Now what is this bug called creeping in my great outdoors backyard

[Don Barbiere]

Can someone identify this spider or whatever it is, that is freaking my girl out.Is it camel/sun spider, this one was like inch , inch and half just the body, Thanks in advance!

http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/DonBarbiere/Random%20Cool%20Stuff/spider1.jpg

http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/DonBarbiere/Random%20Cool%20Stuff/photo.jpg

[Legion]

Pffft! :001_rolle

That's not a spider. You need to visit here!

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x146/dh10au/idiot-dad-tries-to-catch-massive-spider.gif

[Don Barbiere]

Where? That looks funny though :)

[Legion]

Where? That looks funny though :)

Australia! Home of the stupidly big spider. One dragged off my cat a few days ago.

[aceinyerface]

Australia! Home of the stupidly big spider. One dragged off my cat a few days ago.

Pffffffffttttt!!!!

Damn it, man! You almost made me spit Guinness on the computer!

[-dave-]

dumb way to catch a spider, empty a can of mortein on it and wack it with a 9 irons hows its done in my backyard

[aceinyerface]

dumb way to catch a spider, empty a can of mortein on it and wack it with a 9 irons hows its done in my backyard

Maybe I'm just getting drunk, but the 9 iron solution makes me laugh!

[Legion]

Tried that. The spider just took the club off me and chased me down the road like Tiger Woods angry wife!

[thatsilverguy]

Pffffffffttttt!!!!

Damn it, man! You almost made me spit Guinness on the computer!

I don't care who you are - that's funny as dukie! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Good thing you didn't waste that. Guinness good.

[aceinyerface]

Tried that. The spider just took the club off me and chased me down the road like Tiger Woods angry wife!

I'm dying!!!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::l ol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
I could really get on well with you Aussies!

[aceinyerface]

I don't care who you are - that's funny as dukie! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Good thing you didn't waste that. Guinness good.

A little Bulleit Rye Whiskey chased with some Guinness. The world is OK!

[honed]

In the US it's the 2nd amendment that gives you the right to carry a gun.
In Oz it's the need for self-defense against spiders...

[aceinyerface]

I don't know if Crocodile Dundee aggravates Aussies or not, but I always remember that "a funnel web spider can kill a man just by looking at him".

[aceinyerface]

I had the idea, living in Arizona for a year, to find tarantulas by driving down dirt roads at night, catch them, and sell them. I could probably be a ga-zillionaire by now.

[Legion]

I don't know if Crocodile Dundee aggravates Aussies or not, but I always remember that "a funnel web spider can kill a man just by looking at him".

A funnel web will mess you up. They are the kind of poisonous where you don't bother seeking help, you just find somewhere comfy to lie down...

The big huntsman spiders (like the one in the funny gif) are not dangerous. They are just for using in practical jokes.

[KM-instructor]

Can someone identify this spider or whatever it is, that is freaking my girl out.Is it camel/sun spider, this one was like inch , inch and half just the body, Thanks in advance!

http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/DonBarbiere/Random%20Cool%20Stuff/spider1.jpg

http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/DonBarbiere/Random%20Cool%20Stuff/photo.jpg

It's nothing, tell your GF to look seriously at the size of the spider, then tell her to look at the size of her shoe. the rest is EASY.

[Don Barbiere]

Well, i usually say that :) but then I was bit by a brown lacrouse that was much smaller than that and now i have a dead spot on my leg , I went to the doctor only 2 weeks after just to make sure its not going to spread to other important parts on my body. The doctor said i was lucky and now I shoot spider webs out of my wrists. :) That is the reason why i want to know what things are around my house.

[KM-instructor]

Well, i usually say that :) but then I was bit by a brown lacrouse that was much smaller than that and now i have a dead spot on my leg , I went to the doctor only 2 weeks after just to make sure its not going to spread to other important parts on my body. The doctor said i was lucky and now I shoot spider webs out of my wrists. :) That is the reason why i want to know what things are around my house.

