Spider 2

[LiesaAnna]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by lisi
I thought of you all - when we arrived 2 weeks ago the first thing we saw was a huge spider on the wall of the lanai! I nearly died but had to deal with it because huge 6' and 15 stone son was more terrified than me!!! A few days later one greeted me in the bathroom off the master bedroom. Huge but not hairy legs just long. However, the can of spray works wonders. But I did chuckle when I thought of this topic and the photos. I was too scared to go and get the camera in case it ran away and I couldn't find it. Then I would have had nightmares wondering where it was headed.

Lisi [V]
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well, i'll try very hard not to think of a shark called Lisi swimming towards me if and when i next see a spider,

(ughh you want to try and do quote from this page, the horrid spider thing gets in the picci

[Mistaya]

Hubby and I loved looking at these photo's of the spiders, although I'm not very keen on them myself. The first time I went to Florida the villa we stayed in had an orange spider in residence. It was in the bathroom and stayed on the ceiling causing no problems until one night we came home from a park and it was on the wall between the bathroom and the bedroom I was sharing with my sister. Us kids demanded that it be removed immediately and it was my sister that had to do it as my dad was scared. Wish I had a photo of it now.

Are Orange spiders fairly common in Florida? Are they venomous? It wasn't very big but I'd never seen an orange spider before. Just wondering how lucky an escape I had [msnsmile2]

[Frosty]

Hi Mistaya,

Strange to see old Spider 2 make a re-appearance, Glad to hear you enjoyed looking at them, have you checked out Spider 1, that one is much 'Prettier'
Its here in the postings a page or so back.

[Dennan]

I'm terrified of spiders, just wondering how you get rid of these...

I'll guess you don't slap them against the wall of your rented home.
[msnwink]

This will be my worst nightmare on our upcoming holiday when it will be the first time we rent a villa.

[lisi]

There is a great can of spray in a black & gold can which is quite high powered which you can buy at Publix adn supposed to kill all bugs. I sprayed the spider to within an inch of its life - it promptly fell down and curled up and then I splatted it with a table tennis bat to make sure! Same happened with the second one by which time I was a nervous wreck. Other than a couple of cockroaches and a funny black long insect, didn't have any problems. I could quite easily cope with the raccoons and lizards but the spiders really get to me!

Lisi

[orlando novice]

could someone please please please tell me if any of the spiders in florida are dangerous, don't feel so excited about my up and coming trip....[msnembarrased]

[owen3]

Talking about the huntsman, we stopped at a place in Australia for a coffee just of the highway. My sister and i were talking to the people while we were waiting for a coffee. Next thing we heard my future son in law shouting, he said quick come and see this spider. He had gone into the outside toilet, noticed something when he looked up he saw a huge spider above him , on top of the wall,as he is terrified of spiders, needless to say he did not use the gents. I nearly wet myself laughing. It was huge i like spiders but did not know at the time which one it was. I was told it is harmless, but it can move quickly. Also seen the southern cross spider, and golden orb spider, both are big spiders, but harmless. The southern cross hasd an interesting web, in the middle of the web, there is a yellow cross. Really nice. Maybe we can get Twiglet to post a picture on one.I find spiders interesting, and believe most big ones are harmless. Barbara

[dj_padd]

This nice little fella wanted to come to Orlando with us, it managed to stay on untill we were going about 150 mph down the runway, thats when its legs came off one by one untill it fell of the window

[LiesaAnna]

God Bless it!![msnwink]