Clock Spider is Coming to Get You...

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-04-03 05:57am

AnimeJet wrote:
Comosicus wrote:Old one
Originated from gamefaqs too =), just figured some SDnetters would appreciate it ^_^.

Considering the fact that I almost never visit A&P, you're extremely lucky.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-04-03 12:22pm

Oni Koneko Damien wrote:Hmm, depending on how aggressive it is, and how nasty its bites are, I probably would have picked the thing up and taken it outside. I know from experience that the bigger spiders, while able to do a quick pounce on occasion, are slower movers in general. That's not the kind of spider that will go skittering around the wall at mach 5.

-Damien

Giant tarantulas don't skitter arounda t mach five. But those skinny legged....creatures, like the one in that pic, they DO skitter around at mach five. Occasionally I'd find one of those in my house, in the bathroom most often and they scare the shit out of me and taking them out is really hard. God...imagine those critters crawling up your legs, then onto your face and shoving an ovipositor down your throat!

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2004-04-03 01:01pm

Oni Koneko Damien wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:That spider's not that scary. I once saw a 3" long wasp in my house. THAT thing was fucking scary.
Let's see, spiders, not very aggressive, can't fly, not many are that venemous to humans. Not scary.

Wasps, fast, insanely aggressive, nasty nasty stings, can fly. Scary.

Get my grenade launcher, we're taking this stinging bastard out!

-Damien

Similar to the ones in Japan?

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2004-04-03 01:03pm

Shroom Man 777 wrote: ...

Giant tarantulas don't skitter arounda t mach five. But those skinny legged....creatures, like the one in that pic, they DO skitter around at mach five. Occasionally I'd find one of those in my house, in the bathroom most often and they scare the shit out of me and taking them out is really hard. God...imagine those critters crawling up your legs, then onto your face and shoving an ovipositor down your throat!

Thanks for the sleepless nights...

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-04-03 06:57pm

EmperorMing wrote:
Shroom Man 777 wrote: ...

Giant tarantulas don't skitter arounda t mach five. But those skinny legged....creatures, like the one in that pic, they DO skitter around at mach five. Occasionally I'd find one of those in my house, in the bathroom most often and they scare the shit out of me and taking them out is really hard. God...imagine those critters crawling up your legs, then onto your face and shoving an ovipositor down your throat!
Thanks for the sleepless nights...

Ah, but fear not, for this species only lives in Australia... unless you live there.. then tough luck >.>

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-04-03 10:56pm

What is it with Australia and spiders? That abomination, and then the deadliest spider known to man (or at least known to me), the Sydney funnel-web spider.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-04 03:45am

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:What is it with Australia and spiders? That abomination, and then the deadliest spider known to man (or at least known to me), the Sydney funnel-web spider.

South America's got deadlier ones. Wandering spider or something, the bite will kill you in minutes.

PrinceofLowLight · Post by **PrinceofLowLight** » 2004-04-04 11:52pm

South America's also got bigger ones. Down in Colombia there are spiders with huge burrows that look like rabbit dens.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-04-05 12:06am

Who needs alien landscapes with incredible creatures and dangerous animals, the earth's fucking full of them.
Shit that would scare me.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-04-05 11:32am

Rogue 9 wrote:I don't think it was likely an actual wasp. There are mimic flies that look like wasps that are that big, but they don't have stingers. Did it actually sting anyone?

It could have been a queen. But are youtruely willing to take that risk considering that Wasps do not have barbs on their stingers and can sting multiple time(unlike honey bees) then there is those nasty mandibles as well.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-04-05 05:56pm

Man, I hate wasps hornets, stinging bees. Damn alergies.

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2004-04-16 05:32am

I remember when I was in kindergarden, a giant centipede (must have been around a foot long) came out of the ground. I remember one of the teachers dropped a brick on it and it wouldn't die.

Haven't seen one since, though.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-04-16 12:07pm

EmperorMing wrote:Thanks for the sleepless nights...

You're very welcome.

