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Seems like we have gone months on the forum without any spider threads. In the past almost every week someone posted a thread concerned about their fears and the dangers they will face in OZ from spiders. Have Poms been cured of their Arachnophobia?
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Originally Posted by Lord Pom Percy
Seems like we have gone months on the forum without any spider threads. In the past almost every week someone posted a thread concerned about their fears and the dangers they will face in OZ from spiders. Have Poms been cured of their Arachnophobia? ![Confused](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif)
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Originally Posted by Lord Pom Percy
Seems like we have gone months on the forum without any spider threads. In the past almost every week someone posted a thread concerned about their fears and the dangers they will face in OZ from spiders. Have Poms been cured of their Arachnophobia? ![Confused](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif)
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you`ll get half a dozen spider links now don`t you
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Walking out of my front door last week,I was met with a huge crab looking spider,dangling near my face...frightened the living crap out of me.
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I'm just about to move from "a couple spiders a year" surburbia into spider territory up in rainforrest world! I'm bricking it!
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Originally Posted by wholeworldwindow
I'm just about to move from "a couple spiders a year" surburbia into spider territory up in rainforrest world! I'm bricking it! ![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
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Since we are talking spiders, anyone know what this is. It was in the middle of its big web on a sign post in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
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Originally Posted by frogboy
Since we are talking spiders, anyone know what this is. It was in the middle of its big web on a sign post in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
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Originally Posted by Irish Aussie Teen
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Even worse for my daughter, she didn't see it and walked straight into the web!!
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Originally Posted by frogboy
Since we are talking spiders, anyone know what this is. It was in the middle of its big web on a sign post in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens.
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I have a found what it is:
Golden Orb Weaving Spider: Nephila edulis
Apparently its the biggest spider found in Brisbane and is common for having large webs hanging of sign posts to catches insects etc, the web is so strong that small birds and bats can be caught up in it (and also small girls through my experience).
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Golden Orb Weaving Spider: Nephila edulis
Apparently its the biggest spider found in Brisbane and is common for having large webs hanging of sign posts to catches insects etc, the web is so strong that small birds and bats can be caught up in it (and also small girls through my experience).
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Originally Posted by frogboy
I have a found what it is:
Golden Orb Weaving Spider: Nephila edulis
Apparently its the biggest spider found in Brisbane and is common for having large webs hanging of sign posts to catches insects etc, the web is so strong that small birds and bats can be caught up in it (and also small girls through my experience).
cheers
Golden Orb Weaving Spider: Nephila edulis
Apparently its the biggest spider found in Brisbane and is common for having large webs hanging of sign posts to catches insects etc, the web is so strong that small birds and bats can be caught up in it (and also small girls through my experience).
cheers
Did you find out what the one was you saw on the bed at the show home - eek! :scared:
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Originally Posted by Ransi
Walking out of my front door last week,I was met with a huge crab looking spider,dangling near my face...frightened the living crap out of me.
I'd just about talked myself (or allowed my husband to)into believing that they weren't going to creep up on me like that out there.
You see now i'm right back to square one.Can't they just wave a white flag or something when they want to pop out from somewhere...at least i'd be prepared then!
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