Fuck me. Size of this spider in the UK.

[MPathy]

that spider is tiny, should try coming to australia in the summer its pretty normal to find these around my house there not venomous but they still scare me shitless.

Yeh, dude.
Southern Hemisphere knows where it`s at.
We get spiders double our hands.
Especially the large, hairy baboon or rain spiders.

Pretty harmless though

Physically perhaps but if one those touched me i would be mentally scarred for life.

[deadly_habit]

[GV1]

you don`t use rolled up paper, they just get pissed off.
I generally get it onto a broom and throw it outside.
I try not to touch them though.
Chilling

Hell, even our praying mantis are that size.
I`ve chased a mantis out the house only to have it fly in from the door straight at me.
It had to find me, which it did.
This thing was hell-bent on getting me.
I managed to swat it onto the ground and pummeled it with a broom.
A while later I`m in the kitchen making coffee and the fucker comes flying straight at my head again.
I really beat it but it still survived.

Holy shit. That's all I can say. You dudes are tough living where you do. I was dissect any bug that size with a spade just to ensure it's dead.

Was the mantis actually trying to get at you?

[Electric_Head]

you don`t use rolled up paper, they just get pissed off.
I generally get it onto a broom and throw it outside.
I try not to touch them though.
Chilling

Hell, even our praying mantis are that size.
I`ve chased a mantis out the house only to have it fly in from the door straight at me.
It had to find me, which it did.
This thing was hell-bent on getting me.
I managed to swat it onto the ground and pummeled it with a broom.
A while later I`m in the kitchen making coffee and the fucker comes flying straight at my head again.
I really beat it but it still survived.

Holy shit. That's all I can say. You dudes are tough living where you do. I was dissect any bug that size with a spade just to ensure it's dead.

Was the mantis actually trying to get at you?

It was, yes.
Despite all my efforts it kept hissing at me and flying for my head.
Even after beating it with a broom it made a b-line for me.
I had dreads then so I ran around frantically trying to avoid the thing flying in my hair.
In the end I had to made sure it was dead by sqaushing it.
I like them as well so it sucked.

[GV1]

you don`t use rolled up paper, they just get pissed off.
I generally get it onto a broom and throw it outside.
I try not to touch them though.
Chilling

Hell, even our praying mantis are that size.
I`ve chased a mantis out the house only to have it fly in from the door straight at me.
It had to find me, which it did.
This thing was hell-bent on getting me.
I managed to swat it onto the ground and pummeled it with a broom.
A while later I`m in the kitchen making coffee and the fucker comes flying straight at my head again.
I really beat it but it still survived.

Holy shit. That's all I can say. You dudes are tough living where you do. I was dissect any bug that size with a spade just to ensure it's dead.

Was the mantis actually trying to get at you?

It was, yes.
Despite all my efforts it kept hissing at me and flying for my head.
Even after beating it with a broom it made a b-line for me.
I had dreads then so I ran around frantically trying to avoid the thing flying in my hair.
In the end I had to made sure it was dead by sqaushing it.
I like them as well so it sucked.

Out of interest what part of SA you live?

[kidshuffle]

that spider is tiny, should try coming to australia in the summer its pretty normal to find these around my house there not venomous but they still scare me shitless.

And this is why I say Australia is literally hell on earth.

Fuck all of your demon creatures, I'll stick to 6 months of frozen tundra, thank you very much.

[GV1]

Did anyone read about that place the Osbornes purchased? There was so many spiders in it they had to sell it. Literally hundreds and they wouldn't go.

[Electric_Head]

GV1 - I live along the coast

[Liam92]

[GV1]

Are you taking the piss. That's one of the worst photos of a spider you could ever post on a forum.

I'm going to hide in a metal box that's impossible for spiders like that to access.

[kay]

Awwww

[Raggles]

Spray paint and a lighter...actually I would just burn my house down.

