NPR

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:09 pm**

Found this fellow in an old coal bunker I was emptying out and cutting up.

Steatoda Nobilis - Noble false Widow
Not one you want to be getting a nip off. Told the 6 year old he needs to wear gloves if he's at any old piles of wood.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:15 pm**

I love spiders. Use to get some big ones in Paarl. When every one run away screaming. Oom SB to the rescue!

I never kill them. Catch them in a bucket and throw over the wall to the neighbors

Oom Fester, that one look dangerous. We get the Knoppies spinnekop . Etter

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:28 pm**

Love wolf spiders. Got a lot of harvest men at the moment. Get a few false widows too. Don't worry about the first two, but the false widows get put outside every time.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:58 pm**

When it gets dewy I'm always amazed at how many webs you can see, they're absolutely everywhere.

I like most spiders, jumpers are my favourite.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:11 pm**

I know Australia ia full of dangerous spiders but are there many in SA?

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:12 pm**

Raggs wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:28 pm Love wolf spiders. Got a lot of harvest men at the moment. Get a few false widows too. Don't worry about the first two, but the false widows get put outside every time.

You've found them indoors?

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:19 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:12 pm
Raggs wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:28 pm Love wolf spiders. Got a lot of harvest men at the moment. Get a few false widows too. Don't worry about the first two, but the false widows get put outside every time.
You've found them indoors?

I did last year. Was sat at my computer and it just started rapelling down the cupboard next to me onto the desk. Gotta say I freaked out a little, it was fairly big and looked really armoured/exo-skeleton-y compared to the regular UK spiders I'm used to seeing. Just stuck a glass over it and chucked it outside.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:36 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:12 pm
Raggs wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:28 pm Love wolf spiders. Got a lot of harvest men at the moment. Get a few false widows too. Don't worry about the first two, but the false widows get put outside every time.
You've found them indoors?

Yes. Had a fair few of them earlier in the year. Now it's mostly harvestmen, with the odd wolf spider around. The harvestmen are quite vicious judging from what ends up in their webs, there's been dead false widows and wolf spiders in them.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:51 pm**

I'm not sure if it's spiders or something else that spins webs, but I seem to be doing my neighbours a service each morning as I seem to be constantly walking through them on the local hiking trails!

(I also feel bad about wrecking what probably takes a lot of effort!

)

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:09 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:11 pm I know Australia ia full of dangerous spiders but are there many in SA?

Lots of big and beautiful spiders in SA but I doubt many of them are dangerous. I suspect Australia is the same but many Aussies feel the need to play up to the image of their country being supposedly full of dangerous wildlife.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:25 pm**

Calculon wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:09 pm
Uncle fester wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:11 pm I know Australia ia full of dangerous spiders but are there many in SA?
Lots of big and beautiful spiders in SA but I doubt many of them are dangerous. I suspect Australia is the same but many Aussies feel the need to play up to the image of their country being supposedly full of dangerous wildlife.

We have the Black Widow throughout SA but it is mostly outdoors. Sac spiders are our most dangerous.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:38 pm**

Any idea what this scary bastard thing was. Found in the bottom of empty pint glass at home. Surrey, UK.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:02 pm**

Just a house spider, no?

False widows are quite shy from experience, usually leg it or play dead whenever I've come across them..

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:19 pm**

No idea what it is, it zooms pretty well to see markings.

It was big, 2 inches in length probably.

I wasn’t aware house spider was a type of spider. But yeah, It looks like a “giant house spider”.

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife ... use-spider

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:07 am**

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:11 pm I know Australia ia full of dangerous spiders but are there many in SA?

We have about 5000 types of spiders in SA. Only 5 are considered dangerous.

Brown widow
Black widow
Brown recluse (Violin)
Sac
Six-eyed sand spider (very rare)

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:25 am**

We have plenty of huntsman spiders in our garden.

We also have lots of spider-hunting wasps.

Watching a fight between those two is not for the faint hearted. The wasp usually wins, and then paralyses the spider and lays eggs in the body. As the spider is not dead, it provides a perfect place for the eggs to incubate.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:50 am**

My kids are terrified of spiders, like a lot of others I guess. I’m not overly keen on the ugly wee things but trying to find ways to get the kids to calm down when they see them

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:24 am**

Spiders are creepy looking. Except for jumping spiders, they're kinda cute.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:49 am**

My favorite spider is a dead spider. I'm not afraid to admit my fear of them. If I see one in the house, it's going to die. With a lot of screams, mostly by me.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am**

handyman wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:49 am My favorite spider is a dead spider. I'm not afraid to admit my fear of them. If I see one in the house, it's going to die. With a lot of screams, mostly by me.

that's a welcome addition to my mental image of you Handyman

I welcome spiders in my home, they help with keeping mosquitoes under control. I've taught my kids to not kill anything (except mosquitoes) as they are all part of an ecosystem. Both are well trained at getting rid of spiders using the glass/paper method.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am**

average joe wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:07 am
Uncle fester wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:11 pm I know Australia ia full of dangerous spiders but are there many in SA?
We have about 5000 types of spiders in SA. Only 5 are considered dangerous.

