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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
I have been trying to identify this little critter for a while now, but there are THOUSANDS of species of spider..... I thought some of our Aussie pals might know what this one is - you guys have more then just a few spiders over there.  I have seen these ones before, but they are VERY hard to catch, as they move at a speed you would not believe - my God, they are fast! Orange front legs, abdomen always is black with white spots.  This is the one I caught, inside my 'Spider entrapment device' - an old drinking glass. I have not been able to catch these ones before, cos they move so damn fast. The closest I have found is Sputunna Picta and I think this is what I have. It is a small-ish spider with a leg-span of about 10mm, with an abdomen of about 5mm or so, so not a Giant Huntsman or anything! (thank God!) I actually used to be scared faeces-less of spiders, even the small ones like this, but I decided to face my fear and actually looked at several documentaries about them, where you see them up REALLY close, and given a little time to learn about them, I am not scared of them anymore. Small to medium ones anyway. That being said, I do NOT want to ever meet one of your Huntsman species thank you very much - I am not quite ready to deal with ones that big yet! In keeping with the electronics part of this thread, I see that in this issue of DIYODE magazine, you can make an electronic spider with a handful of servos and some 3D printed legs. (Issue 008, February 2018)Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5119 |
At first I thought it looked like a funnel web, but I think the one you found on that link is closer. I get lots of wolf spiders here, lots of thumb sized holes in the yard. I never go barefoot. Wolfs have big fangs, a night hunter, apparently the venom isn't that bad to a adult, bit the big fangs hurt! Also got lots of big-arse Redbacks, abdomen the size of a pea. One bit me on the middle finger last year, never experience pain like it! Got myself off to the hospital, they checked me out and gave me a list of symptoms ( apart from the pain and slight nausea ) to keep an eye out for, then sent me home. Took a week for the finger to feel like a finger again. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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TassyJim Guru  Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6283 |
I see that the Sputunna Picta is a gift from Australia. We are so kind. You could let it bite you and see if the bite matches the description. Huntsmen are OK, much better than Glenn's Redback Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Recently, it was on the news that you guys very kindly 'Inadvertantly introduced' the White-tailed Spider to us - thanks a lot.....  Apparently, there has been a surge of those cos of all the hot weather we have been having lately. Once our winter hits, I think most of them will die off. Most spiders don't seem to like cold, so will always go for somewhere warm and dry. I have never come across any White-tailed species, and for the moment, I think they are most active in the North Island. That's nice. Stay the hell away from me! Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
I never kill a huntsman, they are almost like pets lol I have a couple that roam the house looking for midges, they are hell on them, strange they hunt something so small its barely visible I had one in my old falcon for about five years, he lived in the dash and killed any mozzies that got inside (a usual occurrence as I usually left the windows down an inch to keep it cool) It was funny to watch him climb out the slots on the dash and sit watching out the front window as I drove along, seemed like he liked it |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Oh dear God!  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Hey they are just like big furry 8 legged kittens lol Great for insect control- it fascinating watching one hunting, for such a large spider they are incredibly fast, they dont spin webs, they just stalk and jump their prey- its incredible to see one launch itself off the wall or ceiling, catch an insect midair and land on the carpet completely unharmed, then scurry back up near the light to catch another...  |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2950 |
Grogs, I first thought it was the white tailed spider, but it might not be as the abdomen is different from the picture of Sputuna Picta and they dont usually have orange legs (at least the ones in Melbourne (despite what WikiPedia says).. You do not want to be bitten by a white tail.. The White tail spider usually compacts its legs in sideways so it is rather narrow (5mm) compared to its length (10-15mm. It also has a distinctive white dot at the very end of its tail (strangely not shown in the Wiki pictures) In any case Leave the `daddy long legs' alone and they chase off the white tails.. I like Jim's suggestion to let one bite you and compare the symptoms. Kind Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3378 |
If those are "Kind Regards", what do unkind regards look like? PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
@ lizby: LOL!!!!!  Yeah...... Aussies and Kiwis are much like any other friendly neighbours - we can joke around and poke fun at each other, but it is not usually serious. Poking fun at each other is something Australia and New Zealand have been doing for decades, so don't let Mick's comment keep you up at night.  As to the actual biting - thank you, but no. I can find out what I need to know without being bitten thanks.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Yanks often dont get our humour LOL Oz, a place where ya can call ya best mate a bastard and thats fine, but someone ya about to punch in the mouth ya call friend... (and thats true btw, if a stranger calls you 'friend' in a bar, get ready to rumble!) |
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crez Senior Member  Joined: 24/10/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 152 |
It's my job to catch and remove huntsmen from the designated 'human only' spaces around here. Usually done by placing a plastic container over them and then sliding a thin piece of cardboard underneath. They are then released to the trunk of a gum tree 20m or so from the house. I, like Boppa, are just as happy co-habiting with them. I believe I have seen the species in question many times, very fast moving but minds it's own business. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Yes, that one with orange legs can MOVE! Impressive, really, that it can run that fast. I also don't kill spiders, I do exactly as you do by catching them and releasing them outside. Orangy was released about five minutes after I took the photo. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Paul_L Guru Joined: 03/03/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 769 |
