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Shooting the breeze.

FlySurfer

NSW

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FlySurfer

NSW, 4460 posts

6 Feb 2013 8:19pm

This one is ~12cm tip to tip.
They come in this colour, and a light grey & black.
I've seen one that was ~20cm tip to tip.

The body is really long, and look like a dick when view from the under side.

Doesn't seem to make any distinctive web, or even visible web.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 7:42pm

Are you sure that is a spider ?

boofy

NSW

2110 posts

boofy

NSW, 2110 posts

6 Feb 2013 8:53pm

ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Deinopidae/Deinopidae.html

my work here is done

FlySurfer

NSW

4460 posts

FlySurfer

NSW, 4460 posts

6 Feb 2013 9:31pm

boofy said...
ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Deinopidae/Deinopidae.html

my work here is done

You Sir have earned yourself a cookie.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 9:33pm

Checky creature

I did count all legs and couldn't find more then 4

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom.

What insect have 4 legs?

Best Answer

The only insects with four legs are the insects that happen to be missing two of their legs.

sausage

QLD

4874 posts

sausage

QLD, 4874 posts

6 Feb 2013 10:00pm

It's Eugene from Brisbane.............

Pitbull

1267 posts

Pitbull

WA, 1267 posts

6 Feb 2013 8:12pm

GROSS!!
I hate spiders. The only good spider is a dead one.

kiteboy dave

QLD

6525 posts

kiteboy dave

QLD, 6525 posts

6 Feb 2013 10:16pm

Macroscien said...
I did count all legs and couldn't find more then 4

Not sure if joking?

Net casting spiders are cool, huge front pair of eyes. Most of them don't move too much, hang head down to hunt. So you don't actually need to kill them, they eat annoying insects.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 10:29pm

Could be also male Praying Mantis after the sex session.
Female consumed the head already and 4 legs on desert...

Pitbull

1267 posts

Pitbull

WA, 1267 posts

6 Feb 2013 8:34pm

Four pairs = Eight

pierrec45

NSW

2005 posts

pierrec45

NSW, 2005 posts

6 Feb 2013 11:36pm

Macroscien said...
What insect have 4 legs?

My boss - 4 limbs.
Told him to crawl back under his rock just yesterday...

SP

10982 posts

6 Feb 2013 8:39pm

Macroscien said...
Checky creature

I did count all legs and couldn't find more then 4

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 10:53pm

If you had some nasty diseases that mean you are cured now.

Fibromalgia left your body ....

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 11:20pm

better check on your body if there are any scars or wounds left

there still could be some eggs left in your tummy

GypsyDrifter

2371 posts

GypsyDrifter

WA, 2371 posts

6 Feb 2013 9:29pm

FlySurfer said...
This one is ~12cm tip to tip.
They come in this colour, and a light grey & black.
I've seen one that was ~20cm tip to tip.

"They can vary in color from fawn to pinkish
brown or chocolate brown. Females are about 25mm, males about 22mm. "

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 11:31pm

Not so sure but Gina could have the lastest transport infected ....
better check with Australian biosecurity for extraterrestials contamination

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 11:40pm

GypsyDrifter said...
about 25mm, males about 22mm. "

are you sure mm ? not cm ??

or size doesn't really matter for you

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

6 Feb 2013 11:53pm

for you Gypsy

Mark _australia

23646 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23646 posts

6 Feb 2013 10:03pm

Macroscien said...

^^^ Thanks for the tip macro, I will try that one next time

"It's OK hun, I am feeding you oxygen, honest..... "

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

7 Feb 2013 12:04am

for rest of us ... lets start counting ... how many legs ??

holly crap !! ?? What the creature AM I with 21 LEGS ???

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

7 Feb 2013 12:11am

Mark _australia said...

Macroscien said...

^^^ Thanks for the tip macro, I will try that one next time

"It's OK hun, I am feeding you oxygen, honest..... "

correction.... down the esophagus

Mark

(your aerator will not fit into trachea)

bigmark100

NSW

584 posts

bigmark100

NSW, 584 posts

7 Feb 2013 5:14pm

Ok, what about this one? I had to deal with this a few weeks ago.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

7 Feb 2013 5:42pm

bigmark100 said...
Ok, what about this one? I had to deal with this a few weeks ago.

smicko

2503 posts

smicko

WA, 2503 posts

7 Feb 2013 3:45pm

When they're that big they just become generic Triantiwantigongolopes.

Pugwash

7733 posts

Pugwash

WA, 7733 posts

7 Feb 2013 4:20pm

Incy wincy

sn

2775 posts

WA, 2775 posts

7 Feb 2013 4:46pm

bigmark100 said...
Ok, what about this one? I had to deal with this a few weeks ago.

I think sandwichmaker would have a fit if I did the usual "kill it with a thong" as you can guarantee it would be really really messy.

either kill it with fire, or out with the snail gun (air rifle)

personally- I would rather just let it be, but sammichgirl is creaped out by spiders.

stephen

Pitbull

1267 posts

Pitbull

WA, 1267 posts

7 Feb 2013 5:16pm

bigmark100 said...
Ok, what about this one? I had to deal with this a few weeks ago.

Holy Crap!! It looks like it has grabbed one of your kids wearing a fairy costume. You can see the wings.

cisco

QLD

12365 posts

cisco

QLD, 12365 posts

7 Feb 2013 11:38pm

Leave the Huntsman alone. He is your friend keeping a lid on the insect population eating one of those flying ant thingys.

If he makes your womenfolk scream, that is a bonus and an opportunity for you to show them what a hero you are by getting him on your hand and flicking him out the door.

He'll be back!!!

actiomax

NSW

1576 posts

actiomax

NSW, 1576 posts

8 Feb 2013 8:01pm

On a lighter note daddy long legs is not actually a spider it eats mould that's why u find them in humid areas example bathroom & its why there harmless forget the myth they have the most poisoness venom but there fangs are too short to penetrate humans they dont have them there like the giraffe of the insect world eating mould there's heaps in my bathroom I need a new maid

dinsdale

1227 posts

dinsdale

WA, 1227 posts

8 Feb 2013 7:57pm

actiomax said...
On a lighter note daddy long legs is not actually a spider it eats mould that's why u find them in humid areas example bathroom & its why there harmless forget the myth they have the most poisoness venom but there fangs are too short to penetrate humans they dont have them there like the giraffe of the insect world eating mould there's heaps in my bathroom I need a new maid

australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/spiders/daddy-long-legs-spider/

Shane10

QLD

102 posts

Shane10

QLD, 102 posts

8 Feb 2013 11:25pm

Ok, have a crack at this one. About the size of your palm, had built a 3m x 2m web on my balcony overnight during the recent floods.

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