I knew this would be you, you sick.... sick woman!!!!!!
Now, you keep them in your shed.... and I'll keep them in mine! xo :)

Hey Kayb's by the end of our journey you'll love spiders!!! ;)

I'm not gonna lie...I thouhgt this was awesome! I know...I should be all squirmy, but I find animal behavior pretty intruiging....

I'm with you FunF, it is awesome, gotta look at it like mother nature's creatures surviving (or not)!!

*shutter* i HATE spiders. jesus. thanks for the nightmares i'm going to have tonight.

soliloquy = I hope you didn't have nightmare :) thanks for visiting, I don't always have such amazing photos! :)

*shudders*.... You couldn't have written even 'I had a horrible day' or something??? Thanks Kellie!!! lol

Hugs my friend :)

Hey Mr Bob, gotta love nature don't ya!? lol xx

Hm, disturbing.

Hey Noah, I certainly wouldn't have kept the snake inside .. I probably would've taken photos though! Lol :)

Gee's ETS you'll frighten the visitors away, this was a carefully kept National secret until today. Don't tell anyone about the redbacks on the toilet seats, nobody will come here and you will be responsible for the collapse of our tourist trade. Are you having a hot spell in Melbourne, it's winter and all those snakes should be tucked up in bed. LOL

Hey Sharn, these aren't my pics! :) I'm not sure of the source, a friend sent it to me.. and of course I had to share it! It's too cold here for snakes too :)

I love this ... not only the spider and snake, which every Aussie learns to deal with as a kid. But the fact that the person who first found it, left it there and continued to watch and record the feast... AMAZING... Loved it!
Read Bill Bryson's downunder... I laughed 'til I cried. Sue

Hey Sue, YES! You are right we do learn to deal with spiders and snakes as young tackers... I agree the person is amazing, and glad to have been sent it!..

Billy Bryson's downunder? Ok is that a book?

Book by a Yank who travels extensively ... his take on Aussie wildlife is priceless.

ahhh Ok excellent :)

That was pretty cool.. however, it makes me seriously think twice about coming to visit Australia!

Hey CG, honestly I've NEVER seen a snake in the wild, or in my backyard! lol.. I've only ever seen them in the zoos. As for spiders well I'd be lying if I said I'd never seen them around the house, yard etc.

Hi CG & Kel, We do get the occasional snake in the backyard, but they are very shy creatures unless protecting their nests. Dad's an old snake handler and we are all able to shoo them into a bag or something similar and release down the bush / river. I used a post tube last time I had a baby black snake in the office and let it go a couple of miles away. It wasn't happy with me at all but you sort of expect that. lol

Awww I'm so jealous!! I'd love to have that skill...

I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING AND DISTURBING!!!!!!!!!!!

But you know I still love you...... although you are weird and warped!!!! xo :)

Hey Kaybs with your suggestion I've added the song! Lol

I'm with ADH. Oz: Land of Tim Tams, good friends, and carnivorous spiders. Just point me to the immigration office. Only thing, though, do I have to declare my guns on the customs form? Maybe I'm too wild at heart even for Australia...

Hey David, NO GUNS!! lol... we have enough venomous and lethal items around (snakes, spiders etc) without guns! lol

I am both disgusted and fascinated. I love the animal behaviours and the capture and prey but the pics just were gross.

Hey Moxi, I hear you, and I understand! But hey it's nature and you can't fault the way "things" survive.

jeez- if thats your spiders- what the heck are you Beetles like? I don't think I wannna know...

Mike, the beetles are small and cute, that's why the spiders go for meals in snakes, not snacks in insects! lol

*shrug*

I told you.

Hey Long, I KNOW!!!! I thought of you when I got the email with this in it!!! lol

nevertheless...the spider definately had a lavish meal...

Hey moonie, YES!! You are very correct, the spider will probably feed on this snake for months! :)

They say the heat and the flies here can drive a man insane. But you don't have to believe that, and nor does that bright mauve elephant that just cycled past.

-- (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent)

Best anecdotal book ever written about Australia.

LOl... love it Long! :)

I have no fear of spiders but snakes make me scream. Oh and bats too. Having said that, I found this amazing also. Nature is cruel but fascinating and the thought of a tiny spider having that much power against something so huge makes me think about women - lol. E x

Hey Auntie E, I don't like snakes either, but hey if I keep enough spiders around the yard, I wont have to worry about Snakes! lol

Yes you are right... I see the parallels. xxx

I would be terrified out of my mind. I'm petrified of insects and arachnids but strangely okay with snakes. This further proves that my fear is nowhere near irrational.

Anon, it's not that bad, honestly, this is rare, well rare that we get to see it I guess, and only in the bush - outback or farms do you get snakes. The spiders are another matter, but a shoe can easily fix them up!

Kel you are supossed to be killing the spiders before I arrive. I really would like to see pictures of dead spiders in the future :)

Okay D, that's the orders for me .. ever dead one I see I will photograph just for you, so you know when you come visit me you'll be safe and spider free! xx

Love your new pic Kel!

thanks Jo, I just changed it back to me .. well me older! lol :)

Wow, this was pretty cool.

Louis, I agree, Unfortunately Big D doesn't!!! lol

Awesome!

thanks Tony, worth a look hey :)

Dang! I've seen some amazing snake/spider/scorpion/centipede rodeos, but this beats all! I'd be worried I would be next with this ambitious spider.

circe, it's pretty amazing isn't it .. mind you I did not take the photos! I'll try to find out where they were taken :)

Terrifying! That is the stuff of my nightmares. I thought I was getting over my arachnaphobia - guess not.

SecretChronicles, I'm so sorry, but just remember they are only photos ;)

Don't be sorry. The photo's are interesting indeed. I am just terrified of spiders, and ones that are large enough to take on a snake - I shudder at the thought.

OMFG haha Im scared on two effects ;O..YIKES!, and i thought slugs in my graden mating earlier was amusing :S..Haha :P.

Photos Sar? Photos??? I hope you'll catch those slugs and share 'em with us! lol :) xxx

I knew there was a reason I always wanted to visit there. That's pretty cool! I've never seen that before :D

Heatherlyn, well there are so many more fascinating sites in Australia than the wild life but I'll admit the wildlife is pretty awesome :)

I wpuld have freaken freaked out. here I am licensed for pesticides and I am petrified of snakes and spiders. In fact I had to be excused from spider and snake classes. You don't want to be around me when I see one. I am a screaming idiot. Then I can't sleep unless I have one eye open. Sorry but I had to scroll fast through the pics.

Kal, wow you are that scared of them? Well from now on I'll post snake and spider warnings for you at the start, don't want to scare off my friends :)

Those photos are so morbidly fascinating. You want to look away but can't. So very cool! :o) -- Stormy.

Hey Stormy, they are amazing photos .. Although I didn't take them I would've loved to have though, just not in MY OFFICE! lol

You're right, Easy, this IS absolutely fascinating. Of course, that's easy for me to say...from the other side of the planet! :)

Hey Boots, I'm not sure where this was taken in the country, but you certainly wouldn't see it in the office I work in which is very much city living :)

Ok, that seals it! I always wanted to visit Australia, until the Discovery Channel started airing shows about all the venomous and deadly little ( and not so little)squirmies you've got there! Now I see this pic, and what REALLY freaks me out, was this was taken in an OFFICE!! I would totally crap a cow if I ever saw that next to a desk I was working at!! OMG!!!

Lol Gigglegirl, honestly Australia is pretty much like your California... and the spiders and snakes well hardly ever see them. Come visit I'll look after you! x xx