The not so Itsy-Bitsy Spider Beside the Water Spout

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Met this guy on my recent travels guarding the main entrance of our sleeping lodge. It's the biggest non-hairy spider I've seen so far in the country. Probably not Australia-worthy, but still pretty impressive.

The funny thing is I only noticed him on the second day, as my hair almost got stuck in his nest, or rather, it almost destroyed the web. Apparently someone else passing by did destroy the web at some point because on the third day he had a new one a meter to the right.

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I have no idea what kind or type of spider it is, which is also why I didn't attempt to move any closer for a close-up, although becoming Spider-Man is a fun to think about possibility. xD

Feel free to chime in on what type of spider you think it might be. I clearly need to step up my picture game as I browse through the other fascinating insects in this community. :)

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I think she's a Golden Orb. Check this out and if she is an orb, then she's a SHE...https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/golden-orb-weaving-spiders/

When I lived in the Daintree Rainforest I had one that made her web across the kitchen just above our heads for about 6 weeks which was great cause she ate all of the insects- mozzies that flew around there in the night light and we became great friends and she was the best housemate ever and we were able to watch her up close and then one night I noticed a whole bunch of TINY spiders roaming all over her, then she got fat and disappeared.

So it turns out that the little spiders were potential beaus, she chose one, mated with him, then devoured him, got preggo and left home to have her babies somewhere else.

I really missed her...

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That is a truly awesome story! @chocolatescorpi √
Spiders and Snakes really freak me out LOL

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Thanks so much for the Luv @andy-jahm, I need a bit of that at the moment...

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Well the thing is @andy-jahm there are the ones that you definitely should be worried about and stay away from- but the key is just not to disturb them.

That's when they get freaked out because of your interference and then you start freaking out cause they're freaking out and then everyone's freaking out and everyone ends up chasing the poor creatures around the house, breaking vases,furniture and things, putting holes in walls... then the humans spray the spider killing spray in their house, which mot only kills the poor spider, but every other living thing in there too, including slowly poisoning the humans too...so the moral to the story is, leave them where they are and let them do their jobs, whether that be eating the mozzies, flies and other annoying insects ., or snakes eating mice..and then you always know where they are...

Unless ofcourse, those snakes happen to be Red Belly Blacksnakes, (King) Brown Snakes, Whip snakes, Taipan, Copperhead, Death Adder (for us in Australia) or obviously so many others around the world...but then we also have a tree snakes, not down here in Victoria, but up north in QLD and their harmless.

Yes they can bite you, but it's not a toxin that you need to worry about, it's the bacteria that in their mouths and gets transferred to you wound- that's can be just as bad a being bitten from a poisonous snake..

Don't get me wrong, I'm no snake expert, but I grew up in the country surrounded by paddocks and a swamp full of snakes and everything else, that come up into our backyard in summer looking for water...and ofcourse all the dads in the street would freak out and there'd be men and shovels chopping at anything that looked like it could be a snake...

But it is different up in Far North QLD as there are both kinds- the dangerous and ok species of snakes and Spiders.

Rule of thumb over here is that that if the snake naturally goes uphill when disturbed, then it's a tree snake, down hill then it's not and it will probably be dangerous.

Also the smaller the more deadlier over here too.

But like I said, unless you absolutely have to move them, the key is to leave them to do their share of the housework like all good housemates should do.

This is where I used to live https://www.daintreeinfo.com/info/nature/
Wish I was there now too...

I hope I haven't bored you too much...But I have had a lot of accidental personal stories with snakes and spiders- never being bitten though thankfully...

And I think that it should be mandatory for everyone in the world to watch a Bug's Life too!

And it's a damn funny movie too!

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I have seen the Movie (Bug's Life) with my kids a long time ago , and yes it is funny!

I guess we are very lucky with Snakes in the UK (United Kingdom). We only have 2 ~ The Adder (Viper) that is poisonous (but very rarely causes death, except in Dogs sometimes). The other is the more common Grass Snake which is totally harmless.

Poisenous Spiders here are extremely rare! Thank GOD √

Awesome comment, & thanks for all the interesting INFO ~ I will try remember at least some of it!

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I loved Bugs Life!
So when you do come to Australia, come and stay with me and I'll show you whats what here and I promise not to put anything in your bed! 🤣

And remember to rehome- if you absolutely have, not kill, cause like I said, they can be great flatmates and you actually know where they are then too.

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Leave it to the Aussies to be the experts on giant spiders. xD It does look quite similar to the golden orb, although I didn't see any yellow/golden tints.

That story is the start of any good spider horror movie where spiders take over the world. 🤣

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Haaa but don't you know that they have already taken over the world!

Just look at the panic and overreactions they cause to humans- Spiders RULE the world!

(Until the humans kill the poor innocent things with their poison sprays...)

I mean how would you feel if your just chilling out, hanging around waiting for your dinner to fly past then suddenly you've got screaming humans freaking out in front of you and you don't even now what you've done to deserve being chased then murdered like that...

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I let the tiny spiders that live under my living room table be in peace. They know not to bother me when my food is on top of that table, I don't bother them below, perfect harmony. xD

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To be absolutely honest with you I would probably of killed it instantly! 🕷🕸
Nothing that big grows here in the UK ~ Thank GOD 🙏 @rarej √

  • I wonder if they have these scary beasts in the Caribbean 🤔 Anyone know?

