Aquila Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 It is a male Dolomedes spider - absolutely harmless native. The females are considerably plumper. Just carry it gently outside and put it under some leaves. If you piss about with it too long it will die of stress. Maybe it was trying to go fishing in your tanks pheonix....lol :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 i was away for a week and left the windows open, probably climbed in for the warmth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Nice SamH lol Thanks N1CK, I was surprised to see one like that here :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 If you piss about with it too long it will die of stress. Awwww, what a shame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 You aren't scared of a creature that weighs a couple of grams, are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Ebola weighed even less then that You aren't scared of a creature that weighs a couple of grams, are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 SamH, yours looks like a sheetweb. Kind of reddish brown with huge fangs? We got a few at our house. Husband found a big one as big as my palm *next to our bed* (must have come in the window over where I sleep - hopefully not via my pillow!).... anyway released it at the top of our long driveway. They are nocturnal - I found him very slowly plodding his way down to our garage a few hours later :lol: So we had to rehome 20min walk into bush after that!! They are very cool spiders, quite gentle despite 4mm fangs! We found a dead one, pinned out its legs and my son took him to school - kids loved it. (well, one parent didn't. Little bit of a freak out happened LOL). Tho I would rather they didn't come in my bedroom window at night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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