TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 11,437
It was at work....what is it?
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
Anyone know much about spiders?
- Thread starter TomandJerry
- Start date
It was at work....what is it?
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
If you are in Australia - be very afraid.
The top 10 most poisonous spiders are all from Australia (according to Bill Burford).
The top 10 most poisonous spiders are all from Australia (according to Bill Burford).
grubbyhands
Well-known member
I think they have 8 legs and shit silk.
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 11,437
- Thread starter
- #4
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
"Exploding spiders spotted across the country"
"If you touch them it is possible they will 'explode', dispersing away from each other on tiny silken safety lines."
Nope.
"If you touch them it is possible they will 'explode', dispersing away from each other on tiny silken safety lines."
Nope.
Last edited:
Hillian1
( . ) ( . )
Kill it, kill it with fire.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
I'd also have a word with your company electrician. He/she appears to put wall switched up sideways.
deslynhamsmoustache1
Well-known member
That really is disgusting, an abomination to mankind, but enough about your wallpaper, that's a juvenile garden spider (Araneus diadematus). Harmless.
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 11,437
- Thread starter
- #9
That really is disgusting, an abomination to mankind, but enough about your wallpaper, that's a juvenile garden spider (Araneus diadematus). Harmless.
Doesn't look harmless
lizard
Well-hung member
- Jul 14, 2005
- 3,332
Biscuit Barrel
Well-known member
Looks like it could be a false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis). Hard to tell from a picture. The false widow will normally hang upside down in its web. The webs are very spindly. I would not worry too much. Most bites from false widows are nothing more serious than a bee sting. However some people can have a more serious reaction.
My advise (I am a pest controller) would be to remove the spider from your office and then remove all webs. If new webs appear, remove them as well.
My advise (I am a pest controller) would be to remove the spider from your office and then remove all webs. If new webs appear, remove them as well.
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 11,437
- Thread starter
- #12
Do they come in that color?
supaseagull
Well-known member
Its a Marbled Orb Weaver
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Is that anywhere near Woolloomooloo ?
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 11,437
- Thread starter
- #15
Gullflyinghigh
Registered User
- Apr 23, 2012
- 4,279
I can confirm that it is indeed a spider.
You were wise to double check.
TomandJerry
Well-known member
- Oct 1, 2013
- 11,437
- Thread starter
- #17
I knew it was a spider but didn't know what type! Or if it was poisonous!
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
It's a Brain-Eating Death Spider. It'll grow to the size of an Ice cream van and kill every last one of you.
Take off and nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure
Take off and nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure
Biscuit Barrel
Well-known member
Yes. The color shown in the picture is quite normal for a false widow.
supaseagull
Well-known member
It's not a false widow.