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13-12-2012, 08:28 AM | #1 | ||
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G'day guys. Last night i noticed a hunstman about 15cm long on my windscreen, Went to brush it off, But it was inside. Me and my brother spent hours trying to find it and get it out after 2 failed attemps and getting it out.
Im not sure what to do. I refuse to drive while i know its in there. I set a bomb off just before and will set two more off later, And i know these have minimal effect on the spider itself, But will kill all its food and hopefully its moves out. Anyone else have some tips? My next option may be a couple of sticks of dynamite and an insurence claim |
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13-12-2012, 08:34 AM | #2 | ||
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Im no good with huntsmans at all. Put me near one and, involuntarily, im 10 meters away in half a second.
These buggers prefer to be out at night so your best bet is to look for it then. Last edited by GT; 13-12-2012 at 09:11 AM. Reason: first warning - pls read T&C |
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13-12-2012, 08:34 AM | #3 | ||
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Sell it. As is, where is. If no buyers then just walk away. At least you'll have your life.
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13-12-2012, 08:39 AM | #4 | ||
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leave the car open over night and it will leave, im buddhist so please dont kill it.
hes looking for other spiders to eat, huntsmen hunt other spiders ect. 15cm long lol, he must have scared you. |
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19-12-2012, 12:51 PM | #6 | |||
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OP As for the spider, I feel your pain, I hate spiders and snakes. Call it a phobia. I can't stand them! :/ As for the photo's, I think I made a poopie. Their the most disgusting creatures! |
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13-12-2012, 08:52 AM | #7 | ||
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Remember those AAMI adds years ago when the spider drops from the sunvisor???
I had a small (though still thought he was huge) drop from the visor while driving many yrs ago.... almost lost it! ended up driving real slow as i couldnt pull over and opened the window and tried to gentley force him out... luck he took my advice and then settled outside on the windscreen! I kept driving after that... musta looked funny to pedestrians
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13-12-2012, 09:02 AM | #8 | ||
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It's only a huntsman, geez, he won't hurt you. Give him a chance to escape before you resort to killing him. He's probably been in the car for weeks.
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13-12-2012, 09:28 AM | #9 | |||
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I use Mortein bombs in the dog float every 6 months to keep the spiders away - mainly the white tails but I must say, we do the home once a year for flies and those big guys. Seems to stop them coming in rather than killing them. Easy to relocate with a broom if you have to. We had a 12cm one here 2 years ago but in the car - eek.
If you thought the spider was scary, last year a tiger snake came through the dash of a Territory in Melbourne while someone was driving. Now that is heart attack stuff! Spent 20 mins trying to find the photos but need to get on - will look again tonight.
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I would have just bailed while the car was moving. That's an every man for himself moment.
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14-12-2012, 12:58 PM | #11 | |||
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Taken forever to find it and here it is.
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13-12-2012, 08:57 AM | #12 | ||
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you put TWO creepy crawly Bombs in your car
wtf no spider survived that and any kids either for a day or two.OVERKILL
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13-12-2012, 08:57 AM | #13 | ||
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Better get rid of it before it out grows the car itself !!
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13-12-2012, 09:37 AM | #14 | ||
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no choice but to either burn the car or sell it
*shudder* spiders...
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13-12-2012, 09:43 AM | #15 | ||
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I noticed a foul looking spider in my car a few years ago.
I stopped my car at a set of lights and jumped out. it was about 11pm and noone else on the road. Some lady pulls over and says is all ok. I was sort of embarrassed to say but i told her. She went in head first to get rid of the spider in my car. She was in there head down bum up for a good 10 minutes but couldnt find it. She probably nicked all the coins in my dash whilst she was in there. Didnt find anything, I drove home knowing it was in there. Bombed the car when i got home and never saw it again. Ended up selling the car so who knows. |
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13-12-2012, 06:31 PM | #16 | ||
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13-12-2012, 09:41 AM | #17 | ||
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I use mortein surface spray in my cars and it works a treat
I just spray it on all the metal parts under the dash and then sit back and watch the buggers run just need to be carefull of the plastic bits Jason
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13-12-2012, 09:53 AM | #18 | ||
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Try having this hungry bastard knock on your door! lol
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13-12-2012, 10:10 AM | #19 | ||
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mate, its a huntsman.....not a bad bone in their body
I got a big one up on the roof in the ducted air con.....I was cleaning the bats (not the flying type but the air con ones) when I had an itch on the back of my right hand, had a look and there was a spider that covered the back of my hand looking back up at me I put my hand back over to the air con and he moved back in, still there today i think trouble is I had a spidey "expert" come to get some blades done, I told him about the encounter and he reckons it may be a bird eating spider because of its size......Hmmm! put a different feeling in my gut but as has been said he will move on if given the right encouragement......maybe lay on the floor of the vehicle and make a noise like a fly and when he comes to eat you........grab him!!!
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13-12-2012, 10:27 AM | #20 | ||
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i used to have a camira paddock bomb. One day i was drifting around in our paddock and TWO huntsmans (who obviously don't like lateral shifts) ran up my throttle foot and under my pants. I was trying to counter-steer while shaking my right leg to get them out and it was good fun.
I lived in the country at the time, they were both the size of my hand, so not fully grown. I also had one crawl up my arm onto my shoulder one day while i was sitting on the couch. They're harmless, they eat flies and insects which is good. They'll usually stay out of your way. They gather in cars etc when it's going to rain. My mrs is scared senseless of them and reacts the same way. She saw one climb over the windshield a few years back in her new Fiesta, pulled over and said she was selling the car. When i start laughing (accidentally) she hits me and calls me every name under the sun. That just makes me laugh more. I know i'm not helping so i'll stop talking now.
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13-12-2012, 01:20 PM | #21 | ||
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Man when I was a kid I used to play with the huntsmen spiders that lived in this wattle tree next to the house. Used to put them in the old glass soft drink boittles and stuff.......for some reason they scare the crap out of me now.
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13-12-2012, 01:23 PM | #22 | ||
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thou art braver than i Professor , i say let a couple more bombs off just to make sure.
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13-12-2012, 01:58 PM | #23 | ||
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Ohh, reminds me of the time I was ferrying four girls in my Fairlane during a wedding and a huge huntsman crawled out from behind the sun visor and down the A pillar and the dash to who knows where. We were doing 100 km/h on the freeway and the passengers were panicking and there were a few screams. My fault for keeping the sunroof up overnight.
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13-12-2012, 02:35 PM | #26 | ||
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Funny, if it were my car that had the spider, I'd be wanting to find him to both save him from the dangers in there, and to have a look at him!
We've only had a few around our house, but I've seen plenty huntsmen spiders elsewhere. They really are harmless and quite a sight. I was taking photos of one once and he decided my camera lens was better than the wall he was on! There was a big 16cm one at my cousins old house on his farm property, he was only just starting to live there at the time permanently so the toilet and fridge were both outside still, and the hotwater system was a boiler! Every time we ran it while staying there, out came spidey to sit on the boiler. I like spiders haha! |
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13-12-2012, 02:43 PM | #27 | ||
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13-12-2012, 02:55 PM | #28 | |||
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13-12-2012, 02:47 PM | #29 | ||
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I had one in my old EL years ago, bloody huge, I just put a bomb in there, but I also never found it either..... ahhhhh
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