Originally Posted by sparkey (Post 6408217)

Spiders :eek: I have just watched Australian Spiders on You Tube and now I have real worries.!!!

I stay in Scotland and think our spiders are huge and scary, I check my bed before going into it, I check my shoes, clothes, towels, above my head before going into my shed and there are parts of my garden I don't even go to as fear of spiders. My OH says there is no way I would cope in Australia and I'm beginning to agree with him....(that doesn't happen very often) !!!!!:heart:
My questions are
1. are they (the real big ones) common place in your house/garden :blink:
2. are there parts of Australia that they are less common :confused:
3. are some spiders too big to hoover up (my only weapon against the buggers)!!:devil_smile:

Originally Posted by sparkey (Post 6408217)

Spiders :eek: I have just watched Australian Spiders on You Tube and now I have real worries.!!!

I stay in Scotland and think our spiders are huge and scary, I check my bed before going into it, I check my shoes, clothes, towels, above my head before going into my shed and there are parts of my garden I don't even go to as fear of sApiders. My OH says there is no way I would cope in Australia and I'm beginning to agree with him....(that doesn't happen very often) !!!!!:heart:
My questions are
1. are they (the real big ones) common place in your house/garden :blink:
2. are there parts of Australia that they are less common :confused:
3. are some spiders too big to hoover up (my only weapon against the buggers)!!:devil_smile:

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 6408255)

Australia is not over-run by marauding giant spiders any more than Canada is over-run by grizzly bears or Africa with lions. In nearly 2 years we've seen 1 huntsman (juvenile) and a few redbacks, a couple of white tails and a few run of the mill garden spiders. 99% of which were outside.

Originally Posted by justsarah (Post 6408245)

You must be mad!!! Stay there!!!:eek:

Answers:
1 Yes.. But none inside.. I now love looking between the bushes and seing how big the webs and their owners are..

2 No...

3 Yes... but they arent the ones to worry about... its the teeny ones with red arses you should look out for!!!

3a.. Buy a tin of mortein.. better than dyson any day!! Spray the outside and inside of the house and they aint coming in!! Love the geckos.. they eat the spiders!

If you are that scared then New Zealand is for you!!!:lol:

Originally Posted by magic.no7 (Post 6408314)

spray the inside first or they head into the house! dont worry the worst, depending where you are are the whitetails. Only the snakes kill you.:eek:

Originally Posted by sparkey (Post 6408332)

Do snakes come into your house ??

Originally Posted by sparkey (Post 6408332)

Do snakes come into your house ??

Originally Posted by sparkey (Post 6408344)

Right so it's a pet gecko and,,,what kills snakes ??

Originally Posted by Cleopatra (Post 6408355)

A shotgun.

Seriously though, there are people who can call who will take the snakes away for you.

but again - it's rare.

Originally Posted by Cleopatra (Post 6408355)

A shotgun.

Seriously though, there are people who can call who will take the snakes away for you.

but again - it's rare.

Originally Posted by eddie007 (Post 6408411)

Garden spade does the job too.... so I've been told