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Post by jack on Sept 21, 2005 12:23:36 GMT
Flying daddy long legs are not flying spiders they're insects (cranefly). Perish the thought of flying spiders.
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Post by AngelaG on Sept 21, 2005 13:08:47 GMT
If there were flying spiders in my house I would have to move house. If there were flying spiders in this country I would have to emigrate....
What the Brits traditionally call Daddy Long Legs are not the same as what the US do, as Jack has said we mean the Crane Fly. There is a Daddy Long Legs Spider. They don't fly though. We also have those long spindly spiders you sometimes find in the garden, with legs so thin they're almost invisible (Harvestmen), these are not technically insects or spiders; and again not to be confused with the Actual Daddy Long Legs Spider, which IS a spider and therefore gross.
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Post by nkudahc on Sept 21, 2005 18:09:39 GMT
flying spiders sound pretty nasty but still better than flying snakes...how much would that suck
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Post by Aefibird on Sept 22, 2005 20:33:55 GMT
I just dislike flying insects in general.
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Post by Mr. Precision on Sept 22, 2005 20:47:32 GMT
I just dislike flying insects in general. That's what the spiders are for. ;D There isn't a spider in the UK which can harm a human. Just watch out when you're handling fruit n veg from Africa, (South) America, New Zealand/Australia though. www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/spider.htm#bites |
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Post by Aefibird on Sept 23, 2005 15:56:11 GMT
I just dislike flying insects in general. That's what the spiders are for. Yeah, and I don't like them either!! ;D A mate of mine used to work in the banana house of a fruit packing company (I think it was Geest). She was a lot braver than me, I tell ya - some of the spiders that she described to me that they got in the packing place were huuuuge! They often had to get the local vets and /or zoo to come and remove particularly 'choice' specimins. Mmmm, nice job... |
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Post by Sionnagh on Sept 26, 2005 12:10:32 GMT
Spiders are ok. Most of them you have... oh... at least an hour to get treatment from a bite...  Mick |
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Post by AngelaG on Sept 26, 2005 12:32:05 GMT
LOL. You have to love those automatically generated ads at the top of the page...
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Post by Mr. Precision on Sept 26, 2005 14:05:00 GMT
I tell ya - some of the spiders that she described to me that they got in the packing place were huuuuge! They often had to get the local vets and /or zoo to come and remove particularly 'choice' specimins. Mmmm, nice job... Kudos to your pal. The first sign of anything big from the tropics and I'd be off. |
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Post by Aefibird on Sept 26, 2005 14:08:37 GMT
She no longer works there, but still has a no-nonsense approach to spiders (and other creepy-crawlies in general) - she just sucks them up with the Dyson these days. lol
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Post by random on Sept 27, 2005 8:30:26 GMT
I take the approach, if you can't eat em stomp em
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Post by Aefibird on Sept 27, 2005 12:33:54 GMT
I whack 'em with a hardback book.
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Post by andym on Sept 27, 2005 12:35:45 GMT
The last one I killed I used this quarters copy of 'Shotokan Magazine' lol
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Post by Aefibird on Sept 30, 2005 17:07:35 GMT
The last one I killed I used this quarters copy of 'Shotokan Magazine' lol ah, but did you whack it whilst performing a recognised Shotokan technique? ;D |
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Post by andym on Oct 3, 2005 13:11:50 GMT
Crane kick.....innit!
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