Originally Posted by spouse of scouse

You'll be fine. I've seen as many spiders in the UK as I did in Australia, and I lived there for over 50 years.

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Originally Posted by Pollyana

I've been here 14 years, saw 1redback out in the country my first year, and have see a couple of Huntsmen when out at the ex-MiLs place, rural, 3 hours from Brisbane.

Originally Posted by ABD79

Amazulu - please tell me you just like playing on people's fears? :-/ Is it really THAT bad? I mean I'm expecting SOME spiders but spiders crawling on my face while I sleep, on my shoulder while I watch television, a sailing down from the sun visor while I'm driving...that kind of thing I'm hoping wouldn't be an every day occurrence :-/ Can I ask where you're from originally and where you live now please? And experiences you've had spider wise? I'm freaking out a little here :-/

Originally Posted by Pollyana

Personally, although I dislike chemicals, I now have fly spray and insect killer at the ready all the time (my landlord is too tit to install flyscreens), and the units I live in are pest treated every so often by the Real Estate. My place is old and wooden, so should be a haven for insects but I rarely see much beyond the flies. Oh, and the occasional cockroach, those are the spawn of the devil and freak me out far more than spiders, but over the years I have learnt to keep cans of Mortein handy and zap the beggars as soon as they appear -and to be honest, its only 2 or 3 a year.
The spiders here tend to do outdoors more than the Uk ones that love fridges etc. If I have to move something like that, I warn any resident insects by shouting at them first ( ) then spray underneath, then move it. Worst thing I ever found under a fridge was a mouse, in my last place. I was quite pleased about that, been telling my then husband for weeks that we had a mouse and he wouldn't believe me!

Originally Posted by Amazulu

The Huntsman spider is very common in most parts of Australia and most houses will have at least one at some time during the year. They are our friends though as they control vermin:



We're used to them in our house and now just ignore them

Originally Posted by ABD79

Eeeeek :-/ Yes we even heard about that spider here in the UK I was hoping that not EVERY home would get them. That perhaps some neighbourhoods just didn't really get them for some reason. Some people on here have said they'd never had one...I guess I was hoping to find that be the case for the majority of people but it doesn't seem to be looking that way :-/

Originally Posted by ABD79

Well that makes me feel a bit better Thank you I can't help but think though, what the heck are huntsman spiders still doing around cities?! You'd think they'd take the hint and leave by now
For some reason I'm not so worried about cockroaches (although it depends how big they are in Australia!) I've never actually seen one so that's probably why I don't feel scared...maybe I would be if I was faced with one! For every person who seems to say the spiders are OK in Australia, I do seem to find about 2-3 horror stories :-/ Maybe I'll just make a bubble and live in that

Originally Posted by Pollyana

They are large and they fly......

Originally Posted by Amazulu

Yeah, I'm not keen on the f**kers either

Portuguese Millipedes are my pet hate - thankfully no longer an issue around these parts

Originally Posted by Amazulu

Yeah, I'm not keen on the f**kers either

Portuguese Millipedes are my pet hate - thankfully no longer an issue around these parts

Originally Posted by rammygirl

They are in the Adelaide hills. This Autumn was particularly crunchy!