Swarm of 'deadly' spiders invades town?

[stonehart]

The question I have is not if the spider in question is poisons but do spiders normally swarm like this?
Seems just a bit odd to me

Swarm of 'deadly' spiders invades town: reports

Any thoughts as I am no entomologist.

 

[nameless]

Spiders invade Indian town.
The CIA were told to wipe out the Pakistani terrorist "web" presence, trust them to fuck up an op.

 

[stonehart]

Spiders invade Indian town.
The CIA were told to wipe out the Pakistani terrorist "web" presence, trust them to fuck up an op.

lol nice reply man

 

[dyingsun]

I read that story earlier today, still not liking it.Spiders..and big ones at that..just no

 

[stonehart]

I read that story earlier today, still not liking it.Spiders..and big ones at that..just no

I hear you... I am not frightened of spiders but since I got a nasty white tail spider bite last year I am very wary of them. I was sick for weeks and the infection spread right up my arm and rotted the flesh around the bite.. Took around six weeks to heal.

 

[dyingsun]

A Wasp sting would probably off me, highly allergic to stuff sprouting here in the spring. Summer now though.

 

[nameless]

The thing about spiders is; In their little world they are king, catching flys, teaming up and mating with the other little spider dudes, creating complex tensile strong webs.

 

[nameless]

Giant spider eating a bird caught on camera - Telegraph

 

[dyingsun]

Hrghhhh, Nameless...
Hrgghh

 

[Wade]

The thing about spiders is; In their little world they are king, quote]

in their world is right, but broaden their world to include preying mantis's and then they ain't so bad, but i still like the little buggers generally as long as those redbacks never make their way past immigration...i like'strines, not these blokes though

 

[ALPHA ROMEO UNIFORM]

Just sounds like Australia

 

[stonehart]

Just sounds like Australia

Personally I wish the white-tail had stayed in Australia .. bloody things are every where here now days.

 

[Muadib]

Blech! Little bastages give me the creeps....

 

[mike]

True story

I brought a load of firewood inside stacked along my forearm, dropped it next to the fireplace.
This red back wanders out from the pile, so i scoop it up in a small jar and prank my wife.
Taking it into the bedroom a tell her this just bit me holding up the jar.
I swear she leapt out of bed into a cat roll and came up dressed, shouting lets go as she grabbed her keys.

I let her down saying I'm only joking.................

She got back in bed calling me a few names i wont repeat.

5 mins later, it felt like someone had shoved a hot rock under the skin in my armpit, with the bite site on my forearm now sweating profusly, an area the size of a 20 cent piece, just running like a tap.

I informed my wife i had been bitten after all, she laughed it off, jokes old, shame on you.
The water just welling up from the site convinced her though and off to hospital we went.
After an hour i signed myself out and went and did the supermarket shuffle as per usual for a saturday.

Let the spider go in the national park on the way home, wasnt her fault

 

[mike]

My favourite local story is a funnelweb one.

Fangs dripping with venom........

Anyway they love shoes, So this guy in sydneys outer suburbs (thornleigh) puts his shoes on one morning, has breakfast, walks 15 mins to the train station, spends 45 mins on the train.
Gets off in the Sydney CBD and walks to his office block.
Starts work at 9:00am and at 10:30 gets up for a coffee...... thats when the funnelweb in his shoe bit him.......

Doesnt that just make your feet itch?

 

[Wade]

I made multiple trips to australia in the 90s and was told about the red back's rep. I thought my friends were playing around me, "gullible yank" and all. On one visit I went to the taronga zoo and visited the arachnid house and asked one of the entomologists about the whole toilet thing and she confirmed it. I think that is just plain insidious, to be lurking right there when you are at your most vulnerable. That fact alone is (to me) justification enough to be one anyone's most reviled list regardless of what they do for the environment, speaking of which, are they a big part of the ecosystem there ?, like maybe keeping the funnelwebs in check

 

[dyingsun]

Thanks Mike, that picture sure had the intended effect. I'm just strolling along, having a coffee, and then I clicked this thread again. Hrrghhh

 

[Wade]

My favourite local story is a funnelweb one.

Fangs dripping with venom........

Anyway they love shoes, So this guy in sydneys outer suburbs (thornleigh) puts his shoes on one morning, has breakfast, walks 15 mins to the train station, spends 45 mins on the train.
Gets off in the Sydney CBD and walks to his office block.
Starts work at 9:00am and at 10:30 gets up for a coffee...... thats when the funnelweb in his shoe bit him.......

Doesnt that just make your feet itch?

So this is why many sydneysiders go barefoot ? I thought it was the style, just kidding, but you got yourself spiders that favor shoes and spiders that favor toilets next thing you know you'll have spiders that favor the underwear drawer

 

[Muadib]

So this is why many sydneysiders go barefoot ? I thought it was the style, just kidding, but you got yourself spiders that favor shoes and spiders that favor toilets next thing you know you'll have spiders that favor the underwear drawer

Only if it's dark and damp.... ewwwwwww.

 

[Goggs Mackay]

Weather in the UK, and especially Scotland is well known as crap but the one plus is the absolute lack of dangerous animals. I do like that.

One great bit of advice I think I got in the navy was always to pick up your footwear and shake them out as you never know what might be lurking there. I've never been to Australia but if I go, I'll be doing that and a bit more...