Dangerous Spiders on Irish soil?

Stephentlig

was just thinkin, with all the comings and goings of people to and from the country, do you think Ireland has ever had itself any dangerous Spiders settle in the country?

Just sayin so because I heard some people say they saw some pretty strange ones about.

Pax Christi
Stephen

Kasabian

There's a few Black Widows about





I have no idea

Insect Overlord

I heard they came down in the last shower of volcanic ash...

Abelloid

I found a few false widows, they didn't say if they were settling or not.. and I later discovered they aren't even dangerous... little shítheads.

Was there not something recently about a family who found a Spider in their garden or something? Called the local... erm.... whoever deals with spiders, and apparently it was a spider from some other country that hadn't been seen in Ireland before?

Apparently it was a bit of a dangerous fella, too. They let it loose into the wild in the end I believe (though I admit, I'd prefer it was killed. I don't mind spiders but I'd rather avoid 'dangerous' ones!).


Maybe someone else will remember the details of it a little clearer.

bleg

Foreigners, coming here, taking our jobs and our women and killing our men with their spiders!

Kasabian

Deleted User wrote: »

Was there not something recently about a family who found a Spider in their garden or something? Called the local... erm.... whoever deals with spiders, and apparently it was a spider from some other country that hadn't been seen in Ireland before?

Apparently it was a bit of a dangerous fella, too. They let it loose into the wild in the end I believe (though I admit, I'd prefer it was killed. I don't mind spiders but I'd rather avoid 'dangerous' ones!).


Maybe someone else will remember the details of it a little clearer.

Yes it bit a boy named Peter , I can't remember the rest , but there was a goodlooking redhead somewhere in the story

PhysiologyRocks

I knew a dangerous spider once...

Always getting into knife fights and threatening people.

Saibh

Do they look like this?

Kasabian

Saibh wrote: »

Do they look like this?

Aarrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh

/runs to find shotgun

storm2811

Saibh wrote: »

Do they look like this?

THATS THE GUY!
he tried to kill me last night in my sleep:eek:

but seriously though,there was the biggest spider i've ever seen in my sink the other day!!big yoke,huuuge ting:pac:

Rented Mule

Did they cancel Spiderman 4 or something ?

Bog

All god's creatures got a place in the choir

mikom

The Vatican rules cannot be changed. So saith the Spider.

kraggy

There are 377 types of spider in Ireland but none of them are dangerous to man.

Some do actually have venom, but it's only enough to kill their little prey.

LoanShark

I bet my size 8 is better than any scary spider!..A theory I will be putting to the test when one crosses my path!

Bolag_the_2nd

Stephentlig wrote: »

was just thinkin, with all the comings and goings of people to and from the country, do you think Ireland has ever had itself any dangerous Spiders settle in the country?

Just sayin so because I heard some people say they saw some pretty strange ones about.

Pax Christi
Stephen

Funk no :eek: why would you say such a thing, now im checking EVERYWHERE with the hoover in toe, i may need accomadation tonight, no sleep for me this eve, thanks Stephentlig :mad: i dont feel safe

ItsAWindUp

Along came a spider....

Stephentlig

Bolag_the_2nd wrote: »

Funk no :eek: why would you say such a thing, now im checking EVERYWHERE with the hoover in toe, i may need accomadation tonight, no sleep for me this eve, thanks Stephentlig :mad: i dont feel safe

Oh what a tangled web I weave!!!:rolleyes:

El Weirdo

The recession must be over. Most normal people are obviously spending their Friday night in the pub.

Overheal

Ive got Bananna Spiders in the woods back here.

Irelands too cold for them though

Son Of A Vidic

Never mind dangerous spiders, I'm more concerned about the prevalence of giant two legged rats in this country. For some reason they seem to be drawn toward high office.

therecklessone

Overheal wrote: »

Ive got Bananna Spiders in the woods back here.

Irelands too cold for them though

Just read up on them, some of the most venomous spiders in the world, but they also give you the horn.

