[mark mann]

i must admit i have come accross some this year largge and small that i think bloody hell they look like something that should be in africa or something.

 i wonder with climate change that we are now home to any dangerous spiders - a thread on he from one guys says and invasion of wasp spiders that bite -

any body in the know on this one ?

the other strange thing is ive noticed is i can climb walls with ease - (obviously this is bxxxxxxs coz ive just posted a topic for a trad ladder lol)

 

[Spruce]

Come on guys - they are only spiders. The one we were weary of in Africa was the Black Widow spider whose bite could be deadly to vunerable humans, but they were not aggressive, so only bit if they were under threat. The only real danger with a Black Widow was the male counterpart who usually gets killed and eaten by her after mating - nice!

By far an large they were treated as friends, and the only time you removed old cobwebs inside your home is when they got a bit dusty - otherwise they trapped mosquitoes and other insects which were potentially more dangerous.

Spruce