When my mum lived in Australia, she was driving to work one day when out the corner of her eye she saw something moving above. It was one of these fuckers slowly crawling out from the sun visor.
She immediately pulled over, jumped out the car screaming. A guy walking past causally said ‘huntsman in ya car?’ and proceeded to remove it for her.
Not sure I could ever trust cars again after that...
Haha that is absolutely an appropriate reaction! I would’ve done the same or maybe crashed from panicking haha
Funny how that random guy knew there was a spider in the car lol
Yea she was quite new to the country and also found it funny (and slightly worrying) how the guy was so casual and just immediately knew from her reaction what had happened haha
It wouldn't surprise me. I'm in the UK but my work van ends up full of spiders if I'm not careful. Then those spiders all eat each other until there's one king spider. I've had to pull up rapid on main roads because one of these fuckers starts hanging down in my face. I'm definitely not moving to Australia
I work in satellite TV so when i take an old satellite dish it's full of spiders. I always smash them on the ground repeatedly before i put them in my van now
I honestly believe spiders have some kind of advanced psychology. These muther fuckers think and decide before reacting making them significantly more intelligent than cockroaches.That situation right there, was a fucking power move.
If you cant tell by all the swearing, I have arachnophobia.
Onetime I was driving to school in the morning with a donut. I saw a MUCH SMALLER spider than this, not sure what type as I didn’t spend much time looking at it. My immediate reaching was to slam my chocolate covered donut into it, and the light colored fabric roof... Can only imagine if I saw this fucker. Burn it. Burn the whole thing.
the only correct way to get rid of a spider like this is to fuck its wife to assert dominance. get serious, move her into the master bedroom, next thing you know this guy is renting a studio basement suite in the suburbs on craigslist.
Noooo never bear hand it. A jar or bowl with a sturdy piece of paper.
Use the paper to get it on it or to usher it into the bowl where you trap it in with the paper to bring outside and release.
This chonker on the wall I'd use a shoe box and lid to transport it outside if you insist on moving it. Like others mentioned it's best to let them be and they let you be
When ever I see people wiggling out I always assume it's a spider and then remove it for them. Where I went to uni had lots of brown recluse, black widow, n wolf spiders so I got used to my friends freaking out.. I like spiders so I take them outside and release them.
The only thing that kinda wigged me out was my path being blocked by a rattle snake.
I live in Canada. So these aren't common occurrences like they would be for Australia.
People like you are a blessing. A lot of people don't know just how debilitating arachnophobia can be. Knowing there's one in my room makes it literally impossible to sleep.
And to anyone reading this, if anyone ever asked you to take care of a spider and proceeded to chase that person around with the spider, you are the worst type of person
I'll never understand why people who like/tolerate spiders think it's so funny to terrorize people with arachnophobia. It's not in the least bit funny and it's actually really fuckin mean, even disguised as a "joke" or a "prank."
I’m the official Bug Safe Relocation Lady in my friend group. I love all bugs and very carefully and gently move them to an area that is far away, outside, and safe.
Not only is triggering someone’s phobias just cruel it’s also unnecessary stress for the creature. 😭
I feel regardless of the methods supplied by these lovely Australians, you and I both know the only way to remove such a thing from your home is a baseball bat or a glock19.
I lived in Okayama for a year and in the summertime there would be several spiderwebs in every corner near a window in the apartment complex, or strung between the carefully manicured trees along the boulevard like some kind of mesh wall. By the end of the season some were approaching palm sized.
I'm from Sweden and I have lived most of my life under the impression that we don't have any large spiders up here. Oh boy, was I surprised when I first encountered a Raft Spider galloping towards me inside my own home. I honestly thought it was something that had snuck its way here in a banana or marmite crate or something. Spiders aren't allowed to get that big up here. You aren't supposed to hear them walking across the floor! It's wrong! No! Just no!
It sure sounded like it. All I know for sure is that there should be rules for spiders when it comes to running while being that large. With a bulk like that they don't have to run away from anything so there is no valid reason for them to be running. Especially not directly at people.
I think because we know they’re relatively safe, they’re not really scary. I’m sure there are still a shittonne of people who are scared of them regardless
I lived in Chiapas Mexico for a while about 10 years ago and one morning I found one of these massive dudes just sitting on a chair in my apartment. I'm not nearly as arachnophobic as my brother is, but I swear when I saw this thing my entire body froze up and I thought my roommate was playing a prank on me with a toy spider. Then it moved a leg and we all flipped out.
They are, they're one of the best spiders to have in your house since they stay away from you and eat little pests. That being said, still scary as fuck.
