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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Jimbob on 09 October 2011, 19:18:06
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Seems to be a bumper year for spiders this year...and some are absolute beauties...
Meet Terrence (The tarantula ;D) who lives outside our backdoor
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6165_resize.jpg)
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6167_resize.jpg)
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6157_resize.jpg)
And on the run for his dinner...
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6142_resize.jpg)
And some of his younger siblings....
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6125_resize.jpg)
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(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6118_resize.jpg)
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6116_resize.jpg)
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa229/littlejimmym/spiders/IMG_6135_resize.jpg)
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Nice pics there Jim, Ive got one that lives behind my drivers door mirror, Hes been traveling all over the South East lately. Its always amazed me how them cobwebs can survive speeds of up to 76.9 Mph.
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There'll be some OOFers that are terrified of spiders & will be hiding behind the couch now!!
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Nice pics there Jim, Ive got one that lives behind my drivers door mirror, Hes been traveling all over the South East lately. Its always amazed me how them cobwebs can survive speeds of up to 76.9 Mph.
Cheers, good point, how do they do that!
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There'll be some OOFers that are terrified of spiders & will be hiding behind the couch now!!
;D ;D ;D
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There'll be some OOFers that are terrified of spiders & will be hiding behind the couch now!!
Not exactly keen on them myself, but if I find any in the house they do get the opportunity to start a new life in the back garden.
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Great pics Jimbob!! :y :y :y I wonder what species he is?? :-\
I had one like that outside my back door called Cedric...... He liked it when I dropped fly sized bits of ham fat onto his web and he got big very quickly :) Although Cedric might have been Cedrica..... :-\
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Time to get the vacuum cleaner out........horrible things.......
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There'll be some OOFers that are terrified of spiders & will be hiding behind the couch now!!
I trap them with a glass, then slide a piece of card underneath them before releasing them outside. Mrs Opti runs and hides like a little girl....... ;D ;D
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Great pics Jimbob!! :y :y :y I wonder what species he is?? :-\
I had one like that outside my back door called Cedric...... He liked it when I dropped fly sized bits of ham fat onto his web and he got big very quickly :) Although Cedric might have been Cedrica..... :-\
Is it really true that the female eats/kills the male after a leg-over?
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I've a size 11 boot that solves the problem :)
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There'll be some OOFers that are terrified of spiders & will be hiding behind the couch now!!
one of them is me!!! ;D ;D
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There'll be some OOFers that are terrified of spiders & will be hiding behind the couch now!!
one of them is me!!! ;D ;D
You using a laptop via wifi then :y :y :y :y
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There'll be some OOFers that are terrified of spiders & will be hiding behind the couch now!!
one of them is me!!! ;D ;D
You using a laptop via wifi then :y :y :y :y
;D ;D ;D
still on the old desktop.. but I can leave it ;D
dont know why from the childhood I hate them :-\
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Great pics there JB. 8)
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The macro lens has had an outing, I guess? ;)
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Good pics, and yes we have them everywhere here, jumping spiders? Keep making they're webs accross the back door, rear garage door, alley way, and keep walking in to them getting covered in spiders web.
Got the big buggers in the house too. Conquers all round the house now, not seen one since. :y
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Got the big buggers in the house too. Conquers all round the house now, not seen one since. :y
That'd spoil the fun. Waaaaaah! Oh, Mrs. KW's found another one. ;D
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I love spiders had a monster cast its web on my boat last year, I went to see how she was doing every day and was gutted to see her dead when she had tackled a wasp :'( she had wrapped the wasp up in a fatal wrap of web before here demise though :y
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The macro lens has had an outing, I guess? ;)
Nah, had to use wide angle to get him in the frame ! ;D
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My house is filled with tons of those 'dorset spiders' as my folks would call them (tiny rice-grain sized bodies, massive spindly legs).. they seem to be constantly multiplying, faster than I can hoover the damn things up..
I mean.. faster than I can relocate them to the garden. MMhm.
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..... Keep making their webs across the back door, rear garage door, alley way, and keep walking in to them getting covered in spiders web.........
How does a spider anchor its web miles away from the main web? ??? ???
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
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My house is filled with tons of those 'dorset spiders' as my folks would call them (tiny rice-grain sized bodies, massive spindly legs).. they seem to be constantly multiplying, faster than I can hoover the damn things up..
I mean.. faster than I can relocate them to the garden. MMhm.
I read somewhere that these kill other spiders, and as I too like spiders generally, we get rid of these. :y :y :y
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..... Keep making their webs across the back door, rear garage door, alley way, and keep walking in to them getting covered in spiders web.........
