Calling all spider experts

Fizgig Bandicoot · 30-05-2013 8:42pm

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- · 30-05-2013 8:44pm

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 · 30-05-2013 8:47pm

Does it have the mind of a baby?

hal9000 · 30-05-2013 8:56pm

Its a fluffy kitten, it just wants a cuddle!

mattjack · 30-05-2013 9:04pm

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 · 30-05-2013 9:09pm

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?! ðŸ˜¦

bullvine · 30-05-2013 9:28pm

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 · 30-05-2013 10:06pm

Midnight Sundance wrote: »

I keep seeing 10 legs on this spider?! ðŸ˜¦

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

thecornflake · 30-05-2013 10:14pm

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 · 30-05-2013 10:24pm

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 · 30-05-2013 10:33pm

--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-- · 31-05-2013 9:32am

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 · 31-05-2013 9:41am

--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 · 31-05-2013 9:47am

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

How'd it taste op?

--Kaiser-- · 31-05-2013 9:59am

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 · 31-05-2013 10:04am

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

yara · 31-05-2013 10:33am

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

frank reynolds · 31-05-2013 12:53pm

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 · 31-05-2013 12:56pm

--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 · 31-05-2013 12:59pm

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.

Birneybau · 31-05-2013 1:00pm

thecornflake wrote: »

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

I see you've played spidey/spoony before.

Fizgig Bandicoot · 31-05-2013 1:34pm

frank reynolds wrote: »

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

Why'd I have to look? !

jester77 · 31-05-2013 1:36pm

frank reynolds wrote: »

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

Not much meat on them.

o1s1n · 31-05-2013 1:53pm

I had a door open yesterday evening to the back garden to let some of the cool breeze in. Was sitting in the front room watching the TV. Heard a lot of buzzing over my head - assumed maybe a big insect had flown in.

Turned the lights on - 15 daddy long legs flying around my sitting room :eek:

Went upstairs - girlfriend had left the windows open. Same deal, daddy long legs everywhere.

This is where the spiders became useful. We have high ceilings and there were cobwebs in some corners which caught most of the little bastards. Without them there I'd have been chasing them all over the house all night.

jester77 · 31-05-2013 2:33pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I had a door open yesterday evening to the back garden to let some of the cool breeze in. Was sitting in the front room watching the TV. Heard a lot of buzzing over my head - assumed maybe a big insect had flown in.

Turned the lights on - 15 daddy long legs flying around my sitting room :eek:

Went upstairs - girlfriend had left the windows open. Same deal, daddy long legs everywhere.

This is where the spiders became useful. We have high ceilings and there were cobwebs in some corners which caught most of the little bastards. Without them there I'd have been chasing them all over the house all night.

Vacuum cleaner is your friend here, have had to do this a few times with mosquitos and fruit flies. Just don't forget to empty the bag, had a a vacuum cleaner full of maggots one summer when I didn't!

o1s1n · 31-05-2013 2:42pm

jester77 wrote: »

Vacuum cleaner is your friend here, have had to do this a few times with mosquitos and fruit flies. Just don't forget to empty the bag, had a a vacuum cleaner full of maggots one summer when I didn't!

Oh you genius!! I was trying to figure a way to get rid of them and kept turning up a blank. Was going to go bug spray but then I'd have to dispose of the bodies as they fell. (eugh!)

frank reynolds · 31-05-2013 2:48pm

Fizgig Bandicoot wrote: »

Why'd I have to look? !

its awful. i hate spiders, and i live on the water, so i'm sh!tting it every time i go out the back. AAGH!

Hownowcow · 31-05-2013 3:28pm

frank reynolds wrote: »

its awful. i hate spiders, and i live on the water, so i'm sh!tting it every time i go out the back. AAGH!

Are you a duck?

Pat Mustard · 31-05-2013 3:34pm

frank reynolds wrote: »

and... they're HUGE...

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

The following extract is about Raft Spiders:

Courtship is a protracted affair, involving a very careful approach by the male across the water’s surface. He has every reason to be cautious. Should he inadvertently trigger the female’s instinctive predatory response he could easily become her next meal.

When he finally gets close enough to the female both sexes bob their bodies slowly up and down in a spidery courtship dance. Mating itself only takes a few seconds, after which the male makes a swift exit.

Alright · 31-05-2013 3:39pm

I found a false widow spider in my shed a few years ago and didn't kill it.
Now I find many

including this one.

http://imgur.com/a/EdFQk

Calling all spider experts

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