jwood

We have a resident spider in our back garden. It's living in what i presume is an un used drain cause when you go near it, it scoots back down the hole. It's not a trap door as there's no web. Anyone know what type it is or whether it's dangerous. Advice please

steve_uk

It should be on here: http://www.termite.com.au/spider-ide...html#whitetail

jwood

Thanks for that, i've lost my identification chart.
By the look of it, it's a wolf spider. Boy does it shift. I won't be messing with it. Just wish it'd kill more flies.


Area of distribution: Australia-wide.
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Venom toxicity: The bite of the Wolf Spider is poisonous but not lethal. Although non-aggressive, they will bite if provoked and should be considered dangerous to humans.


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Painful bite: The bite may be very painful. Immediate first aid and medical attention, particularly as to children or the elderly.


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Spider Identification: The adult Wolf spider is 15 mm to 30 mm in body length; of mottled grey to brown in colour, with a distinct Union Jack impression on it's back. The female Wolf spider carries it's young on it's back.
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Habitat: The Wolf spider is a ground dweller, with a burrow retreat. This spider has a roving nocturnal lifestyle to hunt their prey and can move very rapidly when disturbed. Commonly found around the home, in garden areas with a silk lined burrow, sometimes with a lid or covered by leaf litter or grass woven with silk as a little fence around the rim of the burrow.

steve_uk

[QUOTE=jwood;6099674]Thanks for that, i've lost my identification chart.
By the look of it, it's a wolf spider. Boy does it shift. I won't be messing with it. Just wish it'd kill more flies.


No worries! Maybe he needs a name? Wolfie perhaps?

jwood

scary or what. Think i'll be leaving this one alone

jwood

[QUOTE=steve_uk;6099700] I think speedy gonzalas, or maybe scooter. I like scooter.
My husband is under srtict instructions to leave it alone. I like spiders realy, just don't like it when they come near me. then i run away screaming.

steve_uk

Cool, hello Scooter the Wolf Spider lol

I usually deal with spiders here (pick them up and put them outside). Wont be picking up any in Oz though lol

The wife is scared of any bugs and always screams if one comes in the house lol

mr mover

Its a wolf spider .they do more good than harm,when it comes to pest inscects this guys like RAMBO.............mm

moneypenny20

A tin of Mortein will do the trick. I'd personally use the whole can but some of you tree hugger type bods might just use a little squirt

Dorothy

I'm with you. There isn't enough Mortein in this world for the big ugly spiders.

Babycatcher

[QUOTE=jwood;6099714] He definitely needs a nice name - I like Bob....or Jeff.... George so that you think of him as a friend not foe

SW3105

Yikes! I don't like spiders ... is it illegal to kill them?! What's Mortein? Does it kill them .. Mort in French means death so I guess that makes sense!

wmoore

No it's not illegal to kill them, though as MM says, they do more good than harm. We get quite a few huntsman in here (which also do more good than harm) and I don't kill them. I catch them in a tub and put them in the garden

Mortein is an insect killer spray (other brands are available ) and some of the bigger spiders need a long, long spray of it before they get the message.

steve_uk

[QUOTE=Babycatcher;6100338] We always call our large UK spiders George lol

jwood

Yeah, my husband used to remove any offending spiders to the garden when we lived in England. He doesn't now. I have told him to leave Scooter alone as he's not too near to the back door and where he is no one sits there anyway.