Many are very poisonous and dangerous, the worst the Funnelweb which although small can kill a person ...Our larger spiders like the big tropical Bird eating Tarantula's are fearsome but rarely come in contact with people..

I keep reminding Jeannie that they won't eat her whole as they spit that bit out, but she won't believe me.. :snicker:

Bob..VK3ZL..
PA5COR
08-25-2011, 08:11 AM
Nothing a spraycan can't handle.......;)
WØTKX
08-25-2011, 08:13 AM
Wow. Looks big enough to eat.

Do you have any Spider Pigs? They are good slow cooked in BBQ sauce.



http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa37/luchoxlc/SpiderPig.jpg
NQ6U
08-25-2011, 09:49 AM
Creepy indeed, Bob. While southern California can't match Oz for numbers and varieties of big spiders, we do have these:

http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/inverts/images/tar250.jpg

The San Diego Tarantula. Pretty common, but totally harmless. Some people keep them as pets.
W1GUH
08-25-2011, 10:15 AM
Saw one of these in Palm Springs a few years ago in the gift shop in the airport museum. Musta been a baby or different species...it wasn't quite that big....but scared the bejeezua out of us anyway.

From the link:

are more closely related to a scorpion than a spider.

The DO look like some kind of scorpion in person.

Read about 'em here (http://www.rc-trucks.org/sand-spiders-desert.htm).
http://www.rc-trucks.org/Sand-Spiders-Iraq.jpg
WØTKX
08-25-2011, 10:32 AM
http://youtu.be/HNqJ7IU_yBk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNqJ7IU_yBk
W4GPL
08-25-2011, 10:37 AM
Downtown Denver is currently covered in giant grass hoppers, it's so disgusting. We could use a few of your spiders to take care of the grass hoppers, perhaps we could initiate some sort of trade? :P
WØTKX
08-25-2011, 10:41 AM
My cat is having a BLAST hunting those hoppers. Eats them too. :snicker:
W1GUH
08-25-2011, 10:59 AM
My cat is having a BLAST hunting those hoppers. Eats them too. :snicker:

Cats work for their living by keeping space vermin-free.
KG4CGC
08-25-2011, 02:17 PM
Downtown Denver is currently covered in giant grass hoppers, it's so disgusting. We could use a few of your spiders to take care of the grass hoppers, perhaps we could initiate some sort of trade? :PI know an old lady who swallowed a fly .... I don't know why ...
NQ6U
08-25-2011, 02:46 PM
I know an old lady who swallowed a fly .... I don't know why ...

Perhaps she'll die.
K7SGJ
08-25-2011, 02:51 PM
Oh why Oh why did she eat that fly?
KG4CGC
08-25-2011, 02:52 PM
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, but ......
kb2vxa
08-25-2011, 08:19 PM
It's a good thing they don't spin webs you'd have to clean out of the gear. This lil' feller was hanging around VK6BE Bob's shack last November, then I suppose it went looking for some tasty morsel to pounce on never to be seen again. Albany WA is loaded with critters, including some 16" frogs fired from the USS New Jersey BB62 from time to time. (;->)
KC2UGV
08-26-2011, 09:03 AM
Saw one of these in Palm Springs a few years ago in the gift shop in the airport museum. Musta been a baby or different species...it wasn't quite that big....but scared the bejeezua out of us anyway.

From the link:


The DO look like some kind of scorpion in person.

Read about 'em here (http://www.rc-trucks.org/sand-spiders-desert.htm).
http://www.rc-trucks.org/Sand-Spiders-Iraq.jpg

Camel Spider :) I'd remember those things anywhere :shudder:
W1GUH
08-26-2011, 10:21 AM
Camel Spider :) I'd remember those things anywhere :shudder:

Uh-huh. Even a small one in a non-threatening situation was a :shudder:.
W1GUH
08-26-2011, 10:25 AM
IMHO, this has big spiders beat for creepiness:

http://extra.listverse.com/amazon/poisonanimals/centipede.jpg

Read about those, and other venomous critters here (http://listverse.com/2007/12/16/top-10-animals-you-didnt-know-were-venomous/).
WØTKX
08-26-2011, 04:22 PM
I think they are pretty interesting critters, all of them.
suddenseer
08-26-2011, 06:36 PM
Thank you Bob. This just illustrates it takes a special kind of person to live down under. I am not sure I could put up with the wild there. I am lucky to live here in Ohio when it comes to venomous insects. There are not really any that are deadly.
w3bny
09-02-2011, 08:33 AM
Nothing a spraycan can't handle.......;)

Shit... Hell with the spray can... Move up to this! Then nuke it from orbit...just to be sure

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/Bunnieman/flame_burning_along_fence.jpg
w3bny
09-02-2011, 08:34 AM
IMHO, this has big spiders beat for creepiness:

http://extra.listverse.com/amazon/poisonanimals/centipede.jpg

Read about those, and other venomous critters here (http://listverse.com/2007/12/16/top-10-animals-you-didnt-know-were-venomous/).

Gawd i had those things living in Hawaii...THey suck!
W5RB
09-02-2011, 09:16 AM
Cats work for their living by keeping space vermin-free.

Hey , careful there , some of my best friends are vermin ;-)
KG4CGC
09-02-2011, 10:41 PM
Some people them Cave Crickets.
Some people call them Camel Crickets.
Some people even call the Humpback Crickets.
I've always call the Killer Attack Crickets because they're aggressive as all git out.
n2ize
09-04-2011, 06:53 PM
Not nearly as big as the ones we have around here.

http://alliedow.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/a-jack-arnold-tarantula-dvd-review-pdvd_013.jpg
NQ6U
09-04-2011, 07:12 PM
Not nearly as big as the ones we have around here.

Nothing a tanker truck full of RAID couldn't handle...
n2ize
09-05-2011, 03:07 AM
Once the hot summer weather starts we will have dozens of these visitors around and inside the house..
Jeannie hates them of course...I remove any that wander inside as it's an uncomfortable feeling going to bed knowing one is wandering around the house while we are sleeping..



It's not the ones you know about that are scary. it's the one you DON'T know about. :-D