Ah yes, bug stories - the one you will usually hear from Australia is about redback spiders (http://www.csiro.au/csiro/content/standard/ps1rv.html). They are quite common around us (seen on a daily basis) but some common sense usually prevents most bites: - Don't stuck your hand into dark cavities without checking what's in there first - Teach children what redbacks look like, that they need to move away from them and tell an adult - (my personal favourite) If you are going to kill them, kill them really thoroughly
This occasionally sees me prowling around the house with steelcap boots on, a spare shoe in one hand and a can of bug spray in the other! They don't get away from me often!
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Date: 2006-12-01 01:42 am (UTC)- Don't stuck your hand into dark cavities without checking what's in there first
- Teach children what redbacks look like, that they need to move away from them and tell an adult
- (my personal favourite) If you are going to kill them, kill them really thoroughly
This occasionally sees me prowling around the house with steelcap boots on, a spare shoe in one hand and a can of bug spray in the other! They don't get away from me often!