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Spiders - what the hell is this in my garden ???
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They are here and recorded in Thamesmad.charltonbob said:
Well they've made it to europe it's only a matter of time before they make it across the channel ( possibly in small dinghy's)Carter said:My dad encountered one of those Asian Hornets in his house, he told me about it, I said "You are meant to call them in and report them, take a photo etc" he sent me a photo of the very dead and battered Asian Hornet having taken several strikes from a moccasin. It was massive, no wonder the concern about them and the chaos they could cause to the native bees0 -
No way is that the Spider in my garden - the spider in my garden is nowhere anywhere near as big as that one on that videocafcfan said:
Disappointed - put a train up on CL, within minutes CL members name it - Spiders - 🤷0 -
Even worse, there’s loads of Australians there.cafcfan said:I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another. Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick.
Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.
(On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands. Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)7 -
I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.MuttleyCAFC said:Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!0 -
Bear in mind this is deceptive as a Jeremy Beadle is holding the wasp.red10 said:Baldybonce said:Has anyone had a large wasp like bug in the house? I don't I think its a hornet.Asian hornet?, I think you are supposed to grab a pic and call it in.
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charltonbob said:sillav nitram said:
Common names: garden spider, European garden spider, cross spider, Flashheart hunter spider
p.s. sleep well
😹Having lived in Australia, where every moving thing was dangerous, including the people!Today, I’m ok with spiders, although that may vary with size, but at one point, they use to scare the shit out of me.0 -
Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first placesillav nitram said:
I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.MuttleyCAFC said:Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!2 -
They found some Asian hornets at my Mrs' school in Maidstone. They trapped it and then the official people give it some sugar. The hornets are let go and then fly straight back to their nest to report food. Do this a few times and they can triangulate the position of the nest. They found the nest and destroyed it.0
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Yeah, maybe.Gribbo said:
Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first placesillav nitram said:
I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.MuttleyCAFC said:Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!0 -
Sounds very militaristic. Did they call in an air strike on the nest?StAlf198 said:They found some Asian hornets at my Mrs' school in Maidstone. They trapped it and then the official people give it some sugar. The hornets are let go and then fly straight back to their nest to report food. Do this a few times and they can triangulate the position of the nest. They found the nest and destroyed it.6 -
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Oh yeah, Australia is different level dangerous for wildlife - Champions League level!sillav nitram said:charltonbob said:sillav nitram said:Common names: garden spider, European garden spider, cross spider, Flashheart hunter spider
p.s. sleep well😹Having lived in Australia, where every moving thing was dangerous, including the people!Today, I’m ok with spiders, although that may vary with size, but at one point, they use to scare the shit out of me.
If it's not the spiders, it's the snakes, crocs, sharks, jellyfish, Sheilas - there's always something out there round every corner waiting to mess up your day/life!2 -
That video should come with a health warning, gross but beautiful at the same time...🙄cafcfan said:0 -
You must’ve fainted…ForeverAddickted said:This one terrified me the other day
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Blood loss to the brain.Callumcafc said:
You must’ve fainted…ForeverAddickted said:This one terrified me the other day2 -
Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.cafcfan said:I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another. Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick.
Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.
(On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands. Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)0 -
Almost all UK spider species are venomous i.e. they use venom to kill/disable/digest their prey often injected via fangs when biting.Gribbo said:
Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first placesillav nitram said:
I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.MuttleyCAFC said:Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!
Very very few UK species have sufficient bite strength to break human skin rendering their venom irrelevant. Of the few that are strong enough to puncture your skin their venom might cause an irritating bump or rash but is highly unlikely to be dangerous unless you experience a serious allergic reaction. The worst complications are usually experienced if the initial puncture wound becomes infected e.g. by scratching and failing to keep it clean
Whether or not they are poisonous depends on whether you try to eat them.3 -
Except that it doesn't. No-one has died of a spider bite in Australia for over forty years.Hex said:
Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.cafcfan said:I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another. Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick.
Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.
(On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands. Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-facts/
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Maybe not from a bite, but how many died from sheer fright!Stig said:
Except that it doesn't. No-one has died of a spider bite in Australia for over forty years.Hex said:
Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.cafcfan said:I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another. Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick.
Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.
(On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands. Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-facts/0 -
If you are interested in spiders you will find this short film interesting
https://youtu.be/BhTjifulPB8?si=SWMdWZaWAcQweX1s
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Nearly correct. It’s their habit of hiding above a driver’s sun visor, then dropping onto the driver when they are least expecting it, thus causing an accident.Off_it said:
Maybe not from a bite, but how many died from sheer fright!Stig said:
Except that it doesn't. No-one has died of a spider bite in Australia for over forty years.Hex said:
Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.cafcfan said:I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another. Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick.
Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.
(On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands. Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-facts/1 -
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Was reading this thread yesterday and last night putting washing away and got bitten by a spider. Could see the two marks, did not see the spider though. Was actually quite painful the little buggers.0
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Have you tried climbing a wall?robroy said:Was reading this thread yesterday and last night putting washing away and got bitten by a spider. Could see the two marks, did not see the spider though. Was actually quite painful the little buggers.9 -
Venomous not poisonous.Gribbo said:
Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first placesillav nitram said:
I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.MuttleyCAFC said:Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!3 -
I have a question re Asian Hornets. Do they have a maximum northerly range or in other words are we eventually to expect them in Yorkshire ?0 -
Well as they wont be local to Yorkshire they wont be made to feel welcome.ShootersHillGuru said:
I have a question re Asian Hornets. Do they have a maximum northerly range or in other words are we eventually to expect them in Yorkshire ?12 -
There was a cobweb inside my car. Got rid of it and thought nothing more.
Then driving on the motorway I notice this spider just above my head hanging on to the inside of the car roof. It was small but I could tell there was intent. You can tell by looking in their eyes.
I kept quiet, seemed to relax when I put LBC on. One thing I've never been able to do whilst listening to that station.
Parked up, sent it on its way.
Today there's another cobweb inside the car. I don't know how many flies are in my car. Never seen one myself. But these spiders have found a home in my car. Not one of them has offered petrol money. Fucking leggy bastards.10 -
I Always seem to have cobwebs in my wing mirrors.
It makes no difference how many times I wipe them away the buggers Always return2 -
"This is a LOCAL garden for LOCAL hornets! There's nothing for YOU here...."Hal1x said:
Well as they wont be local to Yorkshire they wont be made to feel welcome.ShootersHillGuru said:
I have a question re Asian Hornets. Do they have a maximum northerly range or in other words are we eventually to expect them in Yorkshire ?2 -
I've got a plan for these. You know those bonkers false eyelashes girls wear? I want to get hold of some uncut ones, self adhesive, long enough to go around the wing mirrors. I reckon they would be flexible enough to stop the little bleeders getting into the mirror housings.blackpool72 said:I Always seem to have cobwebs in my wing mirrors.
It makes no difference how many times I wipe them away the buggers Always return
This time next year I could be a millionaire.2 -
Try living in a barn conversion out in the sticks, millions of the little buggers. The bigger ones do keep the cats entertained until their legs fall off.
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