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Post by zoey on Feb 1, 2009 16:46:35 GMT 10
With the recent heatwave of 45 degrees we reached and two days of 43 and 44, l find these spiders are out and about in which l found this Huntsman on my toilet door frame.   Here's a photo taken in the past of the underbelly of a female Huntsman on my window.  |
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Post by robert on Feb 1, 2009 18:15:06 GMT 10
They look scary Greg.Are they dangerous?
from Robert and Precious
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Post by madaussie on Feb 1, 2009 18:26:35 GMT 10
;D They are cute ;D no they wont hurt you all spiders are cute  j |
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Post by zoey on Feb 2, 2009 7:45:52 GMT 10
They can bite and leave a red mark thou not poisionous,just like a Mosquito bite,yep been bitten..   |
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Post by Laraine on Feb 2, 2009 11:03:35 GMT 10
Cute.......shudder. I had one on my screen door like the second photo, near scared the life out of me.
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 2, 2009 16:02:08 GMT 10
We get huntsmen all the time here.......I do not like spiders but them and daddy long legs are the only type I will "tolerate" in my house as they do eat bugs (well daddy long legs kill red backs apparently and their mouth is too small to inflict a bite on humans ..... from what I read)
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Post by xoxoEbzxoxo on Feb 2, 2009 16:48:58 GMT 10
eww I hate spiders lol. I had a huge huntsman on my shoulder when walking out frm my aviaries and it was scary....I flung it off VERY quickly and my pet chook just stood there when i was waiting for him to eat it lol...I think my peacock ate it anyway..well i hope anyway lol.
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Post by zoey on Feb 3, 2009 6:54:06 GMT 10
On your shoulder would have been a surprise..lol.. I have heard Daddy long legs mouth is to small to inflict a bite on humans,thou l don't want to be the first to find out...lol.. especially if they kill other spiders with there venom . |
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Post by Karen on Feb 3, 2009 10:53:30 GMT 10
Daddy long legs I've heard are supposed to be one of the most venomous spider on earth. Lucky for humans their fangs are way too small to be able to bite us. I'll not be forgetting the huge spider in our lounge room the day we put the bombs through the house. Neighbour said it would have been a tarantula . . . nothing pretty about them!  |
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Post by urgeoverkill on Jan 23, 2011 9:07:07 GMT 10
Yeah Karen. Daddy long legs are among the most venemous spiders in the world, but they cant inflict a bite on a human or any large animal as their fangs are not strong enough. And yes they do eat Redbacks but here in S/E Melbourne they do attract the dreaded white tail spider.
Also not all huntsmans are huntmen. There is another spider that looks almost identical to a huntsman that is called a Wolf spider. They differ because they have dark coloured rings on their legs, and can grow to a much larger size. But other than that they are identical. I'm not sure of their habitat range but Wolf spiders live along side Huntsmen in S/E melbourne especially where they are plenty of gum trees.
Hope this has cleared up some of your questions
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Post by carlsandclan on Jan 23, 2011 9:57:11 GMT 10
Oh Crikey! lol I'm not a fan of spiders - at all! But if they are out in the garden, that's cool. We don't get a lit of huntsmans thankfully. We do get golden orb spiders everywhere in the garden tho. Their webs are truly beautiful!
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