Kevin Hodges Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hi all, I was out in the shed last night, enoying running some locos, when my new Station Master arrived and booted me out. The biggest mouse spider I have ever seen. I gave her the controls and said nighty nite! Last time I dared to venture out, she had my Blue Pullman running round at full pelt. Arrrghhh! Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane1707819582 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Get some conkers .place them in your room in each corner . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Another good reason to have the layout indoors in a nice clean and warm environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Hodges Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hah! Imagine what horror the scale driver and his passengers would experience with this monster crawling all over the layout ! 😀 @Jane, Thanks. I never knew that trick. @Raf, Yes, that's another reason why I'm moving everything back in the house!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 We need pictures of this guy at work, although if it is big it will be a girlie spider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Hodges Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Definately a lady Rob, I swear she almost gave me a look as much to say; this is my toy now mate! All Gods creatures eh ? Bless her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Is this an easily dealt with UK spider or one of those dangerous foreign jobs only approachable in a full bomb disposal suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Hodges Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 A dangerous, Australian one. Not a Huntsman or Rain spider. Not a Funnel Web. My guess is a large Mouse Spider. They always have a mate not far away too. I'm in the process of moving my layout back in the house so I might have disturbed her while I've been fiddling around. My Scalextric will have to go now sadly ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I thought I spotted it on Nick’s layout in his ‘Lost a Bit‘ post. /media/tinymce_upload/8d158503d80c8ed484ddadc214194997.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 We shouldn't be too smug in the UK. Our House Spider, the type that can get very big in the Autumn can get big enough for it's fangs to pierce your skin and inject venom which is about as painful as a bee sting. The biggest one that I have seen came from a restaurant where they thought it was an escapee from somewhere. It had a body about the size of my thumb plus its legs. It must have just been a very warm location with plenty of food. Apparently rare but not that rare and positively identified by an expert. The other spider related danger we have is an invasive from abroad that I forget the name of. A boring looking brown spider, very similar to our house spider but not usually as large. It used to be around docks and warehouses but as the country warms up it's spreading into people's homes where it does things like hiding in beds and in furniture. When disturbed it bites and people may not feel the bite but the venom causes necrosis (death) of the surrounding tissue and it can get very serious. It makes my childhood large cockroaches and crickets brought back for me by my dad from Trafford Park in Manchester seem a bit tame. They lived in sweet jars bought from the local shop when they were empty and ate cornflakes and bread. The crickets would 'sing' when it got warm. Cheaper and easier to look after than a dog I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Internet gives the following: Mouse spiders, Missulena sp., vary from 10 mm - 35 mm body length and all have distinctively bulbous head and jaw regions. They are often confused with funnel-web spiders. That's quite a reasonable size.I was at first thinking it was the overall dimension! I thought it was just an excuse to justify payment for the Pullman repairs .... Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Hodges Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 The driver, guard and passengers of the Pullman are under seige as Ms Mouse spider goes scampering around the layout ! I haven't the heart to kill or hurt her. I spent a fortune on having this shed (it's a timber job), lined and insulated as well as you would a house. Seems they still find a way in. Little devils. If I see her, I'll take a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I have the occasional "big" one in the garage - I swear if you whistled it would bring the mower out. Luckily my indoor layout, has a tightly fitting door, and as yet I have not found any interlopers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 What you do not want on your layout is the middle east camel spider, which is also known as the wind scorpion. Aggressive, fast (16kph), can be huge (> palm of hand size) and as vicious as a mad dog. Although supposedly harmless to man pictures of necrotising injuries from their bite says otherwise. Rana spoke of bites in UK from imported spiders. It has been reported people have had nasty injuries from garden spiders, may be the same ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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