Caught a white tail spider

[007XX]

I profoundly dislike the f^%^ers!!!

Just the idea of them legs on me makes me cringe big time.

Couple of weeks ago was quietly fishing with hubby on our ten foot tinny out in the Kaiwemaumau estuary when one of those creepy crawlees decided to slide down from the edge of my hat onto the lense of my sunglasses

I nearly made us capsize, dropped my rod and hubby thought I'd caught a Kingy ........then proceeded to take the piss while gentlemanly removing the offending creepy shit from the boat!

My hero!!! *sigh*

[98tls]

Anyone got a pic of a white tail spider,was an article in the local rag awhile back saying we have big numbers of them round here but ive never come across one.

[spookytooth]

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/re...white_tail.asp
nasty little pricks

[98tls]

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/re...white_tail.asp
nasty little pricks

Cheers spooky,no cant say ive seen one round here,not that i want to really.

[MotoGirl]

I researched these spiders awhile ago and learnt that they don't use webs and actively hunt their prey. I also found that it's a good thing to get rid of any other spider that they might eat, such as daddy long legs. Spiders never last long in my house - I'm a killing machine!

[BiK3RChiK]

they are nesting spiders too and prefer indoors to outdoors. If you see one, then there'll be more. We have hoardes of them here in the Eastern Bay. I kill them with monotonous regularity.