TastyTreats Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 My dad is like a spider fanatic and he said that he has never seen a spider that big in Britain, seriously it's massive, i am actually scared to go to my brothers house!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 As big as it is, it's still a house spider. Probably a female! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 It's not the spiders you have to worry about, it's the nasty you should worry about. Unless you are a Honey Badger. (Tarantula Hawk Wasps!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Some years ago (when I lived in New Mexico) my next-door neighbour found a mated male Tarantula. (He knew it was mated, because it had the hooks on its forelegs which [ apparently] they grow just before mating ... hooks which allow it to hold the female still until it finishes the dirty deed - and gets eaten.) This one had got away! The poor little (or not so little) bugger was terrified! - It appears that he was worried that his mate was still after it. I felt really sorry for him. I was also bitten by a Black Widow while I lived there. - I didn't need the antivenin (which is probably just as well) but it was an extremely painful experience. I'm careful around spiders - but in most cases, if you don't upset them they leave you alone. On aggregate, spiders have done me far more good than harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubylou12 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 It just looks like a giant house spider to me, I have killed 3 in my house with week, they are massive, but then as you say looks smaller on the picture x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 It just looks like a giant house spider to me, I have killed 3 in my house with week, they are massive, but then as you say looks smaller on the picture x They don't bite as readily - or as viciously- as do horseflies. If a horsefly bites you next week, it was probably sicced on you by the ghost of a dead spider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubylou12 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 They don't bite as readily - or as viciously- as do horseflies. If a horsefly bites you next week, it was probably sicced on you by the ghost of a dead spider. 3 ghost oh poop now im scared:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 You should be ... and garlic doesn't keep them away, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.