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Kayback 
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I need help fromthe guys/gals here interested in freaky assed bugs.
I personally think this is a radioactive mutant spider, and I assume by now it has killed and devoured my parents. And it is probably now the size of a pony. However last night at my parents we found this spider. It's about 3" long, with the body roughly one inch. The webit had was about 5' in diameter, and it was a normal flat web, build amongst 3 dimentional anchor webs. seriously, it looked big enough to trap small birds. :) SO, anyone know what it is? 
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bravecoward
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:36am |
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where is the region its located
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Kayback
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:40am |
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/me smaks head. Sorry I always forget some important detail.
I's in Africa. South Africa, southern peninsular. KBK |
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Man Bites Dog
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:48am |
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Dude, you live in Africa.
If watching Discovery Channel has taught me anything, it is don't mess with anything bug-like in Africa. They all have super poison. Edited by Man Bites Dog - 23 March 2008 at 2:49am |
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NotDaveEllis
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:48am |
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Thats why I live in a freakyspiderfreezone.
It does the body good. |
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Benjichang
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:50am |
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Kingtiger
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:52am |
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Personally I would shoot it, because I hate spiders.
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Brian Fellows
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 7:15am |
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 These things can bite through toenails. |
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DzXs
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 8:49am |
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but those arent poisonous.. |
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little devil
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 8:52am |
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Its stuff like this that makes me nice and happy to live in Ontario, worst thing that I know of is rattlers around here. (but for the most part you can hear those before seeing them)
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Brian Fellows
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... By the way, Kayback's spider looks like it's probably just some sort of orb-weaver, which are pretty harmless. Don't take my word for it, though. I'm no spider expert. Edited by Brian Fellows - 23 March 2008 at 8:59am |
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tallen702
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 9:13am |
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It appears to be a nephilengys.
However, their range doesn't extend into S. Africa as much (almost all the way around it, but very little inside the borders. So I could be off by a species or two. Same genus would be my guess. |
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.357 Magnum
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 9:17am |
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Why have you not killed this thing yet ?
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DzXs
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 9:18am |
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i was gonna say it looked like a tarantula, then i read this in your link, "Some of these spiders greatly resemble tarantulas" lol |
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Brian Fellows
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 9:22am |
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Most spiders are beneficial. They keep the populations of pest insects and more dangerous spiders in check. |
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 9:55am |
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I can identify that easily, its a South African GTFO-AND-DON"T-
TOUCH-IT-WITH-A-STICK-STOP-GETTING-CLOSE-ENOUGH-TO- TAKE-ITS-PICTURE-USE-YOUR-GLOCK-AND-BLOW-ITS-NASTY- SAC-ASS-RIGHT-OFF-OF-THAT-TREE. That is NASTY, spiders freak me out, they are the ultimate hunter-killers and that one gross's me right out. I live in the fart sac of planet earth, we have nothing but mud and mosquitoes for 4 months (sometimes called summer), and winter the other 6 months, BUT we have nothing even close to what some people here post. No poisonous snakes, no cockroaches, no lizards, no slimy foot-long slugs, no pictures I have to post and ask "what is this??!11" |
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Imagine there’s a picture of your favourite thing here.
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 10:37am |
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What planet are you on? 6+4=? |
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.357 Magnum
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 10:42am |
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johnny made a no no.
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Klaus
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Posted: 23 March 2008 at 11:14am |
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The top of the wikipage says: "Know as a hermit spider in South Africa." So I'm guessing it's semi-common. And I'm impressed by your wide-base of knowledge, I guess chewp was right about the encyclopedias. |
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