Originally Posted by Fuzzlepop (Post 4717669)

Not really came across many spiders so far, only thing that scared me was some weird grasshopper with huge wings in playa flamenca. Was walking through some waste ground and it jumped onto me and got stuck on my clothes, it was huge not seen them that big before.

Originally Posted by Rocky Balboa (Post 4717803)

Cheers, my Lord it's a blinkin Tarantula. I was joking with Mrs last summer that we had Tarantulas in the garden :ohmy: and there really is!

I wish they'd stay out of my pool. It's either a Hairy Mygalomorph or a Lycosa by the looks of things.

http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spi...osa_helluo.jpg

The funnelweb Mygalomorph Macrothele calpeiana (= M. calpetana) is a huge black and hairy spider, appearing dangerous, even sinister. Maybe it's the largest european spider (up to 40 mm - or more?). Macrothele is found in southern parts of Spain (Provinces of Cádiz, Huelva, Malaga, Badajoz and maybe Seville).
[Ronda, Andalusia, S Spain, March 2000.]

http://www.oeko-msc.de/Macrothele-calpeiana_1.jpg

Originally Posted by Lionda (Post 4719002)

This thread has cheered me up no end!!! :ohmy: :eek:

Originally Posted by Lionda (Post 4719002)

This thread has cheered me up no end!!! :ohmy: :eek:

Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 4719102)

Friend tells me she always wears shoes whn she walks her dog on the waste ground opposite because of the Snakes... helppp.. I wish she had told me that, I walked her dogs last year.. never knew about the snakes..:curse:

Originally Posted by Rocky Balboa (Post 4719160)

I won't mention the poisonous caterpillars and toads then, don't let your dog near them or it could die. :ohmy:

Originally Posted by Lionda (Post 4719257)

Just asked hubby if we can cancel the removal and stay here - he says "no" :unsure:

Originally Posted by angie mccready (Post 4735939)

i found a spider on the wall of my house last year. it was yellow! but stranger than that...it had a huge bulbous yellow dome on its back, and looked a bit like a crab! anyway, i looked on the internet and it turned out to be a "crab spider". has anyone else seen one, wherever they live? im inland of alicante, near "sax"

Originally Posted by Lionda (Post 4736428)

Oh thanks Angie :unsure: I wish you hadn't posted that as I will be living not far from Sax (Castalla) :eek:

Originally Posted by angie mccready (Post 4737047)

its ok!!! take a chill pill..hehe iv seen a snake here as well. climbing down a fir tree having scoffed the contents of a blackbirds nest!!! and it still hasnt put me off being here..its heaven on earth here.:cool: