What you DON'T want to see hiding behind your clock!!!!!!!!

mstary1 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2009 23:09:26 pm

Oh the joys of living in the Sydney Blue Mountains.

What's the time dad? Hang on and I'll check.........................

I have STILL not calmed down!!!!

Lakatoi 4 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2009 23:28:16 pm

Looks just like a few spare, but slightly bent, second hands for the clock to me :lol:

briggy59 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 04:17:08 am

ah, but the real question is.... was the beastie still alive?

-Mary

hatter · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 08:18:45 am

What is the diameter of the clock ?

the 'late' beast could be tiny or huge depending on the clock size !

mstary1 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 16:03:15 pm

After taking off at at great rate of knots, the brave missus tackled the "subject"

A quick poke of the clock with a broom and out popped this.............

The clock size is 22.5 cm in diameter.
The biggest damn spider I have ever seen!

The other half is still talking about her brave sailor to the neighbors.

:oops:

mrboggler · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 16:14:54 pm

I think the the most frightening thing about these little sods,is the SPEED at what they MOVE.
They can go from your foot to the top of your head in a matter of nano seconds, :lol:

Lakatoi 4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 16:33:44 pm

That's a Huntsman spider by the look of it.

Very common and "relatively harmless".

Hah, just thought - wasn't that the same wording used to described the planet Earth in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy :lol:

kerailija · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 16:45:31 pm

Thank god we don't have "beasts" like that in Finland, yet...

mstary1 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 16:51:01 pm

Lakatoi 4 wrote:

That's a Huntsman spider by the look of it.

Very common and "relatively harmless".

Hah, just thought - wasn't that the same wording used to described the planet Earth in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy :lol:

HARMLESS?????

not when you clutch your chest and can't breath
:lol:

Def a huntsman, lots of those up here. And man was it fast!

hatter · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 21:09:48 pm

So glad we don't have those here,

and 'relatively harmless' relative to what? something which kills instantly ?

or only harmless to its own relatives?

rhetorical question.

I would achieve Olympic qualifying speed if I saw one of those near me.

Philanthropist · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 21:20:15 pm

Actually not that big, but a wide leg span. I was once lying on a polished wooden floor, reading a book when one jumped down from the bookcase in front of me. Slammed it with the book.
BIG :oops:

Big, this thing was about that size, but with a huge body. It was SO BIG that I noticed it by hearing the thud as it landed on the floor, legs much thicker and HUGE body
. Also was once bitten by a Wolf Spider, looks similar but more orange coloured. That bast**d actually took a hunk of skin out of the web between thumb and finger. I went to District Bush Nursing Centre wanting anti-venine, but they said it was non-poisonous, but insisted on giving me Tetanus shot, because of what those things eat and glumk on their fangs. :evil:

Relatively harmless compared to the very much smaller and almost insinificant ...Red backed spider, all black to dark chocolate coloured usually with red to orange spot on abdomen.
Funnel webs..never seen one, but reputed to be really nasty :twisted:

Filajunkie · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 22:02:43 pm

Darn that is a big one.
I wouldn't even checked things out by taking away the clock.
I would smashed the clock strait agaist the wall several times to make sur the things was death and after that I would have looked what it was, if it could still be indentified.

jugoslavija_post · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 07:41:05 am

Didn't know they had clocks in Sydney. :shock:

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 08:07:18 am

Actually its not that much bigger than a regular tarantula, which are considerably fatter.

The biggest spider I have ever seen a photo of, was taken by a friend of mine in a 1,000 foot deep vertical cave in Venezuela. The spider was pure white due to the lack of sunlight and had a leg span of about three feet.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 08:13:59 am

That is a bigger than average monster, even if it is not three feet, but spiders are just a fact of life here.

We have resident huntsman spiders who hang around on the ceilings and walls for a month or two and then disappear.

The red-backs have always been been a part of outdoor life and, while I have seen many thousands in my own backyards, I do not know anyone who has been bitten.

Funnel-web spiders are a different thing altogether and should be avoided at all costs. Only once have I found one (and small family) in the garden. Because they were not supposed to be in that part of the world I put it in a glass jar and it was later identified - caused quite a stir.

At least we don't have wolves, wolverines and other northern nasties :lol:

Lakatoi 4 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 08:32:18 am

KevinHedley wrote:

At least we don't have wolves, wolverines and other northern nasties :lol:

Ah, but we do have huge saltwater crocodiles and most of the deadliest snakes in the world :shock:

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 08:41:58 am

Lakatoi 4 wrote:

KevinHedley wrote:

At least we don't have wolves, wolverines and other northern nasties :lol:

Ah, but we do have huge saltwater crocodiles and most of the deadliest snakes in the world :shock:

Shucks,

all I ever run across while doing fieldwork are black bears, mountain lions, coyotes, Javelina, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, tarantulas, black widows and very ugly vultures.

