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Seriously, who the hell thought those vulgar little creatures up. It's like god gave the devil one choice of something to make, and unlike the John Ritter version of the devil, it wasn't trees.

and we have some here in Australia that I literally bounce off their webs when I walk in my garden. I got one of them on me just the the other day... they probably heard me scream in New Zealand lol

What's hairy, has 5 eyes, 8 legs, and 2 venomous fangs?

-Sandy(anyone seen my pet tarantula? it was here just a minute ago...)

Yeah we get wolf spiders where I am... they dont build webs they just run around and they can get pretty big

The Wet West coast with all the big, big trees and very little frost is very fond of spiders.  All kinds.  Lots and lots and lots of them.  Coastal Redwood rain forests must be ground zero for the entire notion of spiders.  Spiders look at this area of the world like it is  Olympus, Valhalla, and Xanadu all rolled into one.

And California has big assed very scary wolf spiders, wild tarantulas, and the never popular Western black widow spider.

The fear of these things is generally greater than the threat.

I understand that, during the entire 20th century, there were only 20 cases of people actually dying from spiders.

13 from the Australian funnel web.

So, that leaves 6 in the rest of the world.

That can't be close to being right.  I'll bet its at least a couple hundred a year.

I'm going to GIS this and find out.

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Yeah, from bites and mostly from complications, and its almost all children under seven, and the worst offender are the members of the recluse family of spiders, a few hundred per year, all young, and largely in the third world.

Yuck! I hate spiders. I try to get my kitty to take care of them for me, but he seems to be quite the scaredy cat!! :P

I hate spiders! We have the brown recluse, wolf spider. and black widow around here and those are all pretty nasty. but what I am scared of more than those are the little jumping spiders that always seem to make their way inside.

I know they are not that dangerous but, I am dreadfully afraid of them. I am afraid they will jump at and bite my eyes, I know that sounds irrational, but due to this fear I won't even get close enough to use a shoe on them. I have found I an throw a copy of the PDR with accuracy and spider killing force about 20 feet.

I hate spiders. ~shudders~


And I can see you ..................
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I Like spiders. I Like them a whole bunch!
They eat the flies!

I don't hate all spiders... Just the venomous type

We have the Hobo spider (AKA Aggressive house spider) where I live

I basically "Go to WAR!!!"  :icon_2gun:  with them for a few months out of every year

Left untreated their bites can swell up with infection and become very nasty

There was a famous Australia singer called Slim Dusty (country and western), and he wrote and sung this song "Redback On the Toilet Seat" (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/slim-dusty/redback/) and starts of:

There was a red-back on the toilet seat
When I was there last night,
I didn't see him in the dark,
But boy! I felt his bite!
I jumped high up into the air,
And when I hit the ground,
That crafty red-back spider
Wasn't nowhere to be found.

Me, I am not scared of spiders, creepy crawlies or venomous snakes.  However, when I encounter them, I just take care.

Kind regards
Sarah B

My brother lived in Australia for two years. Unfortunately for him, during his time there he got bit by a recluse and had to go to the hospital.

I hate spiders.

I've been afraid of spiders all my life. I used to be terrified of them when I was a kid. Now not quite so much but they still scare me if they're big enough

If they're super super tiny, I won't mind. If they're in a spot where it's dangerous for them, I move them to somewhere less dangerous

Last Summer, I went to climb in my top bunk bed and I was just about to lay my head down until I looked in the folds of my pillow and saw a decent sized spider. I did all I could to mute a scream lol

If I see a spider crawling on my sheets, then I will freak out a little, but otherwise I love them.  They kill and eat all sorts of nasty other insects you really DON'T want crawling around your house, like earwigs, silverfish, flies, centipedes, etc.  Spiders are like the cats of the insect/arachnid world.

My cat is quite fat, rarely bothers to hunt, and is the only pet in the family that comes IN the house to poop. The dogs think he's disgusting. They are going to have to go stay with my brother for a couple days while I bomb for spiders, because they are waking up with the changing weather and overruning my house.

