Re: [Paddlewise] Funnel web spiders..

From: SRI <sailboatrestorations_at_worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:41:17 -0000
Are the ones in AU also commonly called "Aggressive House Spiders" and
"Hobo Spiders"?  I've had a few building their funnel webs around the
foundation of my house--I hate using chemicals, but the exterminator
took good care of them.

I was recently bitten by what appears to have been a "House Spider" or "Hobo
Spider", and I can tell you for sure, I don't want that to happen again.  I
was recently cut pretty badly by a chain saw (it has not been my year), and
I can say with certainty I'd take the chain saw over the spider any day.
Before, I would not allow anyone to kill an insect or spider in or around my
house.  Now, I kill everything in sight.  And before you judge, ask
yourself: have you ever been bitten by one of these things?  If not, well, .
. . 'nuf said.
Mark

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