I read somewhere that they're responsible for dozens of car crashes in australia, they hide behind the sun visor and drop down onto the driver!
Yes, this is true. I'd say hundreds actually. They are that big that the joke is a Chicken Farmer crossed them with his chickens and got eight-legged chickens but they don't know how they taste because they haven't caught one yet!
I ****ing hate spiders and we've been having massive bastards popping up for the last few weeks. I mean huge. I think we had a false widow in the bathroom the other week as well. I slaughtered it just to be on the safe side. However I have a friend who lives in California and they get actual ****ing Black Widow Spiders in their house, so that puts things into perspective really...
Isnt it the case that they're venomity (might not be a word but I liked it) is greatly exagerated? I seem to recall that a bite will actually only make you a bit ill but somehow due to folklore they've become this massively feared death-bringer. It's a bit like if you were asked to name a valuable stamp most people would say Penny Black but they're largely worth s**t all. Of course, I could be wrong about all of this. edit - I bloody knew it: http://www.orkin.com/other/spiders/black-widow-spider-venom/
Found a rather exotic looking spider this morning, only the size of a 10p piece, but with a grey body and bright red legs! It went under the spider glass quite promptly! Upon googling, turns out it was a woodlouse eating spider! Completely harmless, unless you're a woodlouse!
In fairness, he's pretty laid back about their presence. I suppose you get used to such things and just get on with whacking them to death forthwith.
Na it isn't me. I was trying to find this video I saw once of thousands of them crossing a road at the same time but this was the best I could do.
There's a massive huntsman just outside my unit, its the redbacks that bother me. Had my hand on a post right next to one of the little bastards at work yesterday. **** my pants when I noticed it
I get black widows inside to. It isn't as bad as it might sound. Black widows are not aggressive, they are like the calmest spiders around. I've just brushed them away with my bare hand and they don't even care.
I was stood at the back door having a cig the other night and a moth started fluttering towards we, it got half way across the lawn and I was contemplating closing the door, before a bat swooped down and swallowed the bastard. It was a very satisfying watch.
You should put a saucer of milk out for that bat. Maybe a bit of sliced carrot or some shortbread as well. Bravo to the bat.
Actually, I quite like them when they're outside, it's only while they're circling my lounge ceiling that I take issue with them.
