#Wolf spider are they poisonous plus

In the evening, I was sat on the balcony reading when I was bitten under my foot by something sharp. Some years ago, we were staying on the 18th floor of a hotel in Melbourne. I was interested in some of the stories of spider bites. We have redbacks here, but I’ve not seen one in the 18 years we’ve been in this house (Seaview Downs, Adelaide, SA). I quite like spiders and am happy to have huntsman and other house spiders around. Some absolutely fascinating information on this page. Have no idea how we managed to breed an ‘arachnaphobic’ daughter – I’m so glad she didn’t live where I was born = occasionally a huntsman landed on my young face while I slept in bed… ho hum and the sweet little white ‘flower’ spiders etc etc. I love the morning sun shining on diamonds left on the webs after a damp night – especially of the golden web’s spiders they are a work of art. we’re led to believe the reds sometimes kill children but rarely adults, unlike the east’s funnel web -shuddderrr black house spiders in my book are the next in line of nasty reactions. I have not heard of these little friends biting a human or a pet and I’ve been on this earth for many decades….maybe the weather and sandy gardens are kinder to our little wolves – I luv ’em.Īs a kid I soon learnt where the red backs lived -I know of immigrant friends who have been bitten by them. generally they go only a few centimetres –v quickly. The wolf spiders I know are far more fearful of me – I often sit on the lawn while I pull out tiny leaves: and even when I sweep the pavers around the lawn, there are little scurrying wolf spiders who want to move away from me the giant. The spider that bit me had thicker eyebrows, a bigger gap between its fangs and a cheeky smile!” Spiders with personalised characteristics? I don’t know what kind of camera they used for this, but you can make out every single detail of this spider and, dare I say, you can even pick out features of its face. This astonishing YouTube video will scare the life out of you if you don’t like spiders, the rest of you will be fascinated though. For a spider, it has pretty good vision and as a hunter, it’s very fast. It has eight legs like other spiders, but this particular spider also has eight eyes. Now, I know I’ve already said this spider looks like any other spider, but the reality is that it doesn’t.

#Wolf spider are they poisonous plus

On the plus side, Wolf Spiders are one of the very few creatures that can actually kill cane toads, as well as taking out other nasty spiders. That did surprise me, although it is impossible to put a number on it, so I’m not sure how big or small the problem might be. But interestingly, if you are a cat or a dog, and you happen to get bitten by a Wolf Spider, you could be dead within half an hour! Obviously if you are an insect, then you are likely to be Wolf Spider dinner. Not pleasant, but these spiders are not killers, not of humans anyway. According to my critter Bible, the Wolf Spider bite is likely to “ Cause mild to local effects, including itchiness, red welts, bruising, a rapid pulse rate, nausea, vomiting, faintness, leg weakness and prolonged headache.” Wikipedia, of course, have a much better photograph of the Wolf Spider…Īnyway, Mike is almost certainly going to be just fine. I put it down to the paranoia of a newly arrived immigrant in Australia. These pictures first appeared in my post called Spiders – There’s Good News and There’s Bad News and at the time I speculated that the first picture may even have been a Funnel Web Spider. I took a photograph of some spiders who intruded into my home in the early days in hindsight I’m guessing that these are all Wolf Spiders… Around 25 mm in length, that’s about 1 inch, although I’ve heard some can get a fair bit bigger than that.Īpparently, here in Australia, we have over 400 species of Wolf Spiders. I’ve probably seen quite a few of these spiders since I’ve been here in Australia, and to be honest, they look just like any other spider. That largely depends not on who you are, but what you are. Well, if he was, what is going to happen to him? Are Australian Wolf Spiders dangerous?

Mike was bitten by a spider the other day he thinks it was a Wolf Spider. I was reminded to do so though, when Mike made a comment on my post What It’s Really Like to Be Bitten by a Redback Spider.

I suppose it is quite surprising that up until now I haven’t written anything about Wolf Spiders. Life in Australia – Moving to Australia – By BobinOz ≡ Menu