Spiders...ewwww!!!

[tolyk]

The Daddy Long Legs is the most beneficial of spiders and the safest. t's fangs are not long enough to penetrate human skin. (A good thing as it's Toxin, a euroToxin is one of the dealiest in the Spider Family.)

Cat, they did a Mythbuster's episode on the Daddy Long Legs and found that it isn't true about the poison, or about the fangs. One of the Mythbusters stuck his arm into a tank full of the buggers and allowed himself to get bit (after they had milked some poison and tested it's potency level). It was really a rather interesting episode.

 

[SeaCat]

Cat, they did a Mythbuster's episode on the Daddy Long Legs and found that it isn't true about the poison, or about the fangs. One of the Mythbusters stuck his arm into a tank full of the buggers and allowed himself to get bit (after they had milked some poison and tested it's potency level). It was really a rather interesting episode.

Hmmmmm, I haven't seen that one. I'll have to look for it. Thanks for the headsup. (Now I'm curious about which spider does have the most toxic venom.)

Cat

 

[tolyk]

Hmmmmm, I haven't seen that one. I'll have to look for it. Thanks for the headsup. (Now I'm curious about which spider does have the most toxic venom.)

Cat

It's either the recluse, or a spider somewhere in Australia.. can't quite recall myself..

 

[kiten69]

It's either the recluse, or a spider somewhere in Australia.. can't quite recall myself..

The one in australia is the funnel web I believe...

 

[SeaCat]

The one in australia is the funnel web I believe...

Yes it is.
Big, nasty and aggresive.
It's an ambush hunter, it attacks from hiding.

Cat

 

[Coming Together]

Yes it is.
Big, nasty and aggresive.
It's an ambush hunter, it attacks from hiding.

Cat

I think that's probably the last thing I needed to read before going to bed.


*backs away from this thread*

 

[SeaCat]

I think that's probably the last thing I needed to read before going to bed.


*backs away from this thread*

Ahhhhh they only live in Ozz.

There are worse things to think about and better things. (Just think about sex and all thoughts of spiders will go away.)

Cat

 

[Coming Together]

(Just think about sex and all thoughts of spiders will go away.)

Cat

Butt of course ...

 

[SeaCat]

Butt of course ...

Cat

 

[joeys-game]

Naw, not quite the same.. we have wood spiders too, and yeah, they're huge.

Wolf Spiders are hunters.. they don't make webs. They're not poisonous, but when they bite you, they itch like hell.. worse than mosquitoes. And the worst part is they always bite multiple times, so if they get you when you're asleep you wake up with a little trail of bite marks.


One year when I was a kid I went camping with my eldest brother and his best friend.. We went for a hike and my brother's friend left the tents open. Woke up in the morning absolutely covered in bites, even after we all shook out our bedrolls.

I hate Wolf Spiders..they are hunters and they are sneaky hunters to boot.
They wait untill your asleep before they attack..they know when you are planning to go to sleep too, i'm sure of it *shudders*.

One time, in the middle of the night, i woke up. Opening my eyes I was staring directly at the biggest Wolf Spider i've ever..ever seen!
I'm sure I levitated off the bed, my feet didn't hit the floor untill I was far, far away from the enormous beast that was sitting on my pillow, about to bite me, eat me more likely.

 

[SeaCat]

I hate Wolf Spiders..they are hunters and they are sneaky hunters to boot.
They wait untill your asleep before they attack..they know when you are planning to go to sleep too, i'm sure of it *shudders*.

One time, in the middle of the night, i woke up. Opening my eyes I was staring directly at the biggest Wolf Spider i've ever..ever seen!
I'm sure I levitated off the bed, my feet didn't hit the floor untill I was far, far away from the enormous beast that was sitting on my pillow, about to bite me, eat me more likely.

LOLOL

The worst way ever to wake up is to open your eyes and see a Tarantula sitting there. I don't mind them but seeing one up close and personal first thing in the morning is rather starteling. I too levitated to the other side of the room.

Cat

 

[joeys-game]

LOLOL

The worst way ever to wake up is to open your eyes and see a Tarantula sitting there. I don't mind them but seeing one up close and personal first thing in the morning is rather starteling. I too levitated to the other side of the room.

Cat

Uuuugh!!
I can't understand why people keep Tarantulas as pets.
Cheers mate.

 

[SeaCat]

Uuuugh!!
I can't understand why people keep Tarantulas as pets.
Cheers mate.

Believe me when I say I don't have any as pets. This one must have been resident in the trailer before I moved in.

He was quickly moved outside.

Cat

 

[S-Des]

Uuuugh!!
I can't understand why people keep Tarantulas as pets.
Cheers mate.

Kiten just got one for one of her kids. She said it's amazing to watch it hunt and eat (only insects, she can't stomach it eating anything bigger). She also said the web it made was beautiful and very cool. The most important thing.....the lock on the cage, so the kids can't possibly let it out.

