Hunting Adventure at Triange, Pahang - Part 2

Hi Everyone

Continuation of the Triang FS hunting trip....

There are many many small FS spots to try. Almost every spot had FS. We did catch some FS in the other spots but there were not big enough, probably SL at most. What deterred us were, once again the mosquitoes. Very fierce, aggressive and by the thousands. It was the mosquitoes that determine the length of our hunt, we expect to get something big in minutes...or else run off to escape mosquitoes.

While we were riding around, we were chased by this pair of goose.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
It was not very macho for two matured man and a child to be fleeing from 2 goose who were hell bent on pecking our legs. On the other hand, we could not be seen fighting with goose, right? Anyway, we did not wait to find out whether their bites were painful or not. I also don know my insurance coverage include bite from goose

During our happy ride, there was an active exchange of FS ideas. Ken's belief is that a gostun pao must gostun 3 times and move forward to fight...that would be a good fighter. Also the under belly of the FS must be darker in colour. Ken and I both agree that FS are normally found at the outside of any wooded area and never inside. His reasoning is that FS is a 'tame' spider and not a wild one. There would also be curious stare from people whenever we hunt. Some thought we were there to steal fruit. We often explain in Hokkien, liak Huay ler (catch FS). Liak Huay Ler is readily understood by them and they would smile or offer suggestions on where to get the best FS. They speak mainly Hokkien. It helped that there is an 8 year old boy with us as they think the FS is meant for the boy, instead of us, adults.
 
Ken then suggested that we go back to the plot behind his house (as we happen to ride near his house). I thought to myself, why? This plot only have small FS, why waste time? Anyway, we hunted there and I followed his advice to look at the Pandan leaves. There was a row of pandan leaf between the papaya trees and the sugar cane trees. I flip over the leaves not expecting much.

There were 2 leaves that stick out prominently. I thought, ayah, this type wont have FS one and just flip it. But to my surprise, there was quite a big FS sleeping between the leaf and continued to sleep despite the leaf being separated. I gently closed the leaves back and again, decision time. This time I decided to use my NTUC plastic bag, fold both leaves in the bag and FS No. 2 was caught.

By now I have 2 FS and naturally wanted more. We again tried other spots. In total we tried about 10 spots and they look almost the same like that shown below.

FS No. 3 was caught also from pandan leaves but from another vegetable plot. This time the FS nest was at the top of the pandan patch. Again the NTUC bag with my lucky scissors saved the day and FS No. 3 was caught.

By now it was about 0930am and we went back home to admire our catch. We had a total of about 12 male FS and naturally FS No. 1, No.2 and No. 3 had their individual boxes. The others proved unsuitable and were released at the front portion of his house where there is a small vegetable plot.

(to be continued)

*** Contributed by ExSpiderKing ***