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Spiders - what the hell is this in my garden ???

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  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,653
    Carter said:
    My dad encountered one of those Asian Hornets in his house, he told me about it, I said "You are meant to call them in and report them, take a photo etc" he sent me a photo of the very dead and battered Asian Hornet having taken several strikes from a moccasin. It was massive, no wonder the concern about them and the chaos they could cause to the native bees 
    Well they've made it to europe it's only a matter of time before they make it across the channel ( possibly in small dinghy's)
    They are here and recorded in Thamesmad.
  • cafcfan said:
    No way is that the Spider in my garden - the spider in my garden is nowhere anywhere near as big as that one on that video 

    Disappointed - put a train up on CL, within minutes CL members name it - Spiders - 🤷 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,805
    cafcfan said:
    I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another.  Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick. 

    Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.

    (On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands.  Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
    Even worse, there’s loads of Australians there. 
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,169
    Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!
    I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.
  • red10 said:
    Has anyone had a large wasp like bug in the house? I don't I think its a hornet.
    Asian hornet?, I think you are supposed to grab a  pic and call it in.



    Bear in mind this is deceptive as a Jeremy Beadle is holding the wasp.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,169


    Common names: garden spider, European garden spider, cross spider,  Flashheart hunter spider

    p.s. sleep well  :#

    😹

    Having lived in Australia, where every moving thing was dangerous, including the people! 

    Today, I’m ok with spiders, although that may vary with size, but at one point, they use to scare the shit out of me.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,492
    Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!
    I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.
    Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first place
  • They found some Asian hornets at my Mrs' school in Maidstone. They trapped it and then the official people give it some sugar. The hornets are let go and then fly straight back to their nest to report food. Do this a few times and they can triangulate the position of the nest. They found the nest and destroyed it.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,169
    Gribbo said:
    Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!
    I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.
    Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first place
    Yeah, maybe.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,894
    StAlf198 said:
    They found some Asian hornets at my Mrs' school in Maidstone. They trapped it and then the official people give it some sugar. The hornets are let go and then fly straight back to their nest to report food. Do this a few times and they can triangulate the position of the nest. They found the nest and destroyed it.
    Sounds very militaristic. Did they call in an air strike on the nest?

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,894


    Common names: garden spider, European garden spider, cross spider,  Flashheart hunter spider

    p.s. sleep well  :#

    😹

    Having lived in Australia, where every moving thing was dangerous, including the people! 

    Today, I’m ok with spiders, although that may vary with size, but at one point, they use to scare the shit out of me.
    Oh yeah, Australia is different level dangerous for wildlife - Champions League level!

    If it's not the spiders, it's the snakes, crocs, sharks, jellyfish, Sheilas - there's always something out there round every corner waiting to mess up your day/life!
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,621
    edited October 2023
    cafcfan said:
    That video should come with a health warning, gross but beautiful at the same time...🙄
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,794
    This one terrified me the other day

    Found a HUGE spider in my toilet this morning - 9GAG
    You must’ve fainted…
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,040
    This one terrified me the other day

    Found a HUGE spider in my toilet this morning - 9GAG
    You must’ve fainted…
    Blood loss to the brain.
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,893
    cafcfan said:
    I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another.  Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick. 

    Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.

    (On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands.  Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
    Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    Gribbo said:
    Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!
    I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.
    Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first place
    Almost all UK spider species are venomous i.e. they use venom to kill/disable/digest their prey often injected via fangs when biting.
    Very very few UK species have sufficient bite strength to break human skin rendering their venom irrelevant.  Of the few that are strong enough to puncture your skin their venom might cause an irritating bump or rash but is highly unlikely to be dangerous unless you experience a serious allergic reaction. The worst complications are usually experienced if the initial puncture wound becomes infected e.g. by scratching and failing to keep it clean

    Whether or not they are poisonous depends on whether you try to eat them.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,040
    Hex said:
    cafcfan said:
    I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another.  Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick. 

    Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.

    (On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands.  Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
    Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.
    Except that it doesn't. No-one has died of a spider bite in Australia for over forty years.

    https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-facts/

  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,894
    Stig said:
    Hex said:
    cafcfan said:
    I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another.  Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick. 

    Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.

    (On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands.  Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
    Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.
    Except that it doesn't. No-one has died of a spider bite in Australia for over forty years.

    https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-facts/

    Maybe not from a bite, but how many died from sheer fright!
  • If you are interested in spiders you will find this short film interesting

    https://youtu.be/BhTjifulPB8?si=SWMdWZaWAcQweX1s


  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,893
    Off_it said:
    Stig said:
    Hex said:
    cafcfan said:
    I really don't get on well with spiders. Imagine my horror, then, when visiting friends in Australia, and we went off to lunch. As we drove away and turned into the sun, I flipped down the visor and this giant spider fell on to me. I was petrified. I now know it was a giant banded huntsman. I don't want to meet another.  Think two inch body and over six inch leg span and very, very quick. 

    Don't worry they don't often bite humans I was told.

    (On the same trip, I was viciously beaked by an Australian Magpie and had my polo mints stolen from my pocket by a kangaroo's creepy little hands.  Australia - best to avoid in my opinion.)
    Kills more people in Oz than any other spider despite, as you say, being relatively harmless.
    Except that it doesn't. No-one has died of a spider bite in Australia for over forty years.

    https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spider-facts/

    Maybe not from a bite, but how many died from sheer fright!
    Nearly correct.  It’s their habit of hiding above a driver’s sun visor, then dropping onto the driver when they are least expecting it, thus causing an accident.  

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  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,428
    Was reading this thread yesterday and last night putting washing away and got bitten by a spider. Could see the two marks, did not see the spider though. Was actually quite painful the little buggers. 
  • robroy said:
    Was reading this thread yesterday and last night putting washing away and got bitten by a spider. Could see the two marks, did not see the spider though. Was actually quite painful the little buggers. 
    Have you tried climbing a wall?
  • Gribbo said:
    Spiders don't bother me at all, but they do my wife. When I met her, there was a spider in the car and she tried to get out whilst we were moving. I don't inderstand it. No spider from this country is going to do you any harm!
    I didn't know but apparently we do have a poisonous spider in the UK.
    Thought all spiders are poisonous, but not potent enough to harm humans and / or can't pierce human skin in the first place
    Venomous not poisonous. 

  • I have a question re Asian Hornets. Do they have a maximum northerly range or in other words are we eventually to expect them in Yorkshire ? 
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265

    I have a question re Asian Hornets. Do they have a maximum northerly range or in other words are we eventually to expect them in Yorkshire ? 
    Well as they wont be local to Yorkshire they wont be made to feel welcome.
  • There was a cobweb inside my car. Got rid of it and thought nothing more.
    Then driving on the motorway I notice this spider just above my head hanging on to the inside of the car roof. It was small but I could tell there was intent. You can tell by looking in their eyes. 
    I kept quiet, seemed to relax when I put LBC on. One thing I've never been able to do whilst listening to that station. 
    Parked up, sent it on its way. 
    Today there's another cobweb inside the car. I don't know how many flies are in my car. Never seen one myself. But these spiders have found a home in my car. Not one of them has offered petrol money. Fucking leggy bastards. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,684
    I Always seem to have cobwebs in my wing mirrors. 
    It makes no difference how many times I wipe them away the buggers Always return 
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,004
    Hal1x said:

    I have a question re Asian Hornets. Do they have a maximum northerly range or in other words are we eventually to expect them in Yorkshire ? 
    Well as they wont be local to Yorkshire they wont be made to feel welcome.
    "This is a LOCAL garden for LOCAL hornets! There's nothing for YOU here...."
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,200
    I Always seem to have cobwebs in my wing mirrors. 
    It makes no difference how many times I wipe them away the buggers Always return 
    I've got a plan for these. You know those bonkers false eyelashes girls wear? I want to get hold of some uncut ones, self adhesive, long enough to go around the wing mirrors.  I reckon they would be flexible enough to stop the little bleeders getting into the mirror housings.
    This time next year I could be a millionaire.
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 835
    Try living in a barn conversion out in the sticks, millions of the little buggers. The bigger ones do keep the cats entertained until their legs fall off.