Brighton and Worthing is venomous spider capital (From The Argus)
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Brighton and Worthing is venomous spider capital
10:00am Saturday 11th September 2010 in News By Anna Roberts
Brighton and Worthing is venomous spider capital
A venomous spider is weaving a web of terror across Sussex.
Arachnid experts have warned that a relative of the deadly black widow has established itself in the county.
The creepy critters – known as false black widows – are more prolific in Brighton and Worthing than anywhere else in the UK.
For full story see today's Argus.
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tangerine.tabby
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11:14am Sat 11 Sep 10
wendyachichaou
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11:41am Sat 11 Sep 10
strange fish
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1:37pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Top at drug deaths!
Top at parking tickets!
Top at parking prices!
Top at sexual transmitted diseases!
Now top at venomous arachnids!!!
Well done Brighton.
I'm fairly sure Ive missed out another recent high flying achievement
strange fish
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1:39pm Sat 11 Sep 10
EroThraX
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1:50pm Sat 11 Sep 10
These things are literally everywhere in my house, garden and surrounding area for years.
You have to be incredibly lucky to see your usual Tegenaria house spider any more.
clubrob6
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2:20pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Granny
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2:45pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Tammy Flugh
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3:40pm Sat 11 Sep 10
strange fish wrote:You're right, you've missed the alcohol.
Another great award for Brighton!
Top at drug deaths!
Top at parking tickets!
Top at parking prices!
Top at sexual transmitted diseases!
Now top at venomous arachnids!!!
Well done Brighton.
I'm fairly sure Ive missed out another recent high flying achievement
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Grumpygit
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4:25pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Morpheus
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4:28pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Grumpygit
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acoustic
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5:37pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Grumpygit
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5:59pm Sat 11 Sep 10
wobblybike
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6:28pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Granny wrote:Is your spelling of "grammar" correct, Granny my love? Bless...
Maybe clubrob6 can suggest another way to get the country back on its feet again. Perhaps he could stand for parliament, as judging by the spelling and grammer in the comment about traffic wardens, he would qualify!
My Point of View
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9:33pm Sat 11 Sep 10
Immortal
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9:59am Sun 12 Sep 10
My Point of View
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3:05pm Wed 15 Sep 10
strange fish wrote:I think we are top in the most Senior Police Officers Dismissed or allowed ot resign following.. 'failures in various things'
Another great award for Brighton!
Top at drug deaths!
Top at parking tickets!
Top at parking prices!
Top at sexual transmitted diseases!
Now top at venomous arachnids!!!
Well done Brighton.
I'm fairly sure Ive missed out another recent high flying achievement
Ming
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9:20am Thu 16 Sep 10
Immortal wrote:http://www.google.co
I think the most shocking thing about this is: The Argus does its scaremongering bit, then doesn't tell us how to identify the spider?!?!
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False widows are generally black with gold markings, and are not hairy. You will know when you see one, they look like a black widow but with gold markings not red, they are different enough in appearance to "normal" spiders for you to notice. I actually think they are quite impressive to look at (even though I am slightly scared of spiders)
They are also very timid and will usually run away from humans (the ones in my house do anyway). I have seen loads in my house since I moved here a few years ago, I just leave them to get on with it and they leave me alone too.... The first time I saw one I googled to find out what it was and found this area has been considered a hotspot for false widows for some years. The bite is similar to a bee or wasp sting, but as with most bites, people react differently. I would definitely rather have these in my house than wasps, and I am not a spider lover at all! I usually catch the big hairy house spiders and put them out (my Mrs is scared of spiders) but I leave the false widows in the house as they seem to stick to one place, live there for weeks and hide every time you come along, I dont get the impression I will wake up with one on my face! False Widows seem to get bad press really
jillyb1 says...
10:37am Sat 11 Sep 10