Yossarian
Forum Resistance Leader
I have a simple question for any members here who either lived in or are residents of Austrialia...
Do you ever have run ins with large Huntsman spiders? I would post a pict but don't want to offend any one.
The reason I ask is because it's exciting enough... I mean scary enough to find an average orb weaving garden spider snatch and kill a nest of wasps one by one ouside your window. (I love living with nature sometimes hehe..damned wasps)
But to pour a large Huntsman out of your shoe, or flip on the lights in your bathroom and to find a spider as large as a small dinner plate exploring your shower must be quite the experiance.
But spiders do have uses, why I like nature sometimes, spiders can be expert exterminators, hence the golden orb weaver I haven't evicted from my window, and the large courses of meals it's been enjoying.
I also hear they (Huntsmans) are non venomous towards and reluctant to bite humans, and if handled correctly will board and explore you as part of it's habbitat as well.
So if anyone here on the milforum who has ever had any strange things like the Huntsman in particular found while in Austrialia, please do share.
I am not a fanatic, but I do find spiders like this, fascinating.....
Also key note, if you served in Australia's armed forces , and run into these thing on any sort of field excerise, please note how you found the thing (under a rock, in a piece of equiptment, box or container not geographical location, I could care less about specifics just it's natural surroundings and how it can come into contact with people).
Any and all replies welcome thanks,
Post Script....even with my fascination, you won't see me importing one anytime soon...
Yo.
Do you ever have run ins with large Huntsman spiders? I would post a pict but don't want to offend any one.
The reason I ask is because it's exciting enough... I mean scary enough to find an average orb weaving garden spider snatch and kill a nest of wasps one by one ouside your window. (I love living with nature sometimes hehe..damned wasps)
But to pour a large Huntsman out of your shoe, or flip on the lights in your bathroom and to find a spider as large as a small dinner plate exploring your shower must be quite the experiance.
But spiders do have uses, why I like nature sometimes, spiders can be expert exterminators, hence the golden orb weaver I haven't evicted from my window, and the large courses of meals it's been enjoying.
I also hear they (Huntsmans) are non venomous towards and reluctant to bite humans, and if handled correctly will board and explore you as part of it's habbitat as well.
So if anyone here on the milforum who has ever had any strange things like the Huntsman in particular found while in Austrialia, please do share.
I am not a fanatic, but I do find spiders like this, fascinating.....
Also key note, if you served in Australia's armed forces , and run into these thing on any sort of field excerise, please note how you found the thing (under a rock, in a piece of equiptment, box or container not geographical location, I could care less about specifics just it's natural surroundings and how it can come into contact with people).
Any and all replies welcome thanks,
Post Script....even with my fascination, you won't see me importing one anytime soon...
Yo.
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