wolf spiders

[Tenchiro]

Here's an oldie but goodie;

ugh, I never saw what was behind it before...

http://www.fazed.org/blog/view/1/clock-spider/

Haccubus
Apr 5th, 2007 (9:17 PM)

I woulda removed the clock.. not by taking it off the wall, but by setting my house on fire and never living anywhere near that location ever ever again.

 

[PeteOz77]

Holy Crap Tenchiro!. Pete will tell you; that's gotta be something out of Australia .

Not sure about the big black one with babies.. It might be a Bird Spider. I'll have to look that one up, but the little ones aren't spiders. I'm pretty sure those are "Harvestmen" which are regulalrly mistaken for Daddy Longlegs.

 

[PeteOz77]

ugh, I never saw what was behind it before...

http://www.fazed.org/blog/view/1/clock-spider/

Ah yes, the infamous "Clock Spider"

That's a pretty good sized Huntsman.

I'll tell you what's even scarier than the size of those babies, is the SPEED of them. They move like LIGHTNING.

The good knews is that they can't kill you. They will bite if you handle them or sit on them etc, but it's about as painful as a bee sting.

 

[Tenchiro]

As much as I respect spiders role in nature, they creep me the hell out...

 

[McKBrew]

Spiders have a valuable place in nature, but they have no place in my house. I can deal with small ones, but big spiders would equal McKBrew screaming like a bitch!!!

 

[earlytimes]

This brings back memories...painful memories. Due to a traumatic experience as a young boy, the sight of a spider, any spider, turns me into a screaming schoolgirl. I've gotten better over the years, but they still creep the crap out of me. I know they have their place in the eco-system, but to me, the only good spider is a dead spider.:cross:

 

[EvilTOJ]

Another funny comment off of Tenchiro's link;

you're only now deciding to not go to australia?!
and u're only doing it because of that one spider?!
australia has more deadly dangerous animals than any other place on earth.
Plus they're quickly becoming one of the fattest nations on earth and the people there are naked ALL THE TIME

The. Horror.....

 

[HighPlainsDrifter]

I was bringing in the laundry one day, and after I had put it down, I could still feel one of the sheets blowing against my arm. I looked down and I had one of these clinging to my arm.

It was about the size of the rim on a coffee cup, green, spiky, and looked hungry. I kind of flailed at it and did some sort of jig around the room in my panic. It was quite funny in retrospect. Spiders don't really scare me in general, but I don't like being surprised by one being ON me.


LOL as I wrote this, the cord from my laptop fell down my leg. I nearly did the same jig of lore. Ha hahhahaa I guess spiders do weird me out a little.

 

[Bedlam]

As much as I respect spiders role in nature, they creep me the hell out...

Ohh, Ooooooh! I know those! That pic was taken about 15 miles from my house in Texas! Now, if just lookin' at the pic creeps you out, the fact behind it will send you screaming into the night.

Last summer, after a horrible drought broke, spiders of differing species began cooperating, working together, to build interlocking webs in order to hunt more productively. Scientists were astounded and came from all over to study the critters. Apparently, it hadn't happened before, or at least to this degree. So what you see in the pic is really ONE WEB, and only a small part of it, with thousands and thousands of spiders working as a unit toward a goal.

Kind of like the Borg, no?

 

[BrewWench]

Wow Bedlam, thanks for explaining that! They are really smart animals - that's amazing stuff!

I never had a problem with spiders. Centipedes creep me the hell out though.

 

[RichBrewer]

I will not allow anyone in my family to see this thread! Panic spreads throughout the house if one spider is spotted up on the ceiling! I prefer to leave them alone but I have to kill them to keep the peace.
The last thing I need is to have my daughter see some of the stuff in this thread!

 

[HOOTER]

I got bit by a Hobo spider- Cousin to the BR. My shin looked exactly like that dudes hand

Me too. It bit me on the left forearm. At first I just had a little bump, but within a few hours my arm swelled up like a balloon. I had to get my arm sliced open and drained. Those little bastards are everywhere around here and like to move indoors come fall.

 

[Tenchiro]

Me too. It bit me on the left forearm. At first I just had a little bump, but within a few hours my arm swelled up like a balloon. I had to get my arm sliced open and drained. Those little bastards are everywhere around here and like to move indoors come fall.

Yeah I made the mistake of getting a first floor apartment on a hill in Seattle, since it was partially underground it turned to spiderpalooza when the weather got cooler...

