More Australian "friends"
 

This one's for you bb16...

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I usually kill them but thought I'd get a picture this time, might donate her to the anti-vanine program?

She's a female Sydney Funnel Web, 2nd most deadly spider in the world (the males are the most) & super aggressive...for a spider anyway

nice one:yipi:
we don't get anything nasty down here in tassie.
but we have tonnes of daddy-long-legs spiders!! bloomin everywhere!! in the shower and they love to hide in cars!

We used to catch spiders at dusk and have spider fights with my friends when I was younger. We usually put 2 spiders in a small glass and watch them fight until one or both of them is dead.

Scorpion vs Blackwidow video on youtube is rather awesome...

The funnel web will stomp any other spider in a fight...

Missed photo opps for a red bellied black & eastern brown snakes yesterday...both sunning themselves on either side of the house. Wifey not happy & now carries a tambourine each time she goes outside (to scare the snakes)