to identify this spider found today...have never seen its kind before...
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to identify this spider found today...have never seen its kind before...
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http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4d78c8f0.jpg
Looks like a caramelled latte trapdoor?
@Maca!!!! It is not!!! More a mocha I would have thought!!!
Thank you, Pengy:) So it is a banded tunnelweb...the body including head is about an inch long...
Just a small one EeeBees. There was a big sucker found in the Wairarapa in the last 2 weeks, they ooze a lot of gunk when you squash em. Used to catch them as kids in the Wairarapa
Well cool. I love spiders.
That big one in the wairarapa was found by a friend of mine Matt charlton. So we get trapdoor spiders here now!!?.I remember disturbing a Sidney funnel web while fencing ,up there with a few of my scary moment's as there angry bastards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
bloody shit phone
Probably a tunnel web? They live in holes in the ground usually filled with cobwebs, we used to call them trapdoors, we use to catch them in jars for pets, used to get some biggies, I remember!
Were you one of those evil little buggers that used to pull the legs off one side and watch them go round in tiny circles? OopsQuote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Another 'flash back' eh Rushy??????Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
I cant believe no one else has said it ...... EAT IT .....with pics to prove .....give you a doller
They are not poisonous but can give you a nasty bite and there fangs are none to clean...
Weirdo!:omg:Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Yes I was a sadistic little shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouser
Apparently recently some hunters in Kaiangaroa forest came across a Australian funnel web which I believe is the first sighting in NZ .
Stupid west island, keep your people eating spiders at your own house.Quote:
Originally Posted by possummatti
Not being picky but wouldn't it be an entomologist?
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Nope, spiders don't have 6 legs......Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
arach·nol·o·gist. noun \ˌa-ˌrak-ˈnä-lə-jist, ˌer-ˌak-\. Definition of ARACHNOLOGIST. : a person who specializes in the study of spiders and other arachnids
Im on fire today.........Not!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nibblet
Thank you very much, Guys...the funnel web spider is certainly one to be cautious of...my brother used to be a feller in the gums in Victoria and speaks of them...scary!!!
I hope they shot the bugger.Quote:
Originally Posted by possummatti
The bastards can live upto 3 days on the bottom of a pool. They walk around hunting (like right into your house). Their venom is lethal to humans but does nothing to cats or dogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
No 1 Rule for Australia - NEVER turn over a piece of corrugated iron unless you want to mess with whatever is under it (and there WILL be something)
Go back to picking your mose nose Dave:DQuote:
Originally Posted by R93
That's a bit harsh, Neckshot!!!:D:D:D
I used to be cycle courier, one day I had a drop off at the docks in some quarantine office thingy, whilst waiting the guy showed me some of the things that had come in, damn scary stuff, he had a bunch of dead stuff and tanks of things yet to be killed, damn gotta say coconut spiders (hair,less) sure look creepy!