Belinda......The other day I rescued a Double-barred Finch from Spiderweb.
The bird was totally exhausted and,unfortunately, died shortly after. This
was very sad. But it would not have occurred to me to kill the spider. My
advice is to have equal regard for all native creatures and not champion the
causes of birds over other animals.
Cheers Steve Murray
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On Behalf Of Belinda Cassidy
Sent: Saturday, 15 March 2008 6:47 PM
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Subject: Bird eating spider?
Hello!
We have an enormous spider in our yard (in Brisbane) that we haven't seen
before. Its spectacular, with a body length around 7-8 cm. I think I have
ID'd it correctly as `Nephila pilipes' The Northern Giant Orb spider. The
link to the photo I took of it today is below:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj144/Serenity-photos/SPIDER.jpg
So when I was trying to ID it on google, I came across a youtube video of
one of these eating a young lewin honeyeater that it had trapped in its
nest. OMG!
We are friends with our local birds and wouldn't want to see them eaten by a
giant spider! But its also a very cool giant spider!
Should we kill it to stop it from eating birds and breedng up a colony of
giant bird eating spiders? Or just leave it? I don't want to kill it, but
then I'd feel pretty cut if a young bird I know died in its web.
Thanks for your opinions!
Cheers,
Belinda
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