LOL, I understand that spidy, but your climbing abilities are legendary now.

[Don Barbiere]

Australia! Home of the stupidly big spider. One dragged off my cat a few days ago.

Ha, I got you, I thought you forgot to attach the link or something :) Now i feel dumb :)


dumb way to catch a spider, empty a can of mortein on it and wack it with a 9 irons hows its done in my backyard


Tried that. The spider just took the club off me and chased me down the road like Tiger Woods angry wife!

Now that's is funny!

[Balcmeg]

Pics or it didn´t happen!

[Don Barbiere]

Pics or it didn´t happen!
Me shooting spider webs or the bite from the brown lacrouse :)

[surpera1]

camel spider or wind scorpion
an arachnid of sorts
not particularly dangerous to humans
google camel spiders in iraq
get huge!

[Balcmeg]

Me shooting spider webs or the bite from the brown lacrouse :)

All of the above not excluding Legions cat being dragged off!

Edit: On second thought... no pic of the bite :scared:

[Don Barbiere]

camel spider or wind scorpion
an arachnid of sorts
not particularly dangerous to humans
google camel spiders in iraq
get huge!

That is what i thought, this one will not have the chance to get huge, as I was forced to whack it with my shoe. I have seen another one run like crazy fast in my backyard before and was almost twice as big!

[KM-instructor]

That's not a Brown recluse spider I'm pretty sure, they are way fatter in the abdomin.

[Don Barbiere]

All of the above not excluding Legions cat being dragged off!

Edit: On second thought... no pic of the bite :scared:

Alright I will spare you on the bite, but here is me shooting spider webs...

http://www.gamesdigger.com/content/icons/spiderman-3-rescue-mary-jane-icon-1.jpg

May be the funny Australians can show us the rest... :)

[Don Barbiere]

That's not a Brown recluse spider I'm pretty sure, they are way fatter in the abdomin.

Oh, I know it is not, because I killed the one that bit me. I thought it may be is the camel spider but was not sure as there are like 150 different once, and i think they are actually not spiders!

[Mako72]

Your in Vegas so Solifugae or Wind Scorpion or Camel Spider. Its not poisonious but they do have a pretty painful bite. I used to see them at night when I worked outdoors. Now I am a little south of you but we both get Bark Scorpions in addition to the Widows & Recluses, the Bark Scorpions are nasty little buggers only about an inch long but pretty poisonious to kids and adults if allergic. I found one of those on my patio two days ago, dead thankfully, that the night before we had been barefoot on while having a drink & a cigar. Be careful of those as a friends wife went to pick up a piece of "fuzz" on the carpet one late night and only missed getting stung because it moved!

http://www.spiderzrule.com/wind.htm

Jay

[Don Barbiere]

Your in Vegas so Solifugae or Wind Scorpion or Camel Spider. Its not poisonious but they do have a pretty painful bite. I used to see them at night when I worked outdoors. Now I am a little south of you but we both get Bark Scorpions in addition to the Widows & Recluses, the Bark Scorpions are nasty little buggers only about an inch long but pretty poisonious to kids and adults if allergic. I found one of those on my patio two days ago, dead thankfully, that the night before we had been barefoot on while having a drink & a cigar. Be careful of those as a friends wife went to pick up a piece of "fuzz" on the carpet one late night and only missed getting stung because it moved!



http://www.spiderzrule.com/wind.htm

Jay

Wow, thanks for the tip on the scorpions, never heard of them before, and hope me or my family don't have encounters with them! Just read a good tip to put my baby's crib legs in glass jars as scorpions can't climb on glass!

[Kwaka_Chris]

Argh that Gif makes memories come back to me about living in Goulburn (smaller inland town in Australia, lots of bush around). So many of those huge huntsman style spiders that seem to be able to open doors themselves, let themselves inside for the warmth, then wave and say "ohhh haiiii " on the walls while your trying to relax.

