Spiders spinning enormous webs

Jumpy

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/spiders-spin-their-webs-in-the-wagga-wet-as-population-explodes-20120307-1ujov.html

Sindri

Why the fuck did you show me that?:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Jumpy

Erm? You dont live here. I do.

Sindri

Jumpy wrote: »

Erm? You dont live here. I do.

I meant the picture.

Sharpshooter

It's a spider pig!:D

snout doubt about it!

IrishEyes19

Oh sweet jesus. I hate the things even more now. Horrible horrible!!!!

Doc

Oh dear god! Kill them with fire!!!

stupidusername

Why are you people afraid of spiders?

I hate when you're wrecked and need to sleep,and you go get ready and into bed,and then you're wide awake :mad:

Doc

stupidusername wrote: »

Why are you people afraid of spiders?

Did you read the link there are fields and fields covered in spider webs! This isnt just one spider stuck in your bath!

IrishEyes19

stupidusername wrote: »

Why are you people afraid of spiders?

I hate when you're wrecked and need to sleep,and you go get ready and into bed,and then you're wide awake :mad:

Im actually not afraid of them But I hate them, ugly, creepy things, that Im pretty sure if they were human size they would kill us all. :D:D:D

and they are getting bigger :eek::eek:

IrishEyes19

Doc wrote: »

Did you read the link there are fields and fields covered in spider webs! This isnt just one spider stuck in your bath!

Im going to have nightmares now of running through a field only to fall and choke on one those webs. Im moving to the city pronto!!!

Aoifey!

Dear god...

Brendog

just another reason to stay away from Australia

stupidusername

Doc wrote: »

Did you read the link there are fields and fields covered in spider webs! This isnt just one spider stuck in your bath!

Mmmhmmm ...and they're of no harm to humans at all.

Jumpy

stupidusername wrote: »

Mmmhmmm ...and they're of no harm to humans at all.

Silence stupidusername!

Im trying to scare these silly Irish.

Overheal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRuOllZuG1I

Bipolar Joe

Perfect username for that thread title.

EDIT:

Overheal

Mod: Facilitators, Feed Forward Private, Feed Forward Public, FeedForward

God damn private forums with your interesting names.

Dunny

Jumpy wrote: »

Erm? You dont live here. I do.

Hate to be you..:)

Chuck Stone

Arachnid scum need to be stopped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw

Doc

stupidusername wrote: »

Mmmhmmm ...and they're of no harm to humans at all.

I live in Australia - this article is from Australia - some spiders in Australia can kill you - I dont know which ones can hurt me and which ones cant => I stay away from all f***ing spiders when I'm here and dont want to see fields full of the fu*kers!

Jumpy

These are Orb Weavers. They are about as big as the scoop end of a tablespoon. Also rather hairy.

suicide_circus

Shoot a nuke down a bug hole, you got a lot of dead bugs!

Sindri

suicide_circus wrote: »

Shoot a nuke down a bug hole, you got a lot of dead bugs!

No you fool, they mutate! Have you never read a comic book you philistine!

J. Marston

We're grand here in Ireland, aren't we? What's our most dangerous wildlife, a pissed off badger maybe?

Dunny

J. Marston wrote: »

We're grand here in Ireland, aren't we? What's our most dangerous wildlife, a pissed off badger maybe?

Brian Cowen on a few pints

Captain Graphite

I don't particularly like spiders but I find that story really interesting. They are pretty fascinating creatures; the whole ballooning thing is remarkable, especially since these are solitary spiders that never associate with each other normally but are now helping each other try to escape. That's pretty cool.

Also, the whole eating mosquitoes thing comes in handy. I'd take a field of spiders over a field of mosquitoes any day.

--Kaiser--

stupidusername wrote: »

Why are you people afraid of spiders?

It's an instinctual phobia, same as a fear of snakes. All spiders are venomous and many are dangerous. The fact that we live in a place where there are very few dangerous spiders doesn't matter to the primitive fear response part of our brain (the amygdala)

smash

more here too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17273309

DevilsBreath

I fecking love spiders.
More because I hate flies, I’m happy to have a few living around the house to take care of the buzzing in summer.

Chorcai

"The spiders don't pose any harm at all. They are not aggressive and only bite if they face a severe threat or their lives are in danger. They have a mild venom, so if they were to bite you, you would only get a bit of a headache and some local pain.


"The amount of mosquitoes around would be incredible because of all this water, but these spiders are capturing all these insects and bugs.


"They are doing us a favour. They are actually helping us out."

Encrypted Pigeon

^ but what happens when they run out of mosies? then what? hmmm?

Run for your lives people!

Chorcai

Sintel wrote: »

^ but what happens when they run out of mosies? then what? hmmm?

Run for your lives people!

They eat each other by the sounds of it.