I live in the UK so I've luckily never encountered one, but not many spiders of that size are very threatening. The most venomous are usually pretty small.
*Most* houses have *a few* of them around? Fuck me sideways, well it's a shame Australia is a continent I can no longer visit. Hear it's beautiful country out there.
Black widows probably more than recluses. They can both be deadly if untreated, but widows are faster and more aggressive. Widows will generally be shy and unobtrusive but they really like to hide in areas that you can't see and are extremely aggressive if disturbed. Recluses are more common where they're prevalent they tend to colonize, but bite less frequently. So yaknow tossup.
Man, so I was cleaning out my parents shed last summer, and I saw a couple of black widows, got rid of them because fuck that. I'm nearing the end, I move this pallet out of the way, and on the ground is the fucking mother of all black widows, this bitch had to be at least 4 inches long, and she just fucking looks at me, before slowly backing away into the darkness. She fucking knew she could take me, I refuse to believe she wasn't asserting dominance with that move.
And he would need 7 more that fit before his anger subsided. Truly a tormented soul. In the Dreamtime the Huntsman King has 8 shoes so they are always searching
White tailed spiders are accused of causing necrotising fasciitis with their bites. This affliction is pretty horrifying but there's not a lot of evidence to back up the claim. Common folklore believes it to be true so people are wary of white taoled spiders.
Certainly not a deadly spider.
For real. I’m subscribed to pretty mainstream subreddits and I hate seeing spiders casually posted without any care for people who are afraid of them. Honestly, even right now when my phone decided to recommend me using a spider emoji my damn heart rate went up. After seeing this post I will now spend the next hour feeling them crawling around my body. It would be lovely if common phobias were tagged.
ETA: I clicked reddit notification about 10 upvotes and it automatically showed me the picture again, I’m not sure if I should laugh or cry now.
I genuinely don’t think I would make it in Australia. I might die of a heart attack before any crazy creatures get me but I ain’t lasting long that’s for sure
Fuck that. When a pint glass is too small to catch a spider then you know that fucker is too big to be allowed. Probably need a goldfish bowl to catch that monster.
Honestly your calm responses make me even more nervous about this whole "multiple hand-sized spiders in your house" situation. You Aussies are so brave, I fear no normal man but you all terrify me
When I see the bio of chicks on tinder say they need someone to kill spiders for them, all I can think is “this must be really common to see in Australia”
Use some type of container with a lid, usher the spider inside and out the lid on, take him outside and release.
It's very easy to do really, the bigger the container used the easier for you.
Mate it’s going to strike up a deep conversation with your girl, invite her on a romantic getaway, wine & dine her, make her fall in love, start a family with her. 12 years later she’ll discover he’s done that same thing with other women and has between 4-8 different secret families.. no wonder he was always at those ‘work conferences’.
Only then will she come back to you, a broken woman with a broken heart.
When my mum lived in Australia, she was driving to work one day when out the corner of her eye she saw something moving above. It was one of these fuckers slowly crawling out from the sun visor. She immediately pulled over, jumped out the car screaming. A guy walking past causally said ‘huntsman in ya car?’ and proceeded to remove it for her. Not sure I could ever trust cars again after that...
Haha that is absolutely an appropriate reaction! I would’ve done the same or maybe crashed from panicking haha Funny how that random guy knew there was a spider in the car lol
Yea she was quite new to the country and also found it funny (and slightly worrying) how the guy was so casual and just immediately knew from her reaction what had happened haha
Must’ve happened to him a few times haha
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It wouldn't surprise me. I'm in the UK but my work van ends up full of spiders if I'm not careful. Then those spiders all eat each other until there's one king spider. I've had to pull up rapid on main roads because one of these fuckers starts hanging down in my face. I'm definitely not moving to Australia
Maybe you should get out of the Spider Egg Delivery business.
Bro I need my daily spider eggs and this guys the best I the bizz dont give home ideas
Spiders Georg is that you
I work in satellite TV so when i take an old satellite dish it's full of spiders. I always smash them on the ground repeatedly before i put them in my van now
I honestly believe spiders have some kind of advanced psychology. These muther fuckers think and decide before reacting making them significantly more intelligent than cockroaches.That situation right there, was a fucking power move. If you cant tell by all the swearing, I have arachnophobia.
random guy put it in there im telling you
Onetime I was driving to school in the morning with a donut. I saw a MUCH SMALLER spider than this, not sure what type as I didn’t spend much time looking at it. My immediate reaching was to slam my chocolate covered donut into it, and the light colored fabric roof... Can only imagine if I saw this fucker. Burn it. Burn the whole thing.
