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Old 24-07-2007, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by jthread View Post
went out to my gf pond to clean out the frog mating uck and saw this:

http://www.safaricabs.com/spider1.jpg

http://www.safaricabs.com/spider2.jpg

spidey is bigger in person.

i'm awake now
I have seen this type to, looks like a kind of pond skater but at a guess might be Meta segmentata,Linyphia payculliana, or pisaura Mirabillis.
None of which are poisonous (your quite safe) we have Taratulas and the Chilian Rose only has a bite less poisonous than that of a bee sting.
I seem to remember correct me if i am wrong anyone that a waterboat man as well as having the capacity to drag down tadpoles as they rise to breath and then eat them in the murky depths of a pond can also give a nasty little nip to soft skin tissue. Hope this helps terry,