Something for your nightmares tonight
- Thread starter BigDaddyLH
- Start date
Oh great…as if Australia didn’t already have enough nightmare critters.
Bobbyoso
Tele-Meister
Rumor has it they taste just like chicken. Of course, they think we do as well.
What’s with you guys down there?
HaWE
Tele-Holic
Brrrrr....... I never was a fan of spiders , snakes and similar creatures ... and I never will be.
Barquentine
TDPRI Member
Is that actual size?
There's a link to the BBC story in the first post.
Dave Hicks
Friend of Leo's
Amblypygid
String Tree
Doctor of Teleocity
No.
It is smaller than that picture leads one to believe.
No idea as to how Toxic it might be.
Meh...
The bigger, the better, I always say!
May I just say Thank you for sharing.
JSMac
Tele-Afflicted
The link says not harmful to humans and not that large. About 3cm. I guess that what is of interest is that it is a newly discovered species.
... and the females grow up to 5cm. I realise that is not large, but these are trapdoor spiders, and when I sleep I'm a mouth breather
A Whipspider Surprise — The Bug Chicks
This is a repost of an original Bug Chicks article on Science Friday .
thebugchicks.com
look how cute! It has got some parasites on its back feeding on god knows what i stop reading the article it was too creepy.
jebus...
Trenchant63
Tele-Holic
The Tarantula hawk has a grim lifecycle with its larvae eating the paralyzed tarantula’s innards and saving vital organs until very last to keep the arachnid alive. Once the Tarantula dies, the newborn Hawk wasp emerges. A great analogy for relationships some of us have endured!
Man, I stay away for spiders if I can. Got bitten by a Brown Recluse. Never felt it. Was laid up over a week trying to heal my leg. I had a large area of necrosis from the venom. Freaked out the doctor who was treating it which freaked me out too. Glad this is down under and not here in Delaware!