I especially love jumping spiders. Many of them are cute as hell rather than intimidating. They are active hunters--I think that's cool--and they operate on hydraulics. Isn't that neat? They just adjust the pressure of their blood, and VOOM! they're hopping all over the place.

Once my then-partner and I were hiking around our alma mater and wound up in a field off the beaten track. I looked down and saw that we were standing in a sea of little black and red jumping spiders. They were bouncing around like rubber bands. We knew that we must have killed some on the way in, so we just stood and watched for a little while before carefully making our way out. It was awesome.

P.S. There's lots of cool info about Salticidae at the Tree of Life site,  tolweb.org/Salticidae.

I smush the big ones, but I let the little ones live to kill other bugs.  Big spiders freak me out so bad, I'm scared to even hit them with a shoe because I imagine them crawling up my arm or something if I miss.

Big spiders freak me out less than little ones.  A big one is easier to see and hence easier to catch --the smaller ones disappear when you try to catch them, and then you're stuck for hours thinking every slight itch on your body is that spider.

In general, if it doesn't fly it doesn't bother me so much.  I got stung in the ear by a bee at summer camp when I was a kid, so now if anything buzzes by my ears I freak out.  I just shivered thinking about that.

Their faces are cute. :3

Just look at those widdle eyes! ♥

Quote from: Becca on March 09, 2010, 01:52:19 PM
My cat is quite fat, rarely bothers to hunt, and is the only pet in the family that comes IN the house to poop. The dogs think he's disgusting.

But I bet he thinks *he's* the smartest!! :P

Quote from: Heartwood on March 09, 2010, 06:20:02 PM
Their faces are cute. :3

Just look at those widdle eyes! ♥

Yeah!  ALL those widdle eyes!

As I understand it, there are literally thousands of species of spiders.  Of those, only one or two AREN'T venomous.

Enjoy that thought.

-Sandy

-Sandy

Quote from: Sandy on March 09, 2010, 07:21:46 PM
Yeah!  ALL those widdle eyes!

As I understand it, there are literally thousands of species of spiders.  Of those, only one or two AREN'T venomous.

Enjoy that thought.

-Sandy

-Sandy

That just makes them cuter! More the merrier!

 How to get out of a car when driving at 60km/hr. Have a very large Huntsman climb from under the sun visor and drop into your lap. Aaaah

In South Aus we have very nice and cute Redbacks, very poisonous, hide well and have a mean temper. There is a pic around of one killing a brown snake, charming.

But just to help your bowel habits, there was a report from Queensland yesterday of a guy who went to the loo for #2s and there was a 2.5 metre snake in the toilet bowl. Bet that cleaned him out :laugh: :laugh:

Not too fond of spiders, snakes, sharks, crocs; then why the hell do I live in Australia? :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

Quote from: Sandy on March 09, 2010, 07:21:46 PM
Yeah!  ALL those widdle eyes!

As I understand it, there are literally thousands of species of spiders.  Of those, only one or two AREN'T venomous.

Enjoy that thought.

-Sandy

-Sandy

Well yeah, almost all spiders kill with poison of some sort, but very few of the spider poisons are potent enough to be in any way a threat to a human being.

almost all spiders kill with poison of some sort, but very few of the spider poisons are potent enough to be in any way a threat to a human being.

True that, on both counts (I only found out the first part looking some stuff up the other day, that almost all spiders are poisonous) and the venom is made for things a bit smaller than us.  But people who are already sick, or the very young and the very old are at risk.  As is anyone who can't get real medical care, because the bites can get infected pretty bad.  However the greatest risk I guess is some sort of anaphylactic shock for the people who are allergic to the venom - roughly the same amount (though not necessarily the same people) as have that same kind of reaction to bee stings.

You had me rolling Cindy!
How to get out of a car when driving at 60km/hr. Have a very large Huntsman climb from under the sun visor and drop into your lap. Aaaah


Once when I was about 16 I was at a friends house watching that movie Arachnophobia. Just as that dude was climbing up the ladder in the attic she took an eyeshadow brush and ran it along the back of my neck..... If you drive past her house you can still hear the echoes of my screams 19 years later!

