Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
May 20th 2010, 10:32 pm
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Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
My mate just took this photo and she lives in NORTHERN IRELAND!!! OMG!!!
May 20th 2010, 10:50 pm
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Re: Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
May 20th 2010, 10:57 pm
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May 21st 2010, 12:15 am
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Re: Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
She just found a second one:
May 21st 2010, 12:39 am
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Re: Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...nd/4218436.stm
Just saw this article - thems the ones!!! URGH
My 5 year old was about to put her water bottle in her school bag the other day and found a huntsman sitting right where she was about to open the side pocket - OMG she freaked, I had a look and got hubby to take it outside. She now knows it's a goody but the size put her off!! More than happy to walk around with a dead dragonfly she found though.....
Just saw this article - thems the ones!!! URGH
My 5 year old was about to put her water bottle in her school bag the other day and found a huntsman sitting right where she was about to open the side pocket - OMG she freaked, I had a look and got hubby to take it outside. She now knows it's a goody but the size put her off!! More than happy to walk around with a dead dragonfly she found though.....
May 21st 2010, 1:01 am
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Re: Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
Thanks itigo, though that article is 5 years old, I wonder if it's the same spider?! Not seen a huntsman yet but I guess it's only a matter of time eh lol
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...nd/4218436.stm
Just saw this article - thems the ones!!! URGH
My 5 year old was about to put her water bottle in her school bag the other day and found a huntsman sitting right where she was about to open the side pocket - OMG she freaked, I had a look and got hubby to take it outside. She now knows it's a goody but the size put her off!! More than happy to walk around with a dead dragonfly she found though.....
Just saw this article - thems the ones!!! URGH
My 5 year old was about to put her water bottle in her school bag the other day and found a huntsman sitting right where she was about to open the side pocket - OMG she freaked, I had a look and got hubby to take it outside. She now knows it's a goody but the size put her off!! More than happy to walk around with a dead dragonfly she found though.....
May 21st 2010, 3:29 am
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Re: Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
And do you know what, I am by no means ashamed to admit that I am frightened of spiders, not because some of them can kill me, but just because I am, and my fear has been with me since I was a child. Everybody has fears, and I have more than one, it doesn't make me a bad person, it just makes me human.
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May 21st 2010, 4:59 am
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May 21st 2010, 5:00 am
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Re: Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
It's a Wolf spider. Nothing unusual at all. Perhaps in the Arctic wastes of Northern Ireland they may be a rarity. 
May 21st 2010, 6:19 am
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Re: Anyone know what kind of spider this is?!
Wolf spider seems likely. But maybe it's a migrant huntsman (*kidding*)...I read online that there's now redbacks in New Zealand and Japan thanks to shipping...
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