OHbaby! Forums : Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:21:50 +0000 Sun, 16 May 2010 21:21:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=33419 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : OMG DH found one in our back yard...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029811&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029811 Author: Daizy
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Posted: 16 May 2010 at 9:21pm

OMG DH found one in our back yard last year and screamed. I had to come see 'the scariest thing ever!!!"... I think he was surprised when I didnt find it scary at all... I thought it was fascinating, I had never seen one so big before.
I did however put it in jar for closer observation. I was then too scared to let it free, I was quite happy knowing exactly where it was at all time!

Unfortunately our story was far less humane than your story Jo... we could have just put it out of its misery straight away but no.. we forgot about it, it sat in a tiny jar for weeks before we found it barely alive. I didn't survive much longer that that.
]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 21:21:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029811&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029811 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : I dont mind spiders, having grown...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029695&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029695 Author: mummyofprinces
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 8:25pm

I dont mind spiders, having grown up in rural australia I have seen a few in my time (and shared living spaces... even my bed!).

But I have live in UK and NZ now for 8 years and have not seen more than money spiders or daddy long legs and I am shocked to say I am now petrified to go into my garden!

Bread and Butter plate sized spiders on the ceiling... that is scarey than the tunnel web!]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 20:25:23 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029695&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029695 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Wow MissAngel I didn&#039;t realize...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029506&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029506 Author: MrsMojo
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 6:19pm

Wow MissAngel I didn't realize avondale spiders got that big. That's so cool! Did you know they used Avondale spiders in the movie arachnaphobia?]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 18:19:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029506&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029506 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Those pics made me shudder. I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029193&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029193 Author: lil_lease
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 1:25pm

Those pics made me shudder. I dont like spiders at the best of times but that spider really makes me squirm.

Whats worse is I think I may have a tunnel web spider living on my fence ]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 13:25:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029193&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029193 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Nah their aussie cousins the funnel...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029170&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029170 Author: Nutella
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 1:01pm

Nah their aussie cousins the funnel webs are...

i never knew nz had giant spiders..learn something new each day!]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 13:01:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029170&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029170 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Aren&#039;t tunnel webs poisonous?...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029116&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029116 Author: fallen
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 12:08pm

Aren't tunnel webs poisonous?]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 12:08:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1029116&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1029116 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : MissAngel wrote:I LOVE spiders!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028941&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028941 Author: ?Lolly?
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 9:34am

Originally posted by MissAngel MissAngel wrote:

I LOVE spiders!
I lived in new lynn near avondale for a while in my ex's garage and we got small avondale spiders in there. When I say small, I mean bread and butter plate sized. I remember one night I was laying in bed, turned on the light for a drink, looked up and without a word of a lie, there was a dinner plate size one on the ceiling! I wish I'd caught it cuz you can get money for them at the auckland museum - they're quite rare at that size! Very facinating creatures!



That would have freaked me out!]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 09:34:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028941&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028941 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Ewwww. I knew I shouldn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028929&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028929 Author: MamaT
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 9:18am

Ewwww. I knew I shouldn't have looked in this thread, but I was fascinated as to what a tunnelweb was and well, MrsMojo, your stories are great!!

But still ewwww

]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 09:18:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028929&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028929 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : I LOVE spiders! I lived in new...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028918&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028918 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 33419
Posted: 16 May 2010 at 9:02am

I LOVE spiders!
I lived in new lynn near avondale for a while in my ex's garage and we got small avondale spiders in there. When I say small, I mean bread and butter plate sized. I remember one night I was laying in bed, turned on the light for a drink, looked up and without a word of a lie, there was a dinner plate size one on the ceiling! I wish I'd caught it cuz you can get money for them at the auckland museum - they're quite rare at that size! Very facinating creatures! ]]> Sun, 16 May 2010 09:02:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028918&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028918 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Sheza wrote:yuck yuck yuck...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028849&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028849 Author: WestiesGirl
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 11:48pm

Originally posted by Sheza Sheza wrote:

yuck yuck yuck yuck, but I couldnt stop myself from reading that lol.

Glad its dead now!!

Me too!!!]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 23:48:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028849&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028849 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Hang on a minute ... Where WAS...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028843&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028843 Author: ?Lolly?
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 11:42pm

Hang on a minute ... Where WAS that spider??? NZ????? EEK! I sprayed a whole bunch of fly spray on a white tail the other day and it didn't slow it down much ... it took AGES to die and I felt so bad. ]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 23:42:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028843&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028843 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Definately in the category of...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028842&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028842 Author: kiwi2
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 11:41pm

Definately in the category of "world would be a better place without them"

Any chance of your DH befriending a nice phoo - phoo creature like a butterfly or kitten for a story. lol.

]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 23:41:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028842&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028842 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : yuck yuck yuck yuck, but I couldnt...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028814&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028814 Author: Shezamumof3
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 10:49pm

yuck yuck yuck yuck, but I couldnt stop myself from reading that lol.

Glad its dead now!!]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 22:49:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028814&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028814 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Did have a giggle at the age...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028811&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028811 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 10:45pm

Did have a giggle at the age old battle man vs beast.