How does a spider anchor its web miles away from the main web? ??? ???
It gets blown on the wind
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
Superb idea, can you send me one!
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
Superb idea, can you send me one!
No! You're just being a tight arse! Wouldn't be so keen if it was your train that required the leccy! :P :P
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
Superb idea, can you send me one!
No! You're just being a tight arse! Wouldn't be so keen if it was your train that required the leccy! :P :P
The one in his garage does ;D
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Somebody else pays the for the loco fuel.......now theres an idea!
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
Superb idea, can you send me one!
No! You're just being a tight arse! Wouldn't be so keen if it was your train that required the leccy! :P :P
The one in his garage does ;D
Boys and their toys.......at least ours are battery powered! ::) ::) ::)
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
Superb idea, can you send me one!
No! You're just being a tight arse! Wouldn't be so keen if it was your train that required the leccy! :P :P
The one in his garage does ;D
Boys and their toys.......at least ours are battery powered! ::) ::) ::)
Are we still talking about trains, Ljay ::)
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
Superb idea, can you send me one!
No! You're just being a tight arse! Wouldn't be so keen if it was your train that required the leccy! :P :P
The one in his garage does ;D
Boys and their toys.......at least ours are battery powered! ::) ::) ::)
Are we still talking about trains, Ljay ::)
Yes! But only if they go to Paddington or Colchester! ;D ;)
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If you want to keep Spiders from invading your house get some conkers and place them in the corners of the room.
failing that you could just throw them at the blighters when they leg it across the floor
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minging,minging,minging...if that was outside my back door i would..........use the front door ;D
i HATE THEM
Thats pretty much what I'm doing! I'm even boycotting the tumble dryer in case I lose a limb on the way past....can see him waiting to pounce and drink my blood!
Had cured my phobia until this year, would appear I now need more work! :(
Superb idea, can you send me one!
No! You're just being a tight arse! Wouldn't be so keen if it was your train that required the leccy! :P :P
The one in his garage does ;D
Boys and their toys.......at least ours are battery powered! ::) ::) ::)
Are we still talking about trains, Ljay ::)
Yes! But only if they go to Paddington or Colchester! ;D ;)
;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :-*
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..... Keep making their webs across the back door, rear garage door, alley way, and keep walking in to them getting covered in spiders web.........
How does a spider anchor its web miles away from the main web? ??? ???
dunno, I assumed they jump? Have seen the small ones on a long thread blown by the wind, not the big ones...yet.
Their webs are massive, there's a pampas grass in our garden with a small tree about 1.5 meters away, with a huge web spanning the gap. Can't really see it during the day but when the sun moves round low it lights up silver. Beautiful.
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..... Keep making their webs across the back door, rear garage door, alley way, and keep walking in to them getting covered in spiders web.........
How does a spider anchor its web miles away from the main web? ??? ???
dunno, I assumed they jump? Have seen the small ones on a long thread blown by the wind, not the big ones...yet.
Their webs are massive, there's a pampas grass in our garden with a small tree about 1.5 meters away, with a huge web spanning the gap. Can't really see it during the day but when the sun moves round low it lights up silver. Beautiful.
Until you walk through it one day.. ;D
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Bah, screwed that up didn't I.. and no edit button to hide my shame.. ;D
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Somebody else pays the for the loco fuel.......now theres an idea!
Washing line in the engine bay of the loco? Might need a bit of febreeze afterwards to get rid of the smell of oil, perhaps? ;D
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bleh 'orrble things cant stand em at all! i barely go in the workshop cus theres just too much chance of being pulled in and killed by spiders. loads of the ones with tiny bodys and long legs around the house though, i dont mind them so much and if they are killing other spiders they can stay. otherwise its a size 11 hit with enough force to snap a floorboard ;D
dont see many of the OPs type spider here tho tbh
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Great pics Jimbob!! :y :y :y I wonder what species he is?? :-\
I had one like that outside my back door called Cedric...... He liked it when I dropped fly sized bits of ham fat onto his web and he got big very quickly :) Although Cedric might have been Cedrica..... :-\
Is it really true that the female eats/kills the male after a leg-over?
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sure ive seen that common house spider i think her in doors is about 3 times the size of the male he has to beat a tune with his legs just to get close or she kills him then if he plays the right tune hung like a donkey and fit he can get one of his legs over then after all that just as he thinks I am in here think i will go for a second helping she kills the poor sod and eats him no fag afterwards no down the pub talking about sex with the boys ....bet he thinks as hes being killed bugger me its my first time ffs did not think i was that bad urghhh eat me bitch ;D ;D ;D
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What a way to go tho... :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y