Do you have hazardous venemous creepy crawleys in your Letterbox?

Well, nobody has answered the important question of how we get our mail delivered in the States. I live in the country so the mailperson stays in their car and puts the mail in a box along the road. If the houses are close together, the letter carriers walk and the letterbox is on the house by the door. About the spider, yikes! That does creep out a person, even if you are not afraid of spiders. If they are like black widows, they are not only poisonous but also very fast. But they don't seem to really WANT to bite you. Despite the previous poster who has been bitten 3 times. That's just weird.

Tetchie, I think we should explain to our English friends that our letter boxes are out on the fence. Our English friends enjoy the luxury of having their mail delivered through the front door of their houses. I'm not sure how Americans receive their mail, but it could be the same way. I'll never forget the first time I saw redbacks. That bright red patch really does something to you, doesn't it? I've only seen them in two areas at our place, and I constantly watch for them. If you've had them in your letter box, please don't just pick up a garden pot. They love under the rims of pots.

As fond as I am of both snakes and spiders, I have to say ... YIKES! I have a healthy respect for the chemical weaponry nature gave our creepy crawling friends--I wouldn't mess with them either. I'm glad you're okay my dear. Scaries.

Ahhh the trusty Redback spider! It is one of the things about Australia that I definitely do not miss at the moment! I am unfortunate enough to have been bitten three times by one of these little mongrels and would have to say that it is one of the most painful things I have experienced! Stupid me even got bitten two Saturday's in a row on the same place on my foot because I kept tucking my legs under a chair while reading a newspaper and didn't find the spider until the second time around! You are very lucky that you didn't get bitten. I thankfully didn't need antivenom or anything as the advice line asked me my weight and age etc as well as my symptoms and concluded that I just had to "sweat it out" with someone close by until the poison worked its way out of my system. I phoned the hospital just to be safe but all was OK. Thank God it wasn't one of my kids bitten! Most mail deliverers in other countries have to worry about angry dogs! Us Australians have a very unique alternative!

EEEEEEEE I answered your post from my email box and as you know there are no pictures, but after I tagged it voilà PICTURE RRRRR You will get me banned with the excessive use of punctuations and capital letters:)) Next time warn me:D

yikes i dont know i'll have to go check...hopefully nothing to scary in there...

Well then, now I'm happy I don't have a letter box. I'm sure there are red backs somewhere though. I probably have them in the garden chairs. Nah, it's more likely we'll find a snake in the warmer months. I accidently killed a baby brown when I was whipper snippering earlier this summer and a black snake was coming up my front steps one day and took a detour through a hole to go under the house. I'va also had a few mice, one in the house and a lot in the garage where I had some grain. I put baits out and they seem to have gone but my cat found one the other day and toyed with it for a long time and finally.....well, let's just say he disposed of it. Do you think you were lucky she didn't envenomate you or do you think you scared the daylights out of her whenever you put your hand in there. They're only defending themselves you know. She's probably got babies in there as well.

woa Tetchie - that sounds scary - they are poisonous aren't they? Luckily our mail drops straight through the letterbox onto the floor so I would plainly see any creepy crawlies - they can't lurk in the dark - thank goodness!