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If you go down to the shed today....

JudyNJudyN Posts: 119
in The potting shed

I thought people might be interested (or horrified!) to see what I found on top of my propagator lid the other day...

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It took a while (after I'd stopped freaking out!) to work out that it wasn't a new species of fluffy spider disguised as a poodle, but it is.... be afraid... be very afraid... a zombie spider: http://www.uksafari.com/curse_of_the_zombie_spiders.htm

Horribly gruesome, but all the more fascinating for that :-)

Last edited: 02 March 2017 17:43:07

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  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502

    Wow, that's kind of coolimage Thanks for that info JudyNimage

    Wearside, England.
  • JoneskJonesk Posts: 205

    Fascinating read - I've got a few friends who wo be horrified though ?☠️

  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429

    Reminded me of the cordyceps fungus, but that one works from the inside out.

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Poor spider!

    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • JudyNJudyN Posts: 119
    aym280 says:

    I hope the last bit of the article was made up! ..

    See original post
    Me too... But my son,a hulking lad of 24, says he's never ever ever ever going in the shed again!

     

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

    Good heavens! Wish I hadn't read that last bit, I'll be having nightmares! The thought of earwigs is bad enough.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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