Spiders.

[slim_boy_fat]

You just HAD to post that!! I suppose it starts ' first debone your spider................'

"rather like a cross between chicken and cod",

Surf 'n turf, Cambodian stylee.....

 

[Smallfry]

I dont believe there are any native spiders that have long enough Fangs to puncture Human skin, they do however have enough Venom. I did read somewhere there is a spider that has come over from mainland europe that has long enough fangs but not the venon. It has been suggested if they were to cross breed then... we may have a problem.

(I was bitten on my leg by something a few yrs ago, as I got out of bed. Very hot, but was gone in a few hours
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That was probably a Tube Web Spider. The most likely spider to be bitten by here in the UK They are common here.

This is why, when you go to bed, you must lift up both legs at the same time, otherwise you can be grabbed and dragged under the bed !

 

[Migmac]

Ripping down a shed today, residents were none to happy

 

[Eric the chicken]

We need a mug, or your hand for scale!

 

[Migmac]

We need a mug, or your hand for scale!

Roughly 2 1/2 inches foot to foot. The one in the eaves was most upset, reared up when I poked it !

 

[Maker]

I saw a big one the other day, maybe a couple of inch leg-span. I gently guided it under one of my housemate's doors.

 

[colnerov]

The one in the eaves was most upset, reared up when I poked it !

I'm not surprised, I'd rear up if you poked me.

 

[Migmac]

I'm not surprised, I'd rear up if you poked me.

It was only a wee poke with a big stick, nothing to warrant the reaction I got

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

 

[brightspark]

i saw my present incumbent in the van yesterday cobweb on passenger side dash . been there weeks no sign of life then it ran across the dashboard in to the cornertheres one in the outer mirror as well

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I have 2 spiders who live in the corner of my front windows.
It is oddly fascinating to watch them sort out dinner.

 

[ukracer]

The ones I have seen are around 12inches . Unless my measuring equipment is not up to scratch.

 

[brightspark]

The ones I have seen are around 12inches . Unless my measuring equipment is not up to scratch.

are you a fisherman

 

[redlig]

are you a fisherman

Reminds me of the joke about the one armed fisherman who caught a fish That long.

 

[ukracer]

are you a fisherman

Yes but I don't use fish to measure things by.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

The ones I have seen are around 12inches . Unless my measuring equipment is not up to scratch.

Should there be a > between those numbers?

 

[Shox Dr]

Should there be a > between those numbers?

and a picture.

This thread reminded me to clean out the leaf trap. There was a fair sized one under the slab last time. Must of out grown and moved on. Only this 10"er today

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Don't think I've ever seen one that measured 10" up here, must be too cold for them to survive.

 

[Shox Dr]

Don't think I've ever seen one that measured 10" up here, must be too cold for them to survive.

same here. Biggest Ive seen was in by a pool (Cyprus) mentioned it pool side, 'Oh they are ok'. No you need to come look at this one. Turned out to be some type of Tarantula. It was bigger than my mates Pink Knee and that thing covered his hand

 

[Migmac]

Don't think I've ever seen one that measured 10" up here, must be too cold for them to survive.

The bigger ones we have here came from my wife’s granny’s shed in Dumfries n Galloway. We inherited boxes of stuff when she died, the spiders hitched a lift