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DrKonrad
IndyBlu
I’ve had both a white tail and a wolf spider in my house in the last week. Didn’t burn the house down, so husband was pretty impressed.
Antrazit
Thank the goddamned lord that we have cold winters here
dryad909
Had a white tip bite on the ankle. Had to get it cut out due to ulceration. Not fun.
pcam123
Redback bites can make tough guys cry. I always leave those little fella's alone.
monkeyfly
Recently pulled a mouse spider out of my pool. Surprisingly big and gross looking.
Justchillindylan
This is why I love where the wind hurts my skin
TomValentine
usersubpondscum
Yah I know, I just uploaded this to link to something else as long as you could make out the text for the white tip it was adequate.
TinFoilKat
BitchinBotanist
Nope nope nope nope
FeChefImgur
You had a chart ? You rich mother fucka :P
FCrimson
Is this some kind of Australia coolest house pet list?
AtsaMattaForMe
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Clearing browser history?
CSlice06
Why are Black Widows not on here?
deadspectre
This is obviously someone from Australia's list. Black widow's closest match is supposedly the redback. Not getting close enough to find out
Vineheart01
Actual size yeah i call bs on the huntsman spider size.
everybodydothebartman
I'm in America, do I dial 1 first?
Bludabeagle
Don't you know.......when dialing down under.....the numbers are dialed backwards, then 1
FeChefImgur
You can if you want. Alternatively you can just mash the keypad instead too.
usersubpondscum
+61 but you will probably be met with confusion.
MrRoybert
A spider can be poisonous if you eat it.
MostlyJustTryingToBeNice
Top left and bottom left look almost identical. Would you closely inspect or simply nuke from orbit?
Jernau
IRL they're very different. Trapdoor spiders live in little tunnels with trapdoors in turf, kids tease them with a blade of grass for fun 1/
Jernau
While Funnel Web spiders are found in funnel shaped webs on trees or in ponds or swimming pools and will straight up kill a bitch.
Potatopeelerkind
I love huntsmen. I'd set some loose in the house to keep out all the other spiders if everyone else would just let me.
Gwaeron86
I leave them be but unfortunately the cats don't. As long as the huntsman stays on the walls they are fine. I put them outside when I can.
Pegaxs
Huntsman spiders are a protected spider in my house. Have one with a partial leg missing named Frank. They are always welcome in my house
missymischief13
Bloody white tails! While I’m happy to relocate MOST spiders that wander into my house, these are not one of them. Evil little fuckers
TheCondimentQueen
I found one in my bed on more that one occasion.
pcam123
White tail season isn't fun when they scurry about inside
Aphexius
I also, these fuckers are the only spider i kill.
usersubpondscum
Same, too dangerous! To hidey, too fass.
tangent
Yeah they like to hide in cool, dark places like folded clothes and bedsheets... Had one bite me in bed, the fucker.
missymischief13
Yup! Cos they are complete and utter shit cunts. Although terrifying at least huntsman have a purpose, white tails only exist to fuck you up
xdeepsearch
I didn't know Wolf spiders were poisonous, we used to feed bugs to the ones that lived in my front steps
SciNZ
Hilarious to see yanks freak out about this. That entire table has killed less people than die monthly in the US to mass shootings.
SlightlyRelatedToThePost
Eh, I'd rather get shot than bit by one of those bastards.
StellaMatutina
Just attend a career day at a US school ?
SciNZ
I’ll keep the spiders thanks.
Pegaxs
Redback and Whitetail don't belong there. That trapdoor does. With that middle row, thanks, I'll try to not eat any of those poisonous ones
boatymcboatfaceplant
More pixels: http://ablepest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/able-Spider-Chart.png
TatersWhatsTatersPrecious
Actual size? So they all about the same size?
jaggcomputing5
No, the start off at the size of a wallet and go up to dinner plate size.
Lulabel73
I have seen a huntsman as big as a saucer but the others go down to the size of a coin.
LostBeaver
Red back spiders are really small, I’ve never seen one that’s more than 1.5cm across
MKUltraMega
The black ones on the left are like the size of a mouse. Wolfies and Huntsman get to be bloody huge. Orbs are medium. 1/
MKUltraMega
White tails are mostly tiny but I have seen a few that were freaky massive. Redbacks are basically the same size as black widows.
MellowButDramatic
I photographed Golden Orbs in Cooktown this year with a leg span larger than my hand.
ConsumerAffairs
Seen them at Cairns, what a sight. Scared the crap out of my kids when I walked up to it with them
usersubpondscum
Well, I’m more scared of a funnel web running around than a red back just chilling in a corner.