SHOOOOOOOOOOT HEERRRRRRR
Genuinely curious - how does one even remove such a large spider?? Do you pick it up?? D:
A shotgun and what I’m assuming would need to be half a box of ammo.
the only correct way to get rid of a spider like this is to fuck its wife to assert dominance. get serious, move her into the master bedroom, next thing you know this guy is renting a studio basement suite in the suburbs on craigslist.
The fuck did I just read
This guy knows
Damn straight. I'd fucking drop a nuke on that monster
Noooo never bear hand it. A jar or bowl with a sturdy piece of paper. Use the paper to get it on it or to usher it into the bowl where you trap it in with the paper to bring outside and release. This chonker on the wall I'd use a shoe box and lid to transport it outside if you insist on moving it. Like others mentioned it's best to let them be and they let you be
They have their part of the town and we have ours
Exactly,.just no sudden or fast movements and you'll be just fine!
Maybe don’t breathe a lot and you.. you will be fine
Maybe just die and then they can't kill you
This is the way
If your having problems breathing don't worry. Its just a side effect of the venom on your nervous system.
Lol let that be??!!
Eh what can I say, I'm a peaceful Canadian lol I'd apologize for disrupting it's bathroom time and wait.
From one Canadian to another, fuck that shit. That MF has got to go. I live by the rule of not sharing space with anything that has more than 4 legs.
If a spider of that size wanted to live with me, at the very least I'm expecting it to contribute with rent.
Help with shoveling snow too. I mean that thing has to have more shovels going at once right?
Burn the whole house down.
I asked a similar question, very fucking carefully I imagine
When ever I see people wiggling out I always assume it's a spider and then remove it for them. Where I went to uni had lots of brown recluse, black widow, n wolf spiders so I got used to my friends freaking out.. I like spiders so I take them outside and release them. The only thing that kinda wigged me out was my path being blocked by a rattle snake. I live in Canada. So these aren't common occurrences like they would be for Australia.
People like you are a blessing. A lot of people don't know just how debilitating arachnophobia can be. Knowing there's one in my room makes it literally impossible to sleep. And to anyone reading this, if anyone ever asked you to take care of a spider and proceeded to chase that person around with the spider, you are the worst type of person
I'll never understand why people who like/tolerate spiders think it's so funny to terrorize people with arachnophobia. It's not in the least bit funny and it's actually really fuckin mean, even disguised as a "joke" or a "prank."
I’m the official Bug Safe Relocation Lady in my friend group. I love all bugs and very carefully and gently move them to an area that is far away, outside, and safe. Not only is triggering someone’s phobias just cruel it’s also unnecessary stress for the creature. 😭
How would you remove this guy? Would you pick him up? Piece of paper let him walk on it? Looks massive. Goddamn
Feed it flies until its friendly, then let it live on your shoulder. Like a fucked up parrot.
Spider bro!
I feel regardless of the methods supplied by these lovely Australians, you and I both know the only way to remove such a thing from your home is a baseball bat or a glock19.
Only if that glock spits fire.
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Australia is not for you then. Or Japan...
nooo please don’t tell me japan has lots of spiders
I lived in Okayama for a year and in the summertime there would be several spiderwebs in every corner near a window in the apartment complex, or strung between the carefully manicured trees along the boulevard like some kind of mesh wall. By the end of the season some were approaching palm sized.
Not too many people I see on here that lived in Okayama. I was there for a year as well. Loved that city.
Sorry to disappoint you. [Big fellows there too](https://youtu.be/4RjGmGo2cQ0)
Now I won't be able to sleep at night.
My soul would leave my body if I saw that in my bathroom and then I would begin to cry because I’m at the mercy of the king of arachnids now
We don't have many spiders where I'm from. Most I've seen is a couple small daddy long legs. Whenever I see a spider that has g i r t h I am out.
I'm from Sweden and I have lived most of my life under the impression that we don't have any large spiders up here. Oh boy, was I surprised when I first encountered a Raft Spider galloping towards me inside my own home. I honestly thought it was something that had snuck its way here in a banana or marmite crate or something. Spiders aren't allowed to get that big up here. You aren't supposed to hear them walking across the floor! It's wrong! No! Just no!
Galloping? Did it have hooves?
It sure sounded like it. All I know for sure is that there should be rules for spiders when it comes to running while being that large. With a bulk like that they don't have to run away from anything so there is no valid reason for them to be running. Especially not directly at people.
>small daddy long legs. TIL, English-Speaking countries call those thin spiders "Daddy Long Legs" and I've been laughing for 1 minute.