Brown widow
Black widow
Brown recluse (Violin)
Sac
Six-eyed sand spider (very rare)

Watter een is die knoppies gat?

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:17 am**

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am
average joe wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:07 am
Uncle fester wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:11 pm I know Australia ia full of dangerous spiders but are there many in SA?
We have about 5000 types of spiders in SA. Only 5 are considered dangerous.

Brown widow
Black widow
Brown recluse (Violin)
Sac
Six-eyed sand spider (very rare)
Watter een is die knoppies gat?

Saffas generally refer to the black widow as a "knopie" but both the brown and black widows are button spiders

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:21 am**

average joe wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:17 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am
average joe wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 6:07 am

We have about 5000 types of spiders in SA. Only 5 are considered dangerous.

Brown widow
Black widow
Brown recluse (Violin)
Sac
Six-eyed sand spider (very rare)
Watter een is die knoppies gat?
Saffas generally refer to the black widow as a "knopie" but both the brown and black widows are button spiders

In Paarl we use to get the "wind" spinnekop and "Haarskeerder" Vokken scary with the looks but not poison.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:32 am**

Oom we use to catch these ugly fokors and sell them at school. The laaitjies use to chase the girls around with them.

In Riebeeckstad we use to get a lot of these. They're not really spiders and they like to stay in the shadows so if you run from them it looks like they're chasing you, we called them kalahari ferrari's. We use to catch them and put them in a bottle with a scorpion.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:46 am**

That bottom one actually sent shivers down my spine and do an involuntary look under my desk!!

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:55 am**

Slick wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:46 am That bottom one actually sent shivers down my spine and do an involuntary look under my desk!!

Its a camel spider, but is also sometimes called a wind scorpion or a sun spider. The largest species grow to about 6 inches in length and can move at about 10 mph.

Camel spiders are not deadly to humans (though their bite is painful), but they are vicious predators that can visit death upon insects, rodents, lizards, and small birds. These hardy desert dwellers boast large, powerful jaws, which can be up to one-third of their body length. They use them to seize their victims and turn them to pulp with a chopping or sawing motion. Camel spiders are not venomous, but they do utilize digestive fluids to liquefy their victims' flesh, making it easy to suck the remains into their stomachs.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:01 am**

Slick wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:46 am That bottom one actually sent shivers down my spine and do an involuntary look under my desk!!

Look like a Haarskeerder.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:02 am**

Red roman. They're arachnids but not really spiders. Their bite is very painful but not venomous. If you encounter one don't try and run from them, they'll just chase your shadow. If you stand still they'll stop chasing you. The old people use to call them baard/haarskeerder "beard or hair cutter" They reckoned they'll cut your hair when you're asleep for their nests.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:17 am**

assfly wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am
handyman wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:49 am My favorite spider is a dead spider. I'm not afraid to admit my fear of them. If I see one in the house, it's going to die. With a lot of screams, mostly by me.
that's a welcome addition to my mental image of you Handyman

I welcome spiders in my home, they help with keeping mosquitoes under control. I've taught my kids to not kill anything (except mosquitoes) as they are all part of an ecosystem. Both are well trained at getting rid of spiders using the glass/paper method.

I too like spiders. My mum absolutely adores them. Whenever she found a large impressive looking one she would get super excited and call over my siblings and me to admire it.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:25 am**

Calculon wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:17 am
assfly wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am
handyman wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:49 am My favorite spider is a dead spider. I'm not afraid to admit my fear of them. If I see one in the house, it's going to die. With a lot of screams, mostly by me.
that's a welcome addition to my mental image of you Handyman

I welcome spiders in my home, they help with keeping mosquitoes under control. I've taught my kids to not kill anything (except mosquitoes) as they are all part of an ecosystem. Both are well trained at getting rid of spiders using the glass/paper method.
I too like spiders. My mum absolutely adores them. Whenever she found a large impressive looking one she would get super excited and call over my siblings and me to admire it.

Yep, I do admire snakes and scorpions aswell. Never want to step on them but respect them. As a kid we caught crawl moles, tame them and sell them as pets. Now I catch them in the garden and throw them over the wall to my kakkest neighbour

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:43 am**

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:25 am
Calculon wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:17 am
assfly wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am

that's a welcome addition to my mental image of you Handyman

I welcome spiders in my home, they help with keeping mosquitoes under control. I've taught my kids to not kill anything (except mosquitoes) as they are all part of an ecosystem. Both are well trained at getting rid of spiders using the glass/paper method.
I too like spiders. My mum absolutely adores them. Whenever she found a large impressive looking one she would get super excited and call over my siblings and me to admire it.
Yep, I do admire snakes and scorpions aswell. Never want to step on them but respect them. As a kid we caught crawl moles, tame them and sell them as pets. Now I catch them in the garden and throw them over the wall to my kakkest neighbour

We used to do the same, lol

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:46 am**

Lobby wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:55 am
Slick wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:46 am That bottom one actually sent shivers down my spine and do an involuntary look under my desk!!
Its a camel spider, but is also sometimes called a wind scorpion or a sun spider. The largest species grow to about 6 inches in length and can move at about 10 mph.

