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Old 24-07-2011, 11:24 PM
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My new pet

As usual panic set in when this guy turned up.
I was out numbered and had to remove it from the house so I found a new home for it in the shed
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Old 24-07-2011, 11:41 PM
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cool! nice pet, what's his/her name?
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Old 24-07-2011, 11:49 PM
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cool! nice pet, what's his/her name?
It's a long standing tradition in our family that huntsman spiders get called Mergatroid.
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Old 24-07-2011, 11:56 PM
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omg kill it with fire.

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Old 25-07-2011, 06:44 AM
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Counted 9 of those scattered along a part of my backyard fence just the other night.
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Old 25-07-2011, 07:10 AM
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We have a few here I call all of them George

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Old 25-07-2011, 08:50 AM
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I put down a saucer of water for them. It stops them sucking the moisture from your eyes while your sleeping.

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Old 25-07-2011, 01:32 PM
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I put down a saucer of water for them. It stops them sucking the moisture from your eyes while your sleeping.

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Cheers Mike

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Old 25-07-2011, 09:16 PM
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Threw a brick at a Huntsman once. Bugger threw it back! With interest!!! I ran away screaming.
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Old 25-07-2011, 10:45 PM
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They are cool little characters.

Just let them set up home inside your house for a natural pesticide

Toxicity and aggression

In general, huntsman spiders are not regarded as dangerous, and can be considered beneficial because they feed on insects (cockroaches are a favourite). Many Australians will relocate huntsman spiders to the garden rather than kill them. There have been reports of members of the genus Neosparassus (formerly called Olios) giving bites that have caused prolonged pain, inflammation, headache, vomiting and irregular pulse rate; however, a scientific study into the bite of these spiders did not note any severe or unusual symptoms resulting from confirmed Neosparassus bites.[4] It is unclear under what circumstances these spiders bite people, but it is known that female members of this family will aggressively defend against perceived threats to their egg sacs and their young. The bite usually does not require hospital treatment.
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Old 25-07-2011, 11:23 PM
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Old 25-07-2011, 11:29 PM
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How bout this beast?

Imagine this crawling on your face in the middle of the night! Fire? better keep a flame thrower on your bedside table!!!!!

Paging Jen to thread.... bird eating spider on face... think about it
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Old 26-07-2011, 01:02 AM
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How bout this beast?

Imagine this crawling on your face in the middle of the night! Fire? better keep a flame thrower on your bedside table!!!!!

Paging Jen to thread.... bird eating spider on face... think about it
Now that is a spider!!!
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