Jernau
Huntsmen can span from 1" to 7" across, none of the others get as big. Redbacks span from 1/4" to 2" and are the smallest of these.
DreadCarcass
Northern wolfs tend to be 2 to 5 but ive caught one the size of my hand an i can palm a basketball, i wouldnt write them off
slackboy722000
IflingPoo
Is this a chart of the spiders found in every Aussie home?
Claireishere
My dad got bitten by a red back and just put beer on it
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
How was the funeral?
Claireishere
He lived to tell the tale. Didn’t even go to hospital. It was touch and go! Anyway... come to Australia
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Lived in Sydney a while. Loved it! See ya again sometime!
prinskippleskipper63
My uncle was bitten by one while he was on the toilet, he was a kid so I assume screaming ensued before he copped a flogging for being loud.
Claireishere
Yikes
cubicleinmate
And now it has a drinking problem.
Claireishere
It’s spidey senses are tingling
Ubik360
Huntsman are such fast mother fuckers. I know they are harmless but geez that scare the beejebus out of me
Jernau
Wolf spiders can jump faster.
lesbianwholovesbeerandcheese
It’s because they don’t use a web to trap/catch prey. They literally have to run and grab it. They are unsettlingly quick.
usersubpondscum
Seconded.
ConsumerAffairs
Even better when they run out from behind your sun visor
moonweasel
Fast enough on the wall too. Not so bad if you know it's there, like this guy that was behind the blinds
deadspectre
Ack! You could leash this thing and walk it!
spookyu
I live in Okinawa and there's tons here. They frequently scare the shit out of me, but they're so fragile. One time I was walking down my
spookyu
steps and one was on the wall next to me and I freaked and swatted at it, felt so bad...the dude just kinda exploded.
jaggcomputing5
I once watched a huntsman cleaning itself. One back leg over its shoulder? and nibbling it's toes? with its mandibles. Really Cool.
thexare
I saw that once too, when one of them climbed out of the shower drain when I started the water. Hid behind the curtain cleaning himself off.
thexare
I caught him between two paper plates and let him outside. Too big to catch under a cup.
pigmur
Venomous*
orbitn
They're poisonous too - important to note because Aussies regularly eat some spiders as power-ups against the rest of their environment. ;)
Iamyourcaptainnow
Spread the word
baals
Went to all this trouble to make a chart and made a mistake a 5 year old makes
copingcabana
No, poisonous. Crazy fuckers eat them.
BednaR
Finally! Someoen who understands!
ijack
If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous. If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous.
usersubpondscum
And if we bite each other it’s kinky.
Hezaethox
I mean, it's probably poisonous to eat too
XylaxLD
To be fair it does say venomous under Blackhouse :D
TheFishFace
Venom is a poison that is injected. Poisonous is not incorrect. Toxins are biologically-created poisons. Toxic is not incorrect.
ZebraCockSandwich
Thank you. This trend of falsely correcting poison vs venom is obnoxious. Venom is a type of poison.
Aphexius
TY im glad somone has half a brain.
brosweet
pareidoliaperson
You don't know that, maybe toxic Karen spiders are a thing amongst spider culture.
RydWolf
ElRoboDiablo
I mean, I'm sure eating one wouldn't be pleasant
CynicalEuropean
Considered a delicacy in some places.
Neboskrebnut
As a revenge it should be everywhere they exist
LizLemonDifficult
If it bites you and you die, it is venomous. If you bite it and you die, it is poisonous.
TheFishFace
Venom is a poison that is injected. Poisonous is not incorrect.
UntilItSleeps0
Snakes are venomous, spiders are poisonous
verdenvidia
Plants are poisonous. So are dart frogs, generally. Spiders are venomous, typically.
Pegaxs
Depends on how many you eat, I guess...
iliketomoveitmoveitmoveit
Wrong
LizLemonDifficult
If it bites you and you die, it is venomous. If you bite it and you die, it is poisonous.
joematango
This error made me question everything else on the chart.
Icanhearwhatyouresayingandtheanswerisno
Like the “actual size” part, for example...
Skippy76
Can confirm that everything in the dangerous and deadly section will ruin your day
literallymike
Also the "actual size" is way off. Huntsmans are HUGEish and widows are relatively smol.
Nikolai5
That's why its important to correct even the smallest mistakes as a small hole can sink a ship for many people.
