Spiders....

[5150]

Hey all. I've not been around much for a while. Was off work for a fortnight the last couple of weeks, popped down Blyth pier for some mackeral one morning and had a couple of short sessions from the shore at Sluice. That's probably the most fishing I've done this year!

Been spending most of my "hobby" time these days on my tarantulas, bunch of photo's below:

Got forty odd of them now, ranging from tiny spiderlings the size of money spiders upto a few over 6", some of the bigger ones are still growing Some are pretty docile, but also got a lot of African and Indian species that certainly aren't and pack a wicked venom so they're enjoyed from the other side of their housing!

 

[Scotty91]

Your a brave man a tell ya lol ;o

 

[Davey1970]

what did you catch them on m8.....?

belter, really nice, can`t do snake`s like.

 

[5150]

Your a brave man a tell ya lol ;o

Nah, they're not so bad, bit of caution with a few of them is needed though or it could be a trip to a&e!

what did you catch them on m8.....?

Just tie a cricket or a locust to a line and they're a doddle, come with their own built in hooks - blinking big fangs!

 

[Scotty91]

Betta u than me a gess

 

[KeithB]

Good to see you posting again mate, some great photos there.

 

[5150]

They're a pain to photograph Keith, some of them a blink-of-the-eye fast and leaving the camera on auto doesn't pick them up that well.

Been dropping into the site regular when I've had time, fishing's been just as and when I've not had other things to do so it's right down the list at the moment. I've knocked up a load of sinkers for the winter in the hope of getting some regular sessions in though.

 

[5150]

Betta u than me a gess

Ahh you never know, benefits of having the chat section here is there's usually someone else who has the same hobby as you or might be interested in getting into it, handy then if someones around to share experiences

 

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Some nice crawlies there mate, brother in law had one it was bloody
massive, wene it died he got it cast into a paperweight, was only then
i would touch it.

 

[davidhayley1945]

spiders.

spiders.

if you want to give me a heart attack bring one of them next to me even small ones frighten me,yet i can grip 6 crabs in each hand and not waver,life is strange,cracking hobby and photos but better you than me .davy.

 

[KeithB]

I know what you mean Davy, I'd happily play with those spiders but moths however scare the **** out of me.

 

[david.northeast]

Snakes and lizards i dont mind but spiders and believe it or not caterpillars scare the absolute crap out of me

 

[5150]

It's a funny and strange thing, but among people who keep tarantula's there's a heck of a lot of them who are scared to death of house spiders and yet will keep big and sometimes pretty nasty tarantula's quite happily!

 

[Davey1970]

if you want to give me a heart attack bring one of them next to me even small ones frighten me,yet i can grip 6 crabs in each hand and not waver,life is strange,cracking hobby and photos but better you than me .davy.

you mite regret telling me that me old m8............!

ha ha

 

[Scotty91]

Aye mate a hade lizards and snakes tht was a notha hippy for me but now going to get a tropical 6ft fish tank and my outha hippy iz old English coins too

 

[5150]

you mite regret telling me that me old m8............!

ha ha

What you want is an old moult from one when they've shed (they shed their entire old exo-skeleton), like this:

 

[jonny_s]

It's a funny and strange thing, but among people who keep tarantula's there's a heck of a lot of them who are scared to death of house spiders and yet will keep big and sometimes pretty nasty tarantula's quite happily!

Nice pics, you certainly wouldn't want anyone a bit clumsy knocking those displays / tanks over imagine trying to sleep in a house with one or more of them crawling about

I am a bit nervous of house spiders, more so after reading this story.Slayer Guitarist's Spider Bite Recovery Continues | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

 

[codseeker]

have got a few pet spiders .they seem to come out at night and scarper across the laminated flooring some big ones anarl
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/hsspider.htm

 

[davidhayley1945]

you mite regret telling me that me old m8............!

ha ha

going in to hiding davy keeping well away from you,that last pic sent shivers up my neck. haha davy.

 

[The Jester]

There was one like that in my bath this morning...
When i come in from work there are normally glasses upside down on the floor with a spider under them, ready for me to put them outside....women....:exclam:...I never kill them though...