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spider identification

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  • 22-06-2009 10:16pm
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    duploelabs
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    any idea of what this is? my missus is scared sh!tless of it, and wont rest until she knows what it is
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    PirateShampoo
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    Looks like a species of False Widow.

    http://www.uksafari.com/falsewidows.htm


    http://www.uksafari.com/steatodagrossa.htm


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    duploelabs
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    That's the blighter, really aggressive and quick. Have no idea how Im gonna get him out, but have to as he's in our kitchen


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    bye bye
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    its a bleeding horrible looking thing


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    crosstownk
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    Leave the spider there. He'll harm no one.

    After a recent renovation all my previous spiders have been evicted and now I've flies all over the house. Up till then I had plenty of spiders with cobwebs which kept the flies at bay. Now I've to encourage the spiders back - it will save a fortune on Vapona spray cans :D
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    Nothingcompares
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    yes, noticing a lot less spiders than usual around my house but an excess of flies.


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    fryup
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    ya, leave that spider alone!!


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    It is bad luck to kill a spider.

    Try to catch him in a jar and release him down the garden,


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    duploelabs
    Registered Users Posts: 11,356 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    I'm not going to kill it, on principle I don't kill anything i'm not going to eat, except for wasps and bluebottles.
    However my missus is a really really bad arachnophobe, and I ain't great either so unfortunately "Legs" has to be evicted, still working out how as it's really REALLY quick


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