 

[HOOTER]

then i moved to california. i've seen so many black widows. brown recluse as well

You guys have yellow sac spiders also. They have necrotic venom like hobo's and brown recluse. They like to hide in grape clusters and bite the poor farm workers.

 

[Tenchiro]

FYI... GIS and Brown Recluse Bite do not mix. X_X

 

[DeathBrewer]

You guys have yellow sac spiders also. They have necrotic venom like hobo's and brown recluse. They like to hide in grape clusters and bite the poor farm workers.

oh, man. i've seen those suckers:

i didn't know what it was...thanks, i think :cross:

it looks like they're not very aggressive, at least, and would have to bite me more than once.

here's on interesting fact from wiki:

found in most of North, Central and South America. However, it is also found in Africa and Réunion.

boat or ancient land bridge??

 

[Soulive]

Man my skins crawling after reading this thread...

 

[HOOTER]

boat or ancient land bridge??

Apparently Hobo's got their name from hitching rides on trains.

 

[BrewWench]

My mom was bit by a brown recluse a few years ago, and her shin still hasn't healed and is always purple. Whenever she bumps into something it just starts bleeding and won't "heal" up again for weeks. She's seen a few doctors and they could do a skin graft, but it would be expensive and she doesn't want to. :c (

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Just so you guys know-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Distribution.loxosceles.reclusa.png

Brown Recluses are not distributed that much. Not in Cali or Fl but there are many cousins that suck just as much

 

[DeathBrewer]

i saw this guy in sacramento:

oddly enough i worked in a furniture shop in california that got our furniture from florida

 

[Laurel]

I'm sitting in my dark living room reading this, and I have the willies like you wouldn't believe. I'm terrified of something coming out from under my coffee table or sofa. Luckily, I have a voracious housecat that likes going spider hunting.

 

[Aleforge]

Apparently Hobo's got their name from hitching rides on trains.

No trains run from Europe to N.America.

 

[CBBaron]

I like my nice temperate northern location. Black widow is the only poisonous spider around and they are very very rare. Theres only 2 poisonous snakes, in the area, one is endangered and the other is very rare this north.
And given that large predators are almost non-existent in Ohio there is very little danger from the wildlife.
I try to avoid killing spiders and snakes as they both are wonderful predators of pests. I'd much rather have a couple of spiders in the house than the thousands of bugs they eat. Same with rodents and snakes.
Ofcourse the more toxic ones would cause a different opinion.
Craig

 

[MVKTR2]

Okay, that clock pic REALLY made my skin crawl. I concur with the earlier shotgun advice in that instance.

El Hubbo and I are in the process of moving from TX to Tennessee. We are trading giant spiders and fire ants for timber rattlers and black bears. Works for me!

Sorry to disappoint ya Bedlam... Fire Ants are all over TN. As for Big spiders they have those too... probably not as many... but as others have said it's the little one's that matter and they have the recluse and widow... .

Btw why the love for the volunteers if you're in TX?

Schlante,
Phillip

 

[wildwest450]

This dude went streaking across the floor when I came home last night, at first I thought it was a mouse it moved so fast. Of course he didn't care for the bug fogger I blasted him with, creepy spiders.

 

[Radarbrew]

Good God, I hope I don't have to fix the water pump under the house or anything......

 

[wildwest450]

Good God, I hope I don't have to fix the water pump under the house or anything......

Isn't it to cold in Alaska for bugs?

 

[MikeFlynn74]

No it just makes them more resilliant

 

[Bedlam]

Sorry to disappoint ya Bedlam... Fire Ants are all over TN. As for Big spiders they have those too... probably not as many... but as others have said it's the little one's that matter and they have the recluse and widow... .

Btw why the love for the volunteers if you're in TX?

Schlante,
Phillip

I grew up in TN, UT alum...GO Vols!

Haven't seen the fire ant thing here yet, nor experienced them growing up. Our yard in TX was just FULL of the damn things, though. And sure enough, EVERY time I bought a new pair of cute summer sandals, WHAM! I'd get bit a couple dozen times. Then, as some of you know, you have these really attractive pustules with red borders erupt from each bite, which yield to open sores and finally slowly heal to purple-y scars that don't go away for a couple of years. I f'ing HATE fire ants.

AND in Texas, I once picked up a piece of firewood that had four (4!) black widows on it. You bet I did the "creepy bug" dance!

Yup, I'll trade the bug population in TX for that of Tennessee any day...