Tavern's Member Picture Gallery.

Fridge spiders; four so far this year, even though tassie is havin' a cool summer.
The seven years I've been here, the Huntsmans have never hung out in the fridge, even though last summer was quite hot.
This one and two others were in the door, the first one was in the shelves on top of me pineapple container.

Spoiler

 

I can't truly judge the size of that thing, but it looks big enough to make me scream like a girl were I to encounter it first hand.

Is it dangerous?

 

Just can’t believe yr a man. Four years wasted.

 

Here's one in the palm of someone's hand for a bit of reference, although I believe they can get larger than this.

ETA: Apparently their leg span can get up to 12 inches.

 

Nope. Just no.

 

I'm sorry.

Anyway, you're from Yorkshire. That's man enough for the both of us. Eh up, sithee, etc.

 

Here's one next to a modestly sized human for further comparison.

Spoiler: For size

 

Here come the cold sweats!

 

@Jud
Fether war Yorks - I’m ‘international’

 

Seems they get rather large, then!

 

Wicked Cool!!

A trained attack-spider! Nice pet!

 

We do not need this spider. We would not miss this spider if it went away. Or if an accident were to happen to it. We would not consider such an accident "unfortunate." Rather, we would read about such an accident in the papers and nod to ourselves in quiet satisfaction. Later that evening, we would retire to our chambers and pour ourselves a wee dram of something old, alcoholic, and deeply satisfying to celebrate the welcome absence of this spider. And we would sleep easy, our dreams free of horrifyingly-large malevolent spiders such as the one in the picture above.

We do not need this spider.

 

Heartily second that. I have an aversion to living cheek to jowl with anything that is likely to bite, poison or eat me. Where I live, we have squirrels.

Had a great time yesterday, watching one tormenting a fox. Fox was sitting at the back of our garden, while the squirrel was hanging out JUST out of easy reach, unconcernedly scraping through the fallen leaves for goodies. However, every now and then it would run partway up our pear tree and sit chittering and twitching its tail, letting the fox know the squirrel was perfectly aware of its presence, and would be able to easily escape any attack. It was funny watching that fox, idly scratching its load of fleas, and thinking ...can I be bothered even TRYING? Nope. The fox eventually left, and the squirrel just carried on the ever-0ngoing hunt for goodies.

 

I was going to be like, "but doesn't Scotland have bears and wild boar?" but then I remembered they both went extinct there a few centuries ago. See, I'm up on the times.

 

- Legs spread out, about 100mm diameter.
- Non aggressive, though they spook easily and their size and speed make them scary, especially the huge fangs.
- When they walk across my desk at night while I'm typing, you can actually hear their footsteps.
- Non-poisonous, though bite can get infected. Not known for attacking people, but have been known to do so if cornered, thus they really only attack when they feel threatened with no escape route.
- Experiential fact: don't get them drunk on rum, they will relentlessly chase you around the room as long as you're in eye sight.

 

That’s a truly terrifying thought!

 

Yeah, giant fuzzy creepy spiders don't come to mind when considering drinking buddies.

 

The experience is worse. I was in my teens at the time. We had to snag the beast and place her outside...in order to sleep well that night, on the other side of the road 100ft from our abode.

 

Love this picture of Jimmie Rogers, or more specifically the guy left of picture. A Paul Gascoigne ancestor maybe??

 

Awoke 1am. Went to wash me face. Was met with this in the bathroom.
I know the tiny creek next to the house is toxic due to farm chemical runoff and pinetree forestry spraying, but didn't know how bad.
Couldn't get the image any more focused, due to not wanting to get too close.
And the lighting was obscured. Went back to take a better pick...it was not amused.
How many legs is that!

Spoiler

 

Conjures images of monstrous arachnid beasties creeping in at night and typing...

 

Doh! Cheers. Fixed.

 

Finally finished my first miniature in, oh, a decade or so. It was a fair bit of work, but I think it turned out okay. Seven to go.

Spoiler: Images

 

I’m not into such stuff but I can appreciate it nonetheless. I take it these are model kits and not built from scratch?