Ah, but fear not, for this species only lives in Australia... unless you live there.. then tough luck >.>

Blah! That particular species might be stuck in the land down under (hell), but discount versions are all over the world. Like in my house! And they're still nasty. Sometimes they'll hang around near your toilet, and when that happens, I absolutely refuse to take a shit with a spider, I have to call my mom to slaughter it.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-04-16 08:32pm

While that is a huge fucking Huntsman Spider, it's positively cute compared to the crawling horror that is.......The Australian Mouse Spider!
More hideous than the very similar Sydney Funel Web spider...
Two reasons why I doubt that I'll ever be visiting Australia, fine country that it is, and all...*shudders*

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-04-17 02:49am

Bah, those guys are small. Why does that spider have an inflated red head?

Do you know that during mating season, male funnel web spiders crawl all over the place. Sometimes swimming pools are filled with the spiders.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-17 02:55am

Hey, Mike, your 3" wasp might have been something like a Cicada Killer, which are basically like Really Fucking Huge wasps that live in burrows. I think I've seen some occasionally down here, but I don't remember if they get that far North.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-04-17 02:26pm

Shroom Man 777 wrote:Bah, those guys are small. Why does that spider have an inflated red head?

Do you know that during mating season, male funnel web spiders crawl all over the place. Sometimes swimming pools are filled with the spiders.

.....OK, never going to Sydney. How many people do those things kill each year, then? Must be in the hundreds. Don't they attack with no provocation and their venom will kill in under an hour?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-17 07:00pm

Isolder74 wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:I don't think it was likely an actual wasp. There are mimic flies that look like wasps that are that big, but they don't have stingers. Did it actually sting anyone?
It could have been a queen. But are youtruely willing to take that risk considering that Wasps do not have barbs on their stingers and can sting multiple time(unlike honey bees) then there is those nasty mandibles as well.

Yes. Yes I am. I can tell the difference between a wasp and a mimic fly. And mandibles? Feh. What nasty mandibles? They're nothing that can hurt you. I know, I've been bitten (not stung, which fools often refer to as bitten for reasons unknown to me) by wasps and barely felt it. Being pinched hurts more. The jaws are too small to get a grip on you.

And have you ever looked at a paper wasp nest? You can barely tell the difference between the queen and the others; she's certainly not 3" long.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-17 07:16pm

Again, it might have been a Cicada Killer.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-04-17 07:17pm

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:
Shroom Man 777 wrote:Bah, those guys are small. Why does that spider have an inflated red head?

Do you know that during mating season, male funnel web spiders crawl all over the place. Sometimes swimming pools are filled with the spiders.
.....OK, never going to Sydney. How many people do those things kill each year, then? Must be in the hundreds. Don't they attack with no provocation and their venom will kill in under an hour?

No, and no.
They are agressive, and can bite through your toenail, or boot leather,but they don't attack W/O provocation.
And I don't think that there are any deaths on recent record.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-04-17 08:22pm

Hmm. I saw a Discovery channel program talking about the Sydney funnel web spider which claimed that there was a serum that worked, but the victim had to get to a hospital within 45 minutes or he was done for, and paralysis would occur in under 10 minutes. That's not true?

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-04-18 03:45am

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:Hmm. I saw a Discovery channel program talking about the Sydney funnel web spider which claimed that there was a serum that worked, but the victim had to get to a hospital within 45 minutes or he was done for, and paralysis would occur in under 10 minutes. That's not true?

That's probably true. But bites aren't that common, methinks. Or else we'd be hearing a lot from it.

And male funnel webs aren't toxic. But during mating season, they'll be in swimming pools, shoes, plant pots, bed rooms and so on. Eeew! They aren't too big but they're still spiders.

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2004-04-18 03:51am

Shroom Man 777 wrote:And male funnel webs aren't toxic.

Website wrote:The venom of the male Sydney Funnel-web Spider is very toxic. This is because male spider venom contains a unique component called Robustoxin (d-Atracotoxin-Ar1) that severely and similarly affects the nervous systems of humans and monkeys...

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-04-18 04:32am

Well...I could've sworn....bah. Well, I heard that the male spiders aren't very aggressive...but I could be wrong. I heard it a long time ago...

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-04-18 09:13am

Phil Skayhan wrote:
Shroom Man 777 wrote:And male funnel webs aren't toxic.

Website wrote:The venom of the male Sydney Funnel-web Spider is very toxic. This is because male spider venom contains a unique component called Robustoxin (d-Atracotoxin-Ar1) that severely and similarly affects the nervous systems of humans and monkeys...

Aren't funnel spiders the ones that live in your toilet?