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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 154288" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Lisa, I'm with you on needing to be cautious about bare handed handling of spiders. But well done, totoro, for putting your fear aside for the sake of a lesson.</p><p></p><p>We try to not use our bare hands with spiders in Australia. Too much chance of a bite, and although we only have about four or five really nasty spiders that bite, many of the others an still cause tissue necrosis.</p><p></p><p>The best method, for future reference, is to get a large clean glass jar with lid and a sheet of paper. You take the lid off the jar and put the jar over the spider, trapping it. You use glass so you can always see where the spider is. You then slide the piece of paper under the jar, so there is no way the spider can escape but so the sheet of paper acts like a lid. Holding the paper carefully flat to the top of the jar, turn the jar over with the paper still held firmly in place. Then sit the lid on the jar (paper in between) and carefully slide the paper out, keeping the lid in position. As soon as the paper is out the lid should snugly fit the jar and be screwed on. At no time should there be any danger of the spider getting out.</p><p></p><p>This method is safe enough to use with Sydney Funnelweb Spiders. We used to catch ones we found and send them to Commonwealth Serum Laboratories for milking the venom to make antivenin.</p><p></p><p>The other method is to use a thong. The footwear kind. WHACK!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 154288, member: 1991"] Lisa, I'm with you on needing to be cautious about bare handed handling of spiders. But well done, totoro, for putting your fear aside for the sake of a lesson. We try to not use our bare hands with spiders in Australia. Too much chance of a bite, and although we only have about four or five really nasty spiders that bite, many of the others an still cause tissue necrosis. The best method, for future reference, is to get a large clean glass jar with lid and a sheet of paper. You take the lid off the jar and put the jar over the spider, trapping it. You use glass so you can always see where the spider is. You then slide the piece of paper under the jar, so there is no way the spider can escape but so the sheet of paper acts like a lid. Holding the paper carefully flat to the top of the jar, turn the jar over with the paper still held firmly in place. Then sit the lid on the jar (paper in between) and carefully slide the paper out, keeping the lid in position. As soon as the paper is out the lid should snugly fit the jar and be screwed on. At no time should there be any danger of the spider getting out. This method is safe enough to use with Sydney Funnelweb Spiders. We used to catch ones we found and send them to Commonwealth Serum Laboratories for milking the venom to make antivenin. The other method is to use a thong. The footwear kind. WHACK! Marg [/QUOTE]
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