I'm in the city and we've had a nice crops of redbacks in the garden this year. They keep coming into the garage.

I can't even be bothered to kill them anymore...it's tedious...

LOL!

Box jellyfish? Brown Snakes? Cant wait!

Hopefully listening to my hypnosis tapes will make it a little easier when I run into one of the little *******!

Harmless or not...huntsmen are my WORST..ugh they scare me heaaapps!!

Thanks for the advice guys

On a trip to Brisbane a long time ago, I stayed with an Aussie friend who lived near some bush, Tarragindi I think it was. She warned me not to be scared if I saw the huntsman in the pantry , and not to kill it, because it was good at eating other insects. I was too scared to get anything out of the pantry after that and helped out with other chores instead of cooking.

Knew there was a reason I liked you

I am not a big fan of crawly things and have been known to try to climn up a living room wall when just watching a film aragnaphobia think it was called. A friend thought it would help me get over my fear (yeah right) I managed to scale (almost) a painted wall Not seen it since but still gives me nightmares

In 6 years I have seen 2 huntsman and maybe 5 redbacks. Keep your house free from cobwebs, spray regularly and you won't see any. Seriously, there are far greater things to worry about.

Yikes!!!


I would have DIED!!! Urgh, I think im just going to be a total clean-o-phobe and just pray i dont see any. There are worse things to worry about i agree, especially in Australia at this time!


Buta phobias a phobia, and im definatley going to show my OH these posts! "You wont ever see them..." yeah right!

You are more likely to get stung by a jellyfish in the ocean, FFS.

Oh so now I have to worry about the sea I thought it was safe.

I can cope with scary male patients (female ones are even scarier ) ones that tower over me and look like gorillas hehehe I can drop them quicker than they can run and dart them at close quarters but spiders crawly things hmmmn nope cant cope unless DD there and I have to

Bring on the jellyfish!! ---Anything but creepies.

Just been telling my OH about these posts and he just told me to stop being a whinging pom!!

Thats me told then.....

Lol tell him to stop being a bossy aussie

Haha! Might well do

Saving his woman from screaming down the neighbourhood will bring out his protective caveman side.

You're much more likely to see a redback than the nasty huntsmans, but redbacks are slow-moving, so the brave person in the household who kills them can easily catch them. They are also usually outside. I've only seen a huntsman twice inside the house in 20 years, so I'm hoping they've got the message that they're not allowed inside the house. There are other little things to do to survive arachnophobia, such as never leaving your car windows open, when your car's parked overnight.

Not seen any since we moved into a newer house. Had a couple living in the car last year though..

Now snakes, that's another matter

Not really done your homework have you ???