Anybody know their spiders?

FreeAnd..

This is not so much of a photography question as a general arachnid question but I may as well put it here as I cant find any information and its a photo I took...Anyone know what type of spider this is and if its harmful? I dont believe so but its one evil, ugly looking motherf*cker..



this image gives some scale in relation to the toilet door he was on..



Feel free to move this post or to give some C&C on the technical qualities to make it a valid photography post

sineadw

Jesus!! Please god in heaven tell me that wasn't here!?

You could try the nature forum? Second one's a cool photo though

challengemaster

sineadw wrote: »

Jesus!! Please god in heaven tell me that wasn't here!?

Seconded!!! *hides*

Merrion

Looks like a Huntsman Spider - don't think they are native to Ireland though...
Bought any bananas recently?

run_Forrest_run

yikes! Pic #1 is very good. One mean looking dude alright. I don't think I will buy bananas ever again

Hagar

That article is seriously flawed. You don't ship bananas by air, it's too expensive. Just think about how much you are charged for 1kg baggage then look at the price of 1kg of bananas. Bananas rot if frozen.

run_Forrest_run

Hagar wrote: »

That article is seriously flawed. You don't ship bananas by air, it's too expensive. Just think about how much you are charged for 1kg baggage then look at the price of 1kg of bananas. Bananas rot if frozen.

hmm, now that you mention it, it does seem quite odd to fly bananas around. Imagine how much they would cost if there were carried by Ryanair :eek:

Roen

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

hmm, now that you mention it, it does seem quite odd to fly bananas around. Imagine how much they would cost if there were carried by Ryanair :eek:

Never mind the cost, they lose about 80% of em.

I'd second the Huntsman theory, but that's because it's the only spider that grows to that size I know.
Stick a link to this thread on the Nature forum, probably your best bet.

TelePaul

I believe it's the giganty-wanty spider, lesser known relative of the itsby-bitsy spider of nursery rhyme fame.

gonker

ROFPMSL and trying to do it quietly because other half in bed at Telepauls reply.
Wow thats some scary looking MF. It looks like a skull on its back.

decsramble

Looks like a huntsman to me. Been backpacking in Australia lately?

If it is a huntsman then they are pretty harmless, can still bite I suppose, but wont do much harm, other than looking ugly as sin. It's probably more upset at having to live in your toilet than you are at having it around ;-)

Love the second shot, gives me the impression it is crawling along the door towards me.

Benster

Nah, relax. It's just a big house spider, I think. We had a couple last year, big scary feckers. Supposed to be the fastest ones around. It's great craic to capture one using a glass and a sheet of paper and then chase the weemin around the house with it :-D

Fajitas!

Get it away!!!

templeathea

Nice macro shot though (or was it a telephoto!!!!)

Masada

i saw a very similar looking spider to this in a deralict house about 2 years ago, i think its just a regular irish spider (check his pasport) only a lot bigger than they usually get., I remember hearing in the news that a lot of spiders are being found that a lot bigger than there supposed to be, think its to do with all that global warming stuff.,

is that your house? and if so did you kill it? or move out.,lol

Kali

Whoa big fecker, but not as scary/ugly a shot as this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicdalic/1555817703/

Masada

god thats an ugly one., and with hundreds of little ones on its back!

DaireQuinlan

I'd say its distinctly different from the large house spiders we normally get here , which are invariably Tegenaria duellica (or gigantea) ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_gigantea

It actually looks more like a huntsman as noted above, the splayed appearance of the legs is a dead giveaway. There are huntsman spiders native to the mediterranean region, might have travelled up from there. Or god knows where else :-)

Speaking of dodgy spiders, we have a Steatoda Nobilis living above the front door of my parents house in wicklow.

"The bite of S. nobilis is known to be medically significant in humans, however without any long-lasting effects. The bite of this spider, along with others in the genus Steatoda, can produce a set of symptoms known as steatodism. Symptoms of bites include intense pain radiating from the bite site, along with feverishness or general malaise."

Yeek ! I've seen it tackle wasps and make short work of them :eek:

mikeanywhere

No idea what it is but awesome looking spider and nice macro shot too

Fenster

We have black widows and tarantulas all over our back yard. We've found two desert recluses in the house also.

Black widows are a little overstated, for the record - they don't like to leave their web so they're not all that dangerous if you don't go poking them.

trooney

Thats one big ass spider - YEEHAW!!

DaireQuinlan

Fenster wrote: »

We have black widows and tarantulas all over our back yard. We've found two desert recluses in the house also.

Black widows are a little overstated, for the record - they don't like to leave their web so they're not all that dangerous if you don't go poking them.

Hey, no fair ! People currently living in exotic parts of the world aren't allowed to trump any proud claims made by people stuck here of strange and potentially lethal species living in their backyard !

Fajitas!

Mark, I'm not going to visit you now.

Fenster

The black widows are, for the record, freaking big and scary. If any of you want to come out and crawl around our yard with a macro lens, you're free to.

The tarantulas are, for the record, really small and cute. There's nothing like watching a penny-sized spider jumping around and wtfpwning cockroaches. Death from above and all.

Daire: We also have a hummingbird nest in the back yard, the occasional stick insect and preying mantis, and we've had foxes and road runnners near the house on more than one occasion.

Al, why not? It can't be worse than Waterford.

Masada

think ya got that the wrong way around, tarantulas can be the size of your hand, they have really bad eye sight aswell and they dont really move around a lot., A friend of mine use to have one as a pet, was huge.,lol

sineadw

Fenster wrote: »

The black widows are, for the record, freaking big and scary. If any of you want to come out and crawl around our yard with a macro lens, you're free to.

The tarantulas are, for the record, really small and cute. There's nothing like watching a penny-sized spider jumping around and wtfpwning cockroaches. Death from above and all.

Daire: We also have a hummingbird nest in the back yard, the occasional stick insect and preying mantis, and we've had foxes and road runnners near the house on more than one occasion.

Al, why not? It can't be worse than Waterford.

Well.. we have... em.. badgers!

Seriously, whomever posted the above link to the mother spider with the baby spiderlings - Some of us are in bed trying to sleep! Shame on you..

Seems to be a male huntsman alright - http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/spiders/huntsman_spiderM.htm

bradnailer

sineadw wrote: »

Jesus!! Please god in heaven tell me that wasn't here!?

You could try the nature forum? Second one's a cool photo though

I totally agree with your comment but it made me LOL

Fenster

Desert tarantulas, as near as I can gather, are very small when compared to their jungle kin. The big predators out here are rattlesnakes.

FreeAnd..

Sorry everyone, i should have said this was taken in Thailand not Ireland..this puts the spiders we have at home to shame..still freaky though because I hadnt noticed him but there was a gekko beside him who I was going to grab (if possible) and put in our room (better than any bug spray). I jumped after I put my hand put and this monster registered...at first, a photo was the last thing on my mind