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Boyfie notices a spider
Now the funnelweb spider we found in the loo one day *was* something
to worry about, but they don't look very special. Hmm. I saw a TV show about a guy who got bitten by a funnel web, and I'm not sure exactly what happened to make this possible, Sitting on a toilet, at a guess - they like pools of water and where else are they going to find one indoors? but he was the first person to be treated with an antivenom, and he made a full recovery. Since then, I hear, Australia has antivenom available for anyone who is bitten by a funnel web. Can someone confirm this? Yowie? Seems right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...nel-web_spider During the "dramatization" of this guy's ordeal, the spider was shown walking around on the floor in his house (the story was true, but the events were recreated using actors, including a spider "actor"). It was *huge*, about the size of a tarantula. I don't know how he missed it. The Wikipedia page says their range of sizes extends to larger ones than I thought, so maybe the film-makers didn't exaggerate that much. It doesn't take a big one to ruin your whole day, though. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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I want to see a spider but have discovered the World's best bug
repellant (by expensive accident) since I got a macro lens (great for photographing spiders and insects) I haven't seen even a common housefly! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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"Lesley" wrote in message ... I want to see a spider but have discovered the World's best bug repellant (by expensive accident) since I got a macro lens (great for photographing spiders and insects) I haven't seen even a common housefly! Lesley g I can do any insects, beetles, moths, I like them all, but big spiders give me the horrors. All spiders did once, but I braved up and now it's only the biggies. It took me a while to get a big girl spider who had set up a web behind my spice jars, outside. She looked at me every day when I wanted to use my spices. I finally got brave, got her in a towel so as not to harm her and put her outside. Yes, she is a house spider, but this house doesn't want her. She was a girl, because those thingies that poke out in front, have swellings on for the boy spiders, it's their testicles, and she didn't have those. I just cannot tolerate big spiders. They frighten me, I have no idea why. Tweed |
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"MLB" wrote in message ... On 05/08/2012 11:42 AM, Christina Websell wrote: running across my carpet. He gets into kill mode and chases it but it disappears under my computer desk. Next day it appears on the wall, too far up for him to get it. He watches it disappearing into the folds of my curtains and knows he just has to wait until it comes out. I have a horror of big spiders, and this was a big one. Boyfie puts his foot on them and eats them, given the chance. Tweed If a spider is poisonous, I suppose it could harm an animal too. Keep a spray bottle (of anything) handy , The spray will momentarily disable the critter until you can dispatch it to insect bridge. I hate bugs of any kind. Hairspray will work too. Best wishes. MLB Just can't do it. I think I have Buddhist tendencies. Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
I can do any insects, beetles, moths, I like them all, but big spiders give me the horrors. All spiders did once, but I braved up and now it's only the biggies. It took me a while to get a big girl spider who had set up a web behind my spice jars, outside. She looked at me every day when I wanted to use my spices. I finally got brave, got her in a towel so as not to harm her and put her outside. Yes, she is a house spider, but this house doesn't want her. She was a girl, because those thingies that poke out in front, have swellings on for the boy spiders, it's their testicles, and she didn't have those. Wow, you can sex a spider. That's impressive, even if it's a big one! I just cannot tolerate big spiders. They frighten me, I have no idea why. It's probably part of human nature. (And probably animal nature.) It's pretty common to have a snake phobia, too - I'm sure animals evolved that fear because snakes can be deadly. A lot of spiders can be pretty deadly, so maybe it became useful to have a fear of them. That said, many people aren't afraid of either snakes or spiders. I'm not afraid of snakes at all. Well, if I were hiking in the wilderness and I came across an unknown snake coiled up in my path, I'd be a little nervous about it. But that's not a phobia, it's rational caution, since the snake could be venomous. That's just having a respect for nature. But if I knew a snake wasn't venomous (or otherwise dangerous, such as a constrictor), I wouldn't be afraid to handle it. In fact, I have, and I really like them. Can't say I feel the same way about spiders, though, even when I know they're harmless. They just give me the creepy crawlies. If I saw a huge swarm of very large spiders in the back yard, like Jack saw in Sydney, I think I'd be traumatized for life. -- Joyce May the great galactic kitten always purr you to sleep. |
