#4310044 - 11/08/16 12:21 PM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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Huntsman do grow big ... But maybe this article will clear a few curiosities some may have. Here
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#4310361 - 11/09/16 06:45 AM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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I have no problem with spiders. One time when I was cleaning the kitchen, I found a spider had built its home in one of the cupboards. Back then, I was living with five female flatmates and most of the time I had to clean up after them (whatever upbringing they had don't ask). I was probably pissed off that day and left the creature alone.
So many unexpected noises in the kitchen that I can't recall which one was caused by the spider jumping at one of them.
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#4310480 - 11/09/16 02:33 PM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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You know, here in Quebec we have lasting winters with tons of snow and sleet for months on end, we need special machinery to remove feets of snow from our streets, and special tires on our cars for three months a year, and we spend a fortune on heating in January when temperatures drop under -20 degrees C.
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We do not have those things here
I'll take the snow and cold anytime thank you very much
FT But you have deer flies that take a hunk of flesh from you. And, black flies that are like death from a thousand cuts. who cares haha they are alive about 4 months a year.... +1 for snow/cold vs big **** spiders and other things that should be nuked!
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#4310724 - 11/10/16 07:42 AM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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The spider on the toilet appears to be added into the picture and it's indeed no huntsman spider. I know the species as I have them very occasionally in my home, this one is from the family Tegenaria. In the US one well-known member is called the hobo spider. If you don't like them, tolerate these spiders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PholcidaeThey prey on hobo spiders (no joke).
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#4311211 - 11/11/16 06:57 PM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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Ah wheels, it is about Daddy Long Leg spiders.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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#4311314 - 11/11/16 11:42 PM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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I love spiders - squashed
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#4311321 - 11/12/16 12:14 AM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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I have been bitten only once by a spider. It was a red-back, that aren't specially big, but ultra venomous. After 8 years my thumb is still sensitive and scarred from the bite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spiderThe really big ones are basically harmless, but best avoid the funnel-web http://australianmuseum.net.au/sydney-funnel-web-spider
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#4311326 - 11/12/16 12:36 AM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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Max...."I have been bitten only once by a spider. It was a red-back, that aren't specially big, but ultra venomous." .........."The really big ones are basically harmless, but best avoid the funnel-web" that's nice Max, I'm sure Wheelsup_cavu will be just thrilled to hear of it, hehe (this poor guy was a victim ..... danger, you have been warned) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7iLO1qSKv2k/maxresdefault.jpg
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#4311328 - 11/12/16 12:40 AM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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I have been bitten only once by a spider. It was a red-back, that aren't specially big, but ultra venomous." .........."The really big ones are basically harmless, but best avoid the funnel-web that's nice Max, I'm sure Wheelsup_cavu will be just thrilled to hear of it, hehe Lol, being bitten is one thing but waking up having one crawling on your face more than once is just a little bit more than disconcerting. Wheels
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#4312074 - 11/14/16 07:33 PM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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From the article Furball linked: "So one of the best places to find a huntsman is behind a towel and a wall in the bathroom," he said. "What they'll do is they'll lay their eggs in the bath towel and when you go to run the bath, as what happened to one lady, hundreds of baby huntsman came swarming up the walls of the bath." Well, there is one country right there that I'll never visit
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#4312081 - 11/14/16 07:49 PM
Re: A Spider From Australia - Didn't Know A Spider This Big Existed
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Lol, being bitten is one thing but waking up having one crawling on your face more than once is just a little bit more than disconcerting. Wheels Was at the cabin one night after coming back from the local bar and about to fall asleep. Felt this 'thing' on my forehead. Without thinking my hand slapped the forehead and felt this mushy mess spreading over my forehead. I had squished a pregnant dock spider. http://www.cottagetips.com/tips/facts-about-dock-spiders/
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
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