Anyone know their spiders !

koneguitarist

Got a spider that came out of an old grounding tape deck, son thinks its a recluse, any thoughts?http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i278/bargoedboy/20c542c5c34086311c2064081069578a_zps26958cd3.jpg

fretmeister

False Widow?

koneguitarist

Looks like one so far, just kill it ?

octatonic

Looks like a "False Widow" to me.

They can be nasty- keep well clear.

Here is another one:

http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/cache/bba665cb.jpg

You don't have to kill it but I wouldn't try to give it a hug.

Spider

 It looks like a false widow spider, Britain’s most venomous arachnid, kill it but be careful, they bite when they are annoyed (very not nice).

mike_l

kill it with napalm, for safety sake. It does look like a false widow, so careful with handling.

Spider

mike_l said:

kill it with napalm, for safety sake. It does look like a false widow, so careful with handling.

DON'T HANDLE. Bites can be very, as in VERY nasty.

Bellycaster

Blimey, yes, that's Cecil, he lives in my bath. I wondered where the bugger had gotten too.

Please return him to 24 Acacia Avenue, Sheffield, S6 ACN.

 

ChrisMusic

Spider said:   ...they bite when they are annoyed.

So does my Mrs  

Simple answer: don't annoy her then.

I used to have a pet banana spider, came out of a box of bananas, poisonous but not deadly.

Met up with a spider expert at Chessington Zoo to identify it, of all things he was the elephant keeper.

Behind the enclosure he had loads of tarantulars, amongst other large spiders, nasty bite but not deadly.

They tend to shed irritant hairs at you if really annoyed, which doesn't do them much good, or you either if they get in your face or eyes.

Most creatures tend to walk away from trouble IME.

The biggest he had to show me was the shed skin of one that was over 12" across, jet black hair like ermine, and the size of a dinner plate, wow.

Why not use the glass and card trick, collect it up, put it outside at a safe distance, you rarely see the same spider again.

All things deserve to live.  

Bucket

Kill with fire.

VimFuego

nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

axisus

We found 3 in our house this summer! They like to live under furniture, chest of drawers etc. We found one by chance then went looking and found the others!

Nasty buggers but I still can't bring myself to kill spiders - well not directly - I marched them down the road to release them further from the home, but spied a road drain and tipped them down! At least they had a chance!

viz

Bellycaster said:

Blimey, yes, that's Cecil, he lives in my bath. I wondered where the bugger had gotten too.

Please return him to 24 Acacia Avenue, Sheffield, S6 ACN.

 

The neighbour of the beast?

holnrew

I think I'd try to handle it just to say I had.

Myranda

viz said:

Bellycaster said:

Blimey, yes, that's Cecil, he lives in my bath. I wondered where the bugger had gotten too.

Please return him to 24 Acacia Avenue, Sheffield, S6 ACN.

 

The neighbour of the beast?

Surely the neighbour of the beast would need to live at 664 or 668?

VimFuego

gah, I hate this prejudice against odd numbers. People are allowed to live in 665 or 667 you know.

Myranda

But then they'd be on the opposite side of the road!

Unless you're saying Satan lives in a cul-de-sac! a 666-667 house cul-de-sac! Or some sort of Towerblock of Torment... 

VimFuego

not always. Odd numbers being on the "wrong" side of the road is not universal and when it does happen it's because of a deeply ingrained dogma of certain town planning departments who are the first wave of a new world order who are determined to bring down our freedoms and force us to submit to the bland mediocracy of even numbers. Well, not this patriot, they will take the number 7 from my cold, dead hands.

koneguitarist

What have I started ?

Bellycaster

Myranda;43928" said:

viz said:



Bellycaster said:

Blimey, yes, that's Cecil, he lives in my bath. I wondered where the bugger had gotten too.Please return him to 24 Acacia Avenue, Sheffield, S6 ACN. 













The neighbour of the beast?





Surely the neighbour of the beast would need to live at 664 or 668?

I thought it was the neighbour of Charlotte

samzadgan

Nah thats 22 acacia avenue...but Charlotte is close!

As for the spider...looks nasty...but atleast it wont kill you...aussie spiders...try living with red backs in the garage and funnel-webs in the back yard...those are nasty!