Beware of the spider...
Funny pic/gif thread...
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telinoz
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A daily bit of fun for us here in Australia.
The door handle pic, I found several huntsmen spiders hiding there before.
My favourite was one that got into the car at some point, and was laying behind my Sun Visor.
Which I discovered whilst driving along later... we eyeballed each other a bit.
For once, it didn't jump (they tend to do that).
I calmly pulled over and encouraged him to leave my car (stick, poke, he walked out onto the roof).
I drove off, no free rides!!
Redbacks (in battery area in that pic), any nook and cranny there they are.
Messy webs, easy to spot to be honest.
At any time, I can count 10 or more in the garage.
I use leather garden gloves when moving stuff around in there.
Bite proof.
telinoz
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A type of spider, very close genome to the Black Widow in the USA.
The markings are different on the abdomen.
That is a black widow, and as telinoz said, the marking is on the abdomen.
Through the mud and the blood and the beer................
This is hilarious! I do this at work, all the time now.
tomatoshooter
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Time to set that car on fire and collect the insurance.
Black widows also have a distinctive web. It is the tightest strongest web I have experienced.
A couple years ago my wife called me to kill a spider in one of the small gardens that are typical here in the homes. They leave a small area open to the sky for plants and ventilation. Mine have stone walls and are attractive to spiders. I thought nothing of it and since I was on the way to my car at the time,I had car keys in my hand and reached down and killed the large black shiny spider with my car key. only then did I see the bright red hourglass. Smear.