Out of a sheer instinct reaction, I killed one with an eBay katana! bug spray doesn't do much on these beggers. I had one recently in my house, and emptied half a can of outdoor baygon/mortein on it, just sat there swaying back and forth like it had drunk a 6 pack, cue bucket of water, and the seat up on the toilet. Success.

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Can someone identify this spider or whatever it is, that is freaking my girl out.Is it camel/sun spider, this one was like inch , inch and half just the body, Thanks in advance!

http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/DonBarbiere/Random%20Cool%20Stuff/spider1.jpg

http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/DonBarbiere/Random%20Cool%20Stuff/photo.jpg
Zee:
That Camel Spider reminds of the spiders I saw (and was afraid of for good reason), when I was 'down range' during the Gulf War I (Operation Desert Shield / Storm), and they were kind of big...yeech!! :a38:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

http://www.camel-spiders.net/images/camel-spider.jpg

Christopher http://www.cool-smileys.com/images/spidersmiley2.gif

[DavyRay]

So, do you attempt to get them hooked on Marlboros, or do you hope they catch fire using your lighter?

[onimaru55]

Pffft! :001_rolle

That's not a spider. You need to visit here!



That's a good sized huntsman there legion. You must have lots of cockroaches in Canberra or did they eat them all & now they're after cats haha.

[Kwaka_Chris]

So, do you attempt to get them hooked on Marlboros, or do you hope they catch fire using your lighter?

He is just angering it by not smoking Camels that is all.

[Legion]

That's a good sized huntsman there legion. You must have lots of cockroaches in Canberra or did they eat them all & now they're after cats haha.

That's not me, but when I was in Canberra (I'm in Melbourne now) we had ones that made that one seem like a baby. One house I lived in, in particular. And for some reason they loved the old car I was driving back then, which was always parked outside under trees. So you'd be in traffic on your way to work, while at the same time doing the spider shuffle trying to avoid these things as they ran around inside the car. Good times...

[Manthrax]

I'm at work right now, and I could barely keep from laughing out loud!

[-dave-]

That's not me, but when I was in Canberra (I'm in Melbourne now) we had ones that made that one seem like a baby. One house I lived in, in particular. And for some reason they loved the old car I was driving back then, which was always parked outside under trees. So you'd be in traffic on your way to work, while at the same time doing the spider shuffle trying to avoid these things as they ran around inside the car. Good times...

exact same thing happened to me when i lived there, there is absolutely no where to pull over when there's a dirty big bloody huntsman sitting on your head!

[onimaru55]

They must've liked all the grasshoppers & bugs you collected on the front grill harhar.

[OldSchoolYoungin]

They're really interesting creatures, IMO. Solifugids are not dangerous at all but can deliver a painful bite due to the size and strength of their jaws. They do not "attack" people; what happens is they run towards darkness whenever they see something approaching and that "darkness" might be your shadow :lol: They're also incredibly fast which doesn't help folks overcome their arachnophobia very well.

[-dave-]

was just talking to a mate of mine, he rang to say he just got himself a new pet (he keeps reptiles) he got some sort of spider that he has to feed whole mice too! apparently its huge and he spent the first day making sure the lid was snug on the tank

[OldSchoolYoungin]

I see you're in Australia. If your buddy just picked up a large local spider, it's probably a Selenocosmia species of tarantula. If that's the case, let him know that they have pretty potent venom for a tarantula and don't make it a habit of feeding live vertebrate prey to them very often. It's OK every now and then, but live vertebrates have far too high of a calcium content when fed on a regular basis and can definitely cause problems when the spider molts (wet molts, etc). Not to mention, vertebrate prey like mice can injure or even kill a spider. He's much better off just feeding larger invertebrate prey.

[-dave-]

thanks i'll let him know

[Legion]

I suppose watching your pet fight his lunch to the death each day might be entertaining. If there is nothing on the telly...

[Darth Indiana]

AAHH!!! GIANT MUDDAFUDDIN SPIDER!! KILLITKILLITKILLIT!!!!!


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