| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/11/2007 11:35:05 PM | well, he is still there... 
i got enuf guts to actually go back in there..i thought maybe somehow the one i killed the smorn was him.after searching thru the room kicking everything apart, i found him.he is still there hidding behind a rolled up poster.gruesome looking bugger.
I had a 3 bedroom house.now i have a 2 bedroom joint.
I am but myself.i can co exist with him.he stays in his part of the house, i will stay in mine..better go check the dead body of the other one.
i thought i was arachnanecrohomoaquaacrophobic, today i have removed all doubt.
fear of having sex with gay dead spiders up high under water is no laughing matter. 
what i need is a montage and some Rocky music (eye of the tiger) | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/11/2007 11:40:57 PM | Why don't you name them like pets? That's what I do. If I can't leave them in my home because of big chicken visitors, I place a jar over the spider, put it on a slight angle enough to get the lid under, then take them outside to freedom.
Poor little spiders. Hunstman are not a threat to you. Get friendly with them  | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/12/2007 3:13:16 AM | | You wont like the sound of this but me and one of my brothers used to torture spiders and insects(pull off their legs and chuck it into the spiders web,catch a fly,throw it against a wall,get a match or magnifying glass). | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/12/2007 3:51:41 AM | Don't kids do gross things.... Some kids I know go to a nearby park at night with a 9 iron & practice on cane toads... I'll stick with detol.
But I love spiders, redback's are so beautiful & huntsman are smart little buggers & they eat****oaches too.
Don't kill daddy long legs... they are the mortal enemy of the readback & Mr long legs wins everytime.
This is slightly amusing....Spider on Drugs
http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=136101437706176785 | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/12/2007 7:44:21 PM | genuine goddess ; Yes i see that stilla beginner to all this. 
Spider security screens are to keep the dreaded huntsman out. They are huge and hairy up this way.
P.S Therapy going good. LOL | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/13/2007 3:01:57 AM |
Don't kill daddy long legs... they are the mortal enemy of the readback & Mr long legs wins everytime.
Is that for real? next time I see a redback I am going to keep it somehwere find a Mr long legs and see what happens.. lol.. now I sound sadistic..
I have to agree with you, redbacks are deadly but are a beautiful spider... so interesting to watch.. but i have too many of them in my garden they even hide in the dark corners of the semi tropical garden, I have to watch out when gardening because fair enough I will always find one.
genuine goddess ; Yes i see that stilla beginner to all this
I don't understand what you are saying there.. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/13/2007 3:19:41 AM | I used the broom technique, no more spider ..had to smack him over the head a few times to soften him up..but eventually he hid on the end of zee broom..walked him out side.I didn't even cry once.!
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putaspellonme : i 'm sorry hon, but your crazy..you have spiders for friends !! hate to think what your enemys are.hehehe i will keep a close eye on you 
SIlent running : while i still think your slighty scary being a spider torturer...I certainly could do with friends like you..
somehow i want to see a redback Vs daddy long legs fight too !!
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/13/2007 3:36:04 AM | ‘Fearless at Taronga’ is the first Arachnophobia course of its kind offered in Australia and is one of Taronga Zoo’s newest initiatives, proving to be a huge success!
http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au/content/view.asp?id=1197
you might need educating? try the above course lol
With a 98% success rate, Taronga Zoo is extremely excited about the ‘Fearless at Taronga’ program, and we are looking forward to helping many more people overcome their fears.
....get someone to sponsor you...oh it's not an AA meeting, you just need a buddy to hold your hand lol | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/15/2007 4:06:21 AM | | I can't believe there are so many people here who kill spiders. I'm not saying I want to have them as pets, and I'll admit I do the strangely panicked and embarrassing slapping-at-ones-person-whilst-screaming thing if one is ON me as a result of walking into a web, but if they're on a wall or ceiling eating insects for me then that's a service they're providing as far as I'm concerned. They don't exactly give chase, or WANT to be any closer to us than we want to be to them. I did used to whine at my big brother to get them out for me, and he indulged me for a time, but he eventually said that if I was to consider myself an accomplished woman then I needed to get over myself with the whole spider thing. How's that for hitting a female nerve centre! So for lack of any alternative, I was forced to make my peace with them. I still don't like them in the bathroom though, because the steam from the shower disturbs their grip, and frankly, I just feel a little too vulnerable at the thought of having a spider suddenly inadvertently join me in any sort of intimate embrace in the shower. So now, when I do want to get a hunstman out, I arm myself with a plain water spray in one hand and a mop/broom in the other, and I guide them out the nearest window then shut it. But if we're talking preying mantis, well that's a whooooooole different ball-game...but quite obviously they're pure evil, and they fly for gods sake, so that's completely different. Selling the house to get away from one of those doesn't seem unreasonable does it? | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/15/2007 4:10:20 AM |
having a spider suddenly inadvertently join me in any sort of intimate embrace in the shower.
i wouldn't hold that against him...... | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/15/2007 5:34:03 AM | laughs.
