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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Now this might all be bullshit - but I have heard that Whitetails' favourite snack is Daddy Longlegs.
    I was listening to a spider dude on the radio and he reckoned it was bull. He said if you don't believe him put a daddy long legs and a whitetail in a jar and see who wins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Now this might all be bullshit - but I have heard that Whitetails' favourite snack is Daddy Longlegs. So if there are 'heaps' of one, there is bound to be plenty of the other in the immediate environment. The other thing I have heard is that the bite of the DLL carries one of the most deadly toxins known. However, their fangs are too short to penetrate human skin and are therefore harmless (to us). BUT - the theory goes - the venom is absorbed and delivered through the bite of a WT. Which is why their bite can be so serious.
    Mythbusters says they're not as harmful as people make out (video link below)

    Quote Originally Posted by Discovery channel, Mythbusters
    "Myth: Are Daddy Longlegs Really Deadly?
    As seen in "MythBusters: Buried in Concrete"
    Finding: BUSTED
    Explanation: There are more than 40,000 spider species crawling around the world, but only a fraction of arachnids pack toxic venom. Sydney funnel-webs, Brazilian wandering spiders and black widows rank among the deadliest eight-legged critters, but MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage heard that daddy longlegs are lethal as well.

    Supposedly, daddy longlegs possess extremely powerful poison, but their fangs are too short to penetrate human skin. To find out, Jamie and Adam hunted down a host of daddy longlegs and took them to a spider specialist who could milk out their venom. Next, the spider specialist compared the toxicity of daddy longlegs venom to black widow venom. The red-bellied widow won out, busting the myth.

    A microscopic measurement of the long-legged spider's fangs proved their miniscule quarter-millimeter length could puncture human skin, taking a double bite out of the daddy longlegs myth.
    http://videos.howstuffworks.com/disc...myth-video.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    They wouldn't be budding entomologists - they would be larvae.
    I heard my name!
    Both me and the wife have had spider bites. Jo,s was definitely a WT and she had a useless blistered forearm for a bit while the Dr,s reassured her that WT,s are harmless.
    We dont believe it.
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    Interesting thread, Mom! They certainly give a nasty bite, and whether it be venom or bacteria or both, you need to get to a Doc quick smart! I've not had a bite but have seen what they can do to a person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laava View Post
    I heard my name!
    Both me and the wife have had spider bites. Jo,s was definitely a WT and she had a useless blistered forearm for a bit while the Dr,s reassured her that WT,s are harmless.
    We dont believe it.
    This is wot I know.
    Matthew was bitten by one while staying with family in Hobart. Spider was captured.
    Welt soon broke down and was a necrotising wound - like a bad circular burn wound - was growing.
    Rate of growth was measured and recorded. I still have the pics somewhere. Unpleasant.
    They put him in the Hyperbaric chamber at the Australian Antarctic HQ (Hobart) and the growth arrested.
    These days they treat with peroxide or other oxygen rich source - so I read anyway - and bacterial infection is not a big deal any more.

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    Spray a "no entry" perimeter with Rip Cord.
    It's a neuro toxin for most creepy crawlies.
    I use it twice a year at home, and the spiders hang from their webs by the hundreds.
    (strangely enough i am still breathing)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    Fly spray works on spiders ...

    That would make a change, Fly spray doesn't work on flies,

    As for the honky arse'd spider, I've had a bite, was sore but I didn't die I think???
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    How big was it? cos size does matter.

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    Maha might stop scratching now too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    Maha might stop scratching now too.
    Well there is alot to scratch...

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    If you are going to bomb confined areas with fly spray....don't use your cig lighter as a torch to see if you got the bastards..... fire behind brick fire surrounds gets to the roof quite quick

    No I didn't but.... I do know who did, and Its not the only time he filled the house with smoke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maha View Post
    How big was it? cos size does matter.
    It was half the size of my ball peen hammer. I believe that some people can get in a bad way after a bite. I got bit on a finger while reaching under the wooden work bench. Was damn sore and red for a day or so.
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    Quote Originally Posted by willytheekid View Post
    Shit!, poor kid!

    They are bloody dangerous buggers!
    I had one of my door men hospitalised from a single bite!...now, were talking about a guy whos over 7 foot tall, built like a brick out house and NEVER goes down in bar brawl (One of the toughest buggers you could ever meet)
    One bite!...and he was in hospital, drifting in and out of consciousness, and fighting to save his leg!
    Took him nearly two months to recover...we nicknamed him spider man after that.

    ...Don't underestimate these evil little aussie imports! ,word is, they have actually mutated!, cross bred, what ever!...they are MUCH more potent than the aussie originals...hence...I hate them!, and kill them on sight with boiling water! (boiling water ensure's that the females don't spray eggs as they die!)

    Evil bastards!...look at em!


    fuck it!...use FIRE!!
    The ones in OZ are more potent and more aggressive than those here.
    Ours are pussys next to the Oz version,I put it down to the heat over there but kill anything without an invite anyway.
    White tails eat other spiders so if your seeing dead spider remains on your window sills that's your first sign you have em' in your place.
    All spiders have venom but like Daddy long legs most are either to small or non aggressive so don't cause problems.
    Sydney Funnel webs would be an interesting import
    Their scary bastards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laava View Post
    I heard my name!
    Both me and the wife have had spider bites. Jo,s was definitely a WT and she had a useless blistered forearm for a bit while the Dr,s reassured her that WT,s are harmless.
    We dont believe it.
    I was bitten by an unidentified spider in the crook of my elbow in 1971. My arm blistered and peeled, very similar to a burn, involving about two thirds of my arm. It was incredibly painful, and took weeks to heal. I was not a very well or happy lassie....
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