Spiders and spraying
Mar 9th 2006 | 5:07 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
Bit of a dim question, but thought I'd ask it...
The little squidly house spiders you get over here (in Oz) - are they dangerous? It's just I moved into a new rental today and there's a few of the blighters hanging around... they're going to get vacuumed up later anyway but I just wondered if they were dangerous!
The little squidly house spiders you get over here (in Oz) - are they dangerous? It's just I moved into a new rental today and there's a few of the blighters hanging around... they're going to get vacuumed up later anyway but I just wondered if they were dangerous!
Apr 9th 2006 | 2:45 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
As far as being safe from spiders in the suburbs and large estates, think again. Since last May we have had 2 huntsmen, countless white tails and I have just found our first redback in the garage. The worst has been finding white tails in our 5 month old daughter's bedroom :scared: ! I was just catching them and putting them outside, now they meet a messy end 
Apr 9th 2006 | 2:48 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
Originally Posted by BenandPam
As far as being safe from spiders in the suburbs and large estates, think again. Since last May we have had 2 huntsmen, countless white tails and I have just found our first redback in the garage. The worst has been finding white tails in our 5 month old daughter's bedroom :scared: ! I was just catching them and putting them outside, now they meet a messy end
:scared: :scared: :scared:
We're in Cremorne - does that count as the 'burbs???
Apr 9th 2006 | 3:23 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
We moved into a rental in October and found loads of whitetails while we lived there even though we had had the place sprayed. Our new rental seems to be whitetail free which is a relief.
I think that the type of house made a big difference as our first place was a wooden house with a crawl space below which was ideal bug country, whereas our new place is brick with solid foundations. Although we found whitetails in the bedrooms etc none of the kids were ever bitten but we did kill any nasties that we found. I am far less paranoid about spiders in general now as we have friends that have lived here all their lives and never seen a whitetail so it is just a case of luck I guess. I won't bother having this place sprayed though as the last time seemed to make no difference. The kids have learnt to give bugs in general a wide berth and leave them alone, the cat however enjoys eating them and seems no worse for wear so far.
We have had 2 huntsmen (1 in the house 1 in the garden) and have put the one in the house outside as it was winding the cat up but basically left them alone.
No snakes so far.
Nicky
I think that the type of house made a big difference as our first place was a wooden house with a crawl space below which was ideal bug country, whereas our new place is brick with solid foundations. Although we found whitetails in the bedrooms etc none of the kids were ever bitten but we did kill any nasties that we found. I am far less paranoid about spiders in general now as we have friends that have lived here all their lives and never seen a whitetail so it is just a case of luck I guess. I won't bother having this place sprayed though as the last time seemed to make no difference. The kids have learnt to give bugs in general a wide berth and leave them alone, the cat however enjoys eating them and seems no worse for wear so far.
We have had 2 huntsmen (1 in the house 1 in the garden) and have put the one in the house outside as it was winding the cat up but basically left them alone.
No snakes so far.
Nicky
Apr 9th 2006 | 7:00 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
Originally Posted by TillyG
Bit of a dim question, but thought I'd ask it...
The little squidly house spiders you get over here (in Oz) - are they dangerous? It's just I moved into a new rental today and there's a few of the blighters hanging around... they're going to get vacuumed up later anyway but I just wondered if they were dangerous!
The little squidly house spiders you get over here (in Oz) - are they dangerous? It's just I moved into a new rental today and there's a few of the blighters hanging around... they're going to get vacuumed up later anyway but I just wondered if they were dangerous!
I'm sorry but my house was sprayed and everything that moves on more than two legs (wallabies, possums etc exepted) gets sprayed regardless of how useful it is. I do not want them in my house and there is no way I could just brush it out or collect it and send it outside. It dies. End of.
Apr 9th 2006 | 7:13 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
Just stand on the ugly buggers-that'll get rid of them! 
Apr 9th 2006 | 7:15 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
Originally Posted by Welshie
On our first week in our rental my son came into my bedroom at 7am and said..mummy, there is a spider on my curtain and it's REALLY BIG! I went in and to my horror was the biggest, ugliest spider I had ever seen. I must say, I nearly had a fricking coronary. It was 'only' a huntsman but it was SO BIG... bigger than my hand. i sprayed it, felt guilty about killing it and flushed it down the loo. My ozzie neighbour thinks it sooo funny ...and he says...they won't hurt ya woman...he aparently encourages them to stay in his house so they get rid of the mozzies??????
We had the house bug bombed before we moved in so i didn't think i'd find one, but we have found out that when we open our windows half way..there is a gap between the actual window and the fly screen so it must of crawled in that way. Needless to say my windows are either always open fully so there is no gap or shut tight!
I still have nightmares now about sitting on the loo and the thing comes alive and crawls up the toilet and attacks me!!
After three months I am slowly coming to terms with the nature here.... Next time I see a huntsman indoors I won't be so quick to kill it..they're not too bad after all!
We had the house bug bombed before we moved in so i didn't think i'd find one, but we have found out that when we open our windows half way..there is a gap between the actual window and the fly screen so it must of crawled in that way. Needless to say my windows are either always open fully so there is no gap or shut tight!
I still have nightmares now about sitting on the loo and the thing comes alive and crawls up the toilet and attacks me!!
After three months I am slowly coming to terms with the nature here....
Next time I see a huntsman indoors I won't be so quick to kill it..they're not too bad after all!i personally would love to see a huntsman chasing a mozzie! that would be scary sh*t!
Apr 9th 2006 | 7:27 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
A very informative thread, thanks everyone, Lisax
Apr 9th 2006 | 8:29 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
Originally Posted by joeyballantyne
My ozzie neighbour thinks it sooo funny ...and he says...they won't hurt ya woman...he aparently encourages them to stay in his house so they get rid of the mozzies??????
i personally would love to see a huntsman chasing a mozzie! that would be scary sh*t!
i personally would love to see a huntsman chasing a mozzie! that would be scary sh*t!
Apr 9th 2006 | 11:42 pm
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Re: Spiders and spraying
Originally Posted by Larissa
He's got a point! We have a spider by the back door and she has caught at least 50 mozzies, not sure what type she is, as long as she's not a redback or whitetail I'm not bothered.
The redbacks that *have* red backs are always female. Apparently they do the time-honoured spider thing and eat the males when they've mated. Males are rather dull and boring to look at, so our first aid trainer said. But there aren't many around.
Sue
