Am i getting smaller or are some Spiders getting BIGGER. One fell out of the fold in my window curtain tonight and it was huge. I cant remember the
last time i shouted for my mummy but she heard me tonight and she lives 20 miles away. huge thing it was
Is it because you is a big fearty ?
judging by their size i was a small fearty
yeah its really odd, were getting HUGE spiders as well, like 3inch diameter and really big bodies 
Make sure you don't wet the bed tonight and get your mummy to read you a bed time story, one without spiders in!!
I took a picture of this one living on our window. It was there for about 6 weeks and grew to 2" long. I missed it when it went, it was like a
friend who ate flies.
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We get lots of Huntsman spiders here - up to the size of a bread and butter plate
- but harmless
Is it the hunsman that spin round in a circle like mentalists when you prod them? They're my favourite ones!
Find a corner in the garage with loads and (like plates) see how many I can get spinning at once!
Cheers,
James
I have a large spider who lives in the window frame of the workshop. He's been there for a couple of months and takes care of the other bugs
quite nicely.
That said I don't go near the window any more
I had a small one living quite happily inside my wing mirror for a while. soon as you started the engine it would scuttle off and hide inside the
mirror....
I was in the Belizean jungle, sitting around a camp fire with the lads, (as you do) when a camel spider walked over a lads foot. It even seemed to
stop and look at him as if to say "yeah? what you gonna do about it ?"
For those who don't know camel spiders are seriously scary
Camel spiders are huge...heres a pic
Got chased by a camel spider in the Empty Quarter once. Kicked sand at it several times, but it kept on coming. Legged it and jumped into the nearest pick up. Nasty things>
I fookin 'ate spiders. I know it's irrational and I'm a big girls blouse, but they make me feel ill. Was sitting on the crapper last
week and a bloody massive spider fell off the ceiling and landed about an inch from my foot. Talk about instant constipation cure...
I do like snakes though, quite happy to hold them (but not too keen on deadly venomous ones!).
Apparently that 'Camel Spider' picture is a con - but those little beasties can still reach 6"/150mm long!
It seems that they can run really fast, usually sprinting between shade, which makes people think they're after them - all they want is your
shade!
They're not poisonous, either - but they can give one hell of a bite... oh - and they're not spiders, either, but just something that only
looks like one.
Ain't Google wonderful?
David
[Edited on 18/10/05 by David Jenkins]
in the car with the girlfriend driving the other night and she starts shouting and slams on the anchors and jumps out of the car, luckily we
weren't quite on the sliproad to the dual carriageway. i couldn't see what she was going on about, then i spotted a spider only about an
inch in diameter on her steering wheel. flicked the little fella out onto the floor but she wanted him dead
she held the steering wheel with her finger tips the rest of the way home!
she wanted to know how it'd got into the car, i didn't have the heart to tell her it was probably off her clothes as she'd parked right
up to a hedge!
Ned.
if you were worried about the curtain, just as well you idnt have a clock - this came up on a huntsman search.
In northamptonshire about this time of year we get spiders about 70mm wide that look a lot like the huntsman....so far i havnt seen one this year.
atb
steve
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enough is enough guys at this rate I'll have to sellotape the duvet down tonight.
this is the big feckers you get in the autumn
nice to know they are even called house spiders!
was it one of these in your curtains?
http://www.uksafari.com/housespiders.htm
[Edited on 18/10/05 by steve_gus]
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Originally posted by steve_gus
this is the big feckers you get in the autumn
nice to know they are even called house spiders!
was it one of these in your curtains?
http://www.uksafari.com/housespiders.htm
[Edited on 18/10/05 by steve_gus]
quote:
Originally posted by James
Is it the hunsman that spin round in a circle like mentalists when you prod them? They're my favourite ones!
Cheers,
James
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Apparently that 'Camel Spider' picture is a con - but those little beasties can still reach 6"/150mm long!
It seems that they can run really fast, usually sprinting between shade, which makes people think they're after them - all they want is your shade!
They're not poisonous, either - but they can give one hell of a bite... oh - and they're not spiders, either, but just something that only looks like one.
Ain't Google wonderful?
David
[Edited on 18/10/05 by David Jenkins]
Couple of facts about spiders, every spider on the planet is venomous, even the little dinky ones we get here in blighty! The common UK house as
pictured erlier (the ones you always find in the bath tub in the morning) is one of the fastest running spiders on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When your cat eats a spider, why must it always leave a leg sticking out the side of its mouth?