big freaking spider

[John Koch-Northrup]

...in our basement. Had to be a wolf spider. It's still alive in our dyson vacuum. Bad year for spiders!

[sympathetic | DIVISION]

We have an infestation of Redback spiders in our garage, which are pretty bloody nasty critters! So my three year old daughter has to go take a look! Why are children such curious little people???? We need to get the exterminator in to gas the little buggers! Their egg-sacks are everywhere, so from now on I refuse to go & grab the lawnmower. I'd rather live in the jungle that is our lawn than enter the spider's domain!!!! On top of that we have Orb-Weavers roaming around the outdoor dining area, last thing you wanna do is walk through their webs in the middle of the night when you're an arachnophobe!

Australia is filled with creatures that'll kill ya! This site has some great info on Australia's deadliest critters!

http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/shorter/story.htm

So if any of you are planning on visiting our shores, deserts, rain forests, backyards, gazebos or shops just make sure you pack a big stick!!!! ;)