johnthegoalie

under the car, surveying the situation and i find a little squatter that calls the tranny tunnel a nice home... wasn't that big, only an inch and a half

deadkelly

when i was changing my diff a eastern brown snake decided to move into my exhaust pipe while it was on the ground . oh just one of the deadliest snakes in the world . they are real killers . you've never seen anyone move from under a car to ontop of a car so fast . old mate got a . 22z up the bum . we have redback spiders very similar to your black widows & they seem to live every where close to the ground & especially in shoes & boots . if you meet Aussies watch us put boots on we almost always bang the heal on the ground & wait to see if something crawls out . haha you should see the Irish & pommy blokes that i work with when they see spiders & snakes haha they only have one name for all of em killers hahaha so funny .

Crazy4Carz.Com

Hey! Hemisilva was looking for a tunnel.

Sorry I just love beating dead horses.

johnthegoalie

had the exterminator come and go hog wild at the house today - now there is just a dead spider hanging from what is left of the web, i'll prolly leave it there as a warning to any other pests looking to make my ride a home. don't want to take any chances with one of those suckas surprising me again...

deadkelly

they only make you sick & hurt like hell but they won't kill ya . we used to breed em during the Tonga / Samoan wars about 13 years ago but never needed to use them . do you guys have baygon surface spray over there that stuff is toxic & fixes all those wee pests . i find heaps of red backs on our work sites i just leave em for the irish & pommy blokes to deal with . you know when they find em all hell brakes loose .

johnthegoalie

really dont want them living in my car or anywhere near me - especially since i have a 3 year old. any spider that actually charges towards me, cant be any good to have around.

deadkelly

i just love the gloss black with inbuilt red danger stripe ( for ours ) & red hour glass for yours . all so love how the female eats the male after sex .

67Polara

thats not kewl

78D200

I thought that was the preying mantis?

Morrigan_Aria

Actually, both black widow spiders (hence the name) and preying mantis females do consume the male after mating. Usually they rip off the head and eat the body.

Gee, I hope it was worth it!

theomahamoparguy

that is a good picture, is that the actual spider or off internet picture.
I used to live in palm harbor Fl, big black widows!!

johnthegoalie

thats a pic from the web, i couldnt and wasnt going to try to get close to the ones i have for a picture. so far no new webs, keeping my fingers crossed they were all knocked off...