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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney
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Does anybody else have them as regular visitors? ![]() |
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| Moderator - Previously known as JayD Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: TreeWorld, Sydney Australia
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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?.![]() ![]()
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ohio
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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 .
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| Monument Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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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 |
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| Monument Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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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. |
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia.
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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. | |
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| Mature tree Join Date: May 2007 Location: sydney
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Yup, get em everywhere. At home, then trees, then home.....they just follow me!!!!! |
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| Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: belgium
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Are they dangerous? anyone got bitten yet?
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| Sappling Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: AUSTRALIA
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| 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,
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia
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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.
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| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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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.
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia.
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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.
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| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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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.
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Shropshire, UK
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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 ![]()
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney
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I didn't know white-tailed spiders built webs: I thought they were ground-dwelling (mainly in bathrooms)
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| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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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
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| Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia
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Oh man those ichy grubs are the worst, i got done when desending a small euc when my rope disturbed some loose bark and bang! buy the time i had my gear off i was iching like hell, i just jumped in the ute and took off home the worst was over the next day but i was ichin for a week! oh yeah i didnt even wait for the groundy to get in the car i just left him there. |
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia.
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It was probably one of this species, there are a few types. You'd have to walk into them to bite, they are harmless really. This is a Golden Orb Weaver, the web is extra strong and gold colour, or it could have been a Wheel Weaver, they can bite but won't hurt you. The White tail is not nice, I have been into it since I got bitten, and there are conflicting studies, my book by Bert Bruned, Guide to Australian spiders seems the most accurate. The flesh eating enzymes would only cover the tip of a needle, [mycobacterium ulcerans] so I was lucky, it bit me through a singlet and shirt, so I only had a very small encounter. |
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| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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There's tons of those Golden Orb spiders here, pretty sedate types they are. When walking around yards now after the rain I often have a stick or something and wave it around the jungle as I'm walking coz there's webs everywhere now. And some people dont get out much!
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia.
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| http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheet...led_spider_htm Can you describe it again? Was it hanging in a web like an orb weaver. I've found a couple it could be. |
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| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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also pay attention to the last paragraph, I bolded it for you. Darling Downs woman survives vicious king brown attack | The Courier-Mail Quote:
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| Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca
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I find both scorpions and tarantulas in the garage and such. Had a scorpion get me in the chest. Flopped down on the couch with no shirt, it was up on the top cushion and got bounced down onto my chest... thrusted me a couple times while I hollered and smashed it against myself. Also got ankle stung from not checking boots. Those things can swell up pretty good. I kept some of the tarantulas as pets, they're pretty fun. We'd have "fire tarantulas", which have black bodies, but bright red hair. For a good time you take one of each, and put them together in an enclosed space. They start goin at it with eachother, which is pretty fun to watch, and in the end the whole inside gets covered with some clear liquid. Typically they both die, cept the scorpion tends to die much quicker, and the tarantula lasts a bit longer after that before finally succumbing as well. Well I just described one of my teenage activities... guess there isn't much to do in these mountains Last edited by Therrin; 25th February 2008 at 10:59 PM. |
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| Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca
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Forgot to mention, we've also got wolf spiders, but the really crazy things are called Vinegaroons. They look like a scorpion without a stinger, and when they bite you, you get pain and a strong vinegar taste in your mouth. Yucky stuff. |
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| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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I dont think Clemmy will be going there either.
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| Sappling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Illawarra, NSW
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Cocus Palms (Syagrus romanzoffiana), kept me well employed for the 12 years I worked as a utility arborist. (averaged cleaning/removal of 1 a week for 12 years). The one assured thing that you could expect when working with one of these trees is at least one Huntsman spider per tree exists. Of course, the favorite hiding spot is behind the dried leaf sheaf. I figure the popularity for the species (other than a concealed hiding spot) is the abundent food source found within a Cocus palm (slators, cockroaches, etc.), and particularly the camouflage offered by the tree. The grey coloured loose fibres that fringe the leaf sheaf, share a very similar appearance to the Huntsman - offering protection from predators (birds). I still don't like having to deal with the ugly, hairy blighters, and the numerous memories of finding them in the small of my back (under my singlet), after getting out of a tree, or on the back of my neck, still lives with me. |
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia.
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| Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca
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Well tarantulas look kinda scary !! sometimes... I completely left out the black widows which occupy every hidden space around here. How's that for poisonous spiders? |
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Australia.
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You didn't look at the picture I just posted.
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| Former Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bakersfield, Ca
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Oh I did, and i LMAO , then reserved comment. ![]() Ya got me there bro. |
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Shropshire, UK
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| No! I bloody wont! Anywhere you can get killed by a snake or spider is OFF my "Places to visit before I die" list. I don't know how you all cope. Do you just get used to it or are you continually on guard? S'pose it's different if you lived there all your life. Get used to looking twice before you put your hand or foot into anything. It's bad enough chasing mossies around the house before bed
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