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HarlanAshmore
04-14-2009, 7:54 AM
found him in my house and thought hey that would look nice in a coffee plunger
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Vicious_Fish
04-14-2009, 8:57 AM
I would have squished it or fed it to my fish. Careful with it, they can give you a real nasty bite.
HarlanAshmore
04-14-2009, 9:49 AM
your mean i think it looks quite nice
Vicious_Fish
04-14-2009, 9:54 AM
your mean i think it looks quite nice
Hey don't put words in my mouth that aren't true. :grinno:
Its a cool spider however you live in the country with the most dangerous spiders in this world so make shure you have identify it well and didnt mistake it for some spider that will make your arm rotten and fall if it bites you;)
gigas12
04-14-2009, 10:05 AM
Yes,I agree with coura,so watch out!
HarlanAshmore
04-14-2009, 10:05 AM
well im not planning on getting bitten and the bad ones are whitetails which ou guessed it have a bit of white on their abdomen black widows which look totally different red backs which have red on em the rest around here are fairly harmless
coura
04-14-2009, 10:18 AM
Yup cute litle things such as Atrax robustus;)
Now make shure you know what is it, for shure including cientific name and what would happen if your bitten. Absolute must knows when dealing with any spider, specialy some with the historial of the aussishttp://pagesperso-orange.fr/jean-marc.birat/Atrax.JPG
HarlanAshmore
04-14-2009, 10:30 AM
atrax robustus only live in NSW few thousand k's away from where i found this guy
mkman
04-14-2009, 11:04 AM
very neat, be careful.
TheMightyOscar
04-14-2009, 12:17 PM
their bite can't really "hurt" you..but it will cause some pain depending on how your body reacts to their venom.
atrax robustus only live in NSW few thousand k's away from where i found this guy
I was giving the example:grinno:
HarlanAshmore
04-15-2009, 1:13 AM
its all good