Australia

You people do realise you have a massive wuss problem when it comes to spiders 'n such don't you?

They're only harmless little things that are around in the grass all the time. Imagine the number of insects there'd be to cope with if those little fellas weren't culling them!

I've seen that web thing a few times in the Hunter Valley but not quite to that extent. Doesn't have to be a flood, early morning strolls usually resulted in jeans cuffs and shoes being festooned with webs most times of the year, it's really no big deal.
They build the webs across the grass at night to catch low flying dinner, nothing spooky about that.
They're extremely fine webs and only visible in cold or wet weather when the dew settles on them and 'lights' them up to be seen.

Oz can't be toooo bad, people survived here for 40,000 years with no shoes or clothes, (or flame throwers), remember?


 
Spider problem?? US??!! Well, yeah........:p I'd have to stay in at night, then; bad enough here, where they weave humungous webs between trees or whatever else at sundown, and take them down before dawn. The spiders are huge enough, and just walking into one of those webs.....ack!!!!!!!!

That must be why I wasn't born in Australia......:disturbed:
 
That poor roo! Flashing lights all over the place, probably was scared. Good thing the owner found him.

I wouldn't mind a roo or two coming 'round, but those steroid-addicted dinosaurs you guys call "spiders" are another story entirely. Y'all have a thing for downplaying your monsters - must be a national pride thing ... :p
 
I quite like spiders. They are useful in nature and humans and spiders are quite compatible in the same living space.
You just have to be able to recognise the more dangerous species.

Anyway, bees are more dangerous than spiders and I absolutely refuse to share my house with a hive.
 
With you on that one Warri.

But got more than critters to worry about at the moment... 'something wicked this way comes' and the sky is about to fall bigtime.
The house is rockin, the town is creaking and the thunders crashin' and I'm about to pull all the plugs. Ahhhl be baaack. hopefully.
 
Same here, storms, no rain bugger. friend just had windscreen smashed by hail in maroochydore, queensland.
 
Yikes, Di - hope all is ok there, and the storm passes quickly.

As for spiders, I do think they are fascinating creatures. I just don't want them on me; and those webs are like nylon; you can't get them off. :(
 
Yeah I'm back thanks Anne, it was a ripper. Most excitement I'm likely to get this week. Biggest hail stones I've ever seen and this is the first house with a steel roof I've heard big ones on. It was like artillery shells ftw.

No damage I can see though so all's sweet. I'll post some piccys later in the weather thread.

Haven't heard from Jilly yet, she was in the path of it too.
 
Are ya treading water Di?
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I like spiders more than snakes, but about the same as a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
 
Glad it passed and you're ok, Di. Jilly, hope all is well there, too. I'm no fan of storms, tho the lightning is beautiful; but I don't go outside to view it like some do. Seems we've lived near the 'tornado alleys' so many times, but have been lucky so far. Once, I did hear the train sound they talk about, and think that it passed right over us. A bit spooky, but only had a tree down in the yard.
 
I'm back hope you can understand me i am probably gurgling from all the water :eek:mg: big storm wasn't it Di, for some reason you got hail and it missed me although the rain was so heavy it probably melted it before it hit the ground, bugger me the suns out now lol.
You are worried about all the creepy crawlies we have here , well we hardly ever see them, where as you guys have the coyotes coming into your backyards and attacking your pets, you have the grizzly bears, and a lot of other critters so maybe we are even
 
Glad you missed out on the hail Jilly.



Geeze Phil I can see why you'd why want to avoid the joint. It must have seemed full of Pommy comedians doing very corny send ups in largely faux Kiwi accents.

Their stuff is still funny isn't it?... and there were a lot of Bruces back then.
 
Anne said:
OMG, is this a nightmare or what??! No, I'm not down on Australia; LOL, but these are the things that would send me living elsewhere.... :eek-new:

http://www.viralnova.com/spider-fields/
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Well, you would know I'm not viewing the link, Anne, but as DI mentioned in another post...look up MAJOR WUSS in the dictionary. You'll see my picture, probably 2 of 'em! I can only imagine how frightening this thing is.
 
Jillaroo said:
I'm back hope you can understand me i am probably gurgling from all the water :eek:mg: big storm wasn't it Di, for some reason you got hail and it missed me although the rain was so heavy it probably melted it before it hit the ground, bugger me the suns out now lol.
You are worried about all the creepy crawlies we have here , well we hardly ever see them, where as you guys have the coyotes coming into your backyards and attacking your pets, you have the grizzly bears, and a lot of other critters so maybe we are even
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Jilly, I know they're in other areas of the USA, but we don't have coyotes in southeastern USA...that I've ever heard of. (I could be totally wrong on that, just never hear of them.) Still, I have read of many people (mostly in California) who have watched in horror as their pet was carried away by one, so they are a definite threat here. Our mountains (2-3 hrs away) are loaded with bears, but I've never been in a position to run into one and have only seen a few of them in zoos. Probably much the same for all of you there re anything listed in this post. You're nowhere near any danger.

