I facilitated a horrendous murder today...
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Gaz. said:
xRIEx said:
Gaz. said:
... a false widow ... a poisonous spider that large
How big was it? It may not have been a false widow, they're not that big, about 1.5cm in body length at the largest. ETA Aye, after a bit more reading, it seems the steatoda venom is neurotoxic (like the black widow) rather than necrotic.
Edited by xRIEx on Tuesday 4th August 18:40
I don't mind spiders but my other half hates them with a passion. I always try to chuck them outside whereas she just bats them with a shoe. Agreed, watching them wrap up their prey is fascinating!
I did however have one run across my face in the middle of the night a few months ago. It woke me up and in that half awake state I wasn't quite sure what had happened. So I turned the light on, lifted up my pillow and there he was... Sat there with all his muscles and tattoos on show... Wasn't a huge fan of him and he got flattened but otherwise they're alright.
I did however have one run across my face in the middle of the night a few months ago. It woke me up and in that half awake state I wasn't quite sure what had happened. So I turned the light on, lifted up my pillow and there he was... Sat there with all his muscles and tattoos on show... Wasn't a huge fan of him and he got flattened but otherwise they're alright.
giblet said:
I stripped down my wings mirrors on a car I owned a few years back to get rid of the bd wing mirror spider. Sadly another bd took its place a few days later.
I think I read somewhere that one particular species of spider has adapted to living in wing mirrors. It is now their preferred home. A few years ago the housing estate on which we live was built on what was previously farmland, within a few days of moving in, we noticed the amount of spiders was quite surprising. The doris hates them and get me to would move them outside, and she couldn't work out why there are so many. Simply a case of us intruding into their environment so we should let them be, I told her.
On the plus side they eat wasps and daddy long legs which my daughter hates the sight of and to be fair they are harmless. I did have a couple of really nasty looking false widows in the garage though, so unfortunately they succumbed to the stiff broom despite the fact they were probably the most consistent killers of wasps out of the lot.
On the plus side they eat wasps and daddy long legs which my daughter hates the sight of and to be fair they are harmless. I did have a couple of really nasty looking false widows in the garage though, so unfortunately they succumbed to the stiff broom despite the fact they were probably the most consistent killers of wasps out of the lot.
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