The creepy crawly thread.....

[Florence]

Thats one of the little ones....

 

[mikewint]

Ran into these in Laos, almost a foot across

 

[GrauGeist]

That's a bigass spider...

But by my reckoning, if it's too big for a fly-swatter...then it's the right size for my autoloader packing #8 shot...

 

[Florence]

Now thats a big spider.

 

[RabidAlien]

All spiders take care of annoying bugs. This one takes care of annoying neighborhood children, too! "Yeah, f-up my lawn now, Johnny!"

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[mudpuppy]

Oh crap! I hate spiders, probably gonna dream about one in the corner of my ceiling tonight. At the same time; I'm fascinated by them as much as they give me the willies.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

That's one bug mother Mike, dwarfs the huntsmen which make nice house pets.

 

[mikewint]

vic, actually that is a huntsman spider they just grow bigger in the tropics. they do bite if provoked but the bite is just like a wasp or bee sting, non-fatal to humans

 

[Vic Balshaw]

vic, actually that is a huntsman spider they just grow bigger in the tropics. they do bite if provoked but the bite is just like a wasp or bee sting, non-fatal to humans

Just as well because when I was working in the Snowy Mountains I had one in the office and thought I had got rid of it until it climbed up my leg inside my trousers. I didn't quite hit the roof, but it was very close.

Now for something not so crawly but a surprise as I walked out the back door this was sitting peaceful on the deck and no I didn't have the camera in my hand, I had to go and fetch it.

 

[Wayne Little]

Friggin big @ss spider Mike..!

Nice Vic!

 

[mikewint]

Vic, I can only imagine, surprised you managed to break suction so quickly. hope you had another pair to change into.
that's why we "blouse" our trousers

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

A buddy of mine brought this little fart to me yesterday and I took some shot of it. At first I thought it was a male but after looking at it some more I'm not so sure. It had a red stripe from the tip of it's but that ran up the middle of it's back. I could NOT get it to stay right side up for a shot to save my life.

 

[GrauGeist]

Nice shot, but I'm pretty sure female widows only have the red "hourglass"...the males have the same marking, but it's subdued against thier brownish body color...

 

[mikewint]

Only the female has the hourglass, Aaron, really nice picture. now don't play with the nice spider
1. Smaller male BWS and larger female
2. the harmless male

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Actually the males are just as poisonous, but rarely bite. I also have heard the venom sacs are much smaller, and therefore contain less venom.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

The red stripe up the back is what made me think it was a male but I'm still not sure and Mike, I have absolutely no intention of playing with it.

 

[mikewint]

As I recall, someone mentioned leeches. Personally they rank as semi-creepy though I do recall one that attached itself to my non-walking leg. boots and a good blousing job kept most of them out. it's the bleeding AFTER they are removed that's creepy

 

[Wildcat]

Holy f**k, look how big that first one is!!