I had a cubby house as a kid once, before a family of Huntsmen took up residence
Got out of the shower one morning, grabbed a towel and wondered why I could feel a rough patch. It was big, it was hairy and it was a very ugly huntsman in there. Needed a second shower that day.
Had a huntsmen in our house and let her be. Fast forward a couple of weeks and I turn on the bathroom light and sense lots of movement above.
230!!! (Yes I counted them) 230 baby huntsmen crawling across the ceiling.
Now, normally I collect and remove these, but I couldnāt catch Em all, and my wife and kids wouldāve moved out once they got bigger, so I had to eradicate them unfortunately.
Itās either eradicate them or move houses, Iām not sure you made the right choice
Well, we moved about a week laterā¦
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Ha, I had this too and was really confused till I put my contact lenses in. The wall pulsed in response to my movements.
I have a simple rule. If they come under the eaves of my house they have violated the peace treaty between us and must be put to death. Because Iām terrified of them I have to get my wife to carry out their punishment and she often commutes their sentence to deportation.
And because I am a man of contradictions I will happily let a Daddy Longlegs live in my house indefinitely. They donāt bother me at all.
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Iām terrified of spiders but Iāve been getting better over the last few years. Whitetails are an insta death though. I donāt care. Daddy long legs get to stay.
Huntsmen get to stay now too. I killed one a couple of years back and felt so terrible about it because theyāre trying to keep my house free from other pests and I killed it.
And Iām terrified of mice. Even dead ones. I donāt know where that far came from seeing as I used to have a pet one.
I think we can all agree, white tails are going to get the Dunlop Volley, red backs maybe, but huntsmen are the tipping point for everyone.
This should be a huntsmen thread.
The only reason that I donāt kill spiders even though I hate them, is because I hate flyās and Mozzies more!
A kid down my street had his taken over by redbacks.
The only spiders I like are the ones from mars.
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When i moved into my rural property ,there was an old mobile dunny next to the woodheap.
It contained alot of spiders of varying breeds, Orbs,huntsmans,black widows,redbacks ,etc. so i have left it there and never open it. There is a glass window up high in it that you can see them in there . Its referred to as the incubator and my theory is if i leave them in there ,they wont wonder over to my house. Been that way for 15 years. I leave most webs up in the house to catch the insects and flies. I still get spiders inside,but they aren`t an ongoing nuisance.
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Only way to dispatch those ones is with a Bowie knife.
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Youāre screwed. At some point soon, some monstrous 6 foot wide, mongrel breed arachnid ā ā ā ā ā ā ā is gonna kick the dunny door off its hinges, shove a mortein can up your backside and start devouring every human in a 50k radius.
Happy holidays.
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Iām petrified of them. Missus found a white tail in the couch and then called me???
Thats a bit of a long Bowie to draw?
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I once saw a huntsman dragging a wasp away. Until I realised it was the wasp dragging the huntsman away. Spider was probably 5 x the size of the wasp. Took the spider to itās hole pulled it down (wasnt a great fit).
Pretty creepy looking thing to see. Went and googled
It, apparently the wasp paralyses the spider lays eggs in its abdomen which go on to hatch and feed on the living spiders insides. Keeping it alive keeps it nice and warm for the babies.
Nature in all its beautyā¦
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Had a white tail fall onto my knee from under the desk in primary school. I fully employ a scorched earth policy will all insects and arachnids.
The terminator tarantula ?
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