Spider!!!

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by jdbutler

And the "Head Nurse" spider wears knee pads?

of course. She speads a lot of time down there. That's why she gets the premium pay!

[wolf]

I just evicted a spider that has been hanging out in my car mirror. Funniest thing to watch though, as I pulled out from work last night, the darn thing was working on it's web ... between the outside driver's side mirror and the door. The spider was hanging on for dear life as I hurtled down the street. Unlucky for it I stopped at a long light and used the time waiting for green to flick it off the web.

Eeeeeeauuw. I am not fond of spiders.

[Kitsune]

Do your Palmettos measure up to the Goliath bird eating tarantulas ?

The big spiders, for some reason, don't bother me as much as the mid-sized ones like the ones people have been picturing. Where I used to work, a couple of co-workers had ten or so in cages that they took care of. Sitting near them, we got used to every trick in the book: a suddenly empty cage with people asking if anyone has seen "it", placing the shedded skins around the office, etc. They were pretty cool to watch.

Although, I have to say my most pleasant spider memory is one from school. A huge spider, four inches across or so, had managed to drop a line and suspend itself at chest-level in the middle of my classroom and attract the attention of a large group of people who had encircled it, watching. All it took was a good set of lungs, a puff of air, and several seconds wait as my breath travelled across the room. Just at the right moment, the biggest guy in the class ducked down and braved a closer look when the spider magically propelled itself onto him, resulting in him flailing, falling backwards over desks and chairs, and emitting high-pitched screams of terror as he thrashed around on the floor, practically tearing his clothing off to be rid of the beast. Ah, that pure enjoyment. I wonder if I assisted a lasting phobia in him?

Palmetto bugs, while off-topic for this spider thread, are what I hate the most in the realm of the creepy-crawlies. Take a roach, make it huge (four inches long or so), make it fearless (doesn't run from light, people, etc), make it want to enter your home regardless of food being around or not, and the worst part: they fly. Not only that, but if you spray one while it is on a wall, as a defence they fly at you. They're so big you know if one gets into you place because you can hear them moving around at night. UGH!

[dar512]

Originally Posted by Kitsune

Palmetto bugs, while off-topic for this spider thread, are what I hate the most in the realm of the creepy-crawlies. Take a roach, make it huge (four inches long or so), make it fearless (doesn't run from light, people, etc), make it want to enter your home regardless of food being around or not, and the worst part: they fly. Not only that, but if you spray one while it is on a wall, as a defence they fly at you. They're so big you know if one gets into you place because you can hear them moving around at night. UGH!

Yet another reason why I don't live in Florida. I hate bugs.

[wolf]

I have two reasons not to live in Florida despite their fairly reasonable firearms laws.

1. Humidity
2. Bugs

I have relatives who live in Florida (not of the old retiree