Bill Whats This???

[War Griffon]

Bill or anybody else.

Don\'t say a spider I know that already

I found this beastie camped on the hallway wall by the door this afternoon. I don\'t think it is a native to this country but I might be wrong and its more likely something blown in from elsewhere and a sign of how the climate is changing.

It is about 1/4 of an inch in length not including the legs.

 

[skeeve]

that would be \"zebra jumping spider\" or at least it looks very much like one

here is another picture

http://www.livingworldimages.com/Zebra%20jumping%20spider%20Dungeness%20Kent.jpg

According to Wikipedia they are quite common in Europe.

 

[Davyboy74]

Looks like a species of jumping spider (Salticus scenicus)

 

[War Griffon]

Thanks guys, I don\'t recall seeing one of these in Wales before

We are more known here for the rain not the heat waves they get down on the South Coast lol

 

[Logan]

We even get those here in Yorkshire.

By the way, what\'s a heatwave?...

 

[Infidel Castro]

Philip loves jumping spiders. Philip happy.

That\'s a big one though if it\'s 1/4\" long. Fair play!

 

[Roger Bunting]

Philip can have the jumping spiders, as long as they stay away fro me.

 

[War Griffon]

Originally posted by reverend
Philip loves jumping spiders. Philip happy.

That\'s a big one though if it\'s 1/4\" long. Fair play!

I tried giving him a nudge to see if he would jump but all he did was scuttle a bit further out of the way

Roger, I don\'t mind the small spiders its when they are the size of golf balls and hairy that I start backing away. [shudder]

 

[Infidel Castro]

Originally posted by Roger Bunting
Philip can have the jumping spiders, as long as they stay away fro me.

 

[Infidel Castro]

Originally posted by Roger Bunting
Philip can have the jumping spiders, as long as they stay away fro me.

I eat them for breakfast like a mean motherlover!

 

[Legacy Account]

And this is one of the smaller types....

I found this Tree Weta the other day. Thankfully it was (almost) dead:

They\'re not particularly dangerous, I just don\'t want a close encounter with a live one!!

I believe these are available in Britain too. A Slater (Woodlouse) spider from my garden:

This chap was really angry. Massive fangs on them too - apparently they give a really nasty bite if you piss them off!

 

[james sequeira]

feck not fond of the spider scott, the weta isnt so bad after having live crickets and such for my lizards.

I recall a nasty spider that was on the extra of the lotr films when they were designing shelob, they found it in the carpark wall, that was really nasty.

 

[Roger Bunting]

Yep, those woodlouse spiders are common in the UK. They can bite but are not usually dangerous, unless you\'re allergic, like some people are to bee stings.

 

[lizcam]

All you arachniphobes have seen nothing until you\'ve seen a tarantula migration in Marin County (wine country) in California. Imagine driving down a back road on a Sunday afternoon, just relaxing to see thousands of These crawling across the road in front of you. Then you look carefully at the row upon row of grape vines on either side of the road and realize the what you thought was leaves blowing in the wind is actually spiders big enough to MOVE the leaves aside.

Have fun with THAT image! :twisted:

 

[War Griffon]

Thanks for that Liz but if its OK with you I will skip that experience thank you very much.

 

[Logan]

Originally posted by lizcam
All you arachniphobes have seen nothing until you\'ve seen a tarantula migration in Marin County (wine country) in California.

And that Liz, is the reason I\'ll be giving California a miss.

Fortunately, the firewall here at work didn\'t display the pic.
(And that \'lucky escape\' is the reason I\'ll now be giving this thread a miss... ossessed: )