'Alarming' rise in False Widow spiders in Ireland

TheValeyard · 11-06-2021 01:32PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I assume you've alerted the relevant authorities to ensure everything in a 1km radius is burnt to the ground?

Bit conservative I'd say. Particularly at this stage. Might need a Tsar bomb.

Ninthlife · 11-06-2021 02:21PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I assume you've alerted the relevant authorities to ensure everything in a 1km radius is burnt to the ground?

I said we should take off and nuke it from orbit..

Its the only way to be sure

Ninthlife · 11-06-2021 02:22PM

I have a pic of one but no idea how to post a pic through touch site..

jmayo · 11-06-2021 02:47PM

Burt Renaults wrote: »

I may have been bitten by one a couple of years ago. I thought it was just a normal pregnant-looking spider. It bit the back of my hand when I was trying to put it outside. A bit like a wasp sting, but not as painful (although it's at least 30 years since I've been stung by a wasp, so I don't know) and no noticeable swelling afterwards.

Maybe if you weren't playing good samaritan and just stomped on it in the first place then no bite.

Next thing you know the non false widow will arrive and take up residence.
Sure haven't we already gotten fecking snakes loose around the place.

Does anyone know if there is anything we could import to eat them up?
You know like a cane toad or some such.:rolleyes:

loyatemu · 11-06-2021 02:57PM

jmayo wrote: »

Does anyone know if there is anything we could import to eat them up?
You know like a cane toad or some such.:rolleyes:

according to the song it has to be a bird:
fly->spider->bird->cat->dog->goat->cow->horse->old lady

archfi · 11-06-2021 08:49PM

Which ones are the domestic spiders eating the invader?
The long spindly yokes?
If so, how do they manage that then?

xhomelezz · 12-06-2021 04:30AM

From the article:

What do pholcid spiders eat?
Although they look like delicate beings, they definitely punch above their weight when it comes to their eating habits. These spiders are the natural enemy of the large house spiders seen running around your home. Not a fussy eater, the Pholcid spider will also feed on flies, bees, wasps and even other Pholcids when food is scarce. Cannibalism can be common in the natural world.

Not just content with waiting for food to land in its own web, the Pholcid spider will visit the webs of other spiders and eat the occupants! It’s pretty sneaky about it too. It will vibrate on the web, pretending to be a helpless insect tangled in the silk until the unsuspecting spider leaps out expecting an easy meal and ends up as dinner itself!

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/facts-about-pholcid-spider/

Sneaky darlings

'Alarming' rise in False Widow spiders in Ireland

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