The dangerous stuff is the vegetation - mesquite, cat claw, lechuguilla, and myriads of different cacti.

mstary1 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 09:12:11 am

red backs and funnel webs don't bother me, they're not big, easily identified and not very fast.

The huntsman on the other hand is one very fast bugger, the bite while non lethal, is painful.

the size.......&$%&(at)#%^#&%*% ,

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 09:46:40 am

iomoon wrote:

all I ever run across while doing fieldwork are black bears, mountain lions, coyotes, Javelina, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, tarantulas, black widows and very ugly vultures.

I but they run like the wind when they see you coming :lol:

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:03:27 am

KevinHedley wrote:

I but they run like the wind when they see you coming :lol:

Usually hear or smell me coming - no effect on the vegetation though.

Then, a geological hammer can be a multipurpose tool, sometimes with a sidearm for backup.

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 00:58:42 am

Wimps.

I have a backyard full of Funnell Webs ...................

Philanthropist · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:39:12 am

Please

It is morning, (moaning) I have just regurgitated my breakfast, over the puda keyboard.
Think of us with delicate dispositions.
And should this not be be more correctly moved to the post a photo of yourself thread :roll:

I would have hoped my spam filter would have protected me as an endangered species from THAT, at THIS hour,
No regard for my feelings

jumet · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:37:15 pm

Funnel Webs? Now I know why none of my long and infamous line has ever visited Australia. Better a live wimp than a dead "Oh! I'll take care of that". :lol:

jugoslavija_post · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:52:09 pm

I'd prefer funnel cake. :lol:

mstary1 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 17:15:32 pm

GlenStephens wrote:

Wimps.

I have a backyard full of Funnell Webs ...................

I think your driveway is more dangerous than your funnel webs.
:lol:

ozstamps · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 17:23:26 pm

My driveway is FINE.

I can't help it, if some of my clients can't DRIVE!

http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7927

PeterS · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 08:32:56 am

GlenStephens wrote:

Wimps.

I have a backyard full of Funnell Webs ...................

When he was about 8 (he is 77 in a few days), my father used to catch these around the house in Sydney and sell them to the Royal North Shore Hospital for 6d each. Apparantly, my Grandmother fainted when she found out what he was doing! At that time there was no anti-venom (probably why the RNSH wanted the buggers!) and they are a very poisonous spider.

PeterS · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 08:35:45 am

Hunstman spiders, on the other hand, are harmless (to humans). Great to have around the house though, they keep other insect populations down.

My wife (who is terrified of spiders) has a simple rule with huntsman. As long as they stay up high and away from doors, they are safe from her. Otherwise, out comes the broom! :lol:

electric chook · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 22:19:57 pm

I read somewhere that the hunt for a Funnel Web anti-veneem (i think thats right) was very difficult because when the excreetion from the spider was separated they could not find anything toxic because the toxin's molecular structure was that small that it filterred out through the glass of the separation tube.
Cheers,
Frank (Electric Chook)

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 16:31:44 pm

mstary1 - as we post incessantly - please NEVER, EVER, EVER delete photobucket images you have posted here at ANY point or these messes occur. :twisted:

Do you still have that photo so we can re-build this thread? :shock:

mstary1 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 18:20:39 pm

Hey! what happened to my pics?

Glen, I'll fix it up, but I didn't delete the pics from photobucket :?:

Tassie_Stamps · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 18:23:37 pm

If you moved the image into a different folder it would have caused this probelm to occur.

mstary1 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 18:32:30 pm

Pictures are back and number one son is GROUNDED!!

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 18:33:08 pm

All looks good now - - great pix!

mstary1 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 18:50:42 pm

Number one son decided to use my photobucket account for storing some anime.
Although he reckons he didn't delete them....... :twisted:

Will be setting up an account for him :wink:

Thank for the heads up Glen.

Mark.

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 18:59:00 pm

jugoslavija_post wrote:

Didn't know they had clocks in Sydney. :shock:

Sure, but the 6 is where the 12 should be, and vice-versa. :mrgreen:

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 19:02:48 pm

Lakatoi 4 wrote:

That's a Huntsman spider by the look of it.

Very common and "relatively harmless".

