Posted on 06/10/2015 12:02:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
These spiders don't retreat when approached - quite the opposite
This is the frankly terrifying moment fanged cannibalistic spiders attack.
Mike Rance found dozens of the huge tube spiders living on and around his friend’s home.
And when he put a wooden barbecue skewer near the thick black spiders, instead of retreating like most arachnids would, the spiders lunge.
They are thought to be tube spiders, one of the largest types of spider in the UK.
They have a painful bite, said to be similar to the pain from a bee sting, with pain lasting about six hours.
After the pain subsides, victims are left with a tender area with bite marks.
Tube spiders have six eyes, thick black bodies up to 2.2cm wide and fangs which appear to shine green. They emerge after dark.
Mike, 42, found the spiders in his friend’s house walls on Ludlow Close in Newport last year.
Shortly afterwards, Hadyn Harwood revealed how he found more than 100 of the fanged spiders on his house in Cardiff.
This week, during a barbecue, Mike found that they aren’t to be messed with.
Adding a video to Facebook he said: “My spider is in a bad mood as he hasn’t been fed.
“I thought I would just leave it but last night during a barbecue I used a skewer to get him out.
“I could feel him pulling on it.
“Normally they run out and run back in, but he was quite aggressive.”
He has been feeding the spiders, mainly giving them other insects, spiders and daddy long legs.
“I’ve got used to them and we take no notice of them,” he said.
But, for those fearing an invasion of giant spiders, Mike has some reassuring words.
“It does look bigger on video than it is.”
He added that maybe his eight-legged friends may not be as rare as he first thought.
“They’re quite widespread but I’ve still never seen then anywhere else,” he said.
We should nuke them from space.... Just to be sure.
He’s feeding them spiders, just not this species of spider.
All spiders are cannibalistic.
Some spiders preferred prey is other spiders.
You don't know how RIGHT ON that statement really is.
Hell no thanks.
I believe all spiders do. Females certainly eat males.
Well, I am definitely not dating any spiders for sure
You needed more/bigger fire!
I couldn’t agree with you more. And snakes. One was enough to mess up civilization.
Which I have planned in advance that will be my first question when I go to heaven.
My second question will be about teeth.
You'll love it. It's a way of life.
rofl. we needed a flamethrower! and nuclear weapons. this thing was from hell. I still remember it 20 years later :) and I am terrified of spiders. nothings should have eight eyes! what the heck!
At least they aren’t democrats.
I remember one day in primary school where a teacher stepped on a spider on the floor and out ran MANY baby spiders.
Those look like old Canadian wolf spiders. I used to rent a Canadian fish cabin in the summer and when I went to the outhouse with a lantern for the first time, I’d kill 6 or 7 around the seat/hole and look around while going and see 25 more from the ceiling and down the walls. Buying a newspaper paid off in dividends after reading and rolling it up. No, I had my own TP too.
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