Better a wolf spider than a tarantula.
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Better a wolf spider than a tarantula.
I've been bit too many times by poisonous spiders. I have a primal stomping reaction when I see eight legs. But a month ago I was outside and happened to look down. Right next to my foot was the biggest wolf spider I've ever seen. She was just staring up at me and she was covered in maybe hundreds of baby spiders. It was such a strange feeling to be disgusted and happy to see something all at once. Luckily I did not stomp. They prey on the crappy bugs like roaches and ants so...
When I was younger, I managed to find one (I dunno if it was a tarantula or not, but it was definitely tarantula-sized) in a fairly odd place. A couple of us decided to play a board game and when we were done and I went to pick up the top of the box to pack it up this huge, unexpected bastard started moving towards us. It was big enough that its movement was audible when its legs plucked at the carpet and survived a stomp from my 6'3 220lb uncle. I assume the thing had managed to find its way into the closet where it made the box its home and somehow managed to stay in the lid when we took it off and set it to the side while we played. That's not exactly how you expect to find a large spider like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Androidpk
I sneezed once and there was a dead spider in the paper towel I caught the sneeze in. It died in my nose.
That was me but I don't know if it was a wolf spider. It was just fucking huge though, covered the whole ball of my foot in grossness. It was a horrible night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Latrinsorm
The past few posts in this thread are making me frown.
I am getting much braver though, that's for sure. When you have no one else to squeal and run to to kill the bugs, you kinda have to be. I repeat - this is going to be an awful summer.
I ate a spider once when I was about 5 or so. My sister was eating cookies on the couch and I was eating what I thought was a cookie crumb (in the dark). The moist squish turned out not to be cookie, and when I spit it out, I got to count the number of legs. Spider.
Required lunch & learn today, and of course our director has decided on Arby's for lunch. And it's not like they're taking orders for the whole department, so basically those of us who have dietary restrictions (ie: are not eating unhealthy fast food) are sort of fucked. I have requested a salad, and I'd better receive it. Do not require me to attend your lunch & learn if you are not going to provide me with a lunch that I can actually eat.
Twats.
Reminds me of a tarantula migration of some sort that I witnessed near Vegas when I was about 10. My sister and I were outside playing near dusk in the driveway when we found a tarantula roaming about. We were kids of the desert so with the intent to make 5 bucks at the local pet shop I grabbed the empty aquarium from the garage while my sister scooped up the big harmless fuzzy spider and tossed it in. At that time, we saw another tarantula towards the end of the driveway, so I went and grabbed it too. As I grabbed it I noticed movement on the gravel road in front of our house, and upon closer inspection saw a couple more tarantulas all headed in about the same direction. We put the aquarium on the gear rack of the 3 wheeler and started cruising down the road at low speed, hopping off and scooping them up one at a time and tossing them into the aquarium. I don't remember how many of those guys we caught that night, but I do remember it was enough that we had to go to more than one pet store to get rid of them. Good times.Quote:
Originally Posted by subzero
This whole posts makes me laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by diethx