Found a friend in the garden

[Warlocke]

This is a good reason to wear gloves when gardening.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Warlocke/100_0077.jpg

Found her while doing some garden edging.

Gave me a bit of a fright as she moved fairly quickly in my direction.

I think she was just trying to get out of the way of the shovel.

Showed the kids and my wife (who had a look from about 15mtrs...wus) then put her back in the garden.

Found a few before but none this big.

Notice the ten legs, thought all arachnids had eight.

Might be specific to Funnelweb spiders.

[the real]

I once found 10 cents in my garden, but never 20 cents, you are very lucky.
As for the spider, yeah you can never be too carefull

[ricochet]

I once found 10 cents in my garden, but never 20 cents, you are very lucky.
As for the spider, yeah you can never be too carefull


So what saying is that Warlocke should be happy finding both in his garden, 20c and a spider :lol: - you idiot :lol:

Rick

[the real]

なん　だって？

[bobzila]

mate it is a funnelweb and it has 8 legs the 2 smaller ones at the front arnt legs but feelers that pick up vibrations from near by pray so the spider knows when it is close enuff to strike

[jindydiver]

The extra "legs" are called pedipalps and are sexual organs. They are swollen in the males, and an easy example of this is the big huntsmans you see before a storm with the clubs clubs on the end of the pedipalps. In females they are used as "feelers".

To tell if you have a funnelweb you need to look at the underside. The configuration of the spinnerets and the number of booklungs will give you an idea of the genus, and a look for combs on the legs or "teeth" under the fangs will give you the species.

[NormGunston]

なん　だって？
ore mo wakkaran... kare wa eigo shirimasen to omoimasu

[Puk]

Jindy,
I have said it before, and i say it again:
You are a wealth of information. Where would we be without you?
You either are great at googling or need to go on "millionare" :lol:
Puk

[the real]

OH Norm, You just made my day mate, cant stop bloody laughing :lol: :lol: !!!

I was sitting like the spider, waiting for someone to bite. Can you read Japanese?

ore mo wakkaran... kare wa eigo shirimasen to omoimasu

Exactly, or as they say in the land of the rice ball

Eggzacary :lol: :lol:

Cheers Norm for the comment, me love very very much!!

[jindydiver]

Jindy,
I have said it before, and i say it again:
You are a wealth of information. Where would we be without you?
You either are great at googling or need to go on "millionare" :lol:
Puk

I used to hang out at the CSIRO entomology labs when I was a kid. I missed out on naming my own species by only a couple of months, some other guys got a paper published before the professor could get one in for me.
You should see the collection of big spiders I have here, fangs like darning needles.

[Willy_R]

手形 大きい ろば穴

[NormGunston]

手形 大きい ろば穴
Surreal.... hand print, large, (orifice)?? In the words of P. Hanson, "Pleeze ex-plane."

[Willy_R]

can't dont know what it means either ?? but with the words
'large, orifice" in there I could punt .............but wont :wink:

[johnno]

The extra "legs" are called pedipalps and are sexual organs. They are swollen in the males, and an easy example of this is the big huntsmans you see before a storm with the clubs clubs on the end of the pedipalps. In females they are used as "feelers".

To tell if you have a funnelweb you need to look at the underside. The configuration of the spinnerets and the number of booklungs will give you an idea of the genus, and a look for combs on the legs or "teeth" under the fangs will give you the species.

Yes... and theres a few species specific phrases I'd like to introduce it to like " squashyius with gumbootus", "smackius with shovelus" and the good ol "beltius with housebrikius" to name but a few :D :D

[jpbon]

haha good one johnno