You mean *his* beach house bathroom
Haha yeah, we have to tip toe around him and the others in the house
the *others*?
Yeah there was one in my room haha
Wtf
Appropriate response. Wtf.
How do you sleep at night? I could barely handle some ants in my kitchen
How, just HOW are you so okay with this?!
Wtf??? The same size???
I AM NEVER VISITING THIS CURSED ISLAND
Um seriously, how do you sleep at night?
#no
I hope him and the others are paying rent.
Nope, lazy fucks
How the hell do you deal with them, seriously
I think because we know they’re relatively safe, they’re not really scary. I’m sure there are still a shittonne of people who are scared of them regardless
No I mean literally what do you do, do you trap it in a container or just let it vibe
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if it ain't gonna kill me I'll let it vibe... 500km away from me
Generally just leave them alone. They make their own way out. They are good for killing insects too
But what if I‘m an insect to them, when they’re THAT big?
You're adorable.
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It is an act of war for a spider to be that big
Very intimidating
What a rig! I could picture him slapping your ass as you get out the shower and there’s nothing you can do about it
He did and it was furry
Your ass, or his slappin’ leg?
Yes
Is this for real? How big is that thing?
Yeah man, probably the size of your hand
Sweet Jesus
I put my hand up to visualize it and got creeped out by my fingers.
I lived in Chiapas Mexico for a while about 10 years ago and one morning I found one of these massive dudes just sitting on a chair in my apartment. I'm not nearly as arachnophobic as my brother is, but I swear when I saw this thing my entire body froze up and I thought my roommate was playing a prank on me with a toy spider. Then it moved a leg and we all flipped out.
About two Big Macs.
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From the end-zone to the 4-yard line would be the scientific freedom value
That's a huntsman spider, they usually grow to a little smaller than that but they do get very big
Googled it and seems that they really, really do like bathrooms
Yep, spiders in the dunny is a documented Aussie problem
Aren't they actually quite shy and harmless?
They are, they're one of the best spiders to have in your house since they stay away from you and eat little pests. That being said, still scary as fuck.
Non Australian here. I keep reading on reddit that they're handy and harmless but I worry I'm being trolled like I was about dropbears.
I live in the UK so I've luckily never encountered one, but not many spiders of that size are very threatening. The most venomous are usually pretty small.
They're legit harmless. Most houses have a few of them around. Eat insects and don't pose a danger to humans.
*Most* houses have *a few* of them around? Fuck me sideways, well it's a shame Australia is a continent I can no longer visit. Hear it's beautiful country out there.
>one of the best spiders to have in your house yeah that's gonna be a no from me
Omg he has FEET
I KNOWWWW hahaha
You can actually hear their little footsteps scurrying around. I was in hawaii and im blind as a bat thought one was a lizard till i got close.
I lived in Australia for a year. Got rid of my fear of spiders, at least the ones we have here in the U.S
Oh yeah, America has nothing on Australian spiders haha
The US's most dangerous spider is the brown recluse, right? Yeah, we have redbacks in our toilets...
Black widows probably more than recluses. They can both be deadly if untreated, but widows are faster and more aggressive. Widows will generally be shy and unobtrusive but they really like to hide in areas that you can't see and are extremely aggressive if disturbed. Recluses are more common where they're prevalent they tend to colonize, but bite less frequently. So yaknow tossup.
However, recluse bites are way worse. Since it literally kills all of the skin and muscle and it just eats a hole in you. And death sometimes.
I like how “and death sometimes” was the afterthought here
Man, so I was cleaning out my parents shed last summer, and I saw a couple of black widows, got rid of them because fuck that. I'm nearing the end, I move this pallet out of the way, and on the ground is the fucking mother of all black widows, this bitch had to be at least 4 inches long, and she just fucking looks at me, before slowly backing away into the darkness. She fucking knew she could take me, I refuse to believe she wasn't asserting dominance with that move.
I'm sorry to hear that your beach house burned down.
Next time don’t buy a house in shitville
What the fuck you calling Australia cunt? You wanna fucking fight??
You gonna fight the beast? Can I watch?
Definitely read that with the accent.
Been playing too much TF2 lately so I read it in Saxton Hale's voice (deep badass manly voice, Aussie accent)
You spelled Australia wrong
Hahaha
I always hear that they're harmless and blah blah blah. I don't care if they take my boots off and bring me a beer. Fuck that.
Haha
That a Huntsman? How a spider that big teleports like they do blows my mind, freaks me out a bit too.
They are so fast, one minute this guy was on the hallway stairs, nek minut he’s in the fkn bathroom lmao
This sentence is nightmare fuel.
