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You sure that's not just some furphy you're throwing at us because of your avatar name! Never knew that huntsters grew their legs back!! I do have a soft spot for them - nice gentle spider - never been know to hurt anyone I know. Not saying they can't still scare the shaez out of you ...
 
We get them in Kent, too.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4545684/Huntsman-spider-Kent.html

But this is a weekly meet at a pub called 'The Huntsman'
 

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Piranha Brother 2 said:
You sure that's not just some furphy you're throwing at us because of your avatar name! Never knew that huntsters grew their legs back!! I do have a soft spot for them - nice gentle spider - never been know to hurt anyone I know. Not saying they can't still scare the shaez out of you ...
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The gigantic grey brutes we had at Machans Beach weren't gentle, used to get up on their back legs, stick their fangs forward and bloody hiss at us, bigger than my hand the biggest ones were. I had one in my towel after a shower once, ran up my chest, heaps of fun, I always shook the towel before using it after that. And the big central NSW one that bit me in the night and ended up rolled up in my blanket and released in our brothers backyard in Melbourne to his horror, a red area about six inches across on my thigh, weird itchy and numb at the same time for months. The rainforest ones in FNQ were brown, skinnier and never gave a problem though.
 
The ale served last Tuesday (at the Huntsman) was Badger, very pleasant it was too, tasting all the more because Simon (ILOC editor) bought me one, many thanks Simon. Been feeling shit for a long while now (on going transplant problems), it was an effort to get out and ride TOG to the meet, but hugely worthwhile, it just makes me feel better, and two pints of badger? added to that, four days of gout in left foot, was the price paid later.

CLEM
 
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The ale served last Tuesday (at the Huntsman) was Badger
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Perhaps they should serve an ale called Spider, with a picture like the one below on the label. I wonder if that would put people off drinking it  :D

My cat killed a huntsman spider the other day. I came home and found him playing with its lifeless body. He didn't eat it though (he eats flies when he catches them). I guess he lost interest when it stopped moving. It probably came into the house on a lump of firewood.

Interesting pic. You can see that they have 8 eyes. 4 big ones across the front, 2 small ones on top of the head and a small one on each side of the head. They must get a pretty good look around with that kind of optical equipment.
 

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They're very hard to sneak up on, moving slowly you can almost get close. Move fast and they just disappear like smoke.
 
We have hunsters on our house walls all summer that are bigger than that little stowaway who wanted a Kentish 'oliday. As the article mentioned, loads of different species - those ones in FNQ are bloody bird-eaters aren't they lee?!

I think they will bite if you lie down on them, but a kid in my 5th grade used to let them run up and down his arm,

I think the English brigade are trying to change the subject ... for some odd reason. More interested in lager than big friggin' spiders!  :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
 
my bike actually ran very well today and was a joy ... it was parked at a mate's and I liked the perspective (poor photo though). Lovely machines!
 

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