Came across this visitor in my shed on sunday night as I was bringing in some homebrew.
Have been informed that he is a False Widow . . . . Get outta my beer shed!!!!!!!
Does look like one. Careful nasty buggers
I went back out looking for him tonight but Murphys Law I couldnt fing him . . . needless to say I was creeping around the shed like a little girl >:D
There are three false widows all are nasty. Here's a description of each. http://wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/index.php5?title=False_Widow_Spiders
Only one option...
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Heres the reply i got from spiders.us forum
It's a cobweb spider (family Theridiidae) in the genus Steatoda. Some species are known as "false widows (http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/False+Widow+Spiders (http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/False+Widow+Spiders))," but they are not dangerous to people. (?)
If you use bottle crates, watch for nesting in between them. In the crates themselves, lots of nooks that spiders love.
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I couldnt agree with ya more Goat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont yet Eoin, but I will be wearing gloves anytime I go near the shed now
I'm not saying I like spiders but I've learned to tolerate them. He'll keep your shed free of flies and other creepy feckers for the summer. Just ignore him, he's scared shitless of you. And he's a million times more welcome than the hairy little feckers who'll eat all your malt and piss all over everything >:(
Unless your allergic spider bites are like being stung by a wasp. I was bitten moving corrugated sheeting years ago. Sore and swollen for a few hours. Still not something I'd like to happen again.
Yeah, he can eat any rats or birds that try to get at your malt.
;D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kMhhzIyIpg
My brother was bitten by one last week, he ended up in hospital for 2 days, he was bitten in the crease of his arm at his elbow, lot of blood vessels there, the doctors reckoned that's how the venom got into his blood stream. He had to have his arm drained and was pumped with anti-abiotics. He's ok now but was very sore at the time his wrist swelled up and his arm was covered with blisters.(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/25/9enuvygy.jpg)
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good jaysis! I'll be out hunting him at first light!!!! >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
Quote from: fishjam45 on March 24, 2014, 09:32:36 PM
good jaysis! I'll be out hunting him at first light!!!! >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
Why wait? You couldn't find him earlier maybe he's gone in the house....
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Very funny ;D
In olden times they best way's were the best. Start by torching the garage and see if that drives him off :)
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Tragic.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3353693/Giant-spider-eating-a-bird-caught-on-camera.html
I grew up with these spiders in my back yard. Use to run into their webs from time to time when not watching and then I'd end up running around trying to brush the bloody thing of me while it's crawling all over me trying to spin a web.
And that's just one of several spiders you would encounter on a regular basis. Putting your foot in a shoe and feel something crawling around your toes only to pull your foot out and out comes a huntsman spider (size of your hand).
Ahhh....all those fun times.