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Just went to pick up a horrible looking spider off my stern greaser when the little beastie sunk its jaws into my finger,felt a bit like a wasp sting.

after much ridicule and micky tacking off my crew i decided to "google" "can UK spiders bite",and it turns out "up to eleven species of UK spiders can bite" it turns out that the now ex spider was of the "Woodlouse"species and can indeed inflict a nasty wasp like sting bite.

so SWMBO is right about spiders being nasty critters after all.
 
Prepare for a slow and unusual death as the spiders DNA slowly replaces your own....
 
Oooh! Just like that film.... Did you hide out with a dtzy blonde to survive?
 
chrishelen said:
Just went to pick up a horrible looking spider off my stern greaser when the little beastie sunk its jaws into my finger,felt a bit like a wasp sting.

after much ridicule and micky tacking off my crew i decided to "google" "can UK spiders bite",and it turns out "up to eleven species of UK spiders can bite" it turns out that the now ex spider was of the "Woodlouse"species and can indeed inflict a nasty wasp like sting bite.

so SWMBO is right about spiders being nasty critters after all.
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Laughing and joking aside, it can be more than trivial. I got bitten by one a couple of years ago and it ulcerated. Took about 6 weeks of faffing and a trip to the doc to sort. Be prepared to go and see the quack sooner rather than later. :(
 
jimi said:
I've been bitten by a ladybird!
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I've swallowed a ladybird. It tastes revolting. That helped teach me not to run around the playground with my mouth open.

Back to the original post, I once heard a spider expert talking on the radio. He was asked if the large spiders you get in the house were safe to handle. He said they were perfectly safe except you may get a searing pain in your hand when they bite. These spider experts are braver than I am.
 
duncanmack said:
Laughing and joking aside, it can be more than trivial. I got bitten by one a couple of years ago and it ulcerated. Took about 6 weeks of faffing and a trip to the doc to sort. Be prepared to go and see the quack sooner rather than later. :(
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Thanks Duncan,tip of my finger still throbbing and sore.didnt think spiders bite in this country.
 
Was reading the other day about a tarantula jumping out of a bunch of bananas. As far as I remember, it used to be much more common in the days when the Fyffes banana boats used to ply their trade.
 
I never thought a spider in this country could bite,each morning in work i collect all the spiders from the nooks and crannys and webs by hand cos the girls who work for me refuse to come in until all is clear,

No problem, some times i would have about 20 huge one's wriggling in my hand and i would release them outside cos i like em, but last week at home a huge one was in SWMBO's towel when she shook it after her shower and it ran across her toes and under the bath, i cornered it and put a half pint glass over it and chucked it out of the window.it only just fitted in the glass, i kid you not.

but enough is enough,i bought a can of anti spider spray from "force 4" and that seems to be keeping them at bay for now.
 
I never thought a spider in this country could bite
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'Course they can, muppet! That's how they eat..... and they're fearless.


....last week at home a huge one was in SWMBO's towel when she shook it after her shower and it ran across her toes and under the bath, i cornered it and put a half pint glass over it and chucked it out of the window. It only just fitted in the glass....
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Once they get to that size, a .410 is recommended! :cool:
 
I've suffered serious arachnaphobia all my life - don't mind snakes or anything else but spiders reduce me to jelly.

Now I have ammo' to return when ridiculed, I was right all along !

No more Mr Nice Guy trying to just get them outside either, from now on it's war...thanks for the info.
 
Lady Campanula said:
'Course they can, muppet! That's how they eat..... and they're fearless.


I dont think they eat with their fangs silly. and most spiders are not fearless they run for cover but the one that bit me was a woodlouse spider and they can get aggressive,(i am a spider expert as of today).

Seajet, no probs anytime.
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Was woken up one night in Papua New Guinea by the sounds of the dogs barking at something. Took a flashlight and found they had cornered a large spider, body the size of a golf ball. The spider was actually hissing back at them, waving its legs and looking pretty scary.
However a bloody big whack with a shovel made it a very silent flat ex-spider!

Cue for the Who song "Boris the spider"?
 
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