Pretty straightforward. Found this when identifying a freak of a spider I caught in the house.
Website description reads:
"A READY REFERENCE GUIDE
Spider Chart & First Aid advice
in full colour of dangerous and other spiders commonly found in Australia - features the sydney funnel web, redback spider, mouse >spider, wolf spider, huntsman and many other spiders with notes to aid in identification and FIRST AID advice for spider bites."
Cheers.
Wolf spider. Badass looking thing.
Have you noticed how fast these buggers can run? They are very quick. The females are the only spiders that carry their babies on their backs too, I think. I saw one and I thought it looked kinda "fuzzy" until I prodded it and the fuzziness turned out to be a back full of little ones.
Thanks for the nightmares I'll be having for the next couple of weeks :)
Thanks OP!
Took a photo of this Wolf Mother who decided to move her family into my laundry cupboard! Thought it was furry but after catching in a jar, all the babies scurried off her back?!?!
Mrs TT was all over the place screaming! Kids and I found it intriguing.
Humanely captured and released in the backyard, but not until I got some great shots! Yes they are little babies still covering her back..
@uwishbillyfish: Thanks uwishbillyfish, I was pretty chuffed at the photo's detail too! (Thanks to the Nikon D3300 deal I picked up via OzB late last year!)
Glad to hear you catch & release also - the Mrs thought I was crazy not killing it and actually did a poll on her FaceBook for all the husbands who catch & release and I got a lot of support!
Looking forward to this guide which will teach the kids about our friendly backyard residents.
I have seen another spider that had babies on its back, very sure it wasn't a wolf spider, don't know what it was.
Thanks OP, handy info, great find.
'Friendly'? Surely, if you accidentally had your hand or other body part come in contact with it that it would be likely to bite?
@Shiny Mew: Yes perhaps, but it was more interested in running away with its babies. Symptoms don't seem so bad.. "Symptoms of a Wolf spider bite are usually minor, restricted to local pain or itchiness. Less commonly, symptoms can include swelling, prolonged pain, dizziness, rapid pulse and nausea."
Who else tried to press the play button like an idiot…. :(
Holy crap.. that is bloody huge.
So how the hell did you deal with it? What did you do with it?
"Tag and release"
also known as stomping on it with a Blundstone so hard the spider corpse has the logo pressed into it.
Yep. Squash the harmless spiders and spray poison to kill insects. In 100 years they're gonna be facepalming at how stupid we were.
@Putnum:
"The good thing about the long run is that it's someone else's problem" — Scott Adams The Way of the Weasel
(But I do agree with you. Huntsman spiders are great at cleaning up the roaches).
Big container, then slid the lid under so he walked on it and pressed it shut to be safe. Released it to the backyard with extreme precaution taking the lid back off.
Holy crap!
does this include spiderman too ?
*offer not inclusive of spiderman, spiderpig, manbearpig or variants thereof.
Dang, he'd make a cool pet.
Rock spider?
"Can You Smell What The Rock Spider Is Cooking?"
Arachnia Tiemekangaroous
sweet ordering one for work, to scare all the girls
You dont need the chart to do that ;)
What if there are some hybrids that cannot be recognised with the chart, should I report to immigration office or the local police?
Can anybody upload the guide here? Don't want to give away personal info.
Did he pick a peck of pickled peppers ?
My tongue got twisted after I read, first aid please.
What's jva?
jv: awakens
Wtf it's jv but not jv!
Not sure about the chart. It doesn't have this spider either…
SPOILER ALERT
So….it was just JV's dog?
That couponmanager.net footer scared me away, must be a trap full of spam spiders.
Cause the first thing I do when I see a spider is my curiosity to identify it and not kill it with fire.
Brings back fond memories of digging up a redback spider nest back in primary and wondering why the teacher was freaking.
Any free spiders included?
Nice try OP, as if I'm willingly going to open a picture related to spiders…
Pictures of spiders wearing raindrops or no deal :)
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/wired-aperture/2012-07/aperture-…
Means business
Kill spider first, investigate later
Last thing I want to do is hold a pamphlet in front of me only for the spider to jump on my leg or disappear
I love spiders. Keeps roaches at bay. F**K roaches.
What do you use to keep the spiders at bay?
Cane Toads
Queenslander. QUEENSLANDER.
Anyone know where to get Australia fruit and vegetable guide?
The first at Oxford street, the latter at any Hospital ER.
Any idea what size the identification chart is?
tarantula size….
Some man in sandals from is going to wake up this morning and notice 3000 ozbargain requests for his free spider chart.
How long does it take for the digital copy of FIRST AID to arrive? It's almost 5 minutes and I didn't get it yet… :(
Might be free, but this deal is getting a big NOPE from me.
Agreed; another example of "if it is free on the internet, remember you are the product, not the customer". Why else would they want my name, rank and serial number?
Or just download the chart from @dayak1988 post above: http://www.termite.com.au/Spider%20Chart.pdf
@uwishbillyfish can you add this to your post please?
Couple notes:
White-tail spiders shouldn't be in "Deadly", studies of identified spider bites have not uncovered any horrific ulceration. Professionals are still unclear what is causing them.
Black house spiders shouldn't be in "Toxic", they are extremely cowardly, and the bites are mild. The main danger is you'll step on them as males wander the house at times (during summer?).
Wolf spiders definitely shouldn't be in "Toxic". You'd very rarely find one inside the house and they are also extremely cowardly, with mild bites and only if you were fast enough to step on one.
Trap-door spiders should be in "Deadly" not "Low risk"! Jesus. Don't mess with these. In America trap-door spiders are less venomous but here in Australia they are pretty horrifically dangerous.
The poster looks a bit like something I remember from childhood in the 80s and is cute but woefully inaccurate.
Only spiders that die in my house are Redbacks and White Tails. All others are left alone or big fluffy ones get banished to the back/front yard. Huntsman and Jumping Spiders are my favourites…….
Jumping spiders are pretty cute and friendly as far as spiders go. I have a couple of "pet" ones that jump out of the way each day when I put the outside awnings up/down.
They're supposedly one of the most curious, and have the best vision out of all the arachnids.
I used to have a "pet" Huntsman. Haven't seen him for awhile after kicking him out a couple of times.
I recently read that daddy long legs actually eat/kill redbacks so they are my new best friends and go undisturbed in the garage. Still a bit creepy walking around in the dark with random webs since the biggest bloody redback I've seen was hanging around. Haven't seen one since.
Found a Redback in my skylight the other day so the Daddy Long Legs aren't doing their job. Might fire this bunch and hire some new ones.
I've got like 30 or so around the place, feel free to collect some. Oh and the huntsmen and scorpions too, no charge.
the company seems to be a US company -wonder if they will send charts to Oz if they dont have customers here!
I have a (pet ?) Huntsman in my bedroom (at least 10 cm leg to leg). Few nights ago, he was right next to my bed. Took a while to get to sleep that night. Next morning he/she was back in hiding.
That would not comfort me, and just make me think: "oh god, it's lurking in my bedsheets!"
I read the whole comment thread and looked at all the photos. I have no idea why, I hate spiders. I mean, I think they're cool, but just not in my house. I've got chills up my spine.
Hey - where's my chart? Anyone else got theirs?
Nope.
noup
Nope….
So…What type of spider was it?