Originally posted by Sushipunk
Huntsman spiders aren't poisonous (to humans). I usually just relocate them by putting a bowl or something over them so they're trapped against the wall, and them slide some cardboard or a book under it so they're trapped inside the bowl. Take them outside and toss them into the garden.
If you're referring to those bird-eating spiders though... Well, they're only really outside, and aren't in the way. If they make a web that's in the way, you just take it down with a stick. They usually get the idea and go make it somewhere else. They're not common at all down here though. Golden Orb Weavers, on the other hand
And fire. Lots of fire.
Apr-29-2010 03:06
Sushipunk
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quote:
Originally posted by Renzo
Stu's nonchalantness to these monstrous, hideous creatures makes them even scarier.
Apr-29-2010 03:11
Lilith
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Location: Maximum Security twilight home for cats
quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Huntsman spiders aren't poisonous (to humans). I usually just relocate them by putting a bowl or something over them so they're trapped against the wall, and them slide some cardboard or a book under it so they're trapped inside the bowl. Take them outside and toss them into the garden.
You must have slow ones, well it is Qld I suppose, lots of things up there are kind if 'slow'... down here they run around a lot and jump.
Apr-29-2010 03:15
enydo
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I have enough trouble with the little wolf spiders we get around here haha, arachnophobia is great. I found a brown recluse in my room in the last house I lived in, and it sketched me out for weeks.
Apr-29-2010 03:16
Sushipunk
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quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
You must have slow ones, well it is Qld I suppose, lots of things up there are kind if 'slow'... down here they run around a lot and jump.
Nah, the Huntsmans are pretty slow and chilled. It's the Wolf Spiders that are psycho and run/jump around the place.
Apr-29-2010 03:17
Sushipunk
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quote:
Originally posted by enydo
I found a brown recluse in my room
Fuck that, lol.
Poisonous stuff gets smashed with something/anything, or hosed down with bug spray.
Apr-29-2010 03:20
Lilith
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Location: Maximum Security twilight home for cats
quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Nah, the Huntsmans are pretty slow and chilled.
Mine aren't, especially at night they get all rambunctious and run around. My last place had a few hockey stick dents in the walls
Apr-29-2010 03:22
enydo
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My brother got bitten by a black widow a few years back. He basically had to sit in the hospital for 16 hours on morphine because they couldn't give him antivenom for some reason (pretty sure because they had no way of knowing for sure it was a widow, and if given the wrong antivenom it can straight kill you). Even with all the painkillers he was still in a good bit of pain for a large majority of his stay, poisonous stuff scares the shit out of me.
Apr-29-2010 03:22
Lews
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Spiders scare the fuck out of me
Apr-29-2010 03:23
Sushipunk
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quote:
Originally posted by Lilith
Mine aren't, especially at night they get all rambunctious and run around.
Big-city life. Everyone's in a damn hurry.
quote:
Originally posted by enydo
My brother got bitten by a black widow a few years back. He basically had to sit in the hospital for 16 hours on morphine because they couldn't give him antivenom for some reason (pretty sure because they had no way of knowing for sure it was a widow, and if given the wrong antivenom it can straight kill you). Even with all the painkillers he was still in a good bit of pain for a large majority of his stay, poisonous stuff scares the shit out of me.
Ooowwwww yeah, that's messed up.
I agree - Fuck poisonous stuff
Apr-29-2010 03:24
igottaknow
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Location: The Future
You still got to admire spiders for inventing the Web.
Apr-29-2010 03:32
Lews
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Location: Hugging Whales And Saving Trees
Why do you even bother giving us your coat in the first place?