They have been know to fire rounds of Urticating bristles.

Scytodes thoracica has a pretty fair aim.

 

Good news for cat owners, it seems they're either immune to the bites or just too agile to get bitten, and on most occasions will just play with and then eat these things.

 

I'm totally blaming this thread for the big **** off spider that disrupted my Saturday evening by running up the wall beside me. I hope your proud of yourselves Scoobynet.

 

UK has it pretty easy in terms of creepy crawlies. If we start getting things like the Australian funnel web spider then I'd start checking my shoes etc....those things are bad news if they bite you!

 

Can they be found on a grassy knoll?

 

Now that you mention shoes...

Getting out of bed the other morning and as usual put my
slippers on and headed for the bathroom. I got onto the
landing and could feel a piece of thread between my first
and big toe so lifted the slipper off and stuck my hand in to
pull it out.

Upon putting my hand in I felt something move , in a daze
I shook the slipper and the biggest **** off spider fell to the ground
with a thud then spread it legs and scurried off.

I now check my slippers and shoes every time.

 

ah that will be the lesser spotted-slipper spider...............deadly they are

 

Looks like I got away lightly then

 

Not sure what you mean but the post still made me chuckle.

 

Cats are very agile, the usual sticker hating trolls will call bs, but I've seen moggies take out venomous snakes, much bigger dogs and alligators. I think half of it is other predators instinctively scared of losing their eyes to scratches.

I have 3 cats, the 2 males play with spiders until they can barely move then the female comes in and eats it. Sometimes it takes a few attempts to keep it in her mouth as I don't think she likes the texture.

Never judge a cat though

http://www.hrtwarming.com/everyone-w...eartbreaking/#

 

You've personally witnessed a cat fighting an alligator? Where the **** do you live?

You are fast becoming my favourite member of scoobynet Matt.

 

Everything I've ever said was true.


Apart from the 180° on the spot from the lights, it was more like a 90°.

 

Obviously I'm not going to link it on here in fear of having my children's intelligence insulted, but the reverse search on YouTube also brings up the reverse results, IE cats getting eaten by Alligators.
Having owned lots of cats, I had 3 at one time, I know what you mean about them being pretty tough but I don't think they rate spiders on how cats view them.

 

There's been a few times I've thought of feeding mine to the gators, but cats are like that. They are characters!

Saw a vid of a APBT eating its owner the other day, not something I'll forget in a hurry, bad owner never tasted so good.

TBH Spiders are pretty crappy predators, I've seen ants and wasps take them out! If I'm not mistaken there aren't many venomous animals on earth that can kill an healthy adult outright, most deaths are because of heart conditions, poor health, age, secondary infections or allergic reactions to the venom, I think you have to consider aquatic life to see the real killers, such as the Sea-snake.

TBH many animals have an unfair rep, in clear waters a Great White can almost attain Dolphin friendliness. In murky waters they will mistakenly bite a human then sense there isn't enough fatty tissue and swim off.

 

Are there many Alligators in Wakefield? Or have all the spiders seen them off?

 

Hmmmm, seen a half hour fight in our garage when I put a wasp in with a BIG spider.
The wasp eventually lost...

 

I know Castleford is in the district but a few of us can afford Disney.

 

Wesp v World's deadliest spider.

 

Well, one of my cats was given a run by a rabbit. That big fat pet rabbit used to escape from his owner's hutch and skip around in my garden shamelessly; as if it was his own One day I saw the scene when he was chasing my moggy, and moggy was running away from him as if he was going to eat her alive. I was very angry with the rabbit and tried to shoo him. The owner came in during the Karpman drama triangle and apologised for the behaviour of his dysfunctional rabbit.

No offence but I prefer cats to the rabbits. Rabbits are cute but they look quite sneaky and mean with their always sniffy noses and their stoopy body. I wouldn't trust one.

Awww...I like Ugly. Good story.


One more thing to include i.e. the symptoms in the mind of the mind bearer. A physically healthy subject may reserve the fear of the object, and that fear alone can be more lethal than the actual object that is causing fear, if you know what I mean. So I would include some of dying (ok, if not dying than living dead) of mere fear.

 

This is my biggest cat 1yo Ludo with my 3yo son.

Cat is 22lbs, little lad is 31lbs.



As I type he's laid outside the little lad's bedroom.

 

The Ugly story is giving a teary eye to everyone who reads it on the Facebook cat page, I must admit I welled up. Wife cried a tear or two.

 

So what was this ******* trying to put my heating on tonight Matt?

 

Looks like a mother *****ng Fen Raft Spider.

But its smaller so I'd guess Mouse Spider . Very fast moving spider with a painful bite.



They are usually finger nail size, inc legspan, but I once saw a dead one that had a body bigger than a large wasp.

They make the notable list for UK spider bites.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/l.../spider-bites/

 

Them gators are way too full to bother

 

It was about the size of a 50p piece

 

Could be a fully grown female, they max out at 50p size with a body of 12mm long.

I've never seen one quite that big but like the scientists say, spiders are bigger than usual this summer.

It's speed would give it away if it was a Mouse Spider (Scotophaeus blackwalli) they are very quick moving. They are also pretty hairy for a small spider.

 

As there's some spider knowledge going on here, what do you guys think about Tube web spiders?

I have a female as a pet.

I was at work one day, sat outside having my lunch.. In the wall next to me was a couple of nice round holes with a nice tube shape web. I picked up a little stick and touched it on the outside expecting a tiny spider to maybe appear, but a Tube web spider shot out and grabbed the stick and made me jump about a foot in the air!

Obviously I had no idea what it was at first, I noticed their shed exo inside and the metallic green fangs, googled it and found they were tube web spiders.

Kept me amused for a while as we had an influx of huge house spiders stuck in the sink and I'd take them out to the Tube web spider and feed away.

I decided it'd be a good idea to keep one of them as a pet and get me over my fear of spiders (yep that's right) so I bought a little spider viv and a perfect tube etc. Getting one out of a deep hole in the wall isn't easy lol. There was three grown men all squealing like children as we tried to get her out.

I can't believe how aggressive they are! And also, not seen the behaviour online but my female reacts just like a Funnel Web spider. When we got her out of the hole and into a tub, she faked death exactly like a Funnel web, she went on her side and pretended to be dead. Put a stick near her and she jumped up into an aggressive pose with legs extended up. Put anything near her and she'll bite it.

I thought she was dead the other day and very gently touched her with a plastic comb handle (the thin barbers shop handle'd one) and she instantly went into her angry pose and bit the comb so hard I picked her up by her fangs!! She wouldn't let got for ages.

I feed her other spiders and crickets.

The male was even more aggressive back at work I'd have tug of wars with other spiders with him lol.

 

Segestria florentina

Found only in the South, thank ****.

 

I wouldn't say that.. Think you'll find they've spread pretty far now.

Not many spiders you could have a tug of war with lol. Found this vid on YouTube of the sort of brass they have (bare with it). And you may just notice the tiny entrance to it's web in the middle of the video. To see the hole you'd think something tiny would live there but 6 of their legs face forward and they cram themselves in. It's always a surprise seeing one emerge.


Love the bite report on the Natural History Museum website..

Reports of bites
'A sharp and painful bite; felt like a deep injection and caused quite a shock. However, after six hours the pain subsided.'
'Area red and tender to touch (swollen), with bite marks.'

Frequency of bites
Increasing as the species spreads in southern England, including the London area.

 

I wonder what happens when it meets Pholcus phalangioides