Still not my idea of a good time.
I think most of the really big spiders are girls, so perhaps this is a dating option you need to give further thought to, especially given your apparent fondness for them 'n all. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/15/2007 7:41:20 PM | Well mate, considering it has bn reported that we eat up to 4 of them a year in our sleep, i think we are still above them on the food chain.Nice thought hey!
Is this true, can anyone confirm this thought AAggghhhh. I dont mind spiders, but this knowledge has just ruined my day.
im not keen on sharing my bedroom with a spider, I can see similarities here... but thats for later. As for Spiders elsewhere, I discouvered my son playing in a bush infested with redback spiders when he was 2. Needless to say he didnt get bitten and has survived to reach 18 despite having a habit of running around barefoot all his life. Maybe they intend to avoid us if we leave them alone. they also eat lots of other bugs that live around the home so they do have a good intention.
As far as getting rid of them without hurting them, i use the soft end of a brush on a long pole, when said child is not available. Being taller than me he has his advantages. he just flicks them out with a piece of paper.
If all else fails and the dear spider just isnt getting the right idea or hasnt changed rooms, I use the bottom end of a solid shoe. After all i do need my sleep and life is all about survival of the fittest. Obviously not a smart spider if he doesnt get the idea straight away. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 2/16/2007 5:09:48 AM | Some good old wives' tale type remedies to deter spiders include:
oil of pennyroyal on a cotton ball placed where you have recurrently occurring sightings and
eucalyptus leaves in drawers or cupbaords. Not really sure if they work, but at least you know the pennyroyal will kill any fleas hanging about.
I try not to harm them - and growing up with 6 brothers was never frightened of them. We even had a pet one who lived on our window named Herman Huntsman. Was completely saddened by his unfortunate demise when my sister threw me a pen, I failed to catch it and it continued toward the window and speared Herman. This all changed when I lived in the UK for awhile. The neighbour had pet tarantulas.... He would put their fish tank enclosure thing on his bed, lift off the glass and tap on the bed. The big one, affectionately known as Alice, would climb out, wander across the bed, turn around and back up to the neighbour. She would then lift her hairy great abdomen for him to scratch. Something about that bizarre relationship between man and beast gave me the spooks. After my return to Australia, I heard that Alice had become discontent with her man friend and had bitten him, leaving him rather ill in hospital for some time. I now see Alice in my mind every time I see a huntsman or wolf spider. Not logical but enough to make one shiver. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 3/1/2007 5:12:22 AM | naked with no broom ....there was no choice
another one rides the bus...size of a dinner plate nothing but shoe
god
rain = spiders ....there just he ones i can see .... :help: | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 3/1/2007 5:39:26 AM | | Well get this guys, went to put on my nightie and there was a whoopy of a big black spider.. dam thing killed.. not on my satin laced ribbon nightie.. on the wall I can accept but not my nightie.. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 3/1/2007 7:17:36 PM | there once was a spider who cross dressed
"I like laced ribbon nightys" he confessed
while squashing him dead
GG smirked as she said
"In my nighty I know snakes are the best" ,,,,,,,,~wink~ | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 3/2/2007 3:13:21 AM | ebgdea.... now how did you guess...
my ribbon laced nightie, snakes are the best
Snakes and birds,
with satin ribbon laced nightie
for the birds will run
but the snakes are here to stay...
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 3/5/2007 5:16:37 AM | Saw this written by Jerry Seinfeld and thought it was cute.
One of the great mysteries to me is the fact that a woman could pour hot wax on her legs, rip the hair out by the roots, and still be afraid of a spider.
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 4/18/2007 3:29:48 AM | Hey caves.....They have found a tartantula in north Qld that hunts, kills and eats the dreaded cane toad. Soon could be safe from the cane toad up here...YAY....
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:18:45 AM | ^^^ would have to agree there .Give me a garden full of cane toads over big hairy killer spiders any day!!
I would never be able to leave my house...........bet the suckers jump too!!! | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:19:02 AM | | My mission next week whilst in Queensland is to see the dreaded cane toad and dispose of one, but that is what I said two weeks ago and i didn't come across one live one. I did see a dead one at Kissing Point through. hmmmmm Any suggestions on how to spot a cane toad or lure them out. Come on guys give me hints here on how to lure a cane toad while I wait with a shovel .. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:20:53 AM | they love dog and cat food...but dont worry you will see them soon enuf
hey GGee kiss one they turn into princess's ......honest heheheee hee | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 4/18/2007 4:22:08 AM | | If it rains ever again,they all come out onto the roads.They make an amazing popping noise when you run over them...............not that i do of course!!! | |
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