# Even if you could would you come to Australia **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [July 5, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733 "2020-07-05T22:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/21 "2020-07-06T00:17:14Z")
It that a black widow? That looks a lot like a redback spider. ---
**Author:** ![Yo-yoislife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yoislife/32/87261_2.png) [@Yo-yoislife](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-yoislife)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/22 "2020-07-06T00:19:50Z")
So I would google what a redback spider looks like but honestly, I would probably freak myself out by looking at the picture. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/23 "2020-07-06T00:24:02Z")
I have had a spider on my wall a little smaller than my hand before. It made me question how to kill it. I didn’t want to leave a huge spider guts splat on my painted wall and it would take half a can of spray to kill. I resorted to a light bashing with a broom. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/24 "2020-07-06T00:25:02Z")
> [@anon5341354](#): > > They are fairly small. > [@anon5341354](#): > > a little smaller than my hand before. i’m really hoping you have tiny hands… ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/25 "2020-07-06T00:27:15Z")
My hands are the normal size… It was gigantic. I have never seen a spider that size since. ---
**Author:** ![RABid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rabid/32/71864_2.png) [@RABid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/RABid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/26 "2020-07-06T00:31:27Z")
> [@anon5341354](#): > > It that a black widow? That looks a lot like a redback spider. Yes. Black widow. My neighborhood is infested. ---
**Author:** ![Yo-yoislife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yo-yoislife/32/87261_2.png) [@Yo-yoislife](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yo-yoislife)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/27 "2020-07-06T00:41:13Z")
I live in central California. They are all over my garage. ---
**Author:** ![Tanker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tanker/32/91498_2.png) [@Tanker](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Tanker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/28 "2020-07-06T00:43:54Z")
We have a bunch of black widows in my neck of the woods too. Never an issue with one but my daughter got bit by a brown recluse a couple years back. That was pretty scary. As for the OP, I most definitely want to visit Australia. It looks amazing but seeing as how I’ve never flown before I think I’ll try a bit of a shorter hop first. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/29 "2020-07-06T00:54:36Z")
> [@anon5341354](#): > > Rattlesnakes are a joke compared to how venomous our snakes are though. I always thought going to Australia would be cool until I saw your assortment of snakes and spiders. We have rattle snakes in southern Minnesota (about 50 miles from here) and reportedly brown recluse spiders (never saw one). Because of those types of critters and more (copper heads, water moccasin etc.) I don’t go much south of Iowa. The colder climate here discourages them and I’m fine with that. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/30 "2020-07-06T01:10:03Z")
Yeah we have poisonous stuff, but it’s not that bad. You can live your life like a normal person. ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/31 "2020-07-06T01:39:58Z")
What’s normal there = abnormal every where else. :wink: Can’t remember worrying about spider splatter on the wall. 🕷 ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/32 "2020-07-06T01:40:35Z")
Just found out that black widow spiders are virtually the same a spider ad a redback. I knew a farmer who was bitten by a redback. He said it was the most agony he had experienced. ---
**Author:** ![stevejspins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/33 "2020-07-06T01:43:54Z")
Brown recluse is the one to watch for here. ---
**Author:** ![Mystik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mystik/32/83294_2.png) [@Mystik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Mystik)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/34 "2020-07-06T02:06:30Z")
> [@skitrz](#): > > What’s normal there = abnormal every where else. See…just like Texas. ---
**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/35 "2020-07-06T02:06:50Z")
What kind of spider did you lose that led to the post? Also, was the big one a huntsman? ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/36 "2020-07-06T02:12:02Z")
I think it was a white tipped spider. Those can give you a flesh eating disease when they bite, but not often. I believe the brown recluse can do that too? I believe the large one was a huntsman, but its body looked a little large in comparison to its legs. I have never seen a spider that size before. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/37 "2020-07-06T02:19:09Z")
Wolf spiders can get to be the size of a grapefruit here… i shouldn’t have looked at pictures of spiders before bed lol. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/38 "2020-07-06T02:36:22Z")
> [@PCaliyoyos](#): > > Wolf spiders can get to be the size of a grapefruit here… That’s huge! ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/39 "2020-07-06T02:38:38Z")
We might not have spiders and snakes that are as deadly as those in Australia. But we other ways to die lousy here in the States. For example; eating even a small personal Cheese pizza from Caesar’s’ Pizza can often cause death in minutes. The only known antidote is available at In-N-Out. If administered within 15 minutes. A Double Double with grill onions, smalls fries and a medium Coke can neutralize the toxins in the Pizza. ---
**Author:** ![PCaliyoyos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pcaliyoyos/32/108396_2.png) [@PCaliyoyos](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PCaliyoyos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733/40 "2020-07-06T02:49:25Z")
not as thick as one but just as wide. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/even-if-you-could-would-you-come-to-australia/323733.md?page=3)