That's just a huntsman, they're our protectors against spiders that would try to kill us. Also they're very cute (although perhaps not quite as cute as peacock spiders).

Staged...What Australian DOESN'T expect a Huntsman to jump? a stick...Seriously?

Try saying that when you hop on your bike to ride to work and a huntsman crawls out from behind the fairing!

Any spiders in my house should be scared, I keep a good supply of spider predators - http://australianmuseum.net.au/daddy-long-legs-spider

Actually I usually have some Huntsman spiders around too, and I think they eat other spiders too.

And of course he kills it. Huntsmans are harmless, what a prick.

Show the damned thing a Huntsman Spider and it'll be on the next boat to Antarctica.

Thanks for the info

So he almost has an excuse then... it it'd been a huntsman he'd have to wear a paper bag over his head for the rest of his life out of shame

Nope, its a little bit worse....huntsman spiders dont have venom that can harm humans all that much.

This little fucker however can kill you dead.

Brazillian Wandering Spider.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_wandering_spider

Isn't that a huntsman?

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Poor little fellow, I would've relocated him outside. I do a lot of spider relocations, my family even make me evict the gorgeous little huntsman spiders

I dunno. I wouldn't quite rule out the necrosis thing as a 'myth' just yet.

While not all white tale bites will result in it, it may be just one particular species. Or it could be a reaction only certain members of the population experience. The only scientific study done that said the bites dont result in necrosis was of a rather small sub-sample of bites (130 according to wikipedia).

That's why I kill the fuckers on sight. I'm not going to risk that shit on the off-chance that it could result in some dead, infected flesh.


>> ^EvilDeathBee:

>> ^spoco2:
>> ^EvilDeathBee:
>> ^spoco2:
Whitetail spiders (These give nasty fricken bites)

Turns out this is untrue

No, it's untrue that the bite gives you gang green, which is widely believed. But they still give nasty fricken bites.
And they don't keep themselves to webs, the little fuckers, they wander around everywhere. I think they're my most disliked spider. I kill them and redbacks on sight.
Huntsmans, funnelwebs, other spiders I just catch and release outside (not that I've had a funnelweb inside mind you).
I'm trying to get myself to be fine with handling huntsmans just in my hands, but my issue with them is they're fricken quick and I hate it when they run into my clothing or other part of my body I don't want them.
If they were slower I'd have no issue picking them up.

Oh, i thought you were referring to the necrosis myth of White Tails. And yeah, those little bastards are everywhere.
Good luck trying to capture and release a male funnel web during mating season My recommendation: bird shot.

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^EvilDeathBee:
>> ^spoco2:
Whitetail spiders (These give nasty fricken bites)

Turns out this is untrue

No, it's untrue that the bite gives you gang green, which is widely believed. But they still give nasty fricken bites.
And they don't keep themselves to webs, the little fuckers, they wander around everywhere. I think they're my most disliked spider. I kill them and redbacks on sight.
Huntsmans, funnelwebs, other spiders I just catch and release outside (not that I've had a funnelweb inside mind you).
I'm trying to get myself to be fine with handling huntsmans just in my hands, but my issue with them is they're fricken quick and I hate it when they run into my clothing or other part of my body I don't want them.
If they were slower I'd have no issue picking them up.


Oh, i thought you were referring to the necrosis myth of White Tails. And yeah, those little bastards are everywhere.

Good luck trying to capture and release a male funnel web during mating season My recommendation: bird shot.

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

>> ^spoco2:
Whitetail spiders (These give nasty fricken bites)

Turns out this is untrue


No, it's untrue that the bite gives you gang green, which is widely believed. But they still give nasty fricken bites.

And they don't keep themselves to webs, the little fuckers, they wander around everywhere. I think they're my most disliked spider. I kill them and redbacks on sight.

Huntsmans, funnelwebs, other spiders I just catch and release outside (not that I've had a funnelweb inside mind you).

I'm trying to get myself to be fine with handling huntsmans just in my hands, but my issue with them is they're fricken quick and I hate it when they run into my clothing or other part of my body I don't want them.

If they were slower I'd have no issue picking them up.

As a fellow Aussie I think this is hilarious.

Although, I have come across, in the wild:
Tiger snakes
Copperhead snakes
Scorpions
Red back spiders
Funnelweb spiders
Whitetail spiders (These give nasty fricken bites)
Huntsman spiders (These don't hurt you, but get damn big)
um...

Oh, and by wild, for the spiders, I mean in my house.

Wombats? Lots of those, they can hurt if they bite you.... but they're so cute.

Um... a gazillion bloody possums, but yeah, not the most dangerous of animals

So, um, yeah, I'm a real hardnut...


ahem.

I could have voted for John Huntsman, but none of the other Republican candidates were acceptable. The other problem is that the Republican party hasn't been a "Fiscally Conservative" party for a long time. We do need one, but there isn't any current party that will fill that role that doesn't also have other terrible positions.

It wasn't that I wanted "Free Stuff"... it's that I don't want a pathological liar who also feels that people who aren't like him don't deserve the same rights.