One of our 'Nasties'...

[Kobione]

Just about to hop in the shower this morning when I spotted this on the floor:

Not the best photo, just a quick grab to show you. This is a Whitetail Spider, easily identified by body shape and the white dot at the end of the tail. Their bite can putrify flesh for a very long time. You have to treat these bites like a snake bite, and people have lost limbs as a result of a bite, and some have had rotten flesh problems in the bite area for years and years. It's about 5 cm long, and they tend to be found in drawers or cupboards in folded clothing. We have a lot around this year and are very wary because of fearless little Kelly!

Fuji - like you I generally believe in 'let the spiders live' - but not in this case. 'Bye spider!!!

[KateW]

Ewww! Not sure I'd like to find that in my bath!

[annie]

erm................i would never do bug macro living over there.......that one scares me!

[colinb]

now your making me feel a little stupid, I've just had the hoover out to suck up a rather large garden spider, probably harmless but I still don't like seeing them, run across the carpet :phew:

[FUJI]

I usually don't bother about spiders of any size..........but.......if I chanced upon anything I knew had a venomous bite I would be.

FUJI

[Guest]

thats why I like this country, theres nowt like that in it lol

[Guest Lee]

And here we have yet another little reason why I'll never go to Australia! It might be a beautiful country but if I go then I just know that these things, and their mates, would chase me into the sea where the Great Whites will be waiting!

[Heather]

scary that something so small can cause so much damage ! nice photo, nasty spider !

[Kobione]

I'll remember that remark, Lee, and if you do ever come this way - I'll have the list of things to show you - Whitetails, Redbacks, Funnel Webs, Brown and Tiger snakes, Red Bellied Blacks and more :D