Thread: Spiders

Hello Tim,

The spider is a Huntsman.

Huntsman Spiders - Australian Museum

Their bite is not fatal.

Ron.

Hi Tim, it looks like a tarantula and if so it’s harmless.

BTW, I thought you didn’t have snakes and dangerous spiders in NZ?

just gently put your hand in front of him and let him walk onto your palm then take him outside and let him go on a tree,
or beat the crap out of the car for a while trying to kill it.
they do move pretty quick!!

oh, this one looks like a baby, there may be a bigger one in the car somewhere else.

Originally Posted by RoverP6B

Hello Tim,

The spider is a Huntsman.

Huntsman Spiders - Australian Museum

Their bite is not fatal.

Ron.

Thats good to know!

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Hi Tim, it looks like a tarantula and if so it’s harmless.

BTW, I thought you didn’t have snakes and dangerous spiders in NZ?

Hi Drivesafe, you're right about NZ, but I live in sunny Perth now Lots of bad bitey/posiony things here

Originally Posted by harry

just gently put your hand in front of him and let him walk onto your palm then take him outside and let him go on a tree,
or beat the crap out of the car for a while trying to kill it.
they do move pretty quick!!

oh, this one looks like a baby, there may be a bigger one in the car somewhere else.

Thanks for that Harry, especially since the car is in the garage, which has internal access to the house, which contains my bedroom, that I'm going to try and sleep in tonight! I could always wind all the windows up, but it's a Defender so there is hardly any point in that exercise!!


I managed to persuade the little fellow towards the edge of the roof where I could gently brush it outside

Tim

Hate to say it, (not really)
but they usually come in 2's.

Sleep tight.

Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Hate to say it, (not really)
but they usually come in 2's.

Sleep tight.

Thanks for that mate!

(I'll be off to put masking tape over the gaps around the door into the garage then....)

When it's really quiet, you can hear them walking around the room.

Just today I was putting some bolts back in my 2a, i'd gone around with the spider stick and made sure the area was clear.
Just as I got an awkward positioned nut to thread on a bolt, whats that on my arm?


was only a daddy long legs though so didn't bother moving him on till i'd finished