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Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:07 pm
by KissMyAss
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:13 pm
by Slayer
Hey all of you out in OZ, do you folks have black widow spiders there? We have lots of them here in California and depending where you are at we have some similar weather. Nasty little buggars!
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:13 pm
by shramiac
Yep, No.2, 4, 6 & 7 in the world! Dannii & Vic have to watch out for the funnel web and redback! I've only ever seen one redback in my part of the country.
http://smashingtops.com/animals/10-most ... the-world/
I only have to put up with the taipans, eastern brown, death adders......
http://www.avru.org/general/general_mostvenom.html
Oh and box jellyfish, irukandji jellyfish, cane toads....
At least I don't bite! Unless you ask!
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P.S. I have no idea why Nancy Pelosi's face is on that woman?
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:38 pm
by Slayer
Keeping to just spiders I had never heard of most of those spiders on the top 10 list and never knew that there was a cousin of the black widow called a red back that is native to Australia.
Cool share Andrew!
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:53 pm
by Genebaby
Yeah baby, I have tons of redbacks in my backyard, the garage, my shoes this one time!
I was at the Dr's and had to take a photo of this, says it all really.

Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:37 pm
by KissMyAss
Slayer wrote:Keeping to just spiders I had never heard of most of those spiders on the top 10 list and never knew that there was a cousin of the black widow called a red back that is native to Australia.
Cool share Andrew!
There are, at least, 31 species of lactrodectus (widows) in the world. Down in Southern California, the brown widows are taking over. They have the same venom as the black widow, but they don't produce as much. People associate all widows with the black bulbous body, and there are black widows, brown widows, and red widows.
Anything with eight legs should be sprayed with Raid, and smashed into the bottom of a shoe several times!!!If its guts isn't ground into the floor or wall, then it's not dead enough.
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:59 pm
by KissMyAss
shramiac wrote:Yep, No.2, 4, 6 & 7 in the world! Dannii & Vic have to watch out for the funnel web and redback! I've only ever seen one redback in my part of the country.
http://smashingtops.com/animals/10-most ... the-world/
I only have to put up with the taipans, eastern brown, death adders......
http://www.avru.org/general/general_mostvenom.html
Oh and box jellyfish, irukandji jellyfish, cane toads....
At least I don't bite! Unless you ask!
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P.S. I have no idea why Nancy Pelosi's face is on that woman?
That's a good song. Thank you for sharing it.
A politician carrying a straight razor doesn't seem out of the norm to me.

Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:00 pm
by doublev2
Damn. Kev do you see them in your house? In oz is it common to get bitten?
I had a snake chase me near to byron bay when I was a teenager but maybe I was imagining it.. I was in byron after all.
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:02 am
by shramiac
Hah! I hear then tends to be a funny smelling haze surrounding Byron Bay!
Beautiful area though.
I don't mind spiders but not a fan of snakes.
Note to self, must send KMA a dummy spider for her birthday!

Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:55 am
by doublev2
My mother lived in a town called kings cliff in nsw on border with queensland in mid 90s visited a few times .
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:50 pm
by Slayer
Hi Jen,
I've never seen a brown widow but i will certainly watch for them.
Andrew,
I have an acre and a half of property that I live on and there are spiders outside but we have an exterminator that visits once per month that does a great job of keeping them away from the house. In the summer I have to be mindful and aware to watch for black widows but so far that is all that I have ever seen where I live.
Kev
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:45 pm
by KissMyAss
Slayer wrote:Hi Jen,
I've never seen a brown widow but i will certainly watch for them.
Andrew,
I have an acre and a half of property that I live on and there are spiders outside but we have an exterminator that visits once per month that does a great job of keeping them away from the house. In the summer I have to be mindful and aware to watch for black widows but so far that is all that I have ever seen where I live.
Kev
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:55 pm
by ankh
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Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:01 am
by Slayer
They look just like the black widows except for the color. Do you have these in Northern California?
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:09 am
by KissMyAss
shramiac wrote:Hah! I hear then tends to be a funny smelling haze surrounding Byron Bay!
Beautiful area though.
I don't mind spiders but not a fan of snakes.
Note to self, must send KMA a dummy spider for her birthday!

Or you could dip my hair in ink. Your choice.
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:09 am
by AnkhWarrior
Id piss myself twice...into the toilet of course
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:23 pm
by Genebaby
The toilet.....of course. Sure.....

Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:30 pm
by AnkhWarrior
Genebaby wrote:The toilet.....of course. Sure.....


Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:18 pm
by MatthewF
When I worked at ACME in produce I found 2 black widows inside the grapes. We also had baby brown widow spiders inside them and there were so many we had to clean them by hand
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:13 pm
by poserboy71
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:41 pm
by MatthewF
Im serious the managers didnt care if someone got bit or not.....
Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:22 pm
by shramiac
Your old boss???

Re: Holy shit...
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:36 am
by MatthewF
Naw he made Wile E. Coyote look smart.