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Big Spider
« on: September 04, 2005, 11:13:54 PM »
There is a good-sized spider here in my room. I noticed it out of the corner of my eye crawling up the wall behind the TV. At full stretch its legs span the mouth of a coffee mug and it is a slightly furry dark brown.   :nervous:

Now here is the problem: this being London, I am inclined to give this dude a break as he is not likely to be poisonous (he might like to nip though). Also, he has gone back down behind some units and although I can see him, I can't get at him for the purposes of evicting him. I could probably kill him, but I wouldn't feel good about it.
But then again, I don't want to wake up to the sensation of spider legs on my face tonight...
What to do?
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2005, 12:18:58 AM »
Aaaaaaaarrgghh!!

You two have NOT made me feel cool about this dude being here, and to make things worse, I can't find him anymore!!!!
I don't know where he is...
...and thanks to Blobzie's imported spider theory I reckon I am going to have no sleep tonight.
Right, I gotta get this spider outta here, now.
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2005, 07:50:55 AM »
"...How does that make you feel X-ray?..."
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It would make me feel like this  :-o  :nervous:  :shocked:
Ja, you guys have the worst crawlies, I would say worse even than the critters we get in SA.

@ Bloodline

Why so scared of flies?
edit: if it is a  tsetse fly then fair enough, be afraid, but those are only in Africa.
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2005, 09:14:46 PM »
There can only be one Aussie fly of note...

Even if it is a fruit-fly  :-)
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2005, 11:21:15 PM »
Phew those are mean looking sumbishes, man!
There was a thread about those 'sun spiders' a while ago, if I recall T-Bone in particular was not keen on them!
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2005, 12:01:49 AM »
Well, if we must be precise, then they are Solifugids (from the order Solifugae), and they are not spiders at all. The latin derivation of Solifugid is 'fleeing from the sun'. There are quite a few names for these: sun spider, camel spider and wind spider are just a few. We are talking about the same thing though.
 

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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2005, 07:59:51 AM »
"...Solifugids appear to have 10 legs but in fact, the first pair of appendages are the pedipalps that are very strong and are used for various functions such as drinking, fighting, feeding and mating..."
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2005, 07:59:16 PM »
@ Darrin

Yup, that's the beauty we are dealing with here (the picture in your link is almost exactly like my new room-mate).

Looks like we are going to be sharing for a while, because I can't find him/her. Pickings will be slim though, because apart from the occasional bee that comes in and then leaves after a few minutes, I can't imagine what that spider will be eating.
Maybe I'll get it a kebab tonight, or a rack of ribs or something.
 :idea:  if I end up catching it, maybe I can mail it to Odin so that it can feast on his bed-bugs  :-P
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2005, 06:40:21 PM »
"...Strange thing is - I wasn't that bothered about the first pics you posted even though I'm arachnophobic..."
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Let's buy Vince a tarantula,
Vincent wants a tarantula,
Let's get Vince a tarantula...


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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2005, 07:08:13 PM »
"...There's only one sort of Brazillian X-Ray is interested in..."

"...I thought she was Scottish..."
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Well, gentlemen, both statements could be true  :-)
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2005, 07:38:04 PM »
@ Vince

I saw an episode of Fear Factor that made my hair stand on end. They had two perspex boxes with elasticated T-shirt neck openings at the bottom. These boxes were side by side and shared a common division in the middle. On the inside of Box 1 was a keyrack with 4 keys, and there was a small opening in the perspex divider between the two boxes.
Okay, two boxes, one with keys, both obviously designed to have the contestants poke their heads through the T-shirts so that there was a head in each box. The object of the exercise was for person A to remove each key from the rack in Box A, using his mouth only, and then transfer it to the opening in the divider, where person B would receive the key and then spit it down a glass funnel in the front of Box B, where the key would appear in Person B's hands waiting underneath. All this to unlock 4 locks in the fastest time (it was a paired contestant game).

But hang on....haven't I missed something?
Ja.
The shed-loads of assorted tarantulas and other spiders that were in the boxes!!
At one point, Person A couldn't get at one of the keys without getting a spider in his mouth, and his sister (Person B) was squealing no-end because one of those pink-kneed tarantulas was on her head  :-o
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2005, 07:13:22 PM »
Hasn't Obi been acting a bit strange lately?
Yes, he has. You feel the nape of his neck there...what's that...it's like little wisps of something. You part the hairs and there you see little spines growing out of Obi's neck, running all the way down his back.
He is sullen, more squat, and has a glazed look in his eyes.
You go to pet him again and...RRRRRRRIIIIIP!!!!!
His skin splits down his back and out from his carcass jumps a huge bloodthirsty spider and bowls you clean over.
The last thing you see is fangs descending on you, the little globules of venom glistening at their tips...
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2005, 07:27:22 PM »
@ Blobzie

Please don't tell me you can verify that  :-o
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2005, 09:14:18 AM »
Well, this new friend of mine has been keeping a low profile. No legs on the face, no little nips, nothing like that. This must be a well-behaved spider, possibly a lady of good breeding.
 

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Re: Big Spider
« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2005, 01:15:33 PM »
"...Can it do any tricks?..."
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Yes!!
It can be invisible if it wants to. And right now it wants to.