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-   -   Anybody? (Warning -contains spiders) (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/anybody-warning-contains-spiders-716981/)

DadAgain May 15th 2011 11:58 am
Re: Anybody? (Warning -contains spiders)
 
'Web walking' aside I dont see what people have against spiders.

Let me point out something you may not have considered:

Lots of spiders eat mosquitos.
The more 8 legged friends in and around my house the better as far as I'm concerned.

brissybee May 15th 2011 5:28 pm
Re: Anybody?
 
Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 9366118)
We do the WebWalk on a morning, walking down the driveway to the car.

I find that walking like a stunted duck whilst waving my purse in front of my face gives the neighbours a good laugh.
:lol: I do the Lost in Space robot walk, waving arms up and down in front of me. I wonder what the neighbours think but console myself with the fact that they are often out weeding the grass verge along the road at 5 am.

They can't call me mad. :D

Pollyana May 15th 2011 6:54 pm
Re: Anybody? (Warning -contains spiders)
 
Originally Posted by DadAgain (Post 9366263)
'Web walking' aside I dont see what people have against spiders.

Let me point out something you may not have considered:

Lots of spiders eat mosquitos.
The more 8 legged friends in and around my house the better as far as I'm concerned.
I don't have anything against them - except when I walk into their webs of course!! You're so right, a nice huntsman around the place keeps everything else in order :thumbup:

Japonica May 15th 2011 7:15 pm
Re: Anybody? (Warning -contains spiders)
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9366724)
I don't have anything against them - except when I walk into their webs of course!! You're so right, a nice huntsman around the place keeps everything else in order :thumbup:
Including the kids...:thumbup: Wait, maybe I should post that in the other thread...problem of unruly kids solved with a huntsman as a babysitter...

Pollyana May 16th 2011 12:19 am
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Originally Posted by Japonica (Post 9366750)
Including the kids...:thumbup: Wait, maybe I should post that in the other thread...problem of unruly kids solved with a huntsman as a babysitter...
:rofl:
My sister has an absolute terror of spiders, as soon as the kids were old enough to know what a spider was she had them trained in "Methods of Spider Removal" :D

tonyk38 May 16th 2011 12:51 am
Re: Anybody?
 
Originally Posted by deb68 (Post 9365260)
For Helen
ALERT - NEW SPIDER PICTURE:D

Anyone?
this was a tiny spider that could jump like a cricket?
It's a Hunting Spider probably of the family Salticidae.

There are hundreds of species in Australia of all shapes and sizes. They're characterised by the fact they actively hunt for their prey rather than spin webs and they have large eyes and very good eyesight. As you discovered they also jump. They often move about by jumping and use it for pouncing on prey as well.

savageb May 16th 2011 5:21 am
Re: Anybody? (Warning -contains spiders)
 
Originally Posted by deb68 (Post 9363894)
This bute was lurking around our outside window at dusk tonight, anyone know what it's called and if it will hurt you?
It was about 75mm long:eek:
Yup definitely a spider.

Kapri May 16th 2011 5:45 am
Re: Anybody? (Warning -contains spiders)
 
Originally Posted by savageb (Post 9367897)
Yup definitely a spider.
Smartarse :D

deb68 May 16th 2011 1:49 pm
Re: Anybody? (Warning -contains spiders)
 
Must work for the zoos specialty spider squad:rolleyes:

slapphead_otool May 16th 2011 2:03 pm
Re: Anybody?
 
Originally Posted by Kapri (Post 9364338)
Nooooooooo!
Spiders are our friends. they eat nasty disease carrying insects :D
And BE Mods.

Slowly.

Pollyana May 16th 2011 6:36 pm
Re: Anybody?
 
Originally Posted by slapphead_otool (Post 9368799)
And BE Mods.

Slowly.
They haven't started on me yet.........which surprises me cos there's plenty of me here :D MAybe they know I ain't scared of them, far more scary things in the world....like BE posters......:scaredhair:


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