What will we do? They are deadly.
2007-02-27 08:07:55 · 19 answers · asked by Baconlover 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They will die in our climate!
2007-02-27 08:10:51 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are redback spiders in Belgium that have been there for some years. They are also thriving in Japan. The widow spiders are great travelers, it is thought that the redback itself arrived in Australia in the 1820s or 1830s as the early colonists never mentioned it. It is closely related to the Pacific widow spiders and even the black widow of the Americas.
Widow spiders can kill but usually only small children, the elderly or the sick. A healthy person will get a painful bite and could feel ill for a couple of days. I've been bitten myself so I know what it is like. There are anti-venoms to all the widow spiders so if you get bitten, help is but a needle away if you need it. If redbacks have been found in England you can be sure that hospitals near where they were found will have antivenom. In most cases people bitten by widow spiders are not given antivenom unless they are in the risk groups. They are watched and given pain killers but that is all.
The spiders are not aggressive, they stay in their webs waiting for prey. They like dark damp places like woodpiles. You probably will never see one unless you go looking for them.
Frost doesn't bother them, they are exposed to frosts in Australia. If they can live in Belgium and Japan, they can live in England.
Their fangs are long and sharp enough to bite anyone. They are certainly capable of biting adults - I have personal experience of it.
2007-02-27 08:19:48 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a lot you can do. the cold weather may be enough to kill them off. but in the long term you just have to get on with it. the rest of the world already does. they have them all the time along with snakes and scorpions. and in actual fact the chances of death are remote as the venom is not powerful enough to kill an adult human. and even infants and elderly may only get flu like symptoms. but the chances of these spiders reproducing in sufficient quantities to become a threat is unlikely.
2007-02-28 09:41:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you still with us! Obviously your bite was not fatal!!
What will we do? Squash them, Eat them, throw them out!
Either way the UK climate is too tough for all you Redback spiders!
2007-02-27 08:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by Jimbobarino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been scorpions living in the old London docks for years, they came from the same source. Depends how mild the winters get.
2007-02-27 08:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the are only deadly to a child's skin. Adult skin is to hard for them to bite. But welcome to my world. We live with the bloody scary things everyday. Just kill them when you see them. Only the female has the red stripe. The male is just black spider. Creepy!!!
2007-02-27 08:16:55 · answer #6 · answered by biancajh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is nothing new, my daughter used to work at Tesco's and it was common to find bugs and creepies in crates, they had a scorpion one time!
2007-02-27 08:12:16 · answer #7 · answered by SunnyDays 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what do u want 2 do?
they may die the first frost that comes along.
there's more things 2 worry about than spiders.
2007-02-27 08:11:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should squash them then.
How many were there? Enough to breed and populate the whole country? Would they not die in this climate? Where were they from? Why am I asking questions instead of answering?
2007-02-27 08:11:21 · answer #9 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Step on them. Keep asking these great questions. I see you're really racking up the points!
2007-02-28 04:17:34 · answer #10 · answered by Harry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seriously? argh, i hate spiders and i really like bananas.
2007-02-27 08:12:22 · answer #11 · answered by FreakGirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