Would these have killed me? (spiders)

OSB · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:37

I was clearing out the shed at the weekend and there were more than a few spiders in there! Some of them looked pretty fearsome, any ideas what these three are (and whether they would have killed me!).

1:

2: probs the same as 1

3: there's no scale but from head to tail (ie not legs) he was around 6-7cm

Cheers,

OSB

OSB · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:38

SideWinder · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:38

/DIES.

Werewolf · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:39

Yes, yes they would.

Eastbourn is currently suffering from a plague of deadly arachnids, it's so bad that they've driven off the infestation of deadly snakes.

sanaxe1 · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:39

You was lucky to escape with your life, your going to have to destroy your shed with fire im afraid.

G-MAN2004 · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:41

Oh God, you were lucky there mate.

pingwing · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:43

You lucky to survive as your also having to deal with the plague of irish used to drive out the snakes.....

.Lethal · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:43

Jesus THOSE things are in our country... I cant believe it didn't bite you.

You are one lucky guy.

gort · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:44

Begbie · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:52

Yep prepare to die!

Amnesia · 22 Jul 2008 at 21:58

they always start out in the shed....they then wipe out the surrounding area.
go watch arachnophobia for proof

benjo plz. · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:01

The top one is a false widow.

Werewolf said:
Yes, yes they would.

Eastbourn is currently suffering from a plague of deadly arachnids.

I'm trying to work out if that's a joke or not

VFR_KID · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:05

Torch the shed best bet even if it doesnt work the masculine feeling of creating fire and destroying something so quickly and so well is overwhelmin. just watch cast away with tom hanks when he created fire o the joy on the mans face

semi-pro waster · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:06

benjo plz. said:
I'm trying to work out if that's a joke or not

I'll go out on a limb and say it is, Werewolf is just deadpanning.

And nah, you wouldn't be in too much danger, even if those spiders were poisonous (and from my very limited knowledge I don't think they are) the chances are slim that they'd try to attack unless you were threatening them.

Cuchulain · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:06

Top two look like false widows, nasty bite but not life threatening, bottom one looks like a house spider.

Morba · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:11

bottom one is large but nothing worrying (thats me saying that!!! madness!)
first 2 (especially no1) look evil.

ElectroBlaster · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:14

Number 2 has an ucanny "black widow" look about it!

Richiev4 · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:15

Just be thankful it wasn't one of these

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Steve2000 · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:19

Or one of these:

gord · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:21

Richiev4 said:
Just be thankful it wasn't one of these

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I killed many ants today with a mere spray, granted you would need a Ronseal Giant Ant Sprayer to attack that thing, but it would still die.

Now I tried to spray a spider once, it took the spray off of me, drank the liquid pure and proceeded on its metropolis rage, which was odd being in a village, but nonetheless literally pounds of damage ensued requiring an eventual ovarian punch from orbit.