| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/7/2007 11:43:50 PM | Not a spider, but i had a rotten encounter with a stick insect once up in derby,
i walked onto my porch and i saw it, it was the thickness of a broomstick and an easy 24 inches long, all green and bright yellow and bluish stripes on the legs, i thought it was a rubber toy a kid had left behind, so i went to pick it up and it reared up on me, felt like at the time that it was taller than me, so i grabbed a rake to move it out to the yard as he was blocking the entrance, and no crap but the damn thing nearly knocked the rake out of my hand ,it hit it with so much force, my arms got jolted,,
True story, anyway i googled it and they mention a giant stick insrct that grows to 30cm (12 inches) , this one was at leats twice the size,,,,,
I also saw a giant mushroom in Tully once, but thats another story. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/8/2007 12:10:43 AM | | ^^^ That's it! That is the only creature I am instantly afraid of even at a "safe" distance. The preying mantis. Cos you're never safe...they fly at you. Well they fly at me. Guaranteed when one comes in here it will find me. And you're sooooo right Robby about their strength. My Mum found one once that had twisted a green tree frog round and round like a dish-sponge and was peeling its skin from its body. The frogs screams caused her to go find out what was wrong. girly screaming and flapping arms about now | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/8/2007 12:25:28 AM | Wow thanks for the nature lesson!
And to think I let the nasty creatures walk all over me... and .... well, just walk! hehe | |
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Posted: 6/8/2007 12:58:16 AM | ^^^ You didn't have to dress up for the forum Funluvin!
Edit to my previous post....before anyone comes in and corrects me on the stick insects/preying mantis blend ....don't care what the experts say, they are the same godawful thing in my eyes. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/8/2007 1:14:46 AM | Oh Naamah... you'd prefer I take it all off then? cheeky girl!
Praying mantis/stick instect... there's a difference??? | |
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atalia
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/8/2007 4:11:03 AM | I have a vision in my head of robbys neighbour with a remote control and a video camera watchin the show  | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/8/2007 4:39:39 AM |
Oh Naamah... you'd prefer I take it all off then? cheeky girl! I reeeeeeeeeallllly think you've got the wrong end of the stick there Funluvin. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/8/2007 6:55:31 AM | | Wow which came first Robbbyg, the stick insect or the mushroom?? Or the licking of the cane toad...........? | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/9/2007 6:53:19 AM |
Wow which came first Robbbyg, the stick insect or the mushroom?? Or the licking of the cane toad...........?
haha, im serious about the giant mushy, it was the size of a dining table, i saw it in the jungle in Tully when i was playing wargames, my corporal saw it too, we thought it was a big grey boulder at first till i poked it with my gun it was all spongey, so i looked underneath it had a stalk the size of a tree trunk ,,, the height was about 4 feet and about 4 to 5 feet across,,
That was before i licked the cane toad ,  | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/9/2007 7:44:45 AM | | RIGHT now...don't you believe Newcastle *no matter if you say tomatoes or potatos*....our forum addict is going through a hunter river?...may all the waters rise and hang on tight to your floaties dearest ....oh hell I forget his name..what is the OP of this thread? without endearing traits of spider webs? | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/9/2007 6:11:38 PM | | Gotta love the australian Bird-Eating spider. Big hairy and hungry. A guy down the road who does bird documentaries and stuff showed me one one day. It's about hand sized but beefy and scary (and beautiful at the same time). | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/9/2007 6:17:38 PM | GOOD LORD.
MY GOD.
SHIT.
I cannot stand stick insects nor praying mantids (that's apparently how it is spelt) they freak me out!!
My brother pretended to throw a big brown stick insect at me once and, of course, I thought he actaully HAD. Fairdinkum, I nearly had a heart attack. | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/9/2007 6:20:50 PM | No , likes a laugh, I do NOT HAVE TO LOVE IT
eeeek, I love all the other critters - do I have to love spiders? Ugly hairy evil creatures... | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/9/2007 6:33:13 PM | I recommend never spending a nice, quiet evening at home watching these two DVD's any time soon, Caves.....
Arachnophobia
Eight-Legged Freaks
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/9/2007 7:43:47 PM | Cuddly, I'm not really a fan of spiders but maybe I have a secret fetish for things big and hairy (and beautiful at the same time)...  | |
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Posted: 6/10/2007 2:25:38 AM | Look cuddles, have you been peeping in on my dreams now girlie?? I'm embarassed at what you might've seen.... 
In MY dream that Yeti girl is ALL woman...big, strong and roars out loud when I steal her food.  | |
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atalia
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Joined: 3/28/2007
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/10/2007 6:53:35 AM |
In MY dream that Yeti girl is ALL woman...big, strong and roars out loud when I steal her food.
You may be interested in my girl, Trinity. She's a wolfhound cross, and we call her wookie monster. She's only 2 and a half though, so about 17/18 in human years...I'm not sure it's entirely appropriate. slaps own forehead for worrying about age when there's an issue of species that might be of more concern | |
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| Aussie Spiders and your home 101
Posted: 6/10/2007 9:24:39 AM | Oh yes Atalia,how's it go,she's a maneater and she's going too swallow you up.Oh yer, oops a daisey,what was i thinking of. | |
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atalia
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Joined: 3/28/2007
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