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"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: I can do any insects, beetles, moths, I like them all, but big spiders give me the horrors. All spiders did once, but I braved up and now it's only the biggies. It took me a while to get a big girl spider who had set up a web behind my spice jars, outside. She looked at me every day when I wanted to use my spices. I finally got brave, got her in a towel so as not to harm her and put her outside. Yes, she is a house spider, but this house doesn't want her. She was a girl, because those thingies that poke out in front, have swellings on for the boy spiders, it's their testicles, and she didn't have those. Wow, you can sex a spider. That's impressive, even if it's a big one! I am interested in a scientific way despite the fact that big spiders seem to alert every muscle in my body that I am very scared. I just cannot tolerate big spiders. They frighten me, I have no idea why. It's probably part of human nature. (And probably animal nature.) It's pretty common to have a snake phobia, too - I'm sure animals evolved that fear because snakes can be deadly. A lot of spiders can be pretty deadly, so maybe it became useful to have a fear of them. That said, many people aren't afraid of either snakes or spiders. I'm not afraid of snakes at all. Well, if I were hiking in the wilderness and I came across an unknown snake coiled up in my path, I'd be a little nervous about it. But that's not a phobia, it's rational caution, since the snake could be venomous. That's just having a respect for nature. But if I knew a snake wasn't venomous (or otherwise dangerous, such as a constrictor), I wouldn't be afraid to handle it. In fact, I have, and I really like them. Can't say I feel the same way about spiders, though, even when I know they're harmless. They just give me the creepy crawlies. If I saw a huge swarm of very large spiders in the back yard, like Jack saw in Sydney, I think I'd be traumatized for life. I am not scared of snakes either, it's just the big spiders. I was proud of myself for tackling that huge girl with the little web she had set up, without any harm to either of us. She was there for weeks only because I couldn't face my fear. There she was, every day, crouching in her web and watching me when I washed the dishes. Tweed Joyce May the great galactic kitten always purr you to sleep. |
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Christina Websell wrote:
I am not scared of snakes either, it's just the big spiders. I was proud of myself for tackling that huge girl with the little web she had set up, without any harm to either of us. She was there for weeks only because I couldn't face my fear. There she was, every day, crouching in her web and watching me when I washed the dishes. "Could that be prey? Come closer, and touch my web... why won't it come over here??" Now I'm curious, what do you mean by "huge"? I'm thinking that a judgement about size is relative to whatever a person is used to. Eg, when I lived in Massachusetts, the spiders I saw there were fairly small - maybe 1/2 inch (1.27 cm) from one end to the other (including the legs). They were also fairly pale-colored and not easy to notice. When I first moved to California, I was a little unnerved by these dark black, highly visible spiders that were maybe 2 inches across, including the legs. (They might have been a bit larger, but I didn't exactly get close to them with a ruler. ) So to me, those spiders were "huge", but I'm sure people in the American Southwest (Arizona, and other desert states) - not to mention parts of Australia, South America and Southeast Asia, to name a few - would laugh at that notion. So, let's get specific here. Approximately what was the length of your visitor, legs and all? -- Joyce I want freedom, the right to self expression, everyone's right to beautiful radiant things. -- Emma Goldman |
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On 05/10/2012 03:43 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: I can do any insects, beetles, moths, I like them all, but big spiders give me the horrors. All spiders did once, but I braved up and now it's only the biggies. It took me a while to get a big girl spider who had set up a web behind my spice jars, outside. She looked at me every day when I wanted to use my spices. I finally got brave, got her in a towel so as not to harm her and put her outside. Yes, she is a house spider, but this house doesn't want her. She was a girl, because those thingies that poke out in front, have swellings on for the boy spiders, it's their testicles, and she didn't have those. Wow, you can sex a spider. That's impressive, even if it's a big one! I am interested in a scientific way despite the fact that big spiders seem to alert every muscle in my body that I am very scared. I just cannot tolerate big spiders. They frighten me, I have no idea why. It's probably part of human nature. (And probably animal nature.) It's pretty common to have a snake phobia, too - I'm sure animals evolved that fear because snakes can be deadly. A lot of spiders can be pretty deadly, so maybe it became useful to have a fear of them. That said, many people aren't afraid of either snakes or spiders. I'm not afraid of snakes at all. Well, if I were hiking in the wilderness and I came across an unknown snake coiled up in my path, I'd be a little nervous about it. But that's not a phobia, it's rational caution, since the snake could be venomous. That's just having a respect for nature. But if I knew a snake wasn't venomous (or otherwise dangerous, such as a constrictor), I wouldn't be afraid to handle it. In fact, I have, and I really like them. Can't say I feel the same way about spiders, though, even when I know they're harmless. They just give me the creepy crawlies. If I saw a huge swarm of very large spiders in the back yard, like Jack saw in Sydney, I think I'd be traumatized for life. I am not scared of snakes either, it's just the big spiders. I was proud of myself for tackling that huge girl with the little web she had set up, without any harm to either of us. She was there for weeks only because I couldn't face my fear. There she was, every day, crouching in her web and watching me when I washed the dishes. Tweed Joyce May the great galactic kitten always purr you to sleep. When I was a kid, my mother told me that spiders were caused by "evil thoughts". I had no idea what that meant. LOL/ MLB |
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MLB wrote:
When I was a kid, my mother told me that spiders were caused by "evil thoughts". I had no idea what that meant. LOL/ MLB What a strange thing to say! Even if you didn't know what she meant, you must have known that it couldn't be good, right? How does one "cause" a spider, anyway? -- Joyce I want freedom, the right to self expression, everyone's right to beautiful radiant things. -- Emma Goldman |
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