Quote from: CindyJames on March 10, 2010, 02:04:29 AM
How to get out of a car when driving at 60km/hr. Have a very large Huntsman climb from under the sun visor and drop into your lap. Aaaah

In South Aus we have very nice and cute Redbacks, very poisonous, hide well and have a mean temper. There is a pic around of one killing a brown snake, charming.

But just to help your bowel habits, there was a report from Queensland yesterday of a guy who went to the loo for #2s and there was a 2.5 metre snake in the toilet bowl. Bet that cleaned him out :laugh: :laugh:

Not too fond of spiders, snakes, sharks, crocs; then why the hell do I live in Australia? :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

kinda what I'm asking myself too :laugh: We have Redbacks in NSW as well and we found one the other day in the door sill. These are related I think to the American Black Widow, at least they look very similar. My friend put it in a plastic container and we took it to the place where they collect them to make anti-venom. I'm glad my friend was okay with it because no way I was getting near that thing! And I know the Huntsmans are supposed to be non-poisonous but for some reason my scream reflex hasn't figured that out yet lol :icon_yikes:

Yes they are in the same family as the Black Widow, which makes them neurotoxic - the female also eats the male while mating.  Yikes!

Bites from Redback spiders produce a syndrome known as latrodectism. The symptoms are similar to bites from other Latrodectus spiders. The syndrome is generally characterised by extreme pain and severe sweating. Initially the bite may be painful but sometimes only feels like a pin prick or mild burning sensation. Within an hour victims generally develop more severe local pain with local sweating and sometimes piloerection (goosebumps). Pain, swelling and redness spread proximally from the site. Systemic envenoming is heralded by swollen or tender regional lymph nodes; associated features include malaise, nausea, vomiting, abdominal or chest pain, generalised sweating, headache, fever, hypertension and tremor.[13][14] Rare complications include seizure, coma, pulmonary edema, respiratory failure or localised skin infection.[17] Severe pain can persist for over 24 hours after being bitten.[18]

And then there's this one...
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Quote from: Shades O'Grey on March 11, 2010, 01:39:00 PM
And then there's this one...
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That is not a spider, insect maybe. It only has 6 legs and an arachnid has 8.

Quote from: LordKAT on March 11, 2010, 02:15:10 PM
That is not a spider, insect maybe. It only has 6 legs and an arachnid has 8.

I think that is more of a daddy long-leg and not a spider.

I think it would have *NO* problem finding a parking space, though!

-Sandy

Quote from: Sandy on March 11, 2010, 02:36:18 PM
I think that is more of a daddy long-leg and not a spider.

I think it would have *NO* problem finding a parking space, though!

-Sandy

Whatever it is, I sure as hell don't want it following me.

Hi Cindy

Well I can understand if you are:

Quote from: CindyJames on March 10, 2010, 02:04:29 AMNot too fond of spiders, snakes, sharks, crocs; then why the hell do I live in Australia? :laugh: :laugh:

I believe Cindy you like to stay in Australia because of the following creatures that also reside in Australia:

The box Jellyfish also know as Chironex Fleckeri.
The Irukandi
The Blue Ring Octopus
The stone fish
Duck-Billed Platypus
Cone shellfish

But somehow I don't think so, I believe you like Australia for the following reason:

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me![1]

Kind regards
Sarah B
[1] My Country by Dorothea Mackellar (1885 - 1968) (http://www.imagesaustralia.com/mycountry.htm)

Quote from: Sarah B on March 11, 2010, 11:19:20 PM
Hi Cindy

Well I can understand if you are:
I believe Cindy you like to stay in Australia because of the following creatures that also reside in Australia:

The box Jellyfish also know as Chironex Fleckeri.
The Irukandi
The Blue Ring Octopus
The stone fish
Duck-Billed Platypus
Cone shellfish

But somehow I don't think so, I believe you like Australia for the following reason:

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me![1]

Kind regards
Sarah B
[1] My Country by Dorothea Mackellar (1885 - 1968) (http://www.imagesaustralia.com/mycountry.htm)

