AusBonsai

I just want to ask if any of you guys have any effective ways of preventing spiders from making their homes in a bonsai tree? I have that problem and I'm scared crazily of spiders. Any advice would be appreciated, so what do I do guys?

I do't really think you can do much to keep the spiders away.
The good thing about spiders is that they keep the nasty bugs away

Flesh crawler

Is that a goddam white tail??? KILL IT KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

Thats one nasty big white tip. Looks pregnant too. I would kill that one but those other little garden buggers are harmless.

Ouch !!! I've seen the after effects from a bite from one of these guys and I'd almost prefer to be bitten by a funnel-web!!!

White tailed spiders dont deserve this bad rep they have, there is no actual evidence that white tailed spiders cause necrosis, as far as i know all cases of arachnogenic necrosis resulted from bites of spiders that were not properly identified and a number of cases that didnt even result from a spider bite. There was a study done in 2003 on 130 confirmed white tailed spider bites, out of those 130 bites not a singe one resulted in arachnogenic necrosis instead only caused mild pain, redness of the skin and itching, only mild symptoms and nothing really to fear. I have been bitten by an australian tarantula, only a little guy at approx 80mm leg span and i'm sure that would be quite a bit worse than a white tail, the pain was instant and quite excruciating but luckily ice water took the edge off it.

luckily we don't get funnelwebs here in sa--whitetails and redbacks are whacked straightaway--the rest are ok

Hornet wrote:White tailed spiders dont deserve this bad rep they have, there is no actual evidence that white tailed spiders cause necrosis, as far as i know all cases of arachnogenic necrosis resulted from bites of spiders that were not properly identified and a number of cases that didnt even result from a spider bite. There was a study done in 2003 on 130 confirmed white tailed spider bites, out of those 130 bites not a singe one resulted in arachnogenic necrosis instead only caused mild pain, redness of the skin and itching, only mild symptoms and nothing really to fear. I have been bitten by an australian tarantula, only a little guy at approx 80mm leg span and i'm sure that would be quite a bit worse than a white tail, the pain was instant and quite excruciating but luckily ice water took the edge off it.

I knew John would jump into defense for the white tails lol just a matter of time.

This phlogius rubiseta i had tagged me twice, before i sent him to melbourne to chill out.

Guy wrote:luckily we don't get funnelwebs here in sa--whitetails and redbacks are whacked straightaway--the rest are ok

Sorry to say mate, you have 3 species of funnelweb in south australia lol

VelvetSicklid wrote:

Hornet wrote:White tailed spiders dont deserve this bad rep they have, there is no actual evidence that white tailed spiders cause necrosis, as far as i know all cases of arachnogenic necrosis resulted from bites of spiders that were not properly identified and a number of cases that didnt even result from a spider bite. There was a study done in 2003 on 130 confirmed white tailed spider bites, out of those 130 bites not a singe one resulted in arachnogenic necrosis instead only caused mild pain, redness of the skin and itching, only mild symptoms and nothing really to fear. I have been bitten by an australian tarantula, only a little guy at approx 80mm leg span and i'm sure that would be quite a bit worse than a white tail, the pain was instant and quite excruciating but luckily ice water took the edge off it.

I knew John would jump into defense for the white tails lol just a matter of time.

This phlogius rubiseta i had tagged me twice, before i sent him to melbourne to chill out.

Not that i have an interest in white tails or anything but once you know the facts its hard not to say something when people post these myths lol.

Nice t, how was your reaction to the bite?

Worse than a bredli but not as bad as a ferret No it wasnt fun, once he settled in to his tank, he was no longer handled.

we have redbacks, whitetails, wolfs and various garden type spiders.. (golden orbs are the worst.. webs like fishing line) I try to keep the pots clear for safety sake, I spray the bases of the pots with surface spray every now and again, I find the worst spiders tend to be under the pots, not in the plants

we have wolf spiders, water spiders, trapdoor spiders, mouse spiders, funnelweb spiders, tarantula's and jumping spiders, thats just whats inside lol

did u have to post the same pictures TWICE OMG im crawling lol