Look what we found in our garden....
Aug 19th 2007, 3:07 am
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Look what we found in our garden....
No it's not a nice fluffy thing.......
It nearly had my hubby, told him he should have had his gardening gloves on
It nearly had my hubby, told him he should have had his gardening gloves on
Aug 19th 2007, 3:10 am
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Re: Look what we found in our garden....
is that a bird eating spider?? looks scary!!
Aug 19th 2007, 3:24 am
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Re: Look what we found in our garden....
It looks like a funnel web, although the web says that it could be a mouse spider or a trapdoor spider. Apparantly funnel webs aren't so common in SA.
From searching though, it's web looked like a funnel web's and all the mouse and trapdoor spiders I've seen look nothing like it - however the funnel web does.
So i'm about 90% sure it's a funnel web spider
From searching though, it's web looked like a funnel web's and all the mouse and trapdoor spiders I've seen look nothing like it - however the funnel web does.
So i'm about 90% sure it's a funnel web spider
Aug 19th 2007, 5:39 am
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Re: Look what we found in our garden....
It looks like a funnel web, although the web says that it could be a mouse spider or a trapdoor spider. Apparantly funnel webs aren't so common in SA.
From searching though, it's web looked like a funnel web's and all the mouse and trapdoor spiders I've seen look nothing like it - however the funnel web does.
So i'm about 90% sure it's a funnel web spider
From searching though, it's web looked like a funnel web's and all the mouse and trapdoor spiders I've seen look nothing like it - however the funnel web does.
So i'm about 90% sure it's a funnel web spider
Given that funnel webs can bite through your fingernails, make sure the gloves are thick.
PS - when you poke it, does it rear up and drip venom at you?
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Aug 19th 2007, 5:47 am
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Aug 19th 2007, 5:52 am
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Aug 19th 2007, 5:54 am
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Re: Look what we found in our garden....
The females usually stay in their burrow, but it's the males which roam... hunting. But if you kill one, a new one will move in and take over the territory. It's sometimes better to know that you have one and where it is, than wonder where they are....
Aug 19th 2007, 6:00 am
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Re: Look what we found in our garden....
Well I will just have to let my OH do ALL the gardening from now on
Aug 19th 2007, 6:11 am
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Aug 19th 2007, 6:14 am
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