SillySeal
I wish this applied to everything and everyone, because people believe whatever they want to and its scary
Kirstae
Black house spiders and wolf spiders aren’t medically significant, so yeah the rest of it isn’t accurate either
Kirstae
And white tails haven’t proven to cause necrosis or be medically significant either. Lots of fear mongering when it comes to Aussie spiders.
ambiwerra
I was bitten by a wolf spider. It was very painful and my hand ballooned up. I didn’t need medical attention but very very ow.
NotaCPA
Same, had antibiotics and a swollen arm at the elbow where i was bitten. I think I even have pictures on my phone
DreadCarcass
Wolf spiders dont look like that here, their bodies are fat. Safe answer is kill em with fire then figure out what they are
Superfloofthundercat
pareidoliaperson
That's a very toxic mentality, eventhough a joke(?)...
DreadCarcass
Having sprayed and smoked and poisoned and still been bit all over cause I slept in the basement in the woods, no it wasnt a joke
pareidoliaperson
By spiders? So many questions....
DreadCarcass
I live in the north. Wolfs will seek out the warm dry areas, which would be my bed. Then when you roll on em at 2am, bites for days
IHaveBeenConfusedForACyberTerrorist
Ah yes. A heaping pile of nope ash. Let's just sweep that up then.
Radix865
It's a family of spiders with a wide variety, the ones here are not dangerous for example.
PlesiosaurWithElementsOfAnIdeaOfTheLochNessMonsterBoy
If you're in the US generally just leave them alone, we have 0 actual dangerous native spiders.
DreadCarcass
Um black widow an recluses?
PlesiosaurWithElementsOfAnIdeaOfTheLochNessMonsterBoy
Neither are actually dangerous species, venomous yes, but nearly harmless to a healthy adult. Both are also very non-agressive. 1)
PlesiosaurWithElementsOfAnIdeaOfTheLochNessMonsterBoy
Even the Recluse (which is commonly blamed for no reason) oft cited necrosis happens rarely with most bites having no symptoms at all 2)
PlesiosaurWithElementsOfAnIdeaOfTheLochNessMonsterBoy
There is really no comparison in the US to species such as the Funnel Web. Leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. 3)
crispyraccoon
They're non-aggressive. No kill.
ConsumerAffairs
Poke 'em with a stick enough and they'll soon be aggressive
DreadCarcass
I had one the size of my hand under my pillow. Aggressive or not frank met boot that day
Juicytoast
I accidentally left my work pants in the basement one night, i went to put them on, and a wolf spider fell out the pant leg. I then...
asceasaurusrex
I woke up to one crawling over my chest.... safe to say I didnt sleep the rest of that night
Juicytoast
Went to take out my change from the day before, and had 2 more in my hand. Safe to say, i am typing this with one hand.
Omgur14
Did they eat your hand
Noroelle
No he burned it
Deoxyribonucleicacidwashedgenes
He's jerking it while reminiscing.
MKUltraMega
Oi yeah. I had a huge huntsman crawl onto my head after leaving my hoodie on the floor overnight. I may have had a little freak out.
usersubpondscum
My stepsister put a dirt bike helmet on, it crawled on her face and she freaked out and clotheslined herself w/ electric fence on quadbike.
MKUltraMega
Queensland? That sounds like a super QL experience right there.
moffit
i feel like i can imagine the high notes you were hitting
MKUltraMega
Like I was back in boy’s choir, yeah.
usersubpondscum
I can tell you a white tip spider (only one on the chart that uses the word ‘horrific’ makes an audible noise when it crawls out a vent 1/2
MagicAndDuctTape
Fucking hate white tips. got bitten in the foot and couldn't put on a shoe for a week my foot was so swollen.
Officerpuddles
Hey, I got bit by one of these guys in highschool. Good times
usersubpondscum
Da Bes’ o’ times!
usersubpondscum
2/2 ... vent in your bedroom. It goes ‘bop’. And they can run very fast.
DreadCarcass
I used to kill wolfs because i could hear the chubby bitches dragging along the rug. Hence "the bodies are fat" bit
hotsihtmess
Thats horrific
Fredfinks
Fredfinks
Worst thing is their behaviour. They explore & climb (not hang in web or crawl on ground). Most bites happen in bed. They get in with you >
hotsihtmess
Jesus fucking shit
usersubpondscum
And sorry I meant bop when it falls from the vent and lands on the floor behind your dresser/tall boy . Not sure what the US word for it is.
Dontdeprivemeofmydelusion
Nightmare.
thetonestarr
We call em dressers. Some call it a chest of drawers.
germerica
"plop" is the common US term
maskedrabbit
The us term is "badow" source I am in us
prinskippleskipper63
Huntsman spiders make a similar noise when they fall from your ceiling onto your bed.
maskedrabbit
No that sound is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA