Spiders

Discussion in 'Wildlife Corner' started by Victoria, Feb 24, 2008.

  1. Victoria

    Victoria Lover of Exotic Flora

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    Any guesses ???? It is about 4-5cm long, furry and resident in the house. :eek:

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  2. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    Resident??? :eek: Time to move I'd guess! :D
     
  3. rosa

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    wouldnt like that in my home :rolleyes: :eek: :eek: tarantula
     
  4. Kedi-Gato

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    Well, I like it and would love to find one here.
     
  5. Kedi-Gato

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  6. Victoria

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    You could be right, Sis. I just took the magnifying glass to have a closer look ... he's on the doorframe now and there are some markings on it. Will investigate later. [​IMG]
     
  7. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    "Ohh man, like I dont dig spiders" :D
    "Banana boat song"

    Probably harmless, but I dont like em.
     
  8. Victoria

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    Oh, pete, he's really cute ... not that I'll pick it up, mind you. :D

    He's still sitting on the doorframe and a couple of times Boo has gone up to it and had a close up look and then wandered off ...

    There was one here a couple of years ago that Sis would have died for ... an irridescent bright green one sitting on my gate ... never saw one before nor since (this was before I knew how to use a digi camera).
     
  9. EileenR

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    My husband got bitten 4 times by a false widow spider a few weeks ago. It got onto his neck and I suppose he irratated it by trying to get it off. He had some serious swellings the next day which took quite a while to go. He was photographed for our local paper.. and even made it into the nationals. I dislike them even more now!!!
     
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    lovely creature, as long as it keeps away from my neck....
     
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