View Poll Results: How best to deal with a NZ spider
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Spiders - what to do
Dec 5th 2005, 7:58 am
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Spiders - what to do
"If you want to live a thrive, let a spider run alive" as they say...
However, the spiders in NZ are just silly.... im yet to meet one of the big scary monsters, so my feeling is they dont have the same karma attached to them as the hairy legged monsters from the uk and are therefore fair game for squashing... what do you think?
However, the spiders in NZ are just silly.... im yet to meet one of the big scary monsters, so my feeling is they dont have the same karma attached to them as the hairy legged monsters from the uk and are therefore fair game for squashing... what do you think?
Last edited by turkeytickler; Dec 5th 2005 at 8:01 am.
Dec 5th 2005, 8:33 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
I voted live and let live but that's only as long as it's not a white tail, white tails get squished without a second thought 
Dec 5th 2005, 8:39 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
One of the reasons we got a cat here was to let nature have her way and have the cat do the spider killing. Fat chance. The lazy sod treats them like long lost relatives, I'm sure he's given them all names like Fred, Trevor and Bert, he purrs when he sees them, sits watching them for ages, and then leaves them alone. Might have to keep him hungry for a few days, see if he earns his keep then!
Dec 5th 2005, 8:44 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
I'm one of those strange people that like spiders and I can pick them up... so Live and Let live. Different kettle of fish if it was ants or wasps!!
Dec 5th 2005, 8:48 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Originally Posted by bookemjano
One of the reasons we got a cat here was to let nature have her way and have the cat do the spider killing. Fat chance. The lazy sod treats them like long lost relatives, I'm sure he's given them all names like Fred, Trevor and Bert, he purrs when he sees them, sits watching them for ages, and then leaves them alone. Might have to keep him hungry for a few days, see if he earns his keep then!
Dec 5th 2005, 8:49 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Originally Posted by SarahB
I'm one of those strange people that like spiders and I can pick them up... so Live and Let live. Different kettle of fish if it was ants or wasps!!
Dec 5th 2005, 8:50 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Originally Posted by sky
I voted live and let live but that's only as long as it's not a white tail, white tails get squished without a second thought
Dec 5th 2005, 8:52 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Originally Posted by turkeytickler
where do you stand RE wetas?
Dec 5th 2005, 8:59 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Originally Posted by SarahB
Whats one of those??
Dec 5th 2005, 9:05 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Originally Posted by turkeytickler
Dec 5th 2005, 9:06 am
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Hold on a moment. Its not the spiders that you should be worried about - I've seen LOTR and the trailers for Narnia - its them orcs and trolls and things that you should be worried about, not little spiders. What do you do when you find a troll in your bath - that's the important issue...
Dec 5th 2005, 6:24 pm
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Squish em. Squish 'em all.
Gross they are. What use are they when you can buy fly spray in cans.
Gross they are. What use are they when you can buy fly spray in cans.
Dec 5th 2005, 10:45 pm
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Re: Spiders - what to do
put it on trademe. they try and sell every other piece of useless junk under the sun on there!
Dec 5th 2005, 11:05 pm
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Argh, I killed a whitetail last night. Knocked the beast off the arm of the sofa and onto the floor. Little sods are tough hey, took a few wacks to kill it.
Yeah, sell them on Trademe - postage would be quite low and you could easily get a few into one envelope.
Leave the Wetas though, I like them. And the praying mantids too.
Yeah, sell them on Trademe - postage would be quite low and you could easily get a few into one envelope.
Leave the Wetas though, I like them. And the praying mantids too.
Dec 5th 2005, 11:36 pm
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Re: Spiders - what to do
Originally Posted by livewire
Leave the Wetas though, I like them. And the praying mantids too.
We get loads and loads of praying Manti(?), they're great. No need to feed them or keep them in a cage type arrangement, all you need is succulents and they come flocking.