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Varda...were do you get these bugs? I am a curious person allright...but all I see cockroaches and millipedes.

I want to see you find and take a picture of an 'Armadeira' and post it up here. :D

Varda...were do you get these bugs? I am a curious person allright...but all I see cockroaches and millipedes.

my backyard

I want to see you find and take a picture of an 'Armadeira' and post it up here. :D

i already have!

it was a Phoneutria keyserlingi though, not a nigriventer

http://a94.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/121/l_124a44ed7561fbcfa46991dbf62096f5.jpg

Varda...were do you get these bugs? I am a curious person allright...but all I see cockroaches and millipedes.

LOL I was going to ask the same thing. I don't see cockroaches :eek:
but I don't see any exotic bugs like that.

I see basic bugs.

i already have!

it was a Phoneutria keyserlingi though, not a nigriventer

http://a94.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/121/l_124a44ed7561fbcfa46991dbf62096f5.jpg

Where the hell was that? It looks massive from that picture :eek:

Yuck! I hate spiders.

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Is that one real? It looks like a fake plastic/rubbery.. thing.

- N

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Is that one real? It looks like a fake plastic/rubbery.. thing.

- N

notice the asymmetrical body? usually plastic figures like that are symmetrical.
And notice the small hairs on the right front leg? a sure sign this thing is real

Just looking at the bottom part of it, it looks fake, but what's the whiter part up top attached to the binder? It looks like you could cut that thing in half and be two different bugs. Weird thing.

- N

Where the hell was that? It looks massive from that picture :eek:

it was the size of my open hand, and it was in my bedroom

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/411/c9ul5.jpg

Is that one real? It looks like a fake plastic/rubbery.. thing.

- N

I have a video of it moving and making web, can't be bothered to compress and upload it though

I have a video of it moving and making web, can't be bothered to compress and upload it though

http://files-upload.com/

under 100mb...will ya plz...

http://files-upload.com/

under 100mb...will ya plz...

i only make high quality vids, they are usually well over 200mb



anyway, these are lame pictures, but they should help you guys understand the spider's shape

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9804/60572509sc2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'm so glad I dont live in the tropics. :)

Too many strange bugs...that bite!

the question here is...how can Varda sleep through all of this?

i've been bitten dozens of times, but never in my sleep, it's because i poke them with my fingers
spiders use their poison to feed, you could say poison is expensive to them... they wouldnt waste a bite on something that they can't eat unless they are feeling threatened by it... if you're sleeping they might just walk over you :p

i've been bitten dozens of times, but never in my sleep, it's because i poke them with my fingers
spiders use their poison to feed, you could say poison is expensive to them... they wouldnt waste a bite on something that they can't eat unless they are feeling threatened by it... if you're sleeping they might just walk over you :p

so what you are saying is that...you are delicious enough for them?

not really, they're just scared of my evil fingers

it was the size of my open hand, and it was in my bedroom

OMG really... I would have screamed. Spiders freak me out, especially the really fast ones.

especially when they crawl on yer face

those pictures are awesome varda!

I don't think I would sleep well knowing that was in my bedroom, even after it was gone. I would wonder what else might be lurking around. :eek:

I don't think I would sleep well knowing that was in my bedroomeven after it was gone. I would wonder what else might be lurking around. :eek:

the rest of its family

the rest of its family

Yeah EXACTLY.....that other white alien looking spider freaks me out too.

almost looks like some candy

Where the hell was that? It looks massive from that picture :eek:

It's arguably the most dangerous spider in the world, the Brazilian Wandering spider. IIRC this was the spider they used as the basis for the spider in the movie Arachniphobia.

i've been bitten dozens of times, but never in my sleep, it's because i poke them with my fingers
Have you been bitten by the Armadeira yet? If so, how did you survive?

i already have!

it was a Phoneutria keyserlingi though, not a nigriventer
What's the difference? Are they both species of the Brazilian Wandering spider?
With that said, it's also called the Banana Spider. There's another spider that has that nickname, the Golden Orb Spider, which happens to be my favorite. They were all over the place in Okinawa. Their webs are as big as bedsheets. Very beautiful spider.
http://davidmichaelkennedy.com/blog/media/heather-banana-spider.jpg

What kind of centipedes do you have down there?

That white spider has got to be the coolest one I have ever seen. I wonder why it evolved like that. Does it hide in orchids or other white flowers?

