large spider in dash somewhere

[peedman]

Lol had a massive spider crawl onto the accelerator pedal, then i went to get some insect spray and it disappeared! I suspect it is in my dash now, i sprayed heaps into any crack i could get into....now its a waiting game!!!

[gtimk5]

YUK Pedro!!
Poor thing mate, I would get into another car and head off for a spider bomb!
I hate em!!!!
Andrew

[WABIT]

scrap the car man... its not worth it!!!! if that happened to me i would have ran off like a little girl!!!

only joking............. lol

dom

[Golf Houso]

Just watch out if it t crawls from under the steering column and up your up arm whilst your driving...

Just don't crash

[peedman]

after googling i think it was a huntsman spider....it says they arent dangerous but i dont wanna test that out!!! lol do supermarkets sell these spider bombs? ive got to drive the car on monday!!!!

btw this is my second encounter of one of these spiders and my golfs, first one climbed across my car while it was parked and ended up in the rear hatch crack where the rubber sits. it was so hot but we didnt dare wind the windows down as we saw it climb right over the bonnet and on the rear passenger window lol.

[Golf Houso]

after googling i think it was a huntsman spider....it says they arent dangerous but i dont wanna test that out!!! lol do supermarkets sell these spider bombs? ive got to drive the car on monday!!!!

btw this is my second encounter of one of these spiders and my golfs, first one climbed across my car while it was parked and ended up in the rear hatch crack where the rubber sits. it was so hot but we didnt dare wind the windows down as we saw it climb right over the bonnet and on the rear passenger window lol.

Probably is, they won't bite you either, I tried...
If your really going to gas the car, just leave the car with doors, hood windows open etc in the sun in your yard the heat will make it move out. It wants to get out as much you, don't forget that.

[Treza360]

The good thing that huntsman spiders do is they lay there eggs hidden away and then one day they hatch and you get hundreds of tiny little spiders everywhere. Just thought I would share the happy news.

[peedman]

AHAHAHA nice one lol. I think i might park it in the sun and cook it tomorow, anyone for roast spider???

[Treza360]

AHAHAHA nice one lol. I think i might park it in the sun and cook it tomorow, anyone for roast spider???

Good idea. I'm being serious about the baby spiders by the way. It really does happen. It's happened at my place and my parents. Lots of fun with insect spray if that happens.

[VW Convert]

Probably is, they won't bite you either, I tried...

Not necessarily so, my ex wife was bitten by one and she reckoned it hurt like hell, I thought it was bad at the time but look back on it now with great satisfaction!

It could be the one you tried to provoke into biting was a different species, "Huntsman" is not a species as such but a generic term for a group of species.

I never spray them, catch them and toss them out.........but would probably sh*t myself if one appeared while I was driving!

Cheers

George

[evorobin]

Had a fat huntsman living in my passenger wing mirror. Great taste in motors obviously

Having one scuttle across the inside of the windscreen when you're driving at night wakes you up too!

[WEDEL.1]

I heard they get really angry if they are sprayed

Maris

[mr_walker]

If you kept a snake in your car, it would probably scare the spiders away

[blutopless2]

i can relate to this... years ago i had an LX torana and was driving on the freeway.... wondering why i couldn't read the large tacho in the dash.
closer look revealed a huntsman that fit over the whole damn gauge.
needless to say it was the quickest that car had ever stopped from 100kmh.
then i had the problem of finding something to hit it with!!

weirdest part is the heeby jeebies you get as you wonder where the rest of the family is lurking....

[Treza360]

If you kept a snake in your car, it would probably scare the spiders away

I like the way you think. But I think a Magpie or something similar that eats bugs and spiders would probably be a bit more useful (unless it was one of those crazy bird eating spiders of course).