Huntsman spiders: who has 'em?

philinsydney · 9th February 2008, 05:35 PM

Does anybody else have them as regular visitors?

JayD · 9th February 2008, 05:49 PM

Hi Phill,
We see them all the time in the tree's, They love palms as well as cockroaches, ocasional funnel webs..eek

...and how could I forget the joy of an O'Possum running around your head! With all the rain we have been having most bugs are on the march looking for some where dry to live,Our homes are perfect This is why we are seeing more insects in our homes at the moment.Does this make sence?.

osb_mail · 9th February 2008, 08:57 PM

Man that a scary spider can you get another pic with something in it for size relation like pop can .Just wondering how big that thing really is .

Sean Freeman · 9th February 2008, 10:36 PM

Osb-mail you want some scale?.....get a load of this little bugger.....WARNING ENSURE NO PERSONS OF DELICATE DISPOSITION VIEW THE FOLLOWING!!!

Huntsman spider Heteropodidae Selenopidae Olios Neosparassus Isopeda

Sean Freeman · 9th February 2008, 10:40 PM

I should have added that much to my arachnophobic wife's distaste we get many of these spiders easily as large as the one on the toilet roll here in NQ.

Done it · 10th February 2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean Freeman

I should have added that much to my arachnophobic wife's distaste we get many of these spiders easily as large as the one on the toilet roll here in NQ.

They live everywhere here, in my truck, in the house but you don't see them much. I get the SCREAM now and then, but when an egg hatches in the kitchen at night, that's something.

They can fit quite a few in those egg sacs, wall to wall, ceiling to floor, That's a SCREAM!!

When they hatch naturally, the mother and other spiders & things eat most of the baby ones, doesn't work inside. Never thought of a video at the time, maybe next time.

shaggs · 10th February 2008, 03:45 AM

Yup, get em everywhere.
At home, then trees, then home.....they just follow me!!!!!

quercus · 10th February 2008, 07:37 AM

Are they dangerous? anyone got bitten yet?

coast cutter · 10th February 2008, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by quercus

Are they dangerous? anyone got bitten yet?

Got bitten on the foot when i was a kid, not poisonous. Now have a disliking to spiders. They are every where i work & in the truck. I think i got into the wrong industry,

MTS247 · 22nd February 2008, 11:45 PM

I find em all the time in eucalypts, but when im in a tree they dont worry me much, but when im not in "tree mode" ill jump 3ft in the air! funny that.

Ekka · 22nd February 2008, 11:54 PM

Hey, have you ever got a big one pissed off?

They sit up at like a 45 degree angle and actually huff, you can here them, like a charging bull but they sit still and huff and puff.

They love those cocos palms, big mothers.

I got bitten by a white tail spider, now that friggin hurt.

Done it · 23rd February 2008, 01:45 AM

How did it feel, I got bitten 2 years ago in winter working on my truck. I grabbed an old wool bag to lie on and felt something bite/sting me 2 or three times, hurt a bit but I've been bitten by heaps of things so didn't worry too much, but that night my feet got REALLY hot, sweating from my knees down, and I mean pouring sweat, I was freezing. I was like that for 2 weeks, day & night. 2 blankets and a doona with my feet sticking out with soaking wet socks. I put it down as a White tail because I found one in another folded bag. The marks are still there and get itchy sometimes, like now, 3 bites left shoulder.

Ekka · 23rd February 2008, 02:21 AM

I was walking thru some trees to the carpark at a pub one night and ran into the web.

The bastid got me on the face!

Now you know why I look the way I do.

But seriously, it swelled up and throbbed like hell, stung like a bitch and took ages to rack off.

These buggers are also known to bring heart palputations etc, not that I got that coz I got no heart.

Yes, for years it felt like it was still there, it itched and carried on for a long time.

Anyway, today I'm scratching all over, between the fingers, the arms, the gut the bloody works!

Got hammered today by itchy grubs, those friggin stupid hairy caterpillars that came out of some bag thing. Bag moth caterpillar things that Lopa posted about a while back ... they got me good. Bastids.

Some day they should send everybody indoors for a day and spray the whole country. Itching, biting, ants, caterpillars, stink beetles who piss on you, lizards, snakes, beetles, bugs and shit is driving me nuts! All because it rained for like 2 months in this heat ... now the buggers are hungry.

clementine · 23rd February 2008, 09:14 AM

I can't stand them critters.
I think that Australia has a scary amount of nastys waiting to get the unawares!

I wouldn't want to live there even if they asked me to. Checking the bed before getting in, checking clothes and boots etc, etc!!! No Thanks

philinsydney · 23rd February 2008, 05:05 PM

I didn't know white-tailed spiders built webs: I thought they were ground-dwelling (mainly in bathrooms)

Ekka · 23rd February 2008, 05:50 PM

Maybe it wasn't, I just been looking on the net and bugger me, how many are there? HEAPS!

It was a large spider with the thin long legs like those and white line on tail of back. Spider was dark coloured but a touch of yellow/orange on thin long legs.

