On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 06:28:52 +1100, ruth wrote:


Hi,
I was wondering if anyone else has the problem of spider webs
everywhere. These are quite big spiders, like huntsmen, and i always
thought that they were harmless. (i was amazed the other day watching
one, which was probably down on its luck after i'd removed it's web,
being attacked by a penny lizard, half its size).

Huntsman spiders don't spin webs.

We're always walking into their semi-transparent webs, a horrible
feeling, and they come back religiously. On the way home last night i
went the long way and walked through one between the neighbours
(presently vacant) fence and the tree.

Does anyone know how to control them? I don't want to drive them inside
on any account!

Carry a stick with you and hold it in front of you to take out the webs.

BTW, the Golden Orb Weaver can be trained. Last year I had one that made a web
across a path. I broke it. It remade it so I broke it again. The next day it
spun a new web much higher so I left it alone.