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Re: Big Spider
« on: September 05, 2005, 08:38:43 AM »
X-ray

You should get a picture of this little fella.

We've been having mild winters and warm damp summers in the UK now for a while, so many non-indigenous species are making a home here.  In Highbury there is a colony of parakeets estimated to number in the range of four thousand, plus a Leatherback Turtle was spotted swimming off the coast of Suffolk.

Which makes me wonder how many non-native arachnids there are populating the warmer parts of the UK...

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2005, 08:39:29 PM »
We have something in the UK that vaguely resembles your Aussie flies...

They're usually found reporting for "The Sun".
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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2005, 09:11:58 PM »
Doh!  Sorry Karlos, I had you mixed up with ADZ.  Must be something to do with your avatars!

Perhaps I should lay off the barbies and beer myself...
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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2005, 09:24:51 PM »
:lol:

Are you sure that you and ADZ aren't one and the same?  Has anyone here seen Karlos and ADZ in the same photo?
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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2005, 09:00:50 AM »
Don't they belong to the same family group as scorpions?

My father told me a story about when he was based in Iraq during his national service in the 1950s.  He was a radio operator in the RAF and was alarmed to discover a camel spider in his tent which mysteriously disappeared.  

A sleepless night followed as dad was understandably quite nervous about sharing a tent with the spider, which seemed to have vanished into thin air.  

The next morning, my groggy father turned on his radio set for a test and was rewarded with a loud crackle and plumes of black smoke pouring out of the rear.  It turned out that the camel spider chose a very unwise place to spend the night....
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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2005, 03:53:20 PM »
There's only one sort of Brazillian X-Ray is interested in...
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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2005, 04:16:59 PM »
Agreed.  The spirit of the sock strikes again!

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2005, 03:50:58 PM »
Quote

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So...

How is the little bugger then?


He's moved out of X-Ray's place and made for Maldon in Essex:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4300796.stm

(apologies for the long link, but I'm no HTML buff).

Ol' Leggy is now just 15 miles from my home town  :-o
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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2005, 09:00:44 AM »
:lol:

Anyone in particular or just woman kind in general?
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