How do you expect us to get your humor when you type with such a strong accent! (It's spelled humor, not humour, dagnabit.) Us Polacks are too busy trying to figure out what the local Italians and Germans are saying to bother trying to translate Oz speak. Pavel in NY |
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CaptainBoing Guru Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2170 |
and others... An Indian friend of mine once confided to me that he was completely confused as to why British men constantly rip the crap out of each other with vociferous name-calling - usually genitalia (or their, ahem, "mis-use") based. I explained the intent is carried in the execution, rather it is not what is said but how. He never really got it but it is so funny to see him doing this now - it doesn't work but is so funny. He's such a polite lad and he just doesn't get the whole "blood in the water" and will try to deal calmly with each of his attackers until he finally explodes with a load or swearing mixed English and Hindi and we are just in stitches coz this is just where we wanted to get him to... such a character. we are so facile  |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2950 |
Heck!! What have I started here??  All I said is I LIKE Jim's Suggestion Not that I wanted Grogs to try it.. haha Yeah we love to call each other names.. I tell Don he is a silly old bastard all the time and he tells me I am still in nappies.. I know Grogs would have not taken offence as I wouldnt if he said it to me.. It brings a memory of `way back when' When the email was via `fido-net' I had a habit of signing off with CYA which in my interpretation Meant C-YA Or (See-You) I had this bloke (Guy in US lingo) ask me why I wrote in polite terms and finished off rudely.. I was flummoxed so I asked him.. It happens that CYA over his neck of the woods means COVER YOUR A$$ It goes further, when reading text you cannot HEAR any `humoUr' behind it.. You only see plain text with no tone inflections that would show how serious a statement is or isn't. @Paul, Isn't a HUMOR one of those big JEEP type vehicles You can even get a Stretch-HUMOR Kind Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
Theres a lot of things they call different names, like I wear thongs- yanks give you wtf when you say that (they call em flipflops) Same as I laugh when their footballers 'pat each other on the fanny' oh really, and there I was thinking they were all such big butch blokes LOL (for our yank friends, a fanny is an olden days term for a womans um 'front bottom' so to speak) |
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| CaptainBoing Guru Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2170 |
Easy Boppa got a few big "girls" play in your league (cough cough, Hannah Mouncey, cough) *** possible swears warning ***this genuinely is as far as I am going down this particular rabbit hole  |
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| Paul_L Guru Joined: 03/03/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 769 |
I like this rabbit hole. Nappies .... HUH why do you want to go to sleep ... a ginormous JEEP type vehicle ... could it be Humvee or Hummer ... aren't thongs those things that young girls wear that don't cover their fannies??? ... Thanks for mentioning the Humvee. Here's another rabbit hole. The JEEP was designed by the American Bantam Motor Car Company in York, PA, on a government contract in 60 days finishing in October 1940. Among the specs were that it be made mostly with off the shelf parts, any special body panels had to require a minimum of bending operations and no welding, it had to weigh less than 1200 pounds, have handles which would enable six men to pick it up if it got stuck and that it had to have a top speed of 50 mph. The grille was stamped out of a single flat sheet of steel and consisted of eight vertical bars separating nine air slots. Click on these and note the grille and the carrying handles. Prototype >> http://cloudlakes.com/data_images/models/jeep-willys/jeep-willys-04.jpg 1940 Production >> http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jeep During WWII The African desert tan jeep was built by Ford, the green European jeep was built by GM. American Bantam built the trailer. After WWII Willys got the rights to build the thing. I don't know why. Willys went bankrupt and was bought by American Motors (which used to be Nash, Hudson and Kelvinator). American Motors designed the Humvee under a government contract and used a grille design similar to the Jeep. Take a look at these links. Humvee >> https://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/img/eulsCxTI18igXJ0LvduaMw-SuB0=/2017/11/08/32f13a5c-be24-45e3-8a41-9f416f957f37/am-general -humvee-1.jpg Hummer >> https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/tractors/images/3/3d/Hummer_H1_Alpha_Wagon.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110404195439 Then American Motors west bankrupt and was bought by Chrysler. Then Chrysler went bankrupt. The Humvee division was bought by GM, the rest, including Jeep, by Daimler-Benz. Then Daimler went into a US federal court and sued GM for copyright infringment and wanted GM to change the Hummer grille! It took the federal judge about 18 months to realize that the Jeep design had been paid for by the war department in 1940 and that the Humvee design had been paid for by the Department of Defense about 1975, so both designs were really owned by Uncle Sam. Everybody held their breath waiting to see if Uncle Sam would want to receive royalties from GM and Daimler. Everybody is still waiting. How's that for a rabbit hole with a bunch of twists? CYA! Paul in NY |
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| Boppa Guru Joined: 08/11/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 814 |
aren't thongs those things that young girls wear that don't cover their fannies??? ... Only if they are wearing them back to front lol Jeez the jeep sounds like a bad luck magnet, every company that built it went bankrupt!!!! I drove a very similar designed VW called the country bug for nearly ten years, it was originally designed for the NZ army as a replacement for their ww2 jeeps but was rejected because it was only 2wd- funny thing is I took mine plenty of places with no issues, often driving around stuck 4wds lol It was light enough that changing a front wheel could be done by two people, one to lift it and the other to change the tyre. Another handy feature was that if you got a flat battery, the jack handle doubled as a crank handle to start it... It had no roof, no doors and a fold down windscreen, every panel was basically flat sheet steel  Man it was fun.... |
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