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beli · 05-16-2005, 02:31 AM

What industry do you work in?

ILuvLarryMullen · 05-16-2005, 11:08 AM

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Originally posted by beli
You reckon all the dangerous insects are outside the house? Not on your Nelly! lol.

that's the part that disturbs me!

Adam'sbaby · 05-16-2005, 01:26 PM

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Originally posted by beli
You reckon all the dangerous insects are outside the house? Not on your Nelly! lol.

How do they get in? I'm guessing you have AC so you don't need to leave a window open for fresh air or something. Can snakes come into your house? If seen that on National Geographic Channel once: The Life of a snake hunters.

This may not be right place to post this but uh I've eaten crocodile meat once (and snake meat too according to my dad!)

Angela Harlem · 05-16-2005, 06:17 PM

Spiders have an uncanny ability to squeeze themselves through spaces you wouldn't deem possible. Huntsmans are very large, as we've seen, and are rumoured to be able to get in through very small spots like under doors etc.
I'm not quite sure what the MO is for carpet snakes and the like though.

beli · 05-16-2005, 06:33 PM

I haven't had a snake inside the house. In the backyard, yep, but not in the house. But snakes aren't that scary really. They are shy creatures and usually "run" a mile away from humans.

Its the little biddy bugs that are the problem.

Tania · 05-17-2005, 06:21 AM

Most animals can get through incredibly small spaces. It you touch your thumb and first finger together to make a circle, that's the space a fully grown possum can squeeze through.

I think you have more chance of getting hit by a bus than hurt by an insect and most of the time you don't even know they are there.

When I first moved to Oz (as a little kiddliewink) a March fly landed on my arm. I spent about 5 minutes screaming my head off for someone to come and "Stop this thing biting me"

It was really pathetic.

dandy · 05-17-2005, 07:25 AM

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Originally posted by Angela Harlem
Spiders have an uncanny ability to squeeze themselves through spaces you wouldn't deem possible. Huntsmans are very large, as we've seen, and are rumoured to be able to get in through very small spots like under doors etc.

:yuk:

Angela Harlem · 05-19-2005, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tania
Most animals can get through incredibly small spaces. It you touch your thumb and first finger together to make a circle, that's the space a fully grown possum can squeeze through.

I think you have more chance of getting hit by a bus than hurt by an insect and most of the time you don't even know they are there.

When I first moved to Oz (as a little kiddliewink) a March fly landed on my arm. I spent about 5 minutes screaming my head off for someone to come and "Stop this thing biting me" It was really pathetic.

Isn't it March flies which give you a massive painful itchy welt when they bite? It's one of those big bastard flies.

Dandy ever considered where a redback could squeeze through?

dandy · 05-19-2005, 06:41 AM

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Originally posted by Angela Harlem

Dandy ever considered where a redback could squeeze through?

that's just mean.

lessee, i bitch about the snow in canada quite a bit, but could i handle human size spiders hiding in my showerhead any better?

i would be such a girly girl if i lived in australia.

Angela Harlem · 05-20-2005, 04:53 AM

well luckily half of australian men eat beer cans for breakfast and like to slaughter any livestock which might want to endanger your life.

..the other half will hide behind you screaming like girls.

melon · 05-20-2005, 08:19 AM

Weeeee....

http://ufbir.ifas.ufl.edu/c30Image6j.jpg

Melon

beli · 05-20-2005, 02:51 PM

Corr! What are the big bastards on the left?

Tania · 05-23-2005, 12:29 AM

They look like cockroaches to me.

beli · 05-23-2005, 01:18 AM

Thats what I thought too.

Angela Harlem · 05-23-2005, 03:26 AM

Madagascan (sp loll) roaches.

The kind those morons on reality shows eat.

Adam'sbaby · 05-23-2005, 10:16 AM

Is a March Fly big or small and what does it look like? I've never seen any of the bugs I've seen here. Never knew there were so many different kinds of bugs on this planet....

But I do know what a lady bug looks like 'though. And what a normal housefly looks like too

beli · 05-23-2005, 03:31 PM

A lady bug! A lady bug! Singular? We get plagues of lady bugs here, mate. The whole landscape turns orangey- red. Okay, it already WAS orangey-red but it tuns a different shade of orangey-red when the lady bugs descended. I recall the Great Lady Bug Plague of 1937. I had just returned from 'nam when suddenly......