Hi Sarah
You forgot the WereKoala, deadly thing, drops from trees and eats your brains out. Luckly I'm safe :laugh:
When I was up north, one of the Rangers said that as far as he was concerned water buffalo were as bad as anything. That night our dog decided to round on up and then race back to the caravan being chased by it(we where in Hoopty Doo bush camping, totally alone). Luckly it stopped otherwise wham bam thank you mam :laugh:

Hugs
Cindy

http://www.cracked.com/funny-163-australia/ (http://www.cracked.com/funny-163-australia/)

Quote from: SilverFang on March 12, 2010, 01:47:14 AM
http://www.cracked.com/funny-163-australia/ (http://www.cracked.com/funny-163-australia/)

Loved it SilverFang.

Hi Cindy

Yes they are really deadly little creatures, however, I spent sometime with the locals and we dealt with the Werekoalas in the following manner.  As they dropped we stood to one side, punch the living daylights out of them, then split them from one end to the other, grabbed them by the back before they hit the ground and then slung them on the camp fire.  We soon had fricasseed Werekoalas for tea.

So next time you visit Hoopty Doo. Take me with you, I will protect you.

Kind regards
Sarah B
PS Hoopty Doo is really called Humpty Doo

Quote from: Sarah B on March 12, 2010, 02:38:57 AM
Hi Cindy

Spent time with the locals and we dealt with the Werekoalas in the following manner.  As they dropped we stood to one side, punch the living daylights out of them, then split them from one end to the other, grabbed them by the back before they hit the ground and then slung them on the camp fire.  We soon had fricasseed Werekoalas for tea.

So next time you visit Hoopty Doo. Take me with you, I will protect you.

Kind regards
Sarah B
PS Hoopty Doo is really called Humpty Doo

Us bush sheilas are renown fro reeelly good spelign.
frikass of werekoala - sounds good- pass it on to Nicky for her breakfast thread.  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

sunbaked bruce is good too :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

Hi Cindy

Yes most definitely, Nicky is gung ho on the "vegemite" stuff, should go well with stewed Werekoalas. ;D

Kind regards
Sarah B

Vegemite is made from spiders?


Who knew? It explains vegemite being Australian I guess.








Please take in the joking manner in which it was meant.

Having done a lot of construction work, I have been bitten many times by spiders-mostly brown recluses. While they will conservatively inject just a small amount of venom, if they are really afraid they will pour the stuff to you and it can and will make your flesh dissolve into a big hole. I also have been bitten by a Black Widow-ONCE and have seen many many more. They just love dark moist places that Plumbers have to go every day and you will learn to be careful or get bitten as I did. A large female got me on the right hand ring finger but I didn't think much of it at the time. When it swelled to the size of a softball and the vein up my arm turned blue I got worried and went for treatment. The Doctor said that if I had waited for three more hours I would have lost my right hand if not part of my arm! Be Careful!

Randi

lucky not to have spiders where i am, and now i'm having serious doubts about moving to australia...main pests here are mosquitos and cockroaches, the former being ultra-fast-smart-city type and the latter brown about the length of yr index finger with an oily shine. if only there's a way to drive all these irritants to extinction in my living area...

Don't know it will work on your local spiders but we have found that most insects seem to hate sertain smells.

Our cat brings us his yearly dose of fleas and the next is due soon. Vacuming, of course, is essential, but spraying a weak solution of ceder, and pine onto our shoes stops the little blighters when we go into the back porch.

We also manage to scare away our yearly visit of mice. They have just arrived and left after dropping some peppermint oil in the places where they seem to like to go.

With some experimenting, you may find the smell your local spiders hate.

When I was living with my ex, a black widow managed to make its way into the house and find the perfect spot to hang out: the gap between the sliding closet doors in the master bedroom, about six inches from the ground. Right where one of the cats might encounter it. Nevertheless, I spent about a week and a half attempting to capture the beastie without hurting it. Don't ask me why; I saw what one of them did to my father when I was a kid. His hand and arm swelled up something awful.

Fast little suckers. Hard to catch. I finally succeeded, but what a headache. When I moved to my new house and saw a black widow out in the garden (again, right where my cat was likely to have a close encounter), I thought, "To hell with it" and executed it. Nature-lover, that's me.

But I really do like spiders, mostly.

I've been bit a few times by black widow spiders when I lived in Calif.

The bite area did swell a bit, but nothing as bad as a hobo spider bite

Mostly I had flu like symptoms and felt like I was on some weird drugs for a day or so  :P

When my dad went to Texas, he secretly brought back a black widow spider in a jar (for whatever reason) and brought it home. Well it laid an egg sac thing, and he punched a big hole in the top of the jar (it was a ball glass jar with a metal lid) with a hunting knife, which i thought was way too big of a hole, especially since the babies will prob be very little when born. Well, good thing I wasn't there when they hatched..

my dad said he got up at night, and was bringing the jar over to put some water in it or something, and when he went in the light he saw hundreds of little black widows crawling up his arm O-O he started smashing them all. it was kind of horrifying when i went over there a few days later, cause he was living in sort of a basement-type room and it was in a countryside-type town, and all i kept thinking was that one of the black widows would land on my head or crawl on me when i sleep. he said at one point one came down on a string  in front of him too.

Quote from: rexgsd on March 17, 2010, 03:16:12 PM
When my dad went to Texas, he secretly brought back a black widow spider in a jar (for whatever reason) and brought it home. Well it laid an egg sac thing, and he punched a big hole in the top of the jar (it was a ball glass jar with a metal lid) with a hunting knife, which i thought was way too big of a hole, especially since the babies will prob be very little when born. Well, good thing I wasn't there when they hatched..

my dad said he got up at night, and was bringing the jar over to put some water in it or something, and when he went in the light he saw hundreds of little black widows crawling up his arm O-O he started smashing them all. it was kind of horrifying when i went over there a few days later, cause he was living in sort of a basement-type room and it was in a countryside-type town, and all i kept thinking was that one of the black widows would land on my head or crawl on me when i sleep. he said at one point one came down on a string  in front of him too.

I believe the only possible response to this is, "AAIIIEEEEEE!"

Strangely enough I love spiders...

Jay

haha.

yeah i dont like spiders but i like tarantulas. my dad has one, and he never used to have a cover for the top so it would get out at night and stuff, but he finally put one on so someone wouldn't roll over on him at night or something and kill him

I was bit by a brown recluse when I lived in Missouri, I killed a wolf spider in my garage and the babies scattered all over the place.  I get black widows webs on my patio all the time.

Sarah L.

arg! where do you live now with all those spiders?! jeez, i hate when spiders scare me, i get so mad and seek revenge. last one that dangled in front of me i killed with a gluee louee rat trap

I am the valiant spider-killing knight for my arachnophobic princess (boyfriend).

I am terrified of spiders, if I see one in my room I can't sleep in there until it is found and either killed or taken outside. The only creepy crawler that bugs me out as much as spiders are centipedes.... :icon_dizzy:

House centipedes are terrible. I can handle spiders fine, but those little evil buggers are fast and have so many legs... I've killed them by drowning them in Windex before (it surprised me in the middle of the night in the bathroom). An awful way to die for an awful creature.

These are the ones I'm talking about; don't click if you're freaked out by bugs! (SO UGLY (http://blog.lib.umn.edu/whit1019/centipedes/House_centipede.jpg))

Quote from: brainiac on March 17, 2010, 07:10:36 PM
House centipedes are terrible. I can handle spiders fine, but those little evil buggers are fast and have so many legs... I've killed them by drowning them in Windex before (it surprised me in the middle of the night in the bathroom). An awful way to die for an awful creature.

These are the ones I'm talking about; don't click if you're freaked out by bugs! (SO UGLY (http://blog.lib.umn.edu/whit1019/centipedes/House_centipede.jpg))

I don't know why I clicked but I did LOL... I hate those things.. the other night I was watching a show and they had those giant ugly centipedes you'd find in like hawaii or the amazon or wherever, freaky stuff!! I don't think I could deal if I saw one in person.. :o

eww i hate those! and they are super fast and like invisable. i saw one scurry under the couch i was on at my dads and was like 'did something just run across the floor?' and it was one of those. and i had to sleep on that couch, sick! hard to sleep after seeing that s.o.b. crawling around.

my bad luck bug lately has been random bees and black wasps IN MY ROOM or bathroom randomly. holy ->-bleeped-<-, that is a heart attack and a half right there o-o i dont even know where they come from...and why are they always in my room/bathroom? i smash them with something or drown them in comet and hairspray or something :P

Apparently, house centipedes can also detach legs if they're trapped by them. This idea bothers me deeply.

Speaking of bees, this fall I was walking on the sidewalk, talking animatedly to my friend, and I gestured to make a point. At that EXACT MOMENT a yellowjacket flew directly into my finger and stung the crap out it. And then I had to sit in class for an hour and a half with a throbbing finger.

ugh that sucks. fortunately i have only been stung like, twice in my life. i remember once i was running in a field to my dads truck and one flew out of this little shed and stung me and went back in the shed. my dad got out some bee poison (hes an exterminator 8) ) and killed the whole colony. haha thats what they get

I was driving to the bank to make a deposit... On the way a bee got sucked into the open window and stung me on my neck  :o

By the time I got home I'd swollen up like the Pillsburry Doughboy and could barely breathe

Lucky I lived at home at the time and my mom called the hospital

The cure was simple... Benadryl allergy formula

Odd way to find out I'd become allergic to bees  :P

Quote from: brainiac on March 17, 2010, 07:52:55 PM
Speaking of bees, this fall I was walking on the sidewalk, talking animatedly to my friend, and I gestured to make a point. At that EXACT MOMENT a yellowjacket flew directly into my finger and stung the crap out it. And then I had to sit in class for an hour and a half with a throbbing finger.

haha you should hear mine...was walking across a bridge with my friend when a fruitfly thingy got caught into my eye...and after a little commotion my friend finally managed to blow the little bugger out...only to fly into my gaping mouth... >:(

Quote from: LordKAT on March 12, 2010, 04:12:30 AM
Vegemite is made from spiders?


Who knew? It explains vegemite being Australian I guess.

Please take in the joking manner in which it was meant.

hehehe ^_^

But truth of this matter is much more horrifying than you could imagine. ಠ.ಠ

Quote from: pebbles on March 18, 2010, 11:00:47 AM
hehehe ^_^

But truth of this matter is much more horrifying than you could imagine. ಠ.ಠ

So it's sausage, politics and vegimite that you shouldn't watch while it's being made?

-Sandy

Quote from: Sandy on March 18, 2010, 12:13:44 PM
So it's sausage, politics and vegimite that you shouldn't watch while it's being made?

-Sandy

I had a summer job when I was at Uni at a pork pie making factory. Never ever ever ever have I even got close to eating one since.
:eusa_sick: :eusa_sick:

Cindy

Sorry to shatter another urban myth, but Vegemite is made from the by-product of beer brewing. THAT'S why it's good for you!!
I had to remove a huge Huntsman from the bedroom last night when I got home. I trapped it under a glass bowl and then slide a large piece of card under. Held that down hard to keep the rotten thing in, then released it in the flower bed. They are good guys although they look scary.
So far this summer I have killed about a dozen Red-Backs. They are endemic to northern Victoria, along with just about every other spider in creation.
The other one I don't mind is the Orb Weaver. They build huge "Charlotte's Web" type classic spider-webs across the pergola, which look beautiful with the dew on them in the morning. Just don't walk into their web as it is like wire rope!

I've been stung by yellowjackets three times, all in semi-odd locations on my body. Once I was crawling around in the back yard and got stung on the inside of my wrist. Then I was on horseback and reached into a tree for an apricot and got stung in the webbing between my index and middle finger. For my next trick, I was feeding somebody's chickens. I tossed some chicken feed on the ground; when I brought my arm back down, I got stung in the armpit by a wasp that had somehow found its way there. I was howling in pain, but the wasp flew merrily away--I hope, to die in some secret yellowjacket graveyard. >:(

Another mutant spider:
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I like having cats in the house...i haven't seen a spider in months.