K4t

I think now would be as good as time as any to get rid of the cobwebs on my bedroom ceiling...

Nulty

An Australian guy living in Ireland saw a spider about 6 months ago, caught it and sent it in for tests. He said it was a Redback spider - a very dangerous spider in Sydney and cousin of the Black Widow. I read it in the newspaper who reported the story despite the scientists reporting that it wasn't a "Redback" it was just an Irish spider impersonating a redback. A looky-likey if you will.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0825/breaking61.html

The only chance of there being a lethal spider in Ireland is if they come in through banana boxes. When I worked in a supermarket I found some MONSTER spiders. They were always dead when I found them but some (liars) at work said they had found ones still alive.

Robbo

A return of DJ Spider?

wolfpawnat

Sure this I noticed this one circa the year 2000!





Havent had a chance to exterminate it yet.

Fizman

Saibh wrote: »

Do they look like this?

Mine is cuter!

Saibh

Fizman wrote: »

Mine is cuter!

:eek: Don't know about that. Mine has nicer eyes I think.

Nulty

Nulty wrote: »

An Australian guy living in Ireland saw a spider about 6 months ago, caught it and sent it in for tests. He said it was a Redback spider - a very dangerous spider in Sydney and cousin of the Black Widow. I read it in the newspaper who reported the story despite the scientists reporting that it wasn't a "Redback" it was just an Irish spider impersonating a redback. A looky-likey if you will.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0825/breaking61.html

The only chance of there being a lethal spider in Ireland is if they come in through banana boxes. When I worked in a supermarket I found some MONSTER spiders. They were always dead when I found them but some (liars) at work said they had found ones still alive.

This is an quote from the Director of Dublin Zoo in the Irish Times story:

As for the spider in question, Mr Oosterweghel has decided to give it a new home.

“I actually like spiders so I’m going to keep it for a while and see how it goes.”

Is he expecting a magical relationship to develop or what?

dlofnep

There was some huge spiders in my house about 3 years ago. I took a picture of them and posted it on here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055147627

Don't think they were dangerous, but they were fecking huge.

m@cc@

Stephentlig wrote: »

do you think Ireland has ever had itself any dangerous Spiders settle in the country?

Nah, I'd say they didn't like the look of the place and moved on.

Abelloid

Nulty wrote: »

An Australian guy living in Ireland saw a spider about 6 months ago, caught it and sent it in for tests. He said it was a Redback spider - a very dangerous spider in Sydney and cousin of the Black Widow. I read it in the newspaper who reported the story despite the scientists reporting that it wasn't a "Redback" it was just an Irish spider impersonating a redback. A looky-likey if you will.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0825/breaking61.html

The only chance of there being a lethal spider in Ireland is if they come in through banana boxes. When I worked in a supermarket I found some MONSTER spiders. They were always dead when I found them but some (liars) at work said they had found ones still alive.

That story prompted me to contact Dublin Zoo to ID the spiders I found -

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/JustinOval/8f225fb6.jpg

False widows.

Practical

I found spiderbaby in my shed in late february... "it's got the head of a spider and the body of a spider, but the mind of a baby"

Memnoch

I believe it was the bite of an immigrant, poison spider that infected the first priest with the homosexuality disease that resulted in the child abuse scandal.

Luke92

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/toxic-spider-bite-killed-irishman-at-his-home-30522871.html

Looks like you can get some nasty ones here!

miss no stars

got bitten by a wolf spider in the states. Swelled up like crazy and hurt like hell. Got bitten by a spider here a year later. also hurt like hell and swelled even bigger. Often wonder if I've been sensitized to spider bites :-/

Tail Docker

Luke92 wrote: »

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/toxic-spider-bite-killed-irishman-at-his-home-30522871.html

Looks like you can get some nasty ones here!

That story was on the front page of one of the red-tops today. But that's in Cork. Sure that's a whole other world of its own.