Gosh that's a big spider!

**007XX** · 16th April 2008, 13:30

Originally Posted by chrisso

this is a Sydney Funnel Web.Ive seen them totally black. Your spider looks hairier than this.

Winter coat?

**jrandom** · 16th April 2008, 13:30

Originally Posted by chrisso

this is a Sydney Funnel Web.

Fuckin' 'orrible things.

A face full of Raid is too good for them.

**jrandom** · 16th April 2008, 13:33

Originally Posted by chrisso

was a column here a while back bout Whitetails, someone said that its not their venom but bacteria in it that destroys your skin.

Yes, that tallies with the progress of my foot.

As I said, it initially felt similar to a wasp sting. That faded, but the dermal layers around the bite basically rotted away (the affected area grew slowly over a few days) before clearing up and healing over. It very much seemed like an infection rather than an envenoming.

I can imagine how a compromised immune system could allow such a bite to cause significant problems.

**DingoZ** · 16th April 2008, 13:39

Some info on Whitetails..

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/re...white_tail.asp

**Disco Dan** · 16th April 2008, 13:42

Originally Posted by chrisso

was a column here a while back bout Whitetails, someone said that its not their venom but bacteria in it that destroys your skin.Nasty lil feckers but

Yep that is true, bacteria on their fangs and tell me.. whats the first thing you do with your hands when your bitten?? yep.. touch it. Give it a scratch and all that loverly bacteria gets in there... before you know it your looking for the nearest second hand shop.

**chrisso** · 16th April 2008, 14:17

Arrrrrggghhhhh Spiders everywhere

**Mikkel** · 16th April 2008, 16:14

Fuck me that is a respectable spider right there!

Nevermind the raid - if I saw one of those you'd see me running to the garage looking for an axe...

Funnel webs are nasty - glad we haven't got them here. Funnily enough (hahaha... yrk) they are most dangerous to humans and dogs.

Were are they most common? Sydney

**Maha** · 16th April 2008, 16:27

Thats my Jimmy

..........I lost him while in Wellington at Easter, little fucker hasn't been answering his calls....take care of him Trudie, oh, and that bum like thing on his back?... yeah it a bum so dont stand over him, he dont like that.

**chrisso** · 16th April 2008, 16:31

Originally Posted by Mikkel

Fuck me that is a respectable spider right there!

Nevermind the raid - if I saw one of those you'd see me running to the garage looking for an axe...

Funnel webs are nasty - glad we haven't got them here. Funnily enough (hahaha... yrk) they are most dangerous to humans and dogs.

Were are they most common? Sydney

HeHe thems only rubber spiders.i keep them in my bag coz they allways
search it at the supermarket. Shop assistants dont seem to like huge spiders

**skidMark** · 16th April 2008, 16:33

Originally Posted by Usarka

It looks hairier than this photo, but is this it?

If so it's a Black Tunnelweb

Somebody shaved that one.

Hawt.

**martybabe** · 16th April 2008, 16:46

Originally Posted by chrisso

HeHe thems only rubber spiders.i keep them in my bag coz they allways
search it at the supermarket. Shop assistants dont seem to like huge spiders

Hhaha, twisted but funny.

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 16th April 2008, 16:46

As far as common spiders go, they don't come more common than this.
Bound to be one hiding between the buttocks of practically every human being.
Closely related to the also common Chocolate Starfish (see attached thumb).
Neither are particularly dangerous, but must be wiped periodically to avoid annoying 'Skidmarks'.