Australians, how do you DEAL with this? (Warning: Spiders inside)

[Vidpci]

Its about picking which animals you are ok with.

Cats are good because they kill rodents, and rodents spread disease and eat our food (cats eat their own weird foods, so we aren't in competition).

Spiders are good because they eat the worst bugs, and other bugs are super gross - so spiders are an acceptable solution.

Hairless spiders are weird to me though - I feel like they're too obcessed with self-image.

Yeah and I am actually considering getting a bigger spider now to just roam around now... it's not that I dislike spiders, I just don't want to open a door and SURPRISE "hey how you doing I'm here". Yeah... I kinda want to know my spiders and not just run into them....

[BelziBhaal]

With a shotgun. Spiders are fucking abominations.

[Mavett]

With all the pluses of the Huntsman, it would be rather uncomfortable being in a room with such a thing.

[derpkitteh]

those things are the reason i will never go to australia. they might be harmless, but i would still literally die if i saw one. i'm not just joking around either, i would have a heart attack and die. horrible horrible things.

[Vidpci]

those things are the reason i will never go to australia. they might be harmless, but i would still literally die if i saw one. i'm not just joking around either, i would have a heart attack and die. horrible horrible things.

Well... you kinda saw one in the op and are still here to write about. Just sayin' lol.

[Deleted]

Oh god, hate spiders so much. Just a few days ago one scared me pretty badly.

Was sitting on my bed at night, browsing stuff on my laptop when out of nowhere, a spider the size of my fist suddenly appeared a few centimeters from my face after it lowered itself down from the ceiling.

[Vidpci]

Oh god, hate spiders so much. Just a few days ago one scared me pretty badly.

Was sitting on my bed at night, browsing stuff on my laptop when out of nowhere, a spider the size of my fist suddenly appeared a few centimeters from my face after it lowered itself down from the ceiling.

That happened to me before, but usually my spiders like to walk down the wall right next to me (i have my computer right next to the window and wall) and scare the shit out of me. I jumped up and fell over my box fan about a week ago when a stink bug said hello -.-

[Mr Anderson]

Like this

but Seriously, I have never seen a Spider that big... Then again - I hardly even see spiders.

[Ave07]

They seem so friendly!

[Callude]

If it's not near my bed I don't care about a Huntsman (after having them wake me up by crawling over my face a few times I decided they aren't allowed in my bedroom) and when I do see one in my bedroom I usually just catch it with a plastic container and release outside.

The only other spiders I see with any sort of frequency are Daddy Long Legs (lol what a joke spider) absolutely fucking everywhere and Golden Orbs (pretty sure the venom is non fatal) which I only ever see in impressively large webs outside. Species other than those 3 aren't very common around where I live.

[Laize]

This pretty much sums up how I feel about Australian spiders.

Australia, as a landmass, is the greatest evidence on Earth that there is a god... and that it enjoys bloodsport.

When even the trees are capable of killing everything around them... by exploding... you know this area was created during god's "burn ants with a magnifying glass" phase.

The fact that people live there is a monument to man's hubris. It is the country that should not exist.

[Sound911]

I sleep on the couch for the night.. lol

But they are actually pretty cool, smaller ones anyway, they eat the annoying bugs then leave

[serenka]

i have no idea, i find the small spiders we have in the UK scary enough.

[checking facts]

Huntsmans are pretty neat. They generally live in the corners and dark places of your house, actively hunting other insects like roaches. They're roach-killing machines

please, send me some of these spiders.

actually, send me a lot of them.

[Laize]

please, send me some of these spiders.

actually, send me a lot of them.

I live in NJ but I let spiders live in my house. Why do I do this? Because if they're in my house, it means there are other bugs in my house (There is no other reason for a predator to be in an area if a readily available food source is not).

I have an agreement with them. I will name them and allow them to live in my house free of disturbance. In exchange, they will not do that terrifying "dangle down in front of your face on a string of silk" thing while I'm playing Amnesia at 2 AM. Failure to comply with the agreement on their part will net them a much-deserved crushing with a copy of "The Art of War" I keep for the express purpose of smashing spiders. Failure to comply with the agreement on my part will generally result in me flailing around like a sissy trying to get the spider off of me.

So far, Giorgio has been upholding his end of the bargain quite nicely.

[Evil Inside]

They seem so friendly!

Huntsmen are, they're like a big spiderbro. As in, they keep to themselves and keep the house free of creepy crawlies and even nasties like the redback. Dont back one into a corner and it'll just chill there waiting for bugs.

[Notos]

I wouldn't have a problem with spiders if they just stayed out of my no-spider zone. But those Australian ones, holy crap I would shit bricks. Are there any methods involving chemicals for keeping them outdoors? Like maybe a max repel >_>

[Callude]

The fact that people live there is a monument to man's hubris. It is the country that should not exist.

We accepted gods challenge...

Then just sat around drinking beer and telling tourists about drop bears

[Deleted]

Nuke it from orbit.
Twice.

[Laize]

We accepted gods challenge...

Then just sat around drinking beer and telling tourists about drop bears

Oh don't get me wrong. I'm well aware that living in the urban areas means you've probably never seen any of the Thunderdome wildlife that exists in Aussieland. I'm onto you faux-Crocodile-Dundees!