Creepy

[VK3ZL]

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..

Bob..VK3ZL..

[PA5COR]

Nothing a spraycan can't handle.......;)

[WØTKX]

Wow. Looks big enough to eat.

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

[NQ6U]

Creepy indeed, Bob. While southern California can't match Oz for numbers and varieties of big spiders, we do have these:



The San Diego Tarantula. Pretty common, but totally harmless. Some people keep them as pets.

[W1GUH]

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.

[WØTKX]

http://youtu.be/HNqJ7IU_yBk

[W4GPL]

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]

My cat is having a BLAST hunting those hoppers. Eats them too.

[W1GUH]

My cat is having a BLAST hunting those hoppers. Eats them too.

Cats work for their living by keeping space vermin-free.

[KG4CGC]

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

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly .... I don't know why ...