Comments on: Eek! The Australian Huntsman http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/ Adventures of a Girl with No Fixed Address Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:14:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: theprofessionalhobo http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/comment-page-1/#comment-4331 theprofessionalhobo Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:15:48 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/#comment-4331 @Sharell - true enough! I would much prefer a surprise encounter with a hunstman than some of the other critters we have around! @Sharell – true enough! I would much prefer a surprise encounter with a hunstman than some of the other critters we have around!

]]> By: Sharell http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/comment-page-1/#comment-4320 Sharell Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:54:26 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/#comment-4320 These huntsman spiders have a nasty habit of wedging themselves between objects, such as books on a bookshelf. There have been numerous times that I've put my hand into a bookshelf to pull out a book, and my fingers have found themselves on top of a furry squishy body!! Eek indeed! Despite this, I'm still quite partial to them myself. They really don't do any harm despite their scary looks, unlike some of those tiny horrors! These huntsman spiders have a nasty habit of wedging themselves between objects, such as books on a bookshelf. There have been numerous times that I’ve put my hand into a bookshelf to pull out a book, and my fingers have found themselves on top of a furry squishy body!! Eek indeed! Despite this, I’m still quite partial to them myself. They really don’t do any harm despite their scary looks, unlike some of those tiny horrors!

]]> By: wwax http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/comment-page-1/#comment-187 wwax Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:50:00 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/#comment-187 I am rather partial to the old huntsman spider, they keep the other bugs at bay. I also find them fascinating they actually have things that look like eyes on the back of their head and numerous sets of eyes on the front. <br/><br/>The spiders you have to watch out for you won't see until its too late as they are tiny. <br/><br/>My mum got bitten by a white tip spider and within minutes you could see the red streaks ofinfection spreading up her arm. <br/><br/>I say infection as according to the doctor we spoke to its not the poison in those guys that will kill you but the bacteria that live on their fangs. Her bite resulted in a trip to hospital lots of antibiotics and a story she loves to scare her Pommy relatives with every chance she gets. <br/><br/>I figure if I can see the huntsman spider around, he's hopefully living up to its name and hunting & eating the small poisonous spiders I can't see. I am rather partial to the old huntsman spider, they keep the other bugs at bay. I also find them fascinating they actually have things that look like eyes on the back of their head and numerous sets of eyes on the front.

The spiders you have to watch out for you won't see until its too late as they are tiny.

My mum got bitten by a white tip spider and within minutes you could see the red streaks ofinfection spreading up her arm.

I say infection as according to the doctor we spoke to its not the poison in those guys that will kill you but the bacteria that live on their fangs. Her bite resulted in a trip to hospital lots of antibiotics and a story she loves to scare her Pommy relatives with every chance she gets.

I figure if I can see the huntsman spider around, he's hopefully living up to its name and hunting & eating the small poisonous spiders I can't see.

]]> By: Nora Dunn http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Nora Dunn Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:45:00 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/#comment-182 Amanda: I had wondered what sorts of creepy crawlies you see on your side of Oz...the more I talk to Australians, the more I discover that there is really quite a division between Western and Eastern Australia. Thank goodness you don't see to many Huntsmen! I'm seriously bothered by the fact that I've been sharing my home with it! <br/>And just last night....Kelly thought he found a Redback in our bathroom. Grrr...... Amanda: I had wondered what sorts of creepy crawlies you see on your side of Oz…the more I talk to Australians, the more I discover that there is really quite a division between Western and Eastern Australia. Thank goodness you don’t see to many Huntsmen! I’m seriously bothered by the fact that I’ve been sharing my home with it!
And just last night….Kelly thought he found a Redback in our bathroom. Grrr……

]]> By: Amanda http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Amanda Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:47:00 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/09/eek-the-australian-huntsman/#comment-181 Yuck... your photo made me physically shiver. The last time I saw one of those spiders was one that lived inside a wall-mounted air-conditioner in a classroom I sometimes teach in, in Perth - I was teaching a really badly behaved group of visiting Korean school kids aged 12 - 14. The Hunstman came out from the air-con now and again and rather than letting the kids realise how terrifed I was, I told them the spider was my friend and he came out whenever kids were being naughty. Those were the only minutes the kids behaved (and thank goodness that spider didn't drop down on one of them, or worse, on me!). yech .... Yuck… your photo made me physically shiver. The last time I saw one of those spiders was one that lived inside a wall-mounted air-conditioner in a classroom I sometimes teach in, in Perth – I was teaching a really badly behaved group of visiting Korean school kids aged 12 – 14. The Hunstman came out from the air-con now and again and rather than letting the kids realise how terrifed I was, I told them the spider was my friend and he came out whenever kids were being naughty. Those were the only minutes the kids behaved (and thank goodness that spider didn’t drop down on one of them, or worse, on me!). yech ….

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