I hate starting my day ...

[hermes2007]

getting a giant man-eating spider out of my bath


(re-located to the plants in my hall)

It was that big - honest!

[Clevercat]

*shudders

As I have mentioned on here before I never used to worry about spiders until my friend got bitten by one and ended up in Hosp for a month 

[hermes2007]

I missed that CC - and had no idea.


In the UK, spiders are not normally thought of as hazardous to health. So it may come as a surprise that a dozen or more species resident in the UK are capable of causing a significant or unpleasant bite.


http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/insects-spiders/identification-guides-and-keys/spider-bites/

[Clevercat]

Although she cannot prove it, the incident happened after rummaging through Bananas in a local super market.   She had a bite on her finger, steadily felt more and more ill as the day went on, and ended up seriously ill in Hosp in Bath for a month, she was very lucky to get over it so well, but lost part of her finger.

Have never picked up bananas in the same way again!!

[Ozgirl]

Found in the back garden of the old house..... :-s

[Pete]

Found in the back garden of the old house..... :-s

A Red Back!!!!!!  EEeeeeek, my dad was bitten by one of those, nasty little buggers.

Pete

[cuthbert-murray]

Redbacks they are nasty little blighters down under they have spread now through china , and last year when I got back from Oz had 2 in my suitcase which i through out the window into the back garden , rang Defra their advice was don't worry the weather will kill them off ie the winter , havent seen any this summer in the back garden but one spider to watch out for now in this country is the false widow , it is spreading throughout this country and has a very nasty bite which can need hospital treatment

[cuthbert-murray]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1534415/Watch-out-the-black-widows-sister-is-ready-to-bite-you.html



dont let the spiders get you when your'e sleeping