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Post by kubik8 on Jul 13, 2009 8:47:50 GMT
It has eight legs. The rearmost are tucked under the abdomen, highly tensioned, and waiting for an unsuspecting feral to get close, whereupon it will spring and attack with a ferocity hitherto unbeknownst to man.
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Post by feral on Jul 13, 2009 9:15:40 GMT
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evil man .
I'm not exactly frightened of spiders -just very very wary lol .Some of them look really evil and although the sensible part of me says they'll do me no harm ,the other ,not so sensible part says that something that looks so evil has to be evil as well .And I really dont like the thought of those 8 ( or 6 ) legs scuttling over my skin
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Post by kubik8 on Jul 13, 2009 9:45:39 GMT
Not surprising we're programmed to be wary as even the tiny ones are venomous, although they don't have the strength to puncture skin.
They used to bother me, but after sharing a garage with some sodoff great Australian Huntsman spiders, I find the smaller ones to be quite sweet really.
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Post by feral on Jul 13, 2009 10:28:19 GMT
The only ones I find sweet are the little money spiders.
We have some real big feck off spiders here -about the size of the palm of a hand and black and thick with it and I just get out of the way of them when I see them scuttling across the floor.I did try sweeping them up a couple of times to put them outside but feck they're fast ...get the bloody thing up on the dustpan and before you can pin it down with the brush theyre up and over and heading for your hand .Sod that .Now I just watch them warily to make sure they disappear out of my sight .
Most odd really cos I aint wary of insects I know will sting or whatever if I frighten or upset them .If a wasp lands on or near me I just wait for it to bugger off again- without flapping .
I dont think its so much the thought of a spider biting that worries ...its cos they look so repulsive .
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that
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Post by kubik8 on Jul 13, 2009 11:18:33 GMT
Fair point. Bees and wasps don't bother me either, but having never been stung by one, if it happens I might go into anaphylactic shock and DIE!
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Post by feral on Jul 13, 2009 11:57:01 GMT
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aye you might .I suggest you PANIC and FLAP a lot when one comes near -just in case .
I have been stung by a wasp. Not through flapping but cos I went to remove one from a net curtain once with me hand without realising it was a wasp.It wasnt very happy about being a bit squished and stung me .Yes it did hurt but not so memorably that I dread ever getting another sting
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Post by cathy on Jul 13, 2009 20:21:31 GMT
That looks like an Orb spider ... and some of them draw their legs up making it look as if they only have six legs. There's always the possibility it lost a couple of legs though ... apparently they can grow new ones when they moult.
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Post by feral on Jul 14, 2009 21:15:36 GMT
Ahh ta, Cathy.
I looked up orb spiders - apparently they bite if you scare them lol so I'm glad I was wary
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Post by Chromo on Jul 15, 2009 14:03:24 GMT
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Post by Chromo on Jul 15, 2009 14:08:54 GMT
Looks like Zygiella x-notata, of the Araneidae, orb web spiders family.
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Post by feral on Jul 15, 2009 15:51:38 GMT
yea thats the one I settled on after cathy said it was an orb spider .It certainly looks more like an orb than any others Ive seen
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Post by feral on Jul 15, 2009 16:02:44 GMT
Now I'm positive its the zygiella :
Most of the Orb-web Spiders live in the garden. However there is one clear exception: Zygiella x-notata. The Zygiella spiders are sometimes referred to as Marble Heads. There are various species, but the best known are Z. x-notata, which lives on walls and windows and the closely related Z. atrica which lives on bushes and trees. The web they make is rather identical to that of the Garden Spider, but there is always one sector missing. Not only the spider itself is much smaller (7 mm) than the Garden Spider is, the web is also much smaller. Zygiella x-notata is a nocturnal animal. During the day it sits in its retreat (a crack in the wall or rather an opnening between wall and window) and stays there, even when the web gets destroyed. The missing sector is the part where the signaling wire runs through. It is a very common spider, found all over Europe, except for parts far in the north, such as Finland. Not as often seen as some of the other house spiders because of its nocturnal life and its readiness to seek shelter in its retreat should something happen.
I'd noticed the tatty looking web lol and it does only come out at night and lives in the gap between the blind and wall/ window .
For a very common spider it freaked me out somewhat cos Id never seen one like it before
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Post by justmyopinion on Jul 17, 2009 12:35:38 GMT
I am very good on spiders, but then again I weigh 14 stones.
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Post by Psalms on Sept 27, 2009 11:54:20 GMT
Maybe spider legs taste a wee bit too much like crab legs, and someone's been dining!  ;D |
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