Camel spiders are not deadly to humans (though their bite is painful), but they are vicious predators that can visit death upon insects, rodents, lizards, and small birds. These hardy desert dwellers boast large, powerful jaws, which can be up to one-third of their body length. They use them to seize their victims and turn them to pulp with a chopping or sawing motion. Camel spiders are not venomous, but they do utilize digestive fluids to liquefy their victims' flesh, making it easy to suck the remains into their stomachs.

Eurgh, fook that.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:50 am**

I like spiders, though one of my daughters has proper arachnophobia and has to leave a room if there is a spider in it.

I like house spiders especially, they get rid of the crappy little insects you don't want in your house, I let them get on with it.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:01 am**

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:25 am
Calculon wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:17 am
assfly wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:08 am

that's a welcome addition to my mental image of you Handyman

I welcome spiders in my home, they help with keeping mosquitoes under control. I've taught my kids to not kill anything (except mosquitoes) as they are all part of an ecosystem. Both are well trained at getting rid of spiders using the glass/paper method.
I too like spiders. My mum absolutely adores them. Whenever she found a large impressive looking one she would get super excited and call over my siblings and me to admire it.
Yep, I do admire snakes and scorpions aswell. Never want to step on them but respect them. As a kid we caught crawl moles, tame them and sell them as pets. Now I catch them in the garden and throw them over the wall to my kakkest neighbour

When I was living in town I use to do that with the hondekak

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:05 am**

I can't stand spiders - something about how they move creeps me out really, really badly - but I've usually managed to get over that and accept they do a great job dealing with other shit I don't want around.

Having said that, my girlfriend was raring to go a few weeks ago and we were just starting things off when she screamed and jumped away as she saw a fucking gigantic house spider in the bedroom. Biggest spider I've seen in the UK, about 8cm across. Terrifying. It died a messy death after I managed to chuck a bit of clothing on it then beat it to death with a shoe.

Did you know up until recently they were considered the fastest spiders in the world?

Fuck right off.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:06 am**

I love spiders, but it does worry me when I hear them before I see them. Especially at night when they're galivanting across bedroom floor.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:06 am**

JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:05 am I can't stand spiders - something about how they move creeps me out really, really badly - but I've usually managed to get over that and accept they do a great job dealing with other shit I don't want around.

Having said that, my girlfriend was raring to go a few weeks ago and we were just starting things off when she screamed and jumped away as she saw a fucking gigantic house spider in the bedroom. Biggest spider I've seen in the UK, about 8cm across. Terrifying. It died a messy death after I managed to chuck a bit of clothing on it then beat it to death with a shoe.

Did you know up until recently they were considered the fastest spiders in the world?

Fuck right off.

Not sure which of the images I have in my head is worse right now.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:07 am**

Slick wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:06 am
JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:05 am I can't stand spiders - something about how they move creeps me out really, really badly - but I've usually managed to get over that and accept they do a great job dealing with other shit I don't want around.

Having said that, my girlfriend was raring to go a few weeks ago and we were just starting things off when she screamed and jumped away as she saw a fucking gigantic house spider in the bedroom. Biggest spider I've seen in the UK, about 8cm across. Terrifying. It died a messy death after I managed to chuck a bit of clothing on it then beat it to death with a shoe.

Did you know up until recently they were considered the fastest spiders in the world?

Fuck right off.
Not sure which of the images I have in my head is worse right now.

We've never met, but I can assure you after lockdown I'm in even worse shape than I was before.

edit: Wait, have we met?

We have, haven't we? Like, more than once? Fucking hell, my memory...

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:54 am**

JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:07 am
Slick wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:06 am
JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:05 am I can't stand spiders - something about how they move creeps me out really, really badly - but I've usually managed to get over that and accept they do a great job dealing with other shit I don't want around.

Having said that, my girlfriend was raring to go a few weeks ago and we were just starting things off when she screamed and jumped away as she saw a fucking gigantic house spider in the bedroom. Biggest spider I've seen in the UK, about 8cm across. Terrifying. It died a messy death after I managed to chuck a bit of clothing on it then beat it to death with a shoe.

Did you know up until recently they were considered the fastest spiders in the world?

Fuck right off.
Not sure which of the images I have in my head is worse right now.
We've never met, but I can assure you after lockdown I'm in even worse shape than I was before.

edit: Wait, have we met? We have, haven't we? Like, more than once? Fucking hell, my memory...

Couple of times, in London for summer morning kick off games I think.

Posted: **Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:28 am**

Yeah! You booked tables as I recall. Sorry

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