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"...s my hair almost got stuck in his nest, or rather, it almost destroyed the web."

Well, I walked under it, because I didn't even realize it. One of the girls I walked with to get some water, told me that she was about to warn me and realized I could walk under it 😂.

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Yeah, but you can walk under almost anything.

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😒😒 hahaha ja ja and it was my height that helped me with the altitude :p

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Yeah when we were kids we used to have sticks at our front and backdoors cause every time we went out at night it was like a game of ninja warriors to get through all of the webs throughout our trees and we have some big trees in our yard too, like Golden Cypruses which is about 30 feet tall (they told mum in 1960 that it would grow to 6ft tall...🤣..) and all of the huntsmens and would spiders LOVE to live in those trees...So we got used the freakout web in the head dance...🤣...

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Hahaha damn scary.
I've watched too many documentaries on wildlife in Australia and am a bit scared, although I would still like to see it someday with the right clothes and gear 😅.

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No you don't need the right clothes and gear, you just need clothes.

I mean, we don't walk about every day wearing safari clothes and boots, we just wear shorts and thongs, mostly bare feet...

Just watch a bugs life first. It's just like that...sort of...🤣

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Just watch a bugs life first. It's just like that...sort of...🤣

Hahahahaa I can imagine.... and I've seen it, so I think I can manage 😅.

...we just wear shorts and thongs, mostly bare feet...

🤣🤣 I do know from a movie of the Olsen twins that there's a beach, so I hope that I can swim hihihi

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Well this is the beach I grew up at....https://peakd.com/hive-119888/@chociscorpipro/just-a-post-about-a-sensational-sea-and-the-place-i-call-home-tathra-nsw which is just around the corner from here https://peakd.com/hive-119888/@chociscorpipro/my-shimmering-stingray-seaphotography-contest--week-156-sea-and-animals and yes you can swim there...BUT there are shark out in the deep- in the deeeeep...

I've never known or heard of anyone to be taken from swimming on the beach, only a swimmer who dove off the old wharf to swim to the beach- which is just silly, cause that's where people fish- off the old wharf, so you NEVER swim where people are fishing. That's just plain stupid.

And at least there's no Crocs down in this part of the world, cause crocs are both land and sea animals and shark are only sea dwelling....And there's no stingers down here- atleast not the really deadly ones anyway...

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...cause that's where people fish- off the old wharf, so you NEVER swim where people are fishing. That's just plain stupid.

I try to abide by that rule here myself. We have piranhas in our rivers and eels and what not, so whenever I see people fishing I'll try not to go swimming there.

Suriname also has sharks, but I think at the coast. Not really inland where the swimming places usually are, so I haven't seen a shark yet in Suriname.

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So you can still swim in the rivers with the Piranhas??? Really?

I've got nothing against sharks, except for the millions of razor sharp teeth and swimming speed....but I don't want to kill them so so many people do..so I like to stay away from them as much as possible thanks, I'm certainly not the Shark Whisperer like this Aussie lady was/is https://www.wildbear.tv/work/playing-with-sharks-the-valerie-taylor-story/

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Hahahaa I'll also stay away from anything that bites. I was even bitten once by a cute bunny you know 😅🤣🤣. I was feeding it and then I had nothing left and it bit me. Also very sharp teeth. Although, if I were in a divers suit in a cage, MAYBE.... I would "swim" with the shark. But it won't be happening tomorrow though hahahaa

So you can still swim in the rivers with the Piranhas??? Really?

Yes, almost all of our rivers have piranhas and some swimming locations are in those rivers. What those businesses then do is put nets in the water, so that the swimmers are "safe". Of course, number 1 rule is to not eat or drink near the water.

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Ok well I don't like to be bitten by anything, not even cute bunnies cause I have seen them get very angry before- that's when they start thumping their back feet and will certainly never EVER go anywhere near a shark, not even in a cage thank you...😬 I may be a bit loopy but I'm not that cra cra...

Ok, so you can swim in the nets where the piranhas are, but not eat of drink near them...??

Why are they like mcdonalds hamburglar...🤔

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Ok, so you can swim in the nets where the piranhas are, but not eat of drink near them...??

Hahahaa yeah come to think of it, it doesn't make sense. I even used to swim in the same river9s) without nets holding those piranhas away and I didn't think much of it. Now's a different story though.

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Yeah and isn't there something not so good about miniscule insects/bacteria that can swim up your stream into you hoohaa and put you in a world of pain...🤔😱

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The insect/bacteria I haven't experienced though.... and also haven't heard of stories of that happening...
I do know that there's some type of fish in the Amazon that does swim into those "tubes" and have seen documentaries about it in Brazil. Suriname is part of the Amazon though, but haven't heard any stories about that type of fish in our waters. I should ask my friends who work in the jungle.

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Yes please and oooooh you have friends that work in the jungles???

What do they do and can I come too?

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So one or two studied Geology who work for an NGO. They regularly go to the deep jungles and sometimes their (food) ration ran out, so they had to eat fish and meat from the region.

So, I know some who went with them to the villages in the South and who I think volunteered on some projects. I think one has to ask and make a good case about the "why?" Although, I think they might have restricted the flow of humans in the region because of the Rona measures ☹️.

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