Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Dec 29th 2004, 4:40 am
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Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Well we saw our first huntsman last night. I was in the kitchen and out of the corner of my eye there was the biggest spider I have ever seen. After firstly thinking 'holy c***p' I then shouted for the other half. When I explained it was a big spider he picked up his flip-flop - I then had to explain that it would be of no use when he saw the size of the bloody thing. My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died. This was after he sent me for the camera to take a picture. Weren't sure what it was but brought the pic to work today and the Aussies have confirmed it is a harmless huntsman (harmless as in the bite won't kill you but the heart attack from seeing it will!) One colleague even said I should have left it as it eats all the other bad spiders - like hell - there's no way I was having that live with us. :scared:
Dec 29th 2004, 4:51 am
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Dec 29th 2004, 5:18 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by Bella3
Well we saw our first huntsman last night. I was in the kitchen and out of the corner of my eye there was the biggest spider I have ever seen. After firstly thinking 'holy c***p' I then shouted for the other half. When I explained it was a big spider he picked up his flip-flop - I then had to explain that it would be of no use when he saw the size of the bloody thing. My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died. This was after he sent me for the camera to take a picture. Weren't sure what it was but brought the pic to work today and the Aussies have confirmed it is a harmless huntsman (harmless as in the bite won't kill you but the heart attack from seeing it will!) One colleague even said I should have left it as it eats all the other bad spiders - like hell - there's no way I was having that live with us. :scared:
OOO Bloody hell!! Haven't seen one yet.....not looking forwards to my first one!!! See red backs on a regular basis (outside) - they look quite harmless really :scared: but do kill them as I have 3 little girls to consider!!
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Dec 29th 2004, 5:19 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by Bella3
Well we saw our first huntsman last night. I was in the kitchen and out of the corner of my eye there was the biggest spider I have ever seen. After firstly thinking 'holy c***p' I then shouted for the other half. When I explained it was a big spider he picked up his flip-flop - I then had to explain that it would be of no use when he saw the size of the bloody thing. My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died. This was after he sent me for the camera to take a picture. Weren't sure what it was but brought the pic to work today and the Aussies have confirmed it is a harmless huntsman (harmless as in the bite won't kill you but the heart attack from seeing it will!) One colleague even said I should have left it as it eats all the other bad spiders - like hell - there's no way I was having that live with us. :scared:
Try using a hoover- You think that logically they won't fit but they curl up to quite a small size and choke to death. They may be harmless but Spiders freak me out and using a hoover means you can stand a fair distance away from it.
They only show up if theres a food source so you may have other nasty insects lurking that are harder to get rid of. Try Mortein!
Dec 29th 2004, 5:21 am
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Originally Posted by Bella3
My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died.
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Dec 29th 2004, 5:25 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by wombat42
A really brave man, killing a defencesless insect 10 feet away with a can of fly spray. He should be recommended a Victoria Cross medal for Bravery.
Dec 29th 2004, 5:31 am
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Originally Posted by jad n rich
I agree with you, huntsmen are harmless, they eat the harmful stuff like redbacks, fliles and mosquitos for you, dont kill them beautiful creature.
Dec 29th 2004, 5:33 am
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Originally Posted by wombat42
Do we have a right to kill them just because we don't like the look of them.
Dec 29th 2004, 5:39 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by wombat42
Do we have a right to kill them just because we don't like the look of them.
No we dont, its australia, all this creeepy crawly stuff is here for a reason, even snakes, unless its life and death as in you and them, why kill them? If everyone got rid of spiders and snakes we would be over run with vermin breeding out of control. Now I sound like Steve Irwin
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Dec 29th 2004, 7:58 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
In our defence we had no idea what type of spider it was - obviously it wasn't a redback or whitetail, but we weren't taking any risk. Saying that, I'm no fan of spiders - Australian or British - so they'll all be going out with a bang (or spray) in my house. Not keen on the hoover idea as we have one of those Dysons where you can see everything!
Dec 29th 2004, 8:01 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by Bella3
Well we saw our first huntsman last night. I was in the kitchen and out of the corner of my eye there was the biggest spider I have ever seen. After firstly thinking 'holy c***p' I then shouted for the other half. When I explained it was a big spider he picked up his flip-flop - I then had to explain that it would be of no use when he saw the size of the bloody thing. My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died. This was after he sent me for the camera to take a picture. Weren't sure what it was but brought the pic to work today and the Aussies have confirmed it is a harmless huntsman (harmless as in the bite won't kill you but the heart attack from seeing it will!) One colleague even said I should have left it as it eats all the other bad spiders - like hell - there's no way I was having that live with us. :scared:
just looked at your picture and now im not going to sleep.can stand anything but not spiders big or little therte all yuk!!!!
Dec 29th 2004, 8:19 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by Bella3
Well we saw our first huntsman last night. I was in the kitchen and out of the corner of my eye there was the biggest spider I have ever seen. After firstly thinking 'holy c***p' I then shouted for the other half. When I explained it was a big spider he picked up his flip-flop - I then had to explain that it would be of no use when he saw the size of the bloody thing. My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died. This was after he sent me for the camera to take a picture. Weren't sure what it was but brought the pic to work today and the Aussies have confirmed it is a harmless huntsman (harmless as in the bite won't kill you but the heart attack from seeing it will!) One colleague even said I should have left it as it eats all the other bad spiders - like hell - there's no way I was having that live with us. :scared:
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Dec 29th 2004, 8:56 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by Bella3
Well we saw our first huntsman last night. I was in the kitchen and out of the corner of my eye there was the biggest spider I have ever seen. After firstly thinking 'holy c***p' I then shouted for the other half. When I explained it was a big spider he picked up his flip-flop - I then had to explain that it would be of no use when he saw the size of the bloody thing. My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died. This was after he sent me for the camera to take a picture. Weren't sure what it was but brought the pic to work today and the Aussies have confirmed it is a harmless huntsman (harmless as in the bite won't kill you but the heart attack from seeing it will!) One colleague even said I should have left it as it eats all the other bad spiders - like hell - there's no way I was having that live with us. :scared:
The last one we had wouldn't fit into a tumbler, so we had to put it into a dessert bowl instead; then put it outside. Maybe that's why we havn't seen any redbacks yet.
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Dec 29th 2004, 10:30 am
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Well, that's it. Just starting out on getting our visas and I think I've just changed my mind :scared:
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Re: Oh my god! First one seen in over 18mths!
Originally Posted by Bella3
Well we saw our first huntsman last night. I was in the kitchen and out of the corner of my eye there was the biggest spider I have ever seen. After firstly thinking 'holy c***p' I then shouted for the other half. When I explained it was a big spider he picked up his flip-flop - I then had to explain that it would be of no use when he saw the size of the bloody thing. My brave man sprayed it with practically a whole can of fly spray, and it finally died. This was after he sent me for the camera to take a picture. Weren't sure what it was but brought the pic to work today and the Aussies have confirmed it is a harmless huntsman (harmless as in the bite won't kill you but the heart attack from seeing it will!) One colleague even said I should have left it as it eats all the other bad spiders - like hell - there's no way I was having that live with us. :scared: