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haven’t a clue what that sort it, but I’m calling the exterminator tomorrow for this one…
URRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!
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twindragonsmum wrote:haven’t a clue what that sort it, but I’m calling the exterminator tomorrow for this one…
URRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!
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I totally need spiders that big in my home to eat the house centipedes. I’ve seen some the size of mice *shudders*Threads like these remind me to be thankful I live up North. There really aren’t any poisonous bugs up here. I either take bugs outside or let them chill in my house if they aren’t in my way. Although, we do have Triple E carrying mosquitoes, so I do squash mosquitoes. >.<
My brother and his family used to live in Melbourne, OZ just out in the bush. He HAAAAAAATTTTTTTEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS spiders! He has 3 daughters that he is his religiously trying to NOT pass on his phobia to… but these spiders ore totally HEINOUSLY HIDEOUS… combine a shudder and a gag and you get the picture. These are life size pix that he sent us over the years — YUUUUUUUUUUUURRRGGGGG!!!!!
there were all found in the house at one time or another… BLEEEEEEH!
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Jiminy Christmas O___________________O I would drop dead if I saw something like that. I used to live in CT and we got house spiders all the time… ewwww x.x but the giant desert centipedes we get here in NM are waaay worse 😮
Uh, is that top one a funnel web?
I don’t mind spiders, generally speaking, but I’d rather they not be *on* me.
For another visual guaranteed to upset arachnophobes like me, Google the phrase “clock spider” and prepare to be appalled.
Regarding big spiders: in the desert we had sun spiders (another name for wind scorpions and camel spiders). One evening my husband and I were sitting and watching TV when we heard a shrill squeaking and scratching sound coming from the window. There, about halfway up the glass (glass, mind you) was a sun spider with a leg-span the size of my hand (eight inches). Thank heavens he was on the outside of the house. As it was, we drew straws to see who was going to go out there and call in the dogs.
I have also had sun spiders accost me in the shower (I learned to inspect the shower closely before turning on the water, because having something like that racing around in a panic at close quarters is nothing to experience while starkers). And one night I awoke to the feeling of a hair tickling the end of my nose. I kept brushing at my nose, trying to get rid of it, but without luck. At last I woke up enough to get mad and think, “The stupid thing must be stuck to the pillow!” So I reached up and grabbed . . . something quite large and rather squashy.
Well, that led to one of those full-body convulsions, the kind where you kick your spouse, launch the spare blanket from the foot of the bed, and straight-arm the lamp right off the bedside table trying to turn it on. Meanwhile my right arm made an executive decision and threw whatever it was holding as hard as possible across the room. By the time we got the other lamp turned on, there was nothing to be found anywhere on the floor, and at last I quit shivering and went back to bed.
Two days later, we found the very large, still slightly stunned sun spider lurking in front of the closet.
Dear Lord, that thing had been sitting there on my pillow for several minutes, giving my nose little pats with its legs, trying to figure out what it had found. GYAAAAAHHH! :shout: If I had opened my eyes and seen that thing squatting there, they would have had to check me into Intensive Care for protracted hysterics. I guess this is an unexpected advantage to having a very dark bedroom. And a pronounced disadvantage to having a dust ruffle on the box spring.
Patting your nose?!?!??!?!?!? YUUUUUUUUUUURRRRGG!!! GAG! *SNORK!*BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh, barrdwing! I’m sooooo sorry!!! Do you know how hard it is to gag and laugh at the same time while trying not to pee myself??????? “full body convulsions…” *snerk, snerk, gag, giggle, snerk…* I think you win the prize for Best Visuals in a Story Telling! Hmmm, I wonder what that would look like… Maybe a gilded spider? Naw… *trots off to find a suitable award to present…*
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What a funny story! At least sun spiders aren’t spiders at all and are totally without venom and are harmless. 🙂
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My art: featherdust.comOh, I know they’re harmless–the left brain knows, anyway–but unfortunately they set me off into yeekyland just based on looks alone. And, admittedly, they can deliver a painful bite if provoked. I’ve never been bitten, but I took a good hard look at the dental equipment on one of the smaller Sacramento variety, and holy cats! Speaking of same, I’ve seen them charge cats (the cats gave ground). About the only creatures I’ve seen get the better of them was a flock of hungry young chickens. (Carnage. Absolute buggy carnage.)
TDM, no offense taken, I assure you! 🙂 It was one of those moments that made me think, “Five years from now I’m gonna look back on this and laugh; for now, I think I’ll curl up and shudder for a while.” Fortunately my husband is made of sterner stuff than I, and has always been quick to sprint to my rescue with an empty jumbo jar and a sheet of cardboard. We evicted quite a few of those critters during our time in the desert, although I was home alone the day I discovered the very pregnant five-inch-long scorpion who had mistaken my crafts room for a maternity ward. Fortunately she was rather slow in her condition and I was able to grab the bug jar and escort her outside to a nice flowerbed. Thank heavens I found her before her “blessed event!”
Now let me say something. You’ll all get a terrible laugh out of it. Especially since you’ve all read about my love and some experiences with spiders. I didn’t even tell you guys about the time one crawled down my shirt! Big huge black spider. Felt something odd and I lifted my shirt and went “huh” and poked him till he was on the ground (as I was sitting).
I love spiders, and can tolerate most animal/insects/etc that the greater population can’t. But there is one thing that I am petrified of that can send me screaming and running like a child and do the russian dance.
Crickets.
Now you’re all laughing at me. But it’s true. I can’t even “square off” against them. I use to call my mom to come and get them (and feed them to my lizard… which I enjoyed watching :evil:) but as she’s no longer here… I can’t do a thing about them if they’re in the house. I throw objects at them from across the room in hopes that I get lucky and get a kill shot. Then if I do get lucky, I drop an object of some sort over the corpse and make someone else pick it up.
Who’s laughing? Be honest now lol.*raises hand while still giggling…* i’m sorry guys, but i just don’t do bugs of any sort – i can’t even put a jar over ’em and wait for Roddy to get home and dispose of the unwanted guest! I just can’t get that close to them… ya, i know, i’m such a dork! *Giggle, shudder, snerk*
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