Creepy crawlies in everyday life?
Dec 11th 2010, 10:25 pm
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I heard that you cheeky git!
Dec 16th 2010, 10:10 pm
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Re: Creepy crawlies in everyday life?
Plenty of rain and hot weather over the last week or so in Brisbane.
If our back garden is anything to go by, the insect population is booming, BIG TIME. Huge spider webs everywhere, several different species. This morning I went to put out the rubbish and walked face first into a web... not very nice. Even though I'm not scared of spiders at all, I still find myself scrambling and clawing like a madman trying to free myself.
Went to hang a towel on the back balcony a few seconds later.... just about to grab a clothes peg but stopped just in time, it was covered with baby spiders.
On the plus side, the food chain is really being bolstered and this will be great for the local wildlife.
If our back garden is anything to go by, the insect population is booming, BIG TIME. Huge spider webs everywhere, several different species. This morning I went to put out the rubbish and walked face first into a web... not very nice. Even though I'm not scared of spiders at all, I still find myself scrambling and clawing like a madman trying to free myself.
Went to hang a towel on the back balcony a few seconds later.... just about to grab a clothes peg but stopped just in time, it was covered with baby spiders.
On the plus side, the food chain is really being bolstered and this will be great for the local wildlife.
Dec 17th 2010, 4:29 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in everyday life?
Plenty of rain and hot weather over the last week or so in Brisbane.
If our back garden is anything to go by, the insect population is booming, BIG TIME. Huge spider webs everywhere, several different species. This morning I went to put out the rubbish and walked face first into a web... not very nice. Even though I'm not scared of spiders at all, I still find myself scrambling and clawing like a madman trying to free myself.
Went to hang a towel on the back balcony a few seconds later.... just about to grab a clothes peg but stopped just in time, it was covered with baby spiders.
On the plus side, the food chain is really being bolstered and this will be great for the local wildlife.
If our back garden is anything to go by, the insect population is booming, BIG TIME. Huge spider webs everywhere, several different species. This morning I went to put out the rubbish and walked face first into a web... not very nice. Even though I'm not scared of spiders at all, I still find myself scrambling and clawing like a madman trying to free myself.
Went to hang a towel on the back balcony a few seconds later.... just about to grab a clothes peg but stopped just in time, it was covered with baby spiders.
On the plus side, the food chain is really being bolstered and this will be great for the local wildlife.
Walked straight into one late one night, very weird experience, I could imagine myself in Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, took ages to stop finding web strands on me Still not as many geckoes as usual round my way, and more flies than last year so the geckoes are sorely needed!
Dec 17th 2010, 6:29 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in everyday life?
Yes, we have noticed it too. Some of those spiders have mega tough webs, scares the crap out of you if you walk into one in the dark
Dec 18th 2010, 12:36 am
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In the almost 2 years I've been in Perth we've had
2 x redbacks (one in kitchen and one in garden)
1 x huntsman just a couple of weeks ago
2 x sandgropers (cute little buggers) in the garden
That's about it. Seen a couple of huntsman down at my in-laws in the SW and a huge snake crossing the road outside Margaret River.
2 x redbacks (one in kitchen and one in garden)
1 x huntsman just a couple of weeks ago
2 x sandgropers (cute little buggers) in the garden
That's about it. Seen a couple of huntsman down at my in-laws in the SW and a huge snake crossing the road outside Margaret River.
Dec 19th 2010, 7:07 am
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Dec 19th 2010, 7:53 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in everyday life?
In the almost 2 years I've been in Perth we've had
2 x redbacks (one in kitchen and one in garden)
1 x huntsman just a couple of weeks ago
2 x sandgropers (cute little buggers) in the garden
That's about it. Seen a couple of huntsman down at my in-laws in the SW and a huge snake crossing the road outside Margaret River.
2 x redbacks (one in kitchen and one in garden)
1 x huntsman just a couple of weeks ago
2 x sandgropers (cute little buggers) in the garden
That's about it. Seen a couple of huntsman down at my in-laws in the SW and a huge snake crossing the road outside Margaret River.
So what would someone generally do if they came across a redback inside their house? Reach for the bug spray or stamp on the b****r ?
Or do they run away really quickly and leave you worrying about where the hell they've gone?
Dec 19th 2010, 7:57 am
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Re: Creepy crawlies in everyday life?
Redbacks tend to stay in the same area and build messy webs in outdoor hidden places (under tables, yard rubbish, sheds etc) to catch their prey. Huntsman run around on walls so suit inside the house far better - they are quick.
Huntsman I just leave alone. I haven't seen a redback for a few years. My wife has only seen 1 redback in the 9 years she has been here (Brisbane) but she's not a big gardener.
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Dec 19th 2010, 9:29 am
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I really try not to kill anything. The redbacks we've had were 'ushered' into a jar and relocated to some bush nearby.
The huntsman was scooped up and put outside also.
The huntsman was scooped up and put outside also.
Dec 19th 2010, 9:59 am
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Dec 19th 2010, 10:29 am
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Dec 19th 2010, 11:04 am
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True story (honest) ... as I was going to my first interview in Oz I put on my jacket and my OH suddenly slapped me across the shoulder so hard I fell over ... turns out a Huntsman had decided to live in there and had decided to make an appearance. Last time I hang a jacket up outside a wardrobe ...
Then there was the time one crawled out from behind the driver's side wing-mirror as I had the window down and was motoring up the freeway. How an accident was avoided remains unknown.
It was, as they say, bicycle clip time.
Then there was the time one crawled out from behind the driver's side wing-mirror as I had the window down and was motoring up the freeway. How an accident was avoided remains unknown.
It was, as they say, bicycle clip time.
Dec 19th 2010, 10:58 pm
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I like the pest control ad that appears magically by google under this thread...
The local paper (the community one) warns that someone in the area was bitten last week by a tiny brown snake while reaching under a bush for one of her kids' toys. Last time I go and retrieve my kids' mini football...if it rolls under a bush, it can stay there.
The local paper (the community one) warns that someone in the area was bitten last week by a tiny brown snake while reaching under a bush for one of her kids' toys. Last time I go and retrieve my kids' mini football...if it rolls under a bush, it can stay there.