Welcome to my parlour

She did well to catch her lunch so quickly :)

EEEEWWWWWWW!
Can't wait to see what Pixi says!

surely there is some suitable music to go with this!

What do you mean EEEEWWWWWWW! ? Pixi loves 'em Lol ;)

It's enough doing the pictures never mind the music Sticki.

how about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ac4xamCIgY

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk

Of the two it would have to be the second... takes me back to a Saturday morning way back.

thats the one i had in mind!!!

That's gorgeous (I love spiders!)

I don't mind spiders either - it's toads that give me the creeps!

Hello Sheilar... I have thousands of them :) Amazing when I think how many bugs crawlies are in my little yard.

I've not seen a toad for years W/Rose.

I was lying reading in bed the other night when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Next to my head on the pillow was a big black spider!! I carefully got hold of him and put him out of the window. When I told the women at work, they were squealing in horror!!

Sheilar . . . you are BRAVE. I'm with the squealers, lol!

Spiders move thats what gets me!

This one is one of the jumping spiders 'Marpissa muscosa' Drc.... It leaps on it's prey, with lightening speed.

Aww, Denise, they're harmless (unless you're a fly!!)

You must send some of these piccies off Pimps, they are fab! :-)

It's not very good Willi , Google jumping spider and see how cute they are.

What you on about? its a great action pic & the green background of shiny leaves, excellent.

Jumpers, I wont be able to sleep tonight now!

Do they have 4 eyes or are they large nostrils, Lol

spiders have 8 eyes willi!!!

http://www.mdavid.com.au/spiders/eyes.shtml

They have eight eyes...First they calculate the distance of their prey, then they spin a bungee line of the right length just in case they miss. Then they leap up to 40 times their body length. They can take prey bigger than themselves.

where did you find this one pimms?

This is on my tree fern Stiki.

8 ! 8 ! They look like buttons on his coat, Lol.

is that tree fern leaves i can see [all lovely and shiny] ~ how big is that spider?

OMG completely traumatised....I have faced many fears head on (was standing on 20 beer crates the other day at a team building event and I'm scared of heights). But the eight legged horrors give me the heebee jeebies big time, def not following this thread anymore!!

we have had snails, slugs and spiders this week!!!!

Yes, near the tips...She is not very big just over a centimetre.

ah ~ and there was i thinking you had discovered some exotic 3" spider in your garden????

Don't mind smooth things such as snakes, but anything multi-legged and furry...... :0

Don't you get Skink's where you are Lil ? That would be a great pic

Skinks???

Ha Ha Skinks! Thats a good word, Lol

Skink's.....lol it's like a newt or gecko

Is it his accent I'm not getting?? Or does he have a mouthful???? ;)))

Oh dear, you seem to be getting two blogs merged here Lil, Lol

http://www.carcnet.ca/english/reptiles/species_accounts/lizards/Pl_septentrionalis/p_septentrionalis2.php

Willi!!!!!! STOP IT!!!!! LOL, LOL, LMAO!!!!

Thanks for the link Pimp. Yes, this type of beastie is right up my alley, smooth and pretty colours. Problem is, I'm not on the prairies! Big country over here ;)

He He He

Great picture!!!

Wow - I like the Skink almost as much as my blue-headed lizard :))

(Is there ANYTHING Pimm's doesn't know about the natural world??!!)

blimey great pic Pimms,

Incredible pic - that you happeend to be there with camera ready at the right moment is even more incredible. This sort of thing happens all the time, everywhere, but how many people manage to get such excellent pics of it??

Had to stop reading this when I reached the spider on Sheilar's pillow! Fantastic photo and fascinating creatures, but they 'freak me out'.

Excellent shot!

I truly don't get fazed by many animals, and have stroked a cheetah and cradled a python, but spiders!!!!!!! It's irrational, I know, but I HATE the bu**ers. I can sit and watch 'em for hours - they're really beautiful, but if it moves a muscle, I'm out of there, and have been known to scream a lot, too while I'm running! It's the big, black, beefy ones I particularly hate. This one's quite cute.

Totally awesome! :-))

I gotta put comment # 48- Gruesome! Red eyes on the little blood sucker!