Calling all spider experts

namloc1980

Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this fella is?? Looks freaky. He's out my back garden right now!!!! That's a 5c coin next to him:

LINKY

electrobanana

Im not sure about the spider but im slightly worried about the 3 lumps of crack cocaine beside the 5c coin:eek:

A False Widow (Steatoda nobilis), maybe? Probably not, though.

Chet T16

That's a flammable one. Try it.

Dancor

Probably best to just burn the house down and let the fire spread to the garden.

Diageio_Man

nearley sure it's called a false widdow.Steatoda grossa. These spiders are often shiny black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMRZA5Doeg0

Bipolar Joe

It's a house spider, you can tell by the house shaped picture on it :pac: :pac: .

Reamer Fanny

Jesus Christ!

kneemos

You've pulled some crack out with the 5 cent piece.

DanWall

More worrying, can it kill you?

IM0

flamethrower :eek:

edit: sorry nervous reaction hate em *cringes*

whats the thread about?

--Kaiser--

gvn wrote: »

A False Widow (Steatoda nobilis), maybe? Probably not, though.

That's a good guess (my speciality is indoor spiders)

Hownowcow

justryan wrote: »

Jesus Christ!

Fairly sure it's not him.

The crucifix wouldn't match up.

Gorilla Rising

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

That's a good guess (my speciality is indoor spiders)

Interesting. My speciality is to become frozen with fear with shivers through my body and eventually come to a decision on a course of action.

The bigger they are the more chance they have of meeting their end by my shoe!

IM0

you know well what it is, its a money spider, look what the little miss laid on your tinfoil/heroin preperation material [3 rocks of heroin there?]
and jeez women complain about child birth, look what money spiders have to give birth to and HTFU :eek:

namloc1980

Going out to take him on! Booya!!!

--Kaiser--

Gorilla Rising wrote: »

Interesting. My speciality is to become frozen with fear with shivers through my body and eventually come to a decision on a course of action.

The bigger they are the more chance they have of meeting their end by my shoe!

I used to be be a terrible arachnophobe. Then I lived in a house infested with giant house spiders and now I don't mind them so much

Hownowcow

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

That's a good guess (my speciality is indoor spiders)

As a matter of interest roughly how many types of indoor spider are there in Ireland.

Cody Pomeray

Forget the spider, how do so many people even know what a heroin/crack looks like?

Larianne

Looks like a spider in a snail's shell.

TheUsual

That's not a Spider.

THAT'S A SPIDER > http://www.spiderzrule.com/712/tarantula_02.jpg

--Kaiser--

Hownowcow wrote: »

As a matter of interest roughly how many types of indoor spider are there in Ireland.

3 main ones:
Tegenaria Domestica - small and brown/black, not too common if you have the below
Tegenaria Duellica - big and brown/black, very fast, very mobile during mating season
Pholcus Phalangoide - tiny body with big spindly legs, keep to themselves in the corner

Ham Wallet

Invite that spider over, its got a phat booty that'd be ripe for a poundin'

Hownowcow

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

3 main ones:
Tegenaria Domestica - small and brown/black, not too common if you have the below
Tegenaria Duellica - big and brown/black, very fast, very mobile during mating season
Pholcus Phalangoide - tiny body with big spindly legs, keep to themselves in the corner

Thanks a lot. I recognise the last two.

Wilberto

TheUsual wrote: »

That's not a Spider.

THAT'S A SPIDER > http://www.spiderzrule.com/712/tarantula_02.jpg

Just imagine trying to step on that.......it'll bite your legs off!!!

TheUsual

Wilberto wrote: »

Just imagine trying to step on that.......it'll bite your legs off!!!

Chuck Norris of Spiders.

entropi

Hmmmmm...

dan1895

Love the auld spider threads that appear this time of year.

Yellowblackbird

dan1895 wrote: »

Love the auld spider threads that appear this time of year.

They're actually made inside the spiders body - made from a protein fibre.

dan1895

Yellowblackbird wrote: »

They're actually made inside the spiders body - made from a protein fibre.

Ah, I see what you did with what I said. Very good.

Ham Wallet

Spoderman

Fizgig Bandicoot

namloc1980 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this fella is?? Looks freaky. He's out my back garden right now!!!! That's a 5c coin next to him:LINKY

There was one of them in my classroom the other day. I teach senior infants and am terrified of any spider that isn't a money spider. I didn't want to let them see my fear because a) I didn't want to pass it on and b) they would jeer me.