Also there's another big guy like the huntsman but it's called a wolf spider.

Victorian Spiders - spider identification in Victoria, Australia - Spiders in Victoria

9th February 2008, 05:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
philinsydney Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 80	Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Does anybody else have them as regular visitors?

9th February 2008, 05:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
JayD Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 941	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Hi Phill, We see them all the time in the tree's, They love palms as well as cockroaches, ocasional funnel webs..eek...and how could I forget the joy of an O'Possum running around your head! With all the rain we have been having most bugs are on the march looking for some where dry to live,Our homes are perfect This is why we are seeing more insects in our homes at the moment.Does this make sence?. __________________ Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory

9th February 2008, 08:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
osb_mail Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ohio Posts: 201	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Man that a scary spider can you get another pic with something in it for size relation like pop can .Just wondering how big that thing really is .

9th February 2008, 10:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,671	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Osb-mail you want some scale?.....get a load of this little bugger.....WARNING ENSURE NO PERSONS OF DELICATE DISPOSITION VIEW THE FOLLOWING!!! Huntsman spider Heteropodidae Selenopidae Olios Neosparassus Isopeda __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

9th February 2008, 10:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,671	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? I should have added that much to my arachnophobic wife's distaste we get many of these spiders easily as large as the one on the toilet roll here in NQ. __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

10th February 2008, 03:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
shaggs Mature tree Join Date: May 2007 Location: sydney Posts: 462	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Yup, get em everywhere. At home, then trees, then home.....they just follow me!!!!!

10th February 2008, 07:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
quercus Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 428	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Are they dangerous? anyone got bitten yet?

22nd February 2008, 11:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
MTS247 Sappling Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 30	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? I find em all the time in eucalypts, but when im in a tree they dont worry me much, but when im not in "tree mode" ill jump 3ft in the air! funny that.

22nd February 2008, 11:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Hey, have you ever got a big one pissed off? They sit up at like a 45 degree angle and actually huff, you can here them, like a charging bull but they sit still and huff and puff. They love those cocos palms, big mothers. I got bitten by a white tail spider, now that friggin hurt. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

23rd February 2008, 01:45 AM	#12 (permalink)
Done it Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Parramatta. nsw. Australia. Posts: 238	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? How did it feel, I got bitten 2 years ago in winter working on my truck. I grabbed an old wool bag to lie on and felt something bite/sting me 2 or three times, hurt a bit but I've been bitten by heaps of things so didn't worry too much, but that night my feet got REALLY hot, sweating from my knees down, and I mean pouring sweat, I was freezing. I was like that for 2 weeks, day & night. 2 blankets and a doona with my feet sticking out with soaking wet socks. I put it down as a White tail because I found one in another folded bag. The marks are still there and get itchy sometimes, like now, 3 bites left shoulder. Last edited by Done it : 23rd February 2008 at 02:07 AM. Reason: forgot this

23rd February 2008, 02:21 AM	#13 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? I was walking thru some trees to the carpark at a pub one night and ran into the web. The bastid got me on the face! Now you know why I look the way I do. But seriously, it swelled up and throbbed like hell, stung like a bitch and took ages to rack off. These buggers are also known to bring heart palputations etc, not that I got that coz I got no heart. Yes, for years it felt like it was still there, it itched and carried on for a long time. Anyway, today I'm scratching all over, between the fingers, the arms, the gut the bloody works! Got hammered today by itchy grubs, those friggin stupid hairy caterpillars that came out of some bag thing. Bag moth caterpillar things that Lopa posted about a while back ... they got me good. Bastids. Some day they should send everybody indoors for a day and spray the whole country. Itching, biting, ants, caterpillars, stink beetles who piss on you, lizards, snakes, beetles, bugs and shit is driving me nuts! All because it rained for like 2 months in this heat ... now the buggers are hungry. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

23rd February 2008, 09:14 AM	#14 (permalink)
clementine Mature tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Portugal Posts: 288	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? I can't stand them critters. I think that Australia has a scary amount of nastys waiting to get the unawares! I wouldn't want to live there even if they asked me to. Checking the bed before getting in, checking clothes and boots etc, etc!!! No Thanks __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste of chicken! Builder in Central Portugal

23rd February 2008, 05:05 PM	#15 (permalink)
philinsydney Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 80	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? I didn't know white-tailed spiders built webs: I thought they were ground-dwelling (mainly in bathrooms)

23rd February 2008, 05:50 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,943	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em? Maybe it wasn't, I just been looking on the net and bugger me, how many are there? HEAPS! It was a large spider with the thin long legs like those and white line on tail of back. Spider was dark coloured but a touch of yellow/orange on thin long legs. Also there's another big guy like the huntsman but it's called a wolf spider. Victorian Spiders - spider identification in Victoria, Australia - Spiders in Victoria __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

23rd February 2008, 06:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
MTS247 Sappling Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 30	Re: Huntsman spiders: who has 'em?