Quote from: Rock_chick on April 05, 2010, 04:48:22 PM
I like having cats in the house...i haven't seen a spider in months.

LOL... When a spider or centipede tries to crawl on open ground in the place, my dog will alert me and then point at it

Hunting instinct I guess... LOL

That's a well trained dog.

I really hate visiting my parents...my mum loves spiders and won't remove them from the house...me, I need a certain amount of distance between me and them...several miles should do it.

Quote from: Rock_chick on April 05, 2010, 05:01:08 PM
I need a certain amount of distance between me and them...several miles should do it.

Ditto.

Aw i think spiders are harmless, apart from the ones who're severely poisonous and can actually kill you if you get bitten lol.
But since were in england i think we've dodged that bullet.
I like them, i can honestly say they dont bother me.
Im usually the one who has to get rid of the if their in the house, but i dont have the heart to kill them so they go on a peice of paper and into the garden =]

I like spiders of the harmless sort also... They are actually helpful

But as prior mentioned we have the Hobo spider AKA The Aggressive House spider which is rather poisonous

On a good note... I became rather interested with spider recognition and learned that the Hobo spiders have spider enemies that will eat them and not harm anyone.... Muahahahaha  >:-)

You could train little spider armies..hehe

All through my childhood i was never afraid of them and i held a couple of tarantulas, theyre like slow moving hamsters to the touch. For some reason though over the last 8 or 9 years ive gone from fine to uncomfortable to moderately scared of them! i cant help but act like ace ventura around a bat when a large house spider scurries along the floor while im chilling on the sofa  :-\

To be honest, anything with more than two legs scares me. Having been desensatized by many things from movies and television, spiders is not one of them...hope that made sense lol.

I found two giant spiders in my home tonight.

Someone hold me.

I swear that I have arachnaphobia and if not, then a pretty severe fear of spiders.

I could not scroll down on the first page once I got a glimpse of the eyes of that horrid picture Janet posted. I cannot deal with spiders in a rational way. Teeny tiny baby spiders; Small spiders; Medium Spiders = Complete melt down. Whoever forbid I live somewhere or visit somewhere that has these giant spiders I hear about and have unfortunately seen pictures or video of. I think I would pass out from the panic attack I would have. I have enough of one with the aforementioned spiders.

My girl thinks it is absolutely ridiculous, but I cannot help it. I feel like so pathetic.  :embarrassed:

I don't mind spiders too much actually I've only ever been bitten by one once and that was because I panicked and kept trying to kill it. I've found if I just leave them alone they leave me alone so now the most I do is put them outside.

I used to be extremely scared of them when I was younger, but now I'm not that bothered. Then again I don't live anywhere that has large amounts of spiders.

Quote from: Wolf Man on April 22, 2010, 03:12:34 AM
I swear that I have arachnaphobia and if not, then a pretty severe fear of spiders.

It's not pathetic! Everyone has something they get like that about. :) And my boyfriend is like this too (you should see him when he sees a daddy long legs), so it's not like you're the only guy afraid of spiders in the world!

I LOVE spiders! Especially jumping spiders. They're adorable.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3366%2F3208080239_6f802d2701.jpg&hash=7cf855076b53e4afee2e90274dd67486eebdc7fa)

Lookit that face! How can you not love a face like that-- Magnificent jumping spiders have flourescent green moustaches! (In fact, my mom and I have always referred to them as "flourescent green moustache spiders.")

 :o  >:(

I detest the alert that from this thread. I picked the latest page and scrolled up only to see a big disgusting spider in my face. UHG!

Quote from: Wolf Man on April 22, 2010, 08:44:36 PM
:o  >:(

I detest the alert that from this thread. I picked the latest page and scrolled up only to see a big disgusting spider in my face. UHG!

Sorry!