I said in an excited voice that hid my fear, 'Who wants to go outside on an adventure? ' Lots of hands shot up. 'Who here likes spiders?' Most hands stayed up. I picked 2 of the more responsible ones, gave them a glass and a sheet of card and sent them on their merry way to the garden. All the while, the voice in my head was screaming , 'GEDDIT AWAY FROM ME, GEDDIT AWAY FROM ME!'

dfx-

TheUsual wrote: »

That's not a Spider.

THAT'S A SPIDER > http://www.spiderzrule.com/712/tarantula_02.jpg

They're practically cuddly. It's the ones with longer, thinner legs to their body that are more...ahem..striking

biko

Does it have the mind of a baby?

hal9000

Its a fluffy kitten, it just wants a cuddle!

mattjack

That's a Property Tax spider , been released by the government to mate with those who have'nt paid the tax.

OP , you are , in more than one way , fooked.

Midnight Sundance

TheUsual wrote: »

That's not a Spider.

THAT'S A SPIDER > http://www.spiderzrule.com/712/tarantula_02.jpg

I keep seeing 10 legs on this spider?! 😦

bullvine

they bite(seriously they do), are nocturnal and live for ages, I had one in my shed in the same place never really moved in around 4 years, I thought it was a Black Widow first, nearly crapped meself.

The seem to be everywhere these days..

Wilberto

Midnight Sundance wrote: »

I keep seeing 10 legs on this spider?! 😦

I think two of them are "feelers" (or whatever the technical term is!).

thecornflake

TheUsual wrote: »

That's not a Spider.

THAT'S A SPIDER > http://www.spiderzrule.com/712/tarantula_02.jpg

That's not a spider, that's a spoon !

TheUsual

Wilberto wrote: »

I think two of them are "feelers" (or whatever the technical term is!).

Pedipalps (or just palps) according to wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_anatomy

(Am getting the willies now, too much spiders).

Teyla Emmagan

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Tegenaria Duellica - big and brown/black, very fast, very mobile during mating season

I HATE those fellas! It's the 'very mobile' bit that freaks me out, as well as the big googley eyes on stalks tracking your every move.

We get massive ones around here, they give me the absolute heebie jeebies.

--Kaiser--

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I HATE those fellas! It's the 'very mobile' bit that freaks me out, as well as the big googley eyes on stalks tracking your every move.

We get massive ones around here, they give me the absolute heebie jeebies.

They aren't the eyes! Spider eyes (all eight of em) are on it's head, the two stalks are probably pedipalps, used for feeding and sometimes mating

tin79

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

used for feeding and sometimes mating

Pretty much describes me alright. Though I only have two legs.

Autumn is the worst when they come in to find warm spots.

I have a september tradition. I head out to the shed with a candle lighter and a can of deodorant. Whooooosh. happy days.

Raid also does for them. Oh and so does bleach solution and sometimes the cat.

FatherLen

I will ask the question we're all thinking about.


How'd it taste op?

--Kaiser--

tin79 wrote: »

Pretty much describes me alright. Though I only have two legs.

Autumn is the worst when they come in to find warm spots.

I have a september tradition. I head out to the shed with a candle lighter and a can of deodorant. Whooooosh. happy days.

Raid also does for them. Oh and so does bleach solution and sometimes the cat.

Incorrect. These are Giant House Spiders, they live inside. They are always in your house, they just hide really well when it's not mating season. Indoor spiders can only live inside, outdoor spiders can only live outside

Baneblade

they are the ones that sound like popcorn when under a magnifing glass on a nice sunny day

yara

http://allthingsd.com/files/2013/03/spider-goat.png

frank reynolds

gross!

there's worse than that out there.
they have re-introduced the "Raft Spider" to the UK and Ireland, and it can be found in water bodies like canals, lakes, rivers etc...

and... they're HUGE...

http://www.irelandswildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/image4.png

wexfordman2

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

I used to be be a terrible arachnophobe. Then I lived in a house infested with giant house spiders and now I don't mind them so much

Houses ?

Plazaman

Looks like one of those spiders that burrow into your head while your asleep and lays eggs and by the time you realise something is wrong and the doctor has your head shaven, thousands of tiny spiders come tumbling out and more than likely a few of those little feckers could burrow back in again.

Kill it or prepare your head to become one giant spider whore house.