Rumble Tumble

Years ago somebody mention a name of a spidey to me "Brick Spider" prob not it's real name but is there such a thing. Spider's in tree's too eeuughhhhhhhh bluuuggghhhh *RT shiver's* :scared:

lel_smiff

euww. Can just imagine the mess if you'd not have noticed....

It's a bloomin good job there was no water in it really.

(from another lesley s )

jjonboy

i jumped in the car a couple of months ago to find a huge huntsman on the inside of the windscreen. ... jumped out just as quick i can tell you... but that's only two i've seen in two years....

Plus one funnel web which the cat ate!

Rumble Tumble

Is the cat still alive :scared:

GrantP

Holly crap!!! :scared: ....I'm gonna get my car fully air tight!!! ...and I'm gonna get a cat as a body guard!!!

Jessica Rabbit

How do you kill them, do you splatter them or spray them? I am scared now :scared:

MrsDagboy

Yep, its a huntsman, not a big one though as others have pointed out.

For those of you who are paranoid about spiders, YES you do get them, you wont have them climbing out of the cracks everyday, but no one will reassure you that you wont see them. Anyway I dunno what the big deal is, its just a spider! They are part of life over here.

DollyDaydream

I've been fortunate enough not to see one in real life but I've heard on here that you don't squish them because they make too much of a mess. If you are brave enough I guess you scoop it up and chuck it outside. Trouble is, I'm not that brave, so I have no idea what I'm going to do when I finally come face to face with one. Or there are sprays that you can use. There are so many threads on this, do a bit of a search and see what other people do.

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lel_smiff

Yeah - that's why I wasn't really sure if it was one or not. I sort of expected that when I did see one it would automatically be a monster sized one like the photos i'd seen before.

Although i'm not too bothered about spiders, I bet i'll have a disturbed sleep pattern tonight now!

Starting to feel something tickling the bottoms of my trouser legs...

MrsDagboy

They're not all monster sized cos they do have babies ya know .

We have a pic somewhere of one that was in our shed, a bit blurry, but around the size of a biro. I'll have to see if I can find it .

kirsty&al

I saw my first redback tonight - then I saw my first squashed redback - fortunately I was not at home.

I've been told that the huntsman keeps the redbacks away which is why I just catch them and put them outside. I don't know if this is true or not, but as someone who used to hate spiders in the UK, I've got used to them very quickly. They are really easy to catch, with a glass and postcard, unlike the Wolf spider which has obviously got better eyesight and can easily outmanoeuvre a slow moving glass.

Regards
Alistair

faye_gillan

Hi,

Oh my god. We are hoping to be in Newcastle NSW in a month and I have been to a hypnotherapist twice now for spiders and hasnt worked stll terrified and am sh**ing myself even more now.

I think I remeber Mereweather from our visit two years ago, is this near Newcastle? How are you finding the place?

lel_smiff

It is just down the coast, but is close to central Newcastle.
I'll PM you now.
L

Jessica Rabbit

Hi, I am really frightened of spiders too. I often wonder what I will do if I have one in my home when we get to oz. If I am alone and hubby is at work I just dont know what I will do, I cant squash them coz I am too scared and I cant pick one up with a lgass and piece of card so what can I do? :scared:
What will you do if you have one in your home or car etc....? I just wondered how people cope with them who are really scared like you and I?

People keep telling me I will get used to them but I don think I will, I am scared that one will be in my bedroom and I wont be able to sleep with worry or even something as silly as brushing my teeth I know I will never relax and contantly be on the look out for them

What choice do we have but to get very drunk every night to make us a bit more relaxed? I dont know how I am going to cope, yikesssss!!!
Julie

bridiej

I saw a programme about spiders on one of the Discovery channels, apparently cats are immune to funnelweb venom.

Strange but true...