i've seen 4

None, but I've seen a woman babbling to herself about nothing.

If you take the stairs to my flat you're bound to see at least 6 Spiders.... Big fuckers too .
Odd then that we've never had one in the flat itself :huh:
We do, however, get silverfish :(

about 16

4 again

That might be something to do with the pull down wardrobe garden shed. :D

There is a large spider living in our bedroom who manically creates webs all over the place but never goes back to them to eat the many flies he catches. I think he might be the one they experimented on with LSD. :confused:

None that I have noticed.

There was a silverfish in our downstairs lavvy the other day - what are they a symptom of, anything?

Lack of goldfish :D

Naaah, can't be that, I've got 7 big ones (and two weather loach) in a big tank not 5 feet away.

Silverfish freak me out.
Am I right to be scared?

No, you are a wimp :P

4 Spiderswebs today!

one yesterday. On a car.

I tend to get them in my car :ohdear:

I see lots. We get big Huntsman spiders here in Sydney... prety benign, but then we do have a fair number of nasty little bastrds who'll do you in as well... thay tend not to spin webs.
Redbacks, funnelwebs, wolf spiders...

Venom toxicity - the Sydney Funnel-Web Spider is one of the world's most deadly spiders. Both the male and female carry atraxotoxin, one of the world's most dangerous toxins. The Blue Mountains Funnel-Web and Northern Tree Funnel-Web Spiders are also highly venomous.
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Danger time - the mature male funnel-web spider will wander around during hot humid nights, looking for a mate, and is known to enter homes, footwear, clothing, washing and swimming pools where they can survive several days under water. It is highly aggressive when disturbed or cornered and is able to inflict multiple bites, with its "flick-knife" hardened fangs.
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People also find funnel-web spiders wandering around the garden or in the home after heavy rain or nearby earthworks. An anti-venom is available in most major hospitals and ambulance vehicles in "funnel-web country". First aid and medical attention (ambulance) should be sought as soon as possible, if bitten.
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Spider Identification - an adult male 25 mm - female 30 mm in body length - shiny black in colour with a dark purplish brown abdomen- reddish hairs. Unique attributes include it's long spinnerets, that is , the 2 appendages on the end of the abdomen and the male has a spur on 2 of it's legs - refer to illustration on left.
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Area of distribution - the Sydney Funnel-Web Spider is a ground dweller in moist soil areas along much of the eastern coastal area of New South Wales and Victoria.

Redback.
the Red-Back Spider can inflict a painful bite which can be fatal, especially to the young and elderly. An effective anti-venom was developed in 1956. About 250 people receive the anti-venom each year.
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Only a small amount of venom can cause serious illness, as the poison attacks the nervous system. Systemic envenomisation usually results in headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, pyrexia, hypertension and in severe cases, paralysis.
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The pain around the bite area can be excruciating. First aid and medical attention (ambulance) should be sought as soon as possible, if bitten.

Orb spiders weave huge Shelob type structures, very springy to walk into.

[QUOTE]the bite of Orb-Weaving Spiders is of low risk (not toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders. Seldom bite. Be careful not to walk into their webs at night - the fright of this spider crawling over one's face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds.

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shit, I'm over 40!!!

nearly thought i saw 5 today.. just 4 again.

How do spiders breed?

Thank god you see them too!
I thought it was a detox thing :lol:

After mating with a male spider the female lays eggs.

The spider wraps her eggs inside a sac made of silk.

Some spiders hid the egg sac while others carry it with them.

i saw 4 more today

If you are curious, I saw 4 on Tuesday, and 4 on Monday.

what's your point dave?

Apparently the average human swallows threw spiders a year while sleeping.

I thought it was eight :unsure:

Yeah, it could be eight actually. Has anyone ever woken up with a spider on their face?...............or eight spiders even :o

Those red-back spiders are pretty; they look to be related to the black widow spiders we have around here. We usually have several large female black widows living under the water meter cover in our front yard. They have their red marking on their belly, but they usually hang upside-down from their cobweb so it is visible. The bite would not be fatal for me (a healthy adult), but it could kill my 4 year old daughter, so she is under orders to not disturb the water meter cover. The water meter reader, he's on his own, but I'm sure they are used to finding all sorts of things living under meter covers -- Foe

PS: 36.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Several times, and a rat once.

yesterday i saw a beautifully made spider web in between an open window and the window's frame (it was the kind of window that swings out and has hinges on one side). stupid spider.

today i saw 4 spider's webs

Is it always the same 4 in the same places ?

Come on Dave get the feather duster out. There not on your record collection are they?

how do u know about my record collection ?

anyway ..if u r so psychic... guess how many i will see tomorrow ?

I'm psychic and the answer is 4.

Can't wait to find out...
will it, won't it (b 4)?
the suspence is killing me.
can we set bets?
oh! shit! :banghead: here I go again, said I'll never bet again!!!

How about those long ones that hang from the ceiling, do they count?

I actively encourage money spiders to run over both hands