Aghh, aghh, aghh, ick

Mum saw a big black spider by the back door and, given that this is perfect weather for funnelwebs, executed said spider immediately with the dustpan. At which, I heard her yelp, "Get the bug spray! Get the bug spray!"

I rushed over with the spray to see hundreds of tiny black spiders fleeing from the body of the big spider.

THE START OF A HORROR MOVIE!!! (There probably is a horror movie that starts like that.)

I handed Mum the fly spray (the first I could grab) and ran back to get the crawling insect spray. Together we blasted the floor and the black specks eventually stopped moving.

This isn't the quite the usual for a funnelweb with an egg sac but it was probably flooded out of its burrow. And it definitely looked like a funnelweb.

The floor by the back door is now very, very clean.

P.S. Mum would like it to be noted that she was extremely brave in dealing with this, as funnelwebs are the only spiders which make the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. That didn't happen this time - which she says is probably due to her not wearing her glasses.

More pretty!

My last comments on the royal wedding:

Kate's reception dress was gorgeous.

The official photo with all the flower girls and page boys is kind of hilarious.

That poor, tired, cranky-faced child is never going to live that down.

And, most importantly, A ROYAL WEDDING DALEK!!!

That is awesome!!!