The creepy crawly thread.....

Florence · Nov 8, 2010

Thats one of the little ones....

mikewint · Nov 8, 2010

Ran into these in Laos, almost a foot across

GrauGeist · Nov 8, 2010

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 · Nov 9, 2010

Now thats a big spider.

RabidAlien · Nov 9, 2010

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 · Nov 9, 2010

mudpuppy · Nov 9, 2010

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 · Nov 10, 2010

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

mikewint · Nov 10, 2010

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 · Nov 11, 2010

mikewint said:
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 · Nov 11, 2010

Friggin big @ss spider Mike..!

Nice Vic!

mikewint · Nov 11, 2010

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 · Nov 11, 2010

Nice!

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Nov 20, 2010

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 · Nov 20, 2010

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 · Nov 21, 2010

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 · Nov 21, 2010

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 · Nov 21, 2010

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 · Nov 22, 2010

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 · Nov 22, 2010

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

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