 

[rachlou]

I hate Wolf Spiders..they are hunters and they are sneaky hunters to boot.
They wait untill your asleep before they attack..they know when you are planning to go to sleep too, i'm sure of it *shudders*.

One time, in the middle of the night, i woke up. Opening my eyes I was staring directly at the biggest Wolf Spider i've ever..ever seen!
I'm sure I levitated off the bed, my feet didn't hit the floor untill I was far, far away from the enormous beast that was sitting on my pillow, about to bite me, eat me more likely.

That has got to be my worst nightmare... *shudders* I don't think I would ever be able to sleep again after that kind of experience!

 

[Selena_Kitt]

So tonight I had a visitor on my desk...one of those big "daddy long legger" spiders . I squished it (or at least thought I did), but while I was on the phone with Des I looked up on my wall and there it was (or it was its' relative). So I used a shoe and squished the darn thing **EEK** (yes I screamed and he called me a wuss ). Des said I shouldn't have killed the thing as it was just there to eat any stray insects and meant me no harm.

So here is my question...

Does anyone else have a fear of those 8 legged things?

Regardless if you have a fear of them or not, would you allow one to live in your house just on the off chance that it would catch a stray pest every now and then?

<--------------------------------DEATHLY afraid of them!!!!

Paralyzingly afraid... my mother was too... my father used to chase her around the house with them, thinking he could "cure" her of her phobia... he just succeeding in making ME afraid of them, too!

Des, don't you DARE call Kiten a WUS! Sheesh! If it were me, I couldn't have killed it either, I would have had to sleep with one eye open on the COUCH all night long! Listen, Des, you're gonna be designated spider-killer from now on, you better live up to your responsibilty, Mr!

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Be warned tho....... when its a biggy, there is the danger that it blockes the nozzle!

<----------------runs away screaming and gibbering..........

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Listen, Des, you're gonna be designated spider-killer from now on, you better live up to your responsibilty, Mr!

Des - seize on it! With women making their own money, artificial insemination and girl on girl love--their need for us is diminishing. Maybe they'll keep us alive to kill spiders.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Des - seize on it! With women making their own money, artificial insemination and girl on girl love--their need for us is diminishing. Maybe they'll keep us alive to kill spiders.

That's right! Men are soooooo good for opening jars and killing spiders!

Oh, and starting lawn mowers...

 

[rachlou]

That's right! Men are soooooo good for opening jars and killing spiders!

Oh, and starting lawn mowers...

Washing cars too... this is why mine is filthy - I have no man to do it!

(my cat takes care of the spiders - she eats them when the hoover is unavailable)

 

[scheherazade_79]

I've only ever been afraid of one. Usually I scoop them up in my hands and put them outside. It didn't even cross my mind with this one, though. I tried catching it with a wine glass and a piece of paper... but the wine glass wasn't big enough to hold it. I ended up having to use a pint glass, and felt uneasy for the rest of the night in case it had laid eggs somewhere in the house.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I've only ever been afraid of one. Usually I scoop them up in my hands and put them outside. It didn't even cross my mind with this one, though. I tried catching it with a wine glass and a piece of paper... but the wine glass wasn't big enough to hold it. I ended up having to use a pint glass, and felt uneasy for the rest of the night in case it had laid eggs somewhere in the house.

Oh my god...

My husband killed one for me last summer... I found it at the bottom of the shoe bin and I think they heard me scream in Tokyo... he came running in either expecting one of the kids to be dead, or there to be a big-ass spider... it was the latter... he took it outside to kill it... and later told me (while I covered my head with a pillow) that it was the scariest spider HE ever killed... when he squished it a ton of live spiders ran out of its body... and I thought all spiders laid eggs? ack!!! He said it was so huge, he could see it's eyes and it REARED UP on its hind legs when he squished it! *shuddering uncontrollably*

I have to go take a valium now...

 

[inlovewithyourghost]

No fear of spiders here... But I do have a rather irrational fear of crossing streets. My palms sweat and everything. Craziest thing ever. *nods*

 

[inlovewithyourghost]

Oh my god...

My husband killed one for me last summer... I found it at the bottom of the shoe bin and I think they heard me scream in Tokyo... he came running in either expecting one of the kids to be dead, or there to be a big-ass spider... it was the latter... he took it outside to kill it... and later told me (while I covered my head with a pillow) that it was the scariest spider HE ever killed... when he squished it a ton of live spiders ran out of its body... and I thought all spiders laid eggs? ack!!! He said it was so huge, he could see it's eyes and it REARED UP on its hind legs when he squished it! *shuddering uncontrollably*

I have to go take a valium now...

*blinks*

 

[Nirvanadragones]

No fear of spiders here... But I do have a rather irrational fear of crossing streets. My palms sweat and everything. Craziest thing ever. *nods*

You just need someone to hold your hand while you do