What kind of spider is this?

[Hatter]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...gary-1.2742513

Jewel Spider. I'm terrified of spiders, but I generally leave those ones be as long as they aren't too close to the door.

As has been said, they are absolute bug vacuums. They grow quite large incredibly quickly from all the eating.

[Tyler12]

I don't like spiders myself I catch and let free. mind you any bug in my place has the right to be here. some may kill them. If not for spiders our city would be jut a bug fog

[Wastedyouth]

Originally Posted by troutman

This is why I'm never going to Australia.

Good thing we slayed this one in 1984:

Bahaha, you cannot kill her, she is undying!

Lol...th.

[scottish_flame]

Spiders are the good guys of the world !!

On a note. I saw a massive thing on my door that looked like a dragon fly as I got closer it looked like a wasp yellow and black thin stripes.. Any ideas?

I didn't stay around long enough to take the pictures.

[Thor]

[Thor]

[kipperfan]

When I first got to Brisbane I woke up one morning and it felt like there was something sharp underneath my calf, lifted my leg up to brush it away and it was a small spider! I realised the little guy had bit me, but wasn't too worried, he was small and the "bite" was just a small blistery looking thing. Within two weeks the "blistery looking thing" literally turned into a hole in my leg the size of a twoonie in diameter and a half an inch deep, I had a hard time walking for the better part of 2 weeks - 3 months later it's just now scabbed over and healing.

Long story short, kill all spiders with fire, ALL OF THEM!

[MRCboicgy]

A timely thread, as last night a small spider scooted up my nose while I was sleeping. Pretty much the worst sensation ever/worst way to wake up. I didn't take any pictures but there were identifiable spider bits in my Kleenex. He was a fuzzy little brown thing.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by kipperfan

When I first got to Brisbane I woke up one morning and it felt like there was something sharp underneath my calf, lifted my leg up to brush it away and it was a small spider! I realised the little guy had bit me, but wasn't too worried, he was small and the "bite" was just a small blistery looking thing. Within two weeks the "blistery looking thing" literally turned into a hole in my leg the size of a twoonie in diameter and a half an inch deep, I had a hard time walking for the better part of 2 weeks - 3 months later it's just now scabbed over and healing.

Long story short, kill all spiders with fire, ALL OF THEM!

Then you would have discovered a new species of spider as there are no necrotic venom spiders known to Australia.
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Spider-bites-and-venoms

[Jimmy Stang]

I know that many here won't agree, but I was actually disappointed this year when my jewel spider left my back light fixture. Those things eat bugs like nobody's business, and they're completely harmless. Many people don't like spiders, but these guys in particular do a lot of good, and they won't cause you any harm. Please don't kill them.

A couple of years ago I had a real good sized one on my back light. I grew quite fond of the little arachnid. Whenever I'd come home after dark, I'd check in to see what bugs it was devouring. And as winter set in and it was reduced to a little curled up shadow of its former self, I actually felt a little bad for the poor thing.

[1stLand]

Call Fish & Game cops.
They'll take care of it.

[driveway]

We've got a ton of these ladies around right now. They're alright, because they never go anywhere, just sit in the middle of their webs. Go for a hike and you're going to see thousands of them. They grow big enough to eat birds. (nephila pilipes if anyone cares)


Then there are these god-awful #######s heteropoda venatoria which are massive and fast as hell. I don't see 'em as much since I moved into the city from the mountains, and thank god. I found one in my underwear drawer one time. That sucked.

[rayne008]

Originally Posted by driveway

We've got a ton of these ladies around right now. They're alright, because they never go anywhere, just sit in the middle of their webs. Go for a hike and you're going to see thousands of them. They grow big enough to eat birds. (nephila pilipes if anyone cares)


Then there are these god-awful #######s heteropoda venatoria which are massive and fast as hell. I don't see 'em as much since I moved into the city from the mountains, and thank god. I found one in my underwear drawer one time. That sucked.

For F's sake, you could have prefaced that by highlighting the fact you live in Taiwan!

[Red John]

Originally Posted by driveway

We've got a ton of these ladies around right now. They're alright, because they never go anywhere, just sit in the middle of their webs. Go for a hike and you're going to see thousands of them. They grow big enough to eat birds. (nephila pilipes if anyone cares)


Then there are these god-awful #######s heteropoda venatoria which are massive and fast as hell. I don't see 'em as much since I moved into the city from the mountains, and thank god. I found one in my underwear drawer one time. That sucked.

That is highly unsettling.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Ha! No way.

His house, his hand.

Next time tell him he'd be safer with a banana in that hand and it would be a far more scientific measurement. Then after the photo shoot was done you might be able to light the banana to kill it with fire.

[BloodFetish]

Originally Posted by driveway

We've got a ton of these ladies around right now. They're alright, because they never go anywhere, just sit in the middle of their webs. Go for a hike and you're going to see thousands of them. They grow big enough to eat birds. (nephila pilipes if anyone cares)


Then there are these god-awful #######s heteropoda venatoria which are massive and fast as hell. I don't see 'em as much since I moved into the city from the mountains, and thank god. I found one in my underwear drawer one time. That sucked.

By the looks of that thing I'm guessing it was trying a few pairs on.

[Mr.Coffee]

if I saw one of those, I would need to put a new pair on.

[dammage79]

Should not have clicked Driveways links.... It's my own damned fault for not being able to go to sleep tonight. Also, I'm never going to Taiwan.

where's that octopus .gif now?

[Codes]

Well, I was going to Taiwan.

[driveway]

Right now, the bigger problem at my house are the giant east african snails. They're an invasive species here in Taiwan that have populated my rooftop garden. At night when I go out I can usually find a dozen of them slowly wandering around the deck.

I feel I should get rid of them, but I'm just so damned impressed that they have managed to get up to the top of my 9 floor apartment building that I can't really be mad. The biggest ones have a shell that's about the size of an avocado.

What I really like having around are the geckos because I know they're gonna take care of any insects that make it up this high. Most of them (the geckos) are pretty tiny, maybe an inch and a half long. But there are a couple of four-inch guys who tend to hang out in the kitchen late at night.

I love living in this country.