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raeanna74 · 04-16-2004, 05:25 PM

That thing does look big. I imagine it would definately make me jump if I saw it dashing across the sand toward me.

Had a wolf spider come in out place a couple years ago. That alone gave me the creeps. Until I decided to learn more about the then deceased (thanks to a well placed stomp) spider. Then I'm not so creeped out. I will avoid any poisonous ones but most of them don't creep me out to much. Education is the best weapon against fear.

My daughter (almost 4 yrs) thinks spiders are cool - her reasoning - they eat mosquitos.

hilbert25 · 04-16-2004, 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by hu-man
I saw this a couple of days ago. Damn they look so HUGE! It's a good thing that the angle makes them look bigger, because those things looked like the kind of spider who would crawl up your leg and bite you in the face... eek.

Funny you should say that... Somewhere else a guy posted his account of being bit by one, and the ensuing swelling in his face. It was scary

telekinetic · 04-16-2004, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by Paradise Lost
How could you stand going to an area where you know
TONS of BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS live all the time?!?!?!

If I even ever saw one, even remotely close to my house, let
alone inside of it, I'd move as far into Northeastern Canada as
I possibly could.

I was moving rocks at a camp without gloves one time, and flipped over a particularly large and heavy one by reaching to the far edge and pulling it towards myself...on the other side was a black widow who's abdomen was easily the size of a quarter, sitting on the rock two or three inches from my fingers...we caught it in a snapple bottle and brought it to the Nature Lodge, where they killed it and encased it in lucite, cuz it was the largest black widow they'd ever seen.

redrum · 04-16-2004, 06:51 PM

I found a Black widow in my car once

I then sold the car, never riding in it again.

bparker805 · 04-17-2004, 10:58 AM

Fuck that! I am never leaving my room again!

TopRamen66 · 04-17-2004, 08:44 PM

ahh! I'm going to check my bed 4 times for spiders before I go to bed! And I'm 15,000 miles away from those things!

raeanna74 · 04-18-2004, 08:33 AM

We only have Brown Recluse spiders up here. Nothing more poisonous than that and nothing bigger than a wolf spider I believe. I'll take the cold over spiders and roaches any day.

thejoker130 · 04-20-2004, 07:55 AM

Big ugly. even the 10 miles an hour that they do run at is still really freaking fast. If i woke up on morning with one of those things on my chest i'ld freak the heall out and shoot the thing until all that was left was a stain on the side of my tent. then i'ld burn the tent

bender · 04-21-2004, 08:12 AM

Insects bug me.
I'm glad that I live in a cold enough area that I don't have to worry about them for 9 months of the year.

Huang_Gai · 04-21-2004, 08:47 AM

Black Widow's are so beautiful. I love the shiny black carapace and how the legs go into a sharp point. Oh, and gotta mention that tell-tale ominous red hourglass.

These spiders look demonic, though: http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/spider/purseweb.htm (worksafe link)

I may like them but if one jumps on me I still freak out and get the jeebies.

tkkfan · 04-21-2004, 09:03 AM

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These spiders look demonic, though: http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/spider/purseweb.htm (worksafe link)

holy crap! thats the most horrific website that ive ever seen...

04-16-2004, 05:25 PM	#41 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	That thing does look big. I imagine it would definately make me jump if I saw it dashing across the sand toward me. Had a wolf spider come in out place a couple years ago. That alone gave me the creeps. Until I decided to learn more about the then deceased (thanks to a well placed stomp) spider. Then I'm not so creeped out. I will avoid any poisonous ones but most of them don't creep me out to much. Education is the best weapon against fear. My daughter (almost 4 yrs) thinks spiders are cool - her reasoning - they eat mosquitos. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.

04-16-2004, 06:51 PM	#44 (permalink)
redrum Crazy	I found a Black widow in my car once I then sold the car, never riding in it again. __________________ "you say erb....we say herb.....because theres a fucking H in it"

04-18-2004, 08:33 AM	#47 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	We only have Brown Recluse spiders up here. Nothing more poisonous than that and nothing bigger than a wolf spider I believe. I'll take the cold over spiders and roaches any day. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.

04-20-2004, 07:55 AM	#48 (permalink)
thejoker130 Insane Location: slippery rock university AKA: The left ass cheek of the world	Big ugly. even the 10 miles an hour that they do run at is still really freaking fast. If i woke up on morning with one of those things on my chest i'ld freak the heall out and shoot the thing until all that was left was a stain on the side of my tent. then i'ld burn the tent __________________ WHAT MORE CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN? ------------------------------------- I like you. When the world is mine your death will be quick and painless.

04-17-2004, 10:58 AM	#45 (permalink)
bparker805 is KING! Location: On the path to Valhalla.	Fuck that! I am never leaving my room again!

04-17-2004, 08:44 PM	#46 (permalink)
TopRamen66 Insane	ahh! I'm going to check my bed 4 times for spiders before I go to bed! And I'm 15,000 miles away from those things!

04-21-2004, 08:12 AM	#49 (permalink)
bender Addict Location: around the corner	Insects bug me. I'm glad that I live in a cold enough area that I don't have to worry about them for 9 months of the year.

04-21-2004, 08:47 AM	#50 (permalink)
Huang_Gai Upright	Black Widow's are so beautiful. I love the shiny black carapace and how the legs go into a sharp point. Oh, and gotta mention that tell-tale ominous red hourglass. These spiders look demonic, though: http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/spider/purseweb.htm (worksafe link) I may like them but if one jumps on me I still freak out and get the jeebies.