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- - Snakes and Spiders in Canada? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/snakes-spiders-canada-479010/)

Steve_P

Sep 4th 2007 9:26 am

Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?

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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas (Post 5273954)

It's a cloud beetle... they fall from heaven... and crawl down the back of your shirt, dig a hole into the flesh of your lower back and lay 1000s of eggs. The eggs hatch and the babies march 2-by-2 back up your spine and crawl into your ears. Then they chew on your brain for sustenance.

Aint that right Steve_P?

Huh?:confused:

Mrs_P here: It seems they already got to him. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

mkmurrays

Sep 4th 2007 9:32 am

Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?

Apparently we get black widow spiders in Kelowna....

rwin	Sep 4th 2007 9:57 am

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Originally Posted by mkmurrays (Post 5273989)

Apparently we get black widow spiders in Kelowna....

You most definitely do :)

I grew up in Vernon and we had them there too.

The biggest spiders I ever saw (except in the pet store) were in Victoria. A body the size of a dime. Maybe.

JonboyE

Sep 4th 2007 10:05 am

Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?

There are black widows on the Sunshine Coast as well. They make a very satisfying splat when you hit them with a hammer.

mkmurrays

Sep 4th 2007 10:11 am

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I was thinking of a less satisfying 'OMG' and then a scream for my husband to deal with the critter.
Is this not the way to go?

Member123

Sep 4th 2007 10:51 am

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Originally Posted by CHRISRICHES (Post 5273746)

I thought with the cold winter, Snakes and Spiders wouldn't be seen much in Canada (I'm looking at moving to Alberta) but was reading about a Brit who found a Garter snake in his garden recently.

Are there many other Snakes and/or Spiders around, and if so are they poisonous, and how likely is it to comes across one?

Picture of the snake is just down from the top

http://lyndon001.blogspot.com/

Oh pleasssse dont start the snake thread up again:eek:...in fact I forbid you to. Well thats a bit strong, I just wont be able to read anymore of this thread. Have a look here and you will understand

Re: Look what came into our garden last night
Ps that was supposed to be a link....NOT...but search for that thread yourself...you wont want to miss it.

Member123

Sep 4th 2007 10:52 am

Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?

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Originally Posted by CurtNIR (Post 5273869)

Not over here haha
So anything like that is a complete shock to me

Thank God for St Patrick:rofl:

daft batty

Sep 4th 2007 11:16 am

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Originally Posted by Alvic (Post 5274239)

Thank God for St Patrick:rofl:

i hear newfoundland has no snakes

AlexInBC

Sep 4th 2007 11:55 am

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Originally Posted by CurtNIR (Post 5273921)

is that a pine beetle?

Nope, that's def not a pine beetle...we're sadly far too familiar with those little b@$tards around here, and that's not one. I think that one's called a Spruce beetle.

printer

Sep 4th 2007 12:01 pm

Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?

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Originally Posted by mkmurrays (Post 5273989)

Apparently we get black widow spiders in Kelowna....

Yep and here is a picture of our first sighting right on our garage door.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o.../Spider003.jpg

CurtNIR

Sep 4th 2007 8:23 pm

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Originally Posted by batty-x-ray (Post 5274318)

i hear newfoundland has no snakes

Oh so hes been there too .... :lol:

dbd33

Sep 4th 2007 11:50 pm

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Paul Wildy

Sep 5th 2007 5:09 am

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There are snakes and spiders in Nova Scotia but I am told none of them are poisonous. We found quite a large grass snake in our garden the other day. A neighbor assured me it was harmless so after the kids played with it for a while we put it in the bushes safely out of the way of predators.

daft batty

Sep 5th 2007 5:19 am

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Originally Posted by NSpaul (Post 5277347)

played with it??? what?? hide and seek?? did it know the rules?

Howard1944

Sep 5th 2007 5:26 am

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Snakes exist all over Canada, both on land and in some lakes.

Most are not poisonous, but some are, I don't think there has been a fatality in the last 100 years.

Australia, on the other hand, is full of bugs, vermin, snakes, spiders, many of which can easily kill you.

These critters will actually attack you and bite you.

Recently, in the outback of Australia, a line man was bitten at the end of his penis as he relieved himself.

His Partner put a frantic call into the Medical Centre for advice, the instructions were to make a 1/2 inch cut , suck the venom out.

The message that was relayed back to the bitten Lineman, Doc says you're gonna die.

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