hello you beautiful people i work in retail we got a delivery today and i know this may be a long shot but anyone able to identify this little guy is and even if he’s meant to be in Ireland

30 comments

1. That’s Steve.

2. Pretty sure that’s a false nobel. Not meant to be here. Very invasive species. Also be careful some people have a bad reaction to their bites

3. Marking it NSFW because, reasons…

4. Ask in r/whatsthisbug.

   Reddit is more than r/ireland.

5. Burn the place to the ground……salt the earth and move!

6. Smash it.
   Not usually hostile to Arachnids but that one needs to be flattened.

7. Kill it you fool don’t let it become the new norm here

8. False widow, and no they should be in the canaries Islands but are managing to make a good home here

9. Hey OP if you have an android phone, you can use google lens to identify things with your camera. it’s particularly good for insects and flowers.

10. /r/spiders

11. No use with the spider but… Woodies?

12. Yeah, that’s what we call a kill it now, kill it.

13. Is it dead?? Im currently abroad and not coming home until you tell me it’s dead.

14. It’s a spider.

15. Kerosene will do the job.

16. I think you forgot the picture of it being squashed ?

17. There’s a really great subreddit for this: r/whatsthisbug

    They’ll be excited it’s not someone posting a question about bed bugs 😅

18. You should post the fucker back to whoever sent you the delivery with a note saying Fuck You

19. Please tell me you killed it

20. Flamethrower handy?

21. I would simply pass away

22. Kill it tae fuck !!

23. Saw one of these on the window in Amazon. Needless to say I don’t work security anymore.

24. You better have fucking killed that thing

25. Send the pic to Collie Ennis on twitter. He’ll definitely tell you

26. We have false widows in the USA. Currently, for the past 4 years, my little house in a little town in Northern California has a mild infestation of them. They kill other spiders like black widows, sac spiders and recluses. They aren’t very aggressive and like to stay out of tue way. I live in a rural area with lots of trees and brush, used to see black widows and sac spiders quite a bit. Since I started noticing these false widows, I haven’t seen one black widow and very few sac spiders.
    Even though they aren’t aggressive, their bite is considered “medically signigicant”. Not deadly, but may make you a little sick.

27. Are ya???? Urrrr???

28. Listen to me carefully, your life depends on it. Follow these 10 steps I’ve provided and if the gods are on our side you will be ok……

    Step 1: Back away slowly

    Step 2: Get the following items – 1 Sledgehammer – 1 Bath Towel – 1 Can of Kerosine or Petrol – 1 Roll of metal safety wire – 1 Box if Matches – 1 Clean pair of underwear – 1 Clean pair of sports shorts

    Step 3: Change your underwear and put the sports shorts. – Don’t be ashamed, who wouldn’t shat themselves getting surprised by that…I think I did just seeing this in my feed.

    Step 4: Take the sledgehammer and metal wire along with the Bath Towel, and the flammable liquid. Wrap the towel as fully around the head of the sledgehammer, and as tight as you can. Secure it with the metal wire DO NOT put the wire along the killing surface. Now soak the sledgehammer in the kerosene/petrol until it’s fully saturated.

    Step 5: Grab the lighter and sledgehammer (careful not to get the liquid on yourself). Immediately light the towel on fire with the lighter.

    Step 6. GO SMASH THE FRACK OUT OF THAT FRACKING THING NOW. GO GO GO

    Step 7. Confirm death of nightmare inducing freaky spider immediately.

    Step 8: If death cannot be verified, drop sledgehammer and GTFO now. Don’t go back, not worth it.

    Step 9: If death verification is successfull. Thank your new friend and battle partner “Spiders Bane Sledgehammer of Doom” for saving you’re fracking life.

    Step 10. Go find a seat or couch in a quiet place and cry hysterically from the fear and adrenaline inducing battle you just survived, that was one scary as fack monstrosity of a spider and fracked that fracker up.

    

29. Spider. Legs are a dead giveaway

30. The place I work is full of these. There’s an absolute unit of one tucked away in a little hole up in a corner. Its a comically big compared to I’ve ever seen before in Ireland.