Spiders
 

Read various articles on when you arrive in Oz you should go on a first aid course etc. If you get bitten by a spider what do you do and how long have you got? :scared:

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u never see them only if you go looking

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Don't you think you are worring about nothing, no one has been killed by a spider bite in OZ in 30 years, your 10 times more likely to be killed by a falling tree in OZ ,but people don't worry about that, l've been bitten by bees and wasps in OZ, but never a spider.

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Well I have been bitten by a White Tail spider and it bloody hurt, not much more than a bee sting, but the pain lasts longer.

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I'v had two of these buggers in my house the past week, luckily they've both been squished before they could do any harm.

I HATE spiders :eek:

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I hate the things too, but this one came to visit and he was very pretty ;

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We were working on a job the other week. My TA started to dig some loose soil up which we had unearthed the day before. Then these 2 spiders came out. Not huge but big. Anyway we gave them the body swerve and they didnt attck. We never thought anymore about it. Then i was driving behind my mates van and we stopped at a garage. JUst as i pulled up. My mate jumped out his van and kicked off his shoe. Out pops a spider that had just bitten him. Luckily it wasn't poisonous but he said it hurt like hell. It must have crawled into his boot and he didnt notice.

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We have lots of Tarantula Wasps here and I regularly see them dragging paralysed Huntsmen off to bury.. the Huntsmen definately come off second best to those brutes.

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My OH sister found this on her tent whilst camping. It came looking for them! If had been me I would have left the tent there!!

Hope the attachment works!

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:scared:

Glad I've married a spider hunter ;) :D

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We've had a couple of white tip/tails and red backs and a huge huntsman. Funnily enough we didn't have any spiders when we had the huntsman, then hubby got a bit carried away with the ant spray !

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We have had a few redbacks around the house recently, but this morning was freaky! I got my hat from the car, and was about to pop it on my head and there nestled inside was a huge huntsman - scared the life out of me!!!

It must have crawled in last night, while we had the boot of the car open watching a outdoor movie in Kingsley.

:scared:

Nicola

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I hate them, but weve not had too many really ...this one was kinda nice that was by the front door ....check out the web!!!!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...s/PA150321.jpg

Had a cricket on my washing line today and this fella landed on the chair outside ;)

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...s/PB060061.jpg

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Here's a pic of a dead white-tail.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418025@N00/306471231/

And here's a pic of a baby huntsman which we are looking after. They eat the nasty spiders and the silverfish.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11418025@N00/306474442/

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WHAT is the yellow spider? eeeek! :eek: