[Closed] This spider attacked me...

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Do spiders get rabbies?

Only the Jewish ones.

I call dibbs on his bikes - he can only have a few hours left to live!

I reckon it's just playing dead waiting for you to remove the glass.

Your days are numbered...........

Its got a knife!

oy vey

Its got its hand up, thats for sure. Perhaps it wants to ask the forum a question?

Kryton57 - Member
Its got its hand up, thats for sure. Perhaps it wants to ask the forum a question?

What size for a Web? 26, 29 or 650b?

It hasn't got its hand up. Its pointing! Directing the hoardes of rabid death spiders, presently hiding behind the curtains, towards their target

Scuse me - anyone recommend some cheap lights ?

Hmmm. How many lumens for a spider?

Can any one identify it?

it's a spider, I think it's Insey Wincy. But it could be Dave

'This thread needs rainbows and spokey dokeys' said the Spider to the fly.

Can any one identify it?

Nigel

fourcrossjohn - Member
Can any one identify it?

Yup. His name is Dave T Wildebeest,Spider of the North, defeater of the almighty Webcatcher, hunter of the fly.

Freeze it with an upside down can of compressed air.

He used to be called Stan, but for a while he's insisted on everyone calling him Loretta

It's a Wolf spider from the Lycosidae (latin for wolf) family, quiet common for them to jump and they do attempt to attack pretty much anything if cornered which is why they get their name i guess. I got a wee bite on the thin skin on the back of my hand from one years ago as i was treating an attic for woodworm, got such a shock i squealed like a slapped bairn and stumbled, put a foot and leg through the punters ceiling - he didn't believe me till 15mins later when a little red weal started to build up round the double bite area.

It got bloody agressive so i decided to keep it in a large container to see what happened, it started head butting the plastic and then spun some crazy as web and just snuffed it.

Excited delirium.

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Was it a very big container?

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What's it's web address?

igmc

mt - your coat left before you did

This is what happened to the last guy who was bitten!!!

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Fourcrossjohn - where do you live? If it's Oz, get to a doctor. UK, you should be fine, it's just having a bad day. The dying part is quite funny though...

I'm in the uk, i didn't bite me btw!

after it cocked out i gased it with lighter fluid to make sure it was out cold so i could get rid of it, it landed on the ground and then just scurried off, i feel for my welfare...

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It's away to raise a spider army assault team - beware!, duct tape your windows, door frames, letterbox, keyholes, brick up your chimney if you have one and always have a can of hairspray and a dependable lighter to hand - post up here every hr so we know you are still alive.

fourcrossjohn - Member

I'm in the uk, i didn't bite me btw!

after it cocked out i gased it with lighter fluid to make sure it was out cold so i could get rid of it, it landed on the ground and then just scurried off, i feel for my welfare...

Almost forgot....they do curl up their legs and play dead for hours sometimes, yep....they really do. You can roll them about for ages - poke them wi pencils, blow them about etc and just when you start to consider it really is dead and decide to take a closer look under a magnifying glass at their eyes and fangs the creepy little ****ers jump back to life and scare the crap out of you.

bigyinn, are you a wighter?

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there's probably a secret handshake or something too, isn;t there?

That Runcorn story is amazing. I sincerely hope it is real.

So the spider was dead, then you gassed it - to make sure it was dead, chucked it out the door to get rid of it, whereupon it rose from the dead and legged it.....

I think you encountered Bwyan the Spider Messiah

[i]Bwyan the Spider Messiah[/i]

"he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" etc etc

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"Draw me like one of your French girls..."

I have one of these taken up residence outside the window. Might remove it if he's going to jump through the window and attack me, don't fancy that.

Here it is with dinner.

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It's not a Wolf spider, it's a Garden Orb Weaver or Diadem spider, Araneus Diadematus
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And yes, they do bite, one bit me when I was a kid, quite put me off spiders ever after. They can't harm you, unlike the False Widow spiders.

yours must still be a nipper, its still quite translucent and alot smaller than my attacker was!

big enough for me...not a fan of spiders

Nah, definitely a wolf spider CountZero although the orb weaver do grow into ugly fat brutes, they tend to never leave their webs as they are rather ungainly when moving and can't jump - check out the difference in the abdomen and cardiac mark (big white mark) along with the translucent legs on your orb then compare with original pic

Are you dead yet?

fourcrossjohn - Member

bigyinn, are you a wighter?

are we? uh oh?

Well you were, but apparently not now. I'm Paul beazer in the real world.

are you wearing lynx body spray?

did you not read the warning on the can?!

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I'm not convinced it's a Lycosidae. The body shape doesn't look right or it's stance and I can't put the markings to any wolf spider.I'm not sure a wolf spider would web like the op description either. A clearer dorsal photo would be better or at least of the head (carapace)area to see the eye structure.
It might be a male [i]Araneus quadratus[/i]It might be on the wonder for a mate, before winter, and got lost. It would also explain the aggression shown and possibly the webbing. I'm not positive though without more photos.

Unless you have an allergic reaction the bite will be fine. Pretty much all Northern European spiders have a mild venom to humans.

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Jesus-H-Christ!....wtf kind of spider is that?.....it's just a pair of fangs with legs attached.

Had this bad boy in my garden for a while,even scared the dog ,it's body was almost an inch long.
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it's an australian funnel web spider.highly venomous/highly aggressive/ AND IT CAN BITE THROUGH YOUR TOENAIL!! 😯 😮 😯 PARP!

our native spiders are sweethearts in comparison (metaphorically speaking 😉

I'm not kidding, but you can have fun with these spiders now that they're quite common in autumn.
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Get within a foot or so of the spider as she sits there in the middle of that dinner plate sized web. Then start humming (somewhere around middle C) and watch what happens.

Go on, get out there and find one now....

GrahamS - Member
Do spiders get rabbies?
Only the Jewish ones.

I lol'd

The Oz funnel web is a beautiful spider. The Japanese is rather nice too, with slightly redder colouration. We do have a European version, M.calpeiana which can be a little skittish but has a much milder venom. They can get quite narky too.
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davextremistsdotcouk : Step away from the spider, put down your kazoo, return to the house, lock the door and put the kettle on for a nice cup of tea.

I'm not surprised that funnel web spider can bite through a toenail - it looks as if it could rip my front door off it's hinges before dragging me out the house.

I like our spiders in this country but Australia sounds pretty messed up wi all it's scary shit that can kill you.

Right you's lot....STOP IT NOW!.......IT'S NOT FUN ANYMORE.

.....these spiders now that they're quite common in autumn.

Why is that ? I've noticed in the last week or so that there appears to be an exceptionally large amount of spiders in the garden, where have they been all year ?

where have they been all year ?

Posted this up before on here, but the downstairs of our house is full of these:

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Told the council, who said they were sorry but they had shut down the pest ccontrol department. Phoned pest control companies who said they don't know much about them.

We actually don't mind them - they kill loads of flies, and for the main, keep themselves to themselves. If I find a male off on a wander, I tend to catch them and remove them from the house, but it is a little worrying when the BBC keeps on putting stories up like this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-19420894

Especially as we have two small children.

Scott. I really wouldn't worry about them. I have some too, have mated them and looked after the lings. I've handled them a fair bit and they have never shown aggression or any sign of biting.

That bbc article is extremely misleading, mostly wrong and just made up. The only accurate bits are the quotes from Ray Gabriel. Just ignore the rest. The ones you have will largely control themselves as far as numbers go. If you get too many and they don't have enough prey they will start eating themselves, which lowers their numbers.

Thanks for the reassurance roper.

Get within a foot or so of the spider as she sits there in the middle of that dinner plate sized web. Then start humming (somewhere around middle C) and watch what happens.

Go on, get out there and find one now....

I have just had to explain to my neighbour what I was doing, we both must be doing it wrong because the only reaction we get is giggles from our other halves 😉

was going to say it looks like orb spiders, had a couple in the garden last year, just back from hols and the acer is covered in webs with several of these. When you get close they rear up to defend!

Scott, they do look like false widow spiders. I work for southern water and we've had H&S posters put around because a few employees have been bitten when disturbing them accidentally.
Just be careful with the kids, I live in Chichester and found my 3 year old trying to play with one the other day, the little buggers are popping up everywhere!

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anyone else see the resemblance?

anyone else see the resemblance

Aarrr!

Oh why oh why did I open this thread? I thought it was going to be a soft toy or something funny...

I'm frightened of spiders...

Last year there was a horde of those long-legged ones which go flat and lay their legs out when they are resting, then go back to spider shape when they are running along. Anyway, there were loads in my awning, and when I shook the awning they all started bobbing up and down and drumming their feet. It was quite scary, hah, but my long-handled broom soon sorted the cheeky buggers out!

somafunk - Member

I like our spiders in this country but Australia sounds pretty messed up wi all it's scary shit that can kill you.

When my brother was out in australia, he tried to explain to a local why he's got a phobia of spiders. "When i was little, one crawled into my bed". Oh right, says the aussie, you've got to watch that, some of 'em'll kill ya! So Dave says, "This one just ran around a bit".

Australia. Not for the likes of us.