big spiders - Page 2

jpest1 · 02-09-2005, 19:45

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Originally Posted by chav1

not that this is the biggest spider i have seen but this one happens to be sat behind my TV and when i saw this thread i thought i would give the little fella his 15 mins of fame

the finger was for scale purpouses but i wasnt about to put it too close i didnt want the poor ****** thinking i was going to bite it :-)

What you have there is a small garden spider. I have had them up to 5 or 6 inches in leg length. But I am no expert. Ask my brother apest1 he has 5 (at the last count) Tarantula's as pets? !!!!

SPUGGIE J · 02-09-2005, 19:46

Everyone should have a resident spider or two

SPUGGIE J · 02-09-2005, 19:47

If you have any spare please post them this way there is a fly invasion in our office.

mez · 02-09-2005, 19:54

i love spiders, i used to have one on my bedroom ceiling...........i called him harry.

carl hurles · 02-09-2005, 20:03

so does a garden spider have white spots on black legs

Tinkerbelle · 02-09-2005, 20:36

Spiders are top ....... I watched a cracking fight the other day between a spider and a wasp that had become stuck in it's web ........ the spider won ..... I cheered

no love lost between me and wasps

West Ender · 02-09-2005, 20:40

I like spiders for the same reason as Rindy, they eat flies. The biggest one we ever had in our house was about 5" across. It was on my younger daughter's bedroom ceiling. My husband was away, (not that he'd have been much use as he was, shall we say, not a spider fan) so my son tried to catch it in a jar. He missed and it fell off the ceiling and my daughter insisted on sleeping with me for the rest of the week.

We get some quite pretty ones in the garden, often spotty or striped, and some big hairy ones lurking under plant pots. I just wish they ate slugs and snails.

ANNE · 02-09-2005, 20:42

Ewwww Spiders.
Horrible things.
I used t get Mummiboo t shift em when she was little.
The ones at work are huge big n black.
Skin crawling just thinking about them.

grannyclaret · 02-09-2005, 21:10

dont know about spiders but this year we have been inundated with flies,,,we have to keep the windows and doors open because my hubby has breathing problems,,i have never seen so many flies;
i could do with borrowing that teranchila,,,lol

cashman · 02-09-2005, 21:37

dont mind spiders, there very nice on toast lol

garinda · 02-09-2005, 21:40

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Originally Posted by chav1

bah its bugandy the flash made it look pink

I was shocked too.

Tart and boudoir spring to mind.

Well ok. maybe just tart.

garinda · 02-09-2005, 21:41

......and is that smoke coming off your finger?

garinda · 02-09-2005, 21:43

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Originally Posted by mez

i love spiders, i used to have one on my bedroom ceiling...........i called him harry.

What do you call the other one reflected in the mirror?

SPUGGIE J · 02-09-2005, 22:01

Hennrietta

harwood red · 02-09-2005, 22:45

I have no problems with spiders cos as its been said before they keep the fly population down! It's earwigs that give me the willies (ok no jokes pls!)