]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 22:45:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028811&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028811 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Totally awesome! You are the best...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028785&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028785 Author: pepsi
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 10:13pm

Totally awesome! You are the best spider storyteller ever! ]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 22:13:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028785&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028785 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Ewww, we have one of these living...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028766&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028766 Author: Kellyfer
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:53pm

Ewww, we have one of these living out somewhere near our clothesline. DH unearthed it one day and refused to kill it, and I have been terrified of seeing it ever since. It was MASSIVE!!! We have a lot of smaller ones in our garage and basement too (still pretty big), but I haven't seen any inside the actual house, thank god!
But yea, great story.... and those pics were fantastic - from a distance!!!!]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:53:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028766&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028766 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : I confess that I feel sick just...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028759&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028759 Author: MrsH
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:47pm

I confess that I feel sick just thinking about spiders..... DH 'flicked' one on to me one night and I cried like a little girl.]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:47:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028759&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028759 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Same Chickaboo - I got the shivers...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028756&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028756 Author: pikelets
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:46pm

Same Chickaboo - I got the shivers too!

Is fascinating but EEEEWWWW! Hope I never meet one of those!

(Still got the shivers!) ]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:46:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028756&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028756 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : I&#034;m with Chickaboo on the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028754&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028754 Author: Flutterby
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:45pm

I"m with Chickaboo on the not loving spiders though it was a good story, am just hoping that we don't have any round here. Better not have an nightmares tonight .

The bigest spider I have found here was an Avondale spider in Cody's room. I think it must have hitched a ride in mums bags when she came down to vist a couple of weeks earlier. Needless to say I gave it a good spray with the fly spray and left the can on top of it all night for DP to deal with in the morning. ]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:45:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028754&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028754 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : yikes - those photos and reading...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028746&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028746 Author: Chickaboo
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:39pm

yikes - those photos and reading your story made my whole body shiver and a funny feeling round my neck - NOPE sorry don't share you love of spider lol]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:39:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028746&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028746 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : I had one in my bathroom in Lower...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028740&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028740 Author: LouD
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:35pm

I had one in my bathroom in Lower hutt. I was in the bath and i went to tidy my sons toys out of the bath and almost grabbed it thinking it was a toy spider cos of how large it was.........we captured it and rang MAF to make sure it wasnt anything dangerous cos back in those days internet wasnt around (yes Im THAT old)

EWWWW about the wasp story

Great story ]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:35:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028740&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028740 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : I agree, you are a very good story...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028735&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028735 Author: Peanut
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:31pm

I agree, you are a very good story teller. I loved the DLL vs WT story.]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:31:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028735&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028735 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : what an awesome story! thanks...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028731&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028731 Author: Henna79
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 9:29pm

what an awesome story! thanks for sharing]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 21:29:05 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028731&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028731 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : Wow Mrs Mojo.... iI enjoyed this...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028688&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028688 Author: Shezzey
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 8:58pm

Wow Mrs Mojo.... iI enjoyed this and the other spider story.... you have fantastic storytelling skills... i reckon you should do some kind short story book or blog

]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 20:58:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028688&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028688 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : I LOVE the pictures. I am a fellow...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028680&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028680 Author: Bobsta
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 8:54pm

I LOVE the pictures. I am a fellow spider fan and think they're fascinating. I also encounted a tunnel web spider once many years ago. It was sunny itself on the carpet in the middle of our lounge! ]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 20:54:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028680&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028680 <![CDATA[Mr Mojo’s "pet" tunnelweb : There is a rockwall in our backyard...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=33419&PID=1028672&title=mr-mojos-pet-tunnelweb#1028672 Author: MrsMojo
Subject: 33419
Posted: 15 May 2010 at 8:50pm

There is a rockwall in our backyard which is the perfect habitat for tunnel webs.  Recently we counted about 7 webs although I haven't seen an actual tunnel web spider for several weeks.

When we moved here a couple of years ago there was a huge tunnel web spider living in one of the webs and DH, who is fascinated by spiders like me, adopted it.  He would check up on it daily and tried coralling bugs towards the web so we could watch it hunt and feed.

TBH we were a bit disappointed that we don't have wasps because apparently the wasps are the natural enemy of the tunnel web.  They poison the spider then lay their eggs inside their abdomens and the baby wasps (once hatched) eat their way out .....while the spider is still alive - how cool is that!

To give you an idea of just how big this spider was here's a couple of comparison pics of our spider next to leaves.

This spider was DH's "pet" for a few months but he got a bit iffy on it when he found out that they tend to come inside and make homes in warm damp rooms (like bathrooms) during winter months (he didn't like the idea of greeting it in the shower in the morning). 

DH had also been under the impression that, being a tunnel web, it would stay in it's tunnel but he found it one day sunning itself on the path that our then 2yo daughter frequently uses.  Daddy instincts then took over and he decided it was time to get rid of the spider.

Not wanting to get too close he decided the best method would be to poison it.  Firstly he mixed up a bucket of boiling water, bleach, dish liquid and handy andy.  He poured it on top of the spider, washing it down the steps, and then got rid of its web. A day later the spider had come back and the web was rebuilt. 

Next he sprayed it with half a can of insect spray, here's the pic.

The insect spray didn't work either, it didn't even slow it down (infact it made it angry and the spider went into attack mode) so finally DH grabbed a rock and in the age old battle of man vs beast, DH won (although he did drop the camera with fright, breaking it, when the dead tunnel webs body started convulsing). 

I made him leave the dead carcass on the path for a couple of days to ensure the spider didn't resurrect again.

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