But you do have 20 -25 of the most deadly snakes in the world (we have 3 In NA, I think.) Given that, along with your crocs and sharks galore, it amazes me that so few die from them, as was shown on the posted chart. Yours are just more interesting to me, compliments of the Dundee movies. (wink!)

We've got more than our fair share of sharks here as well, it's just the surfin' is better where you are and we hear of bites more often. A baby alligator chased my ex from the golf course all the way to his car, and another bit larger one chased my SIL from a public park lake to his car at the beach. They are all over our warm areas, it's just your crocs get the most publicity. :( Not enough to keep me away, I would love to visit your country in the worst kind of way!
 
Anne said:
Spider problem?? US??!! Well, yeah........:p I'd have to stay in at night, then; bad enough here, where they weave humungous webs between trees or whatever else at sundown, and take them down before dawn. The spiders are huge enough, and just walking into one of those webs.....ack!!!!!!!!

That must be why I wasn't born in Australia......:disturbed:
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I wish I had another Xanax after reading this post...in just imagining. LOL
 
Katybug said:
I wish I had another Xanax after reading this post...in just imagining. LOL
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The link I posted above was just webs, Katy, covering the grass everywhere....some spiders, too. :( That was Australia - here, I heard that if you go out at night with a light in Summer, there will be red wolf spider eyes shining in the tall grasses. Needless to say, I've not tried that. Don't know if wolf spiders are dangerous or not, but they sure aren't pretty.
The one in the trees are some type of orb weaver. But, enough about those creatures. :stop: ;)
 
Anne said:
The link I posted above was just webs, Katy, covering the grass everywhere....some spiders, too. :( That was Australia - here, I heard that if you go out at night with a light in Summer, there will be red wolf spider eyes shining in the tall grasses. Needless to say, I've not tried that. Don't know if wolf spiders are dangerous or not, but they sure aren't pretty.
The one in the trees are some type of orb weaver. But, enough about those creatures. :stop: ;)
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Now, I'm going back and look at the video on newborns getting a bath again (just posted in another thread) to get my mind back to a happy place. Note to self, get some professional help on your fright of anything even written re those gawdawfull things.
 
Thing is with our critters, just as with yours, not all of them are everywhere.

The only reasonably wide spread really dangerous snake is the Brown, and they're only down the East Coast. The top of the charts lads, the 'Fierce' or Inland Taipan is only found out in Central Far North Qld where few venture anyway. So arguably the world's most venomous land snake accounts for very few recorded fatalities at all.
Crocs are few and far between except in the far north, in the tropics. Sharks are never reported inland of beaches and even many spider species are regional.

So as with anywhere, you learn what's about and look out for it, but they're not ALL there.
 
Anne i encountered 2 Wolf spiders in an old dairy farm home, the first was on the floor in the lounge and it was huge it's legs were as thick as my little finger, we disposed of him as i would not have stayed in that house with him in it, and next morning my daughter stood outside our bedroom and said be careful when you come out as another Wolf spider is above your door, hubby disposed of it the brave man.
I made enquiries with a pest controller guy and he said if bitten they will make you ill but won't kill you, they usually live behind bark on trees.
I'll tell you one thing i have never seen such a huge spider before and very aggressive too, i will respect Katy's fear and refrain from putting a picture of one on here.
We had a lot of the Orb spiders where i lived, you had to be careful walking around at night as you could easily walk into their web , but they are harmless i think.
 
Jillaroo said:
Anne i encountered 2 Wolf spiders in an old dairy farm home, the first was on the floor in the lounge and it was huge it's legs were as thick as my little finger, we disposed of him as i would not have stayed in that house with him in it, and next morning my daughter stood outside our bedroom and said be careful when you come out as another Wolf spider is above your door, hubby disposed of it the brave man.
I made enquiries with a pest controller guy and he said if bitten they will make you ill but won't kill you, they usually live behind bark on trees.
I'll tell you one thing i have never seen such a huge spider before and very aggressive too, i will respect Katy's fear and refrain from putting a picture of one on here.
We had a lot of the Orb spiders where i lived, you had to be careful walking around at night as you could easily walk into their web , but they are harmless i think.
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Wolf spiders in the house; I would sleep with lights on!!! Granddaughter brought over a bucket couple years ago, with a wolf spider in it. When she took the cover off, the little babies left their mother's back (where she carries them), and started running all over. I put the cover back on, and told her please not to bring those to Grandma again; lol I was joking, of course, and we left them sit by the woods. UGH.

They are in our crawlspace, and there's no way I'll go down there. I said, with a tornado, I'll take my chances with an inside closet or bathroom; lol
 
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