Tania · 05-23-2005, 06:20 PM

Watch any Australian speak. They talk through closed lips.

And why is that you ask????

To stop the bugs getting in.....

Tania · 05-23-2005, 06:37 PM

A March fly is 3cm long. Big MOFOs.

blueeyedgirl · 05-24-2005, 03:19 AM

It's got legs, this thread!

05-16-2005, 02:31 AM	#41
beli Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a frock in Western Australia Posts: 15,464 Local Time: 08:06 AM	What industry do you work in? __________________

05-16-2005, 06:17 PM	#44
Angela Harlem Jesus Online Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: a glass castle Posts: 30,163 Local Time: 11:06 AM	Spiders have an uncanny ability to squeeze themselves through spaces you wouldn't deem possible. Huntsmans are very large, as we've seen, and are rumoured to be able to get in through very small spots like under doors etc. I'm not quite sure what the MO is for carpet snakes and the like though. __________________

05-20-2005, 04:53 AM	#50
Angela Harlem Jesus Online Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: a glass castle Posts: 30,163 Local Time: 11:06 AM	well luckily half of australian men eat beer cans for breakfast and like to slaughter any livestock which might want to endanger your life. ..the other half will hide behind you screaming like girls. __________________

05-23-2005, 03:26 AM	#55
Angela Harlem Jesus Online Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: a glass castle Posts: 30,163 Local Time: 11:06 AM	Madagascan (sp loll) roaches. The kind those morons on reality shows eat. __________________

05-24-2005, 03:19 AM	#60
blueeyedgirl Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bottom of the earth Posts: 6,776 Local Time: 09:36 AM	It's got legs, this thread! __________________

05-16-2005, 06:33 PM	#45
beli Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a frock in Western Australia Posts: 15,464 Local Time: 08:06 AM	I haven't had a snake inside the house. In the backyard, yep, but not in the house. But snakes aren't that scary really. They are shy creatures and usually "run" a mile away from humans. Its the little biddy bugs that are the problem.

05-17-2005, 06:21 AM	#46
Tania New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 2,710 Local Time: 08:06 AM	Most animals can get through incredibly small spaces. It you touch your thumb and first finger together to make a circle, that's the space a fully grown possum can squeeze through. I think you have more chance of getting hit by a bus than hurt by an insect and most of the time you don't even know they are there. When I first moved to Oz (as a little kiddliewink) a March fly landed on my arm. I spent about 5 minutes screaming my head off for someone to come and "Stop this thing biting me" It was really pathetic.

05-20-2005, 08:19 AM	#51
melon ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ásgarðr Posts: 11,789 Local Time: 08:06 PM	Weeeee.... http://ufbir.ifas.ufl.edu/c30Image6j.jpg Melon

05-20-2005, 02:51 PM	#52
beli Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a frock in Western Australia Posts: 15,464 Local Time: 08:06 AM	Corr! What are the big bastards on the left?

05-23-2005, 12:29 AM	#53
Tania New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 2,710 Local Time: 08:06 AM	They look like cockroaches to me.

05-23-2005, 01:18 AM	#54
beli Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a frock in Western Australia Posts: 15,464 Local Time: 08:06 AM	Thats what I thought too.

05-23-2005, 10:16 AM	#56
Adam'sbaby War Child Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beyond The Rain Posts: 921 Local Time: 02:06 AM	Is a March Fly big or small and what does it look like? I've never seen any of the bugs I've seen here. Never knew there were so many different kinds of bugs on this planet.... But I do know what a lady bug looks like 'though. And what a normal housefly looks like too

05-23-2005, 03:31 PM	#57
beli Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a frock in Western Australia Posts: 15,464 Local Time: 08:06 AM	A lady bug! A lady bug! Singular? We get plagues of lady bugs here, mate. The whole landscape turns orangey- red. Okay, it already WAS orangey-red but it tuns a different shade of orangey-red when the lady bugs descended. I recall the Great Lady Bug Plague of 1937. I had just returned from 'nam when suddenly......

05-23-2005, 06:20 PM	#58
Tania New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 2,710 Local Time: 08:06 AM	Watch any Australian speak. They talk through closed lips. And why is that you ask???? To stop the bugs getting in.....

05-23-2005, 06:37 PM	#59
Tania New Yorker Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 2,710 Local Time: 08:06 AM	A March fly is 3cm long. Big MOFOs.

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