Hah, just thought - wasn't that the same wording used to described the planet Earth in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy :lol:

Close...I'm reading the first (of the 5) book in the series with students now...

The 'old' edition of The Guide (an electronic encyclopedia of 1million pages describing everything in the universe) had a one-word entry for Earth: harmless.

After 15 years on Earth, their roving researcher's proposed revised entry for Earth: mostly harmless. :lol:

But then it all became moot when the Earth was demolished for an interstellar expressway.

Allanswood · **Posted:** Mon Sep 20, 2010 23:42:42 pm

So much to answer in one spidery thread!

First RIP Douglas Adams - one of the funniest writers I have ever read, one of the few that can make me stop breathing.
I have all his books and the BBC(?) Radio Play in the 80's was hysterical, wish I could find copies of it.
Love Marvin...

Aethelwulf - find his book and tape on "last chance to see" he did a BBC Doco on the Galapagus Islands, absolutely hilarious. Best of all, he reads the tape of his own book if you can source it.

Now - to all those with no idea - stop vilifying my Huntsman's!
He won't attack you (unless you sit on him), but LOVE'S Redbacks and Funnel Webs. Yes they're a predator spider - of other spiders (amongst other thnigs). Long legs, no bitey me, redback gets tired, redback gets eaten.
Keeps the flies and cockies down to.

Right, engage the probability drive and see you at the restaraunt at the end of the universe!

MargoZ · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 00:35:50 am

Well ...it wasn't behind a clock but......

Found this 1 metre long snakeskin just outside the back door and I'm wondering where the former inhabitant is at the moment ??

PeterS · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 07:34:01 am

Probably looking for somewhere warm and dry to hole up for the winter.

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 08:02:11 am

If it were a diamondback, it'd be a baby.

But Australian snakes are more poisonous than ours.

PeterS · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 08:14:34 am

Thankfully, you have to be either very unlucky (as in step over a log and onto it) or very stupid (as in try to catch it or poke it with a stick) to be bitten by a snake in Australia. Most are not interested in wasting their venom on something they can't eat and will, usually, be long gone before you even see them.

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 09:16:26 am

Too true.

But try explaining to students not to hunt snakes after dark with nothing more than lechuguilla leaves.
Worse still, Try explaining snake bites to their parents.

PeterS · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 09:23:11 am

Darwin Awards candidates. :lol:

GUTTERS · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 09:45:12 am

Found it, It was behind the clock

I think it's dead now :lol:

muruk · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:07:05 am

Don't quite understand the panic (of some).

Apparently, no matter where you are in your house, you are never more than a meter away from a spider. Live with it.

The only things I kill are foreigners like rats and mice. Anything native (including snakes and spiders), if it's in my way, I just move it elsewhere.

Biggest spider I've seen in Australia is the Mallee Mouse. (Anidiopsis sp, one of the Giant Trapdoor Spiders) Body the size of a mouse, then the legs. Don't stir them up, and they will go away and hide.

The vast majority of people bitten by snakes have been molesting the snake.

DJM · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:16:32 am

If you don't throw the huntsmans outside when you find them they end up curling up for a nice nap with you at bedtime. Been woken up a few times by the buggers scooting across my face.... :shock:

Snakes like getting into the house and curling up somewhere in the bedroom. I think you call them 'Bed Snakes'....

:lol:

muruk · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:27:33 am

DJM wrote:

Snakes like getting into the house and curling up somewhere in the bedroom. I think you call them 'Bed Snakes'....

That would be a tropical thing, where you have pythons and colubrids. Just don't let them curl around something and constrict. :shock:

Most of our southern snakes are ground dwellers, and even if they come into the house are much less likely to end up in the bed.

aethelwulf · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 16:06:44 pm

Was googling for pictures to illustrate a story, and came across this thread on a board

http://www.fark.com/comments/4279379/Just-like-everything-else-at-Whole-Foods-deadly-spider-is-probably-just-regular-old-spider-with-lots-of-false-hype

About halfway down the page, member "grizzlyjohnson" somewhere in cowboy country USA wrote

Quote:

On another note, aren't huntsman spiders the huge ones that inhabit clocks?

Is this thread gaining global attention, or are clocks just a favoured hiding place for these guys? "Hmm, I'm as big as a dinner-plate and like to crawl on walls, where can I find a dark place for a nap?"

Tassie_Stamps · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 17:26:08 pm

PeterS wrote:

Probably looking for somewhere warm and dry to hole up for the winter.

A nice warm box of stamps? :mrgreen:


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