Tarantula visitor

[dippersgirl]

A visitor last night as we watched TV - he is in a glass jar!! Not the best photo, but........

[Chriswright03]

I have been told they always come in pairs.

[dippersgirl]

yes, but this is the wife and she has eaten him already!

[helendj]

eek! Now I'll be searching the bedroom before I go to bed, lol ! Just when I thought all the creepy crawlies had more or less gone, lol

[sophie]

As I'm sure KB will tell you, TC tarantulas are supposedly harmless, unless of course its come from abroad in a bunch of bananas!!

[Harrythecod]

I just walked the dog and there was a nice blunt nose viper sunbathing by the side of road

[frontalman]

I've been here 14 years and not yet seen a tarantula in the flesh. I'm quite fond of spiders so would love to come across one.

[silverfir]

frontalman, you're having a laugh aren't you?

[dippersgirl]

This is what Ulas Seherlioglu from TASKENT said

Lycosa tarantula / european tarantula. Largest wolf spider species on the island. It is venomous but rarely bites when provoked. Not really toxic to humans, feels like a bee sting.

[dippersgirl]

Not sure I want to pick one up with bare hands, but I do like spiders, - and snakes - they all eat what we want to get rid off, i.e. flies, mosquitos, mice etc. Rescued a baby black snake from the cat the other day. Did pick that up, but then it was only 30cm or so.

[kbasat]

Not sure I want to pick one up with bare hands, but I do like spiders, - and snakes - they all eat what we want to get rid off, i.e. flies, mosquitos, mice etc. Rescued a baby black snake from the cat the other day. Did pick that up, but then it was only 30cm or so.

Handling animals that you are not 100% sure of which species it belongs is not a good practice.

That being said, no insect or arachnid is life threatening in Cyprus unless you are allergic to it.

This particular animal you would really have to squeeze her hard to get her to bite you but even then its like a bee sting.

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We have just recently identified a new species of spider that we believe is endemic to Cyprus.

You can read more about it here: https://www.facebook.com/cypruswildlife

[frontalman]

frontalman, you're having a laugh aren't you?

I just spent 3 months in a caravan in the UK and my only companions were two big Borises. No I'm not aving a laugh, sad people don't laugh

[frontalman]

This is what Ulas Seherlioglu from TASKENT said

Lycosa tarantula / european tarantula. Largest wolf spider species on the island. It is venomous but rarely bites when provoked. Not really toxic to humans, feels like a bee sting.

A bee sting blooming hurts!

[frontalman]

Not sure I want to pick one up with bare hands, but I do like spiders, - and snakes - they all eat what we want to get rid off, i.e. flies, mosquitos, mice etc. Rescued a baby black snake from the cat the other day. Did pick that up, but then it was only 30cm or so.

Handling animals that you are not 100% sure of which species it belongs is not a good practice.

That being said, no insect or arachnid is life threatening in Cyprus unless you are allergic to it.

This particular animal you would really have to squeeze her hard to get her to bite you but even then its like a bee sting.

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We have just recently identified a new species of spider that we believe is endemic to Cyprus.

You can read more about it here: https://www.facebook.com/cypruswildlife

Hold on a minute, Kemal. I spent the day with Professor Salih Gucel yesterday, and I understood the discovery had been accredited to him. Is this the royal we?

[kbasat]

Not sure I want to pick one up with bare hands, but I do like spiders, - and snakes - they all eat what we want to get rid off, i.e. flies, mosquitos, mice etc. Rescued a baby black snake from the cat the other day. Did pick that up, but then it was only 30cm or so.

Handling animals that you are not 100% sure of which species it belongs is not a good practice.

That being said, no insect or arachnid is life threatening in Cyprus unless you are allergic to it.

This particular animal you would really have to squeeze her hard to get her to bite you but even then its like a bee sting.

---

We have just recently identified a new species of spider that we believe is endemic to Cyprus.

You can read more about it here: https://www.facebook.com/cypruswildlife

Hold on a minute, Kemal. I spent the day with Professor Salih Gucel yesterday, and I understood the discovery had been accredited to him. Is this the royal we?

I dont know what a royal we is... We in my post meant the country of Cyprus in general... It was not intended to credit or discredit anybody.

I already gave the link above which has the details of parties involved in the discovery of the spider.

Total there are 4 names
Salih Gucel
Özge Özden Fuller
Bayram Göçmen
Kadir Boğaç Kunt

Representing 3 institutions
Near East University
Ege University
Cyprus Wildlife Research Institute (part of Taskent Nature Park)

Hope this makes it more clear for you. You can read more about it here:
https://www.facebook.com/cypruswildlife ... =3&theater

[frontalman]

Thanks for that, the article in the Cyprus Mail only named Salih bey.

[solic200]

This little boy was in my shower when I lived in North Cyprus and had at least one a month visit me, and for someone that is terrified of spiders that was not pleasant. Lol