[-[2]DAY_-]

i was just about to say -- if you EVER see an enormous spider what looks like its abdomen is bubbled up/enlarged, and it's just shuffling around, with that titanic abdomen lurching atop its hideous spider-legs.... DON'T step on it, squash it, or do anything of the sort..... thousands of baby spiders will just erupt out of the animal and what you thought was a protective measure will end up being your demise.

try to get that pregnant spider far away from you without bursting it

[LACE]

Anyone telling me this don't bite is lying. My mate found it at work.



I've never seen one this big in the UK. I'm willing to bet this aint the biggest either.

I heard a rumour that spiders are coming from other countries and breeding here. Not sure how true this is.

cue panic attack

[Genevieve]

I heard a rumour that spiders are coming from other countries and breeding here. Not sure how true this is.

Wouldn't surprise me. Houses are like tropical environments.

[fluents]

you don`t use rolled up paper, they just get pissed off.
I generally get it onto a broom and throw it outside.
I try not to touch them though.
Chilling

Hell, even our praying mantis are that size.
I`ve chased a mantis out the house only to have it fly in from the door straight at me.
It had to find me, which it did.
This thing was hell-bent on getting me.
I managed to swat it onto the ground and pummeled it with a broom.
A while later I`m in the kitchen making coffee and the fucker comes flying straight at my head again.
I really beat it but it still survived.

Holy shit. That's all I can say. You dudes are tough living where you do. I was dissect any bug that size with a spade just to ensure it's dead.

Was the mantis actually trying to get at you?

It was, yes.
Despite all my efforts it kept hissing at me and flying for my head.
Even after beating it with a broom it made a b-line for me.
I had dreads then so I ran around frantically trying to avoid the thing flying in my hair.
In the end I had to made sure it was dead by sqaushing it.
I like them as well so it sucked.

yea definitely don't use rolled up paper that shit doesn't work if it comes down to it an i can't get it out then i normally use the bottom of my shoe but make sure you get it, there angry little things if you don't kill it the first time they will go for you!

The worst story i've had was driving through my local shops when a huntsman spider started crawling through my air con vents, as soon as i saw this hairy leg pop through the vent i completely lost my shit, started riding the curb almost hit someone on the pedestrian crossing aswell, definitely not something i want to go through ever again.
i've also had my mum come inside when i was younger from work with a huntsman spider on the top of her head, must have jumped off the top of the car onto her head when she hoped out or something.

[antipode]

you don`t use rolled up paper, they just get pissed off.
I generally get it onto a broom and throw it outside.
I try not to touch them though.
Chilling

Hell, even our praying mantis are that size.
I`ve chased a mantis out the house only to have it fly in from the door straight at me.
It had to find me, which it did.
This thing was hell-bent on getting me.
I managed to swat it onto the ground and pummeled it with a broom.
A while later I`m in the kitchen making coffee and the fucker comes flying straight at my head again.
I really beat it but it still survived.

Holy shit. That's all I can say. You dudes are tough living where you do. I was dissect any bug that size with a spade just to ensure it's dead.

Was the mantis actually trying to get at you?

It was, yes.
Despite all my efforts it kept hissing at me and flying for my head.
Even after beating it with a broom it made a b-line for me.
I had dreads then so I ran around frantically trying to avoid the thing flying in my hair.
In the end I had to made sure it was dead by sqaushing it.
I like them as well so it sucked.

yea definitely don't use rolled up paper that shit doesn't work if it comes down to it an i can't get it out then i normally use the bottom of my shoe but make sure you get it, there angry little things if you don't kill it the first time they will go for you!

The worst story i've had was driving through my local shops when a huntsman spider started crawling through my air con vents, as soon as i saw this hairy leg pop through the vent i completely lost my shit, started riding the curb almost hit someone on the pedestrian crossing aswell, definitely not something i want to go through ever again.
i've also had my mum come inside when i was younger from work with a huntsman spider on the top of her head, must have jumped off the top of the car onto her head when she hoped out or something.

move

[zerbaman]

Some of the photos in this thread make me want to cough up my own faeces.

[deadly_habit]

[fluents]