I don't think I would sleep well knowing that was in my bedroom, even after it was gone. I would wonder what else might be lurking around. :eek:

most spiders are loners
wandering spiders are very particularly solitary

most spiders are loners
wandering spiders are very particularly solitary

Excellent images again Varda ! :)

While spiders may be loners, they have to lay eggs sometime..
If they live in your house they probably also consider it a good place to make a nest. The spiderlings can't all migrate I suppose so you end up with dozens of wanderers :D

i only make high quality vids, they are usually well over 200mb



anyway, these are lame pictures, but they should help you guys understand the spider's shape

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9804/60572509sc2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

does it have like ass cancer or something or is its rear always that lumpy

It's supposed to be that lumpy lol
Part of the disguise..

It's supposed to be that lumpy lol
Part of the disguise..

neat. like the pic never met a female intrested in bugs before. reptile i have but bugs no.( refering to varda)

neat. like the pic never met a female intrested in bugs before. reptile i have but bugs no.( refering to varda)

Really ? I know legions ;)

Have you been bitten by the Armadeira yet? If so, how did you survive?



hahaha no, i haven't, I am very cautions whe dealing with powerful poison producing spiders :)


What's the difference? Are they both species of the Brazilian Wandering spider?

yes they are both from the Phoneutria family. The nigriventer has black and white rings around the legs which become very prominent when they assume that classic defensive stance, with 4 legs up. The keyserlingi is all brown. I don't know which one is the most poisonous.


With that said, it's also called the Banana Spider.

yeah, they got that nickname from traveling the world inside banana boxes and they killing the fuck out of everything that goes into the storages


There's another spider that has that nickname, the Golden Orb Spider, which happens to be my favorite. They were all over the place in Okinawa. Their webs are as big as bedsheets. Very beautiful spider.
http://davidmichaelkennedy.com/blog/media/heather-banana-spider.jpg

Nephila clavipes! It's one of my favourires too. Ours are green

http://a712.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/125/l_e1094bdd8998fc17ac626fc1e7180d07.jpg


What kind of centipedes do you have down there?

i havent seen many centipedes... the ones I've seen looked pretty normal

Really ? I know legions ;)

thats cool. i find it neat that it seems like more females are in to animals than males now whatever the animals are. i know when i brought my pet snake to school for aa project one day all the girls in the class wanted to hold it and the boys were afraid of it.

thats cool. i find it neat that it seems like more females are in to animals than males now whatever the animals are. i know when i brought my pet snake to school for aa project one day all the girls in the class wanted to hold it and the boys were afraid of it.

lol well, I don't think women are quite there yet concerning bugs :p
Go to www.renderosity.com and visit the photography section choose Macro. Lots of female bug-photographers there.
I used to be part of the community there, well still am I suppose..

hahaha no, i haven't, I am very cautions whe dealing with powerful poison producing spiders :)
How do you deal with them? Aren't they one of the few spiders that will actually charge a human?



yes they are both from the Phoneutria family. The nigriventer has black and white rings around the legs which become very prominent when they assume that classic defensive stance, with 4 legs up.
The funnel web spider in Austrailia that assumes that kind of defensive stance, and is coincidentally Australia's most poisonous spider.


yeah, they got that nickname from traveling the world inside banana boxes and they killing the fuck out of everything that goes into the storages
Yep. That's the plotline (albeit I can't remember if it was bananas or something else) that was used in the movie Arachnophobia. I'll have to look that one up.


Nephila clavipes! It's one of my favourires too. Ours are green

http://a712.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/125/l_e1094bdd8998fc17ac626fc1e7180d07.jpg

I've been reading that the Golden Orb spider web fibers are the strongest of all web fibers. A strand would have to be a 1/2 mile long before it would break under its own weight. That's pretty neat.

How do you deal with them? Aren't they one of the few spiders that will actually charge a human?

The funnel web spider in Austrailia that assumes that kind of defensive stance, and is coincidentally Australia's most poisonous spider.


yes! just look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbteZPMIi4o&feature=related

i deal with them by keeping a safe distance :)


I've been reading that the Golden Orb spider web fibers are the strongest of all web fibers. A strand would have to be a 1/2 mile long before it would break under its own weight. That's pretty neat.

yeah, they are using it to make anti-bullet vests i think

I am very cautions whe dealing with powerful poison producing spiders :)


Varda reminds me of the late Crocodile Hunter lol

Varda "Spider Hunter"

Varda, can you say "crikey" for us? :D

- N

I want to see you find and take a picture of an 'Armadeira' and post it up here. :D

i already have!

ooooh! touche!
what say you now mikey?