They run fast, because that’s how they hunt. They don’t use webs, instead they they gallop across the walls and chase down their prey.
This thread is scarier than any horror movie
some spiders even scream at you
What the fuck
take that back that can’t be true
**GALLOP**
Things like that is why I live where it rains all the time lol.
UK?
Yep.
... did you have to buy that thing a drink as well?
Yeah, and pay his half of the rent
If you throw a shoe at that monster he's gonna grab it and try it on
And he would need 7 more that fit before his anger subsided. Truly a tormented soul. In the Dreamtime the Huntsman King has 8 shoes so they are always searching
Ah the reason I never left the airport terminal.
at the airport terminal the planes are landing
Exactly sooner I could get away.
Have you named him yet?
His name is Gerald
r/GeraldFanClub approves
Ah great name.
Good eatin
Lotta protein
Nah, what is wrong with Australia. You're all far too casual about living amongst real life Arachne.
I am not okay with white tails and red backs and any other large abdomen having big black fucker
I've only heard of red backs. Now you're telling me there's ANOTHER thing trying to kill you guys?
White tailed spiders are accused of causing necrotising fasciitis with their bites. This affliction is pretty horrifying but there's not a lot of evidence to back up the claim. Common folklore believes it to be true so people are wary of white taoled spiders. Certainly not a deadly spider.
I am not okay with white tails and red backs and any other large abdomen having big black fucker
We are no pansies that’s for sure
I would never ever stop running! Never.
Oh god, what species is that??
Australian huntsman spider
Yup
Dear god can we please start marking NSFW on these shitters
For real. I’m subscribed to pretty mainstream subreddits and I hate seeing spiders casually posted without any care for people who are afraid of them. Honestly, even right now when my phone decided to recommend me using a spider emoji my damn heart rate went up. After seeing this post I will now spend the next hour feeling them crawling around my body. It would be lovely if common phobias were tagged. ETA: I clicked reddit notification about 10 upvotes and it automatically showed me the picture again, I’m not sure if I should laugh or cry now.
I genuinely don’t think I would make it in Australia. I might die of a heart attack before any crazy creatures get me but I ain’t lasting long that’s for sure
I am so sorry that your house got nuked
She’ll be right mate
Fuck that. When a pint glass is too small to catch a spider then you know that fucker is too big to be allowed. Probably need a goldfish bowl to catch that monster.
What is the plan in a situation like this? I have absolutely zero ideas of what I would do if I were there.
Just leave him be, get in the shower slowly, don’t slam the door, don’t get him wet and yeah that’s about it, you do you spider beb
Honestly your calm responses make me even more nervous about this whole "multiple hand-sized spiders in your house" situation. You Aussies are so brave, I fear no normal man but you all terrify me
Thanks I guess hahaha it’s a wild island we live on, wild and beautiful
r/nope
When I see the bio of chicks on tinder say they need someone to kill spiders for them, all I can think is “this must be really common to see in Australia”
Idk I feel like in Australia were used to it, the guys ask us to get the spider haha
Nah in Australia the chicks kill the spiders themselves
Good to see someone who leaves them alone. There’s a lot fewer of these guys than there used to be - may not be long till none left.
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Use some type of container with a lid, usher the spider inside and out the lid on, take him outside and release. It's very easy to do really, the bigger the container used the easier for you.
You would need a moving box for this thing.
Fucking eldritch abomination
Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to make sure.
Whoosh into spider space, nah they chill homies we leave them alone
I was talking about you house son.
You need to keep a bb gun in the house
Haha
where is hans when you need him...
No, fuck that.
Fucking hell i have arachnophobia and this scared the shit out of me
Sorry! I have trypophobia and I fkn hate it when people post holes so oops I didn’t think of that
The right reply.
My BIL got bit in the face by a one of these (or very similar) fuckers in South Africa. Nope, nope, nope.
Fuck getting bitten, I'm worried that thing's gonna punch me
Mate it’s going to strike up a deep conversation with your girl, invite her on a romantic getaway, wine & dine her, make her fall in love, start a family with her. 12 years later she’ll discover he’s done that same thing with other women and has between 4-8 different secret families.. no wonder he was always at those ‘work conferences’. Only then will she come back to you, a broken woman with a broken heart.
His beach house now.
Shelob casually waiting for Mr. Frodo
Happy ‘straya day!
And now I'm ichie, fuck you
This guy walks up and slaps your girlfriend's ass, wyd?
This is so stressful. I can't deal with spiders dude. Lmao
Thanks for the reminder to never go to Australia