But but... he's a cute, friendly spider. He wants to be your flourescent-moustached friend!

Jumping spiders are cool... Harmless to humans and pets, plus they keep down the population of other bothersome insects  ;)

Who could not love a face like this?

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that one has 2 eyes and a smiley face! i like this one!  :D

Quote from: Metamorph on April 23, 2010, 07:26:09 AM
that one has 2 eyes and a smiley face! i like this one!  :D

Those were his back two eyes, he has three more in front...

Aww, cute spiders!  I love spiders!  I don't understand why most people don't like them.  They're fascinating and gorgeous! <3  ;D

(I have so many awesome spider pictures I couldn't resist showing off some of my 8 legged friends!)  In order of appearance: Velvet, evil Cobalt blue, a Mexican redknee, and Bail, the Antilles Pinktoe. (Not that anyone will get that.  Oh well. :P)
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What can I say, I got my first tarantula when I was 9.  I love the little guys.  :)

EDIT:

I love spiders.  They're effective predators for their size, fascinating to watch and think about how they work, and they catch all the annoying flying insects that would be in my room

I quite like spiders actually, then again I am a colossal nature ->-bleeped-<- and there isn't too many creatures that I can genuinely think of that actually make me shriek, squirm or generally have me running for the door if I just so happen to be near one.

Seriously, I make it some kind of mission to try and catch a spider if I just so happen to see one trundling along on their merry way with a piece of paper and a pint glass so I can get a better look at him.

Then I go all Steve Irwin and start chatting them up ._.

Flies irritate me though, so spiders are very much welcomed in this household~

Reminds me of Harry Butler, who used to be on TV here, he'd be teasing a Sdney Funnel-Web with a stick, and say, " look at those lovely big fangs. They can go right through your finger nail, they can.  Isn't he gorgeous.".

aaahhhhhh omg I find spiders absolutely terrifying, Im terrified of spiders, I stepped into the shower yesterday morning, there it was, a very big spider, must have crawled up the drain, I nearly stepped on it, if I had it probably would have bitten me ugh omg makes me weak just thinking about it, I screamed, boyfriend dashed in, thought I was about to be murdered lol anyway boyfriend to the rescue, picked it up and removed it, couldn'd bear to look at it.
I don't find them pictures cute, ''fascination and gorgeous'' no thanks, sorry.... everybody to their own, give me a cute puppy anyday.
p

Well, it's hobo spider season again where I live... Fun times  :P

I got my first bite of the season in an embarrassing place... My bum

I guess they want to prove that they are a pain in the something... Luckily I'm ready with some bite cream this year

I've also sent two of them white water rafting on a tissue and have found a few in my spider traps

Luckily I am ready with some spray this year and will be getting on that tonight

I forget how it goes..lady ate the fly, then spider to eat the fly, then ? to eat the spider,  can't remember what that was tho.  Whatever it was, maybe you need one Virginia.

Quote from: Janet Lynn on March 09, 2010, 11:11:02 AM
I hate spiders. ~shudders~


And I can see you ..................
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How can you NOT like that? Shes got cute little eyelashes and EVERYTHING! :o xD

I get alot of Daddy-Long-Leg spiders here... Odd gangly things... Their legs are FAR too big for their little dot-sized bodies, and they look lik you would break them if you tried to move them... :s

Quote from: LordKAT on May 18, 2010, 09:19:55 AM
I forget how it goes..lady ate the fly, then spider to eat the fly, then ? to eat the spider,  can't remember what that was tho.  Whatever it was, maybe you need one Virginia.

And I believe that is a Bird she swallowed :p

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.

Thanks Tekla

I got to hear that sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary a long time past.

I was thinking the original was sung by Paul Robson?

What a cutey Ruben, not only does it have eyelashes, the poor thing looks lost.
Microspiders are cute, no doubt about it

Quote from: justmeinoz on May 22, 2010, 07:05:50 AM
What a cutey Ruben, not only does it have eyelashes, the poor thing looks lost.
Microspiders are cute, no doubt about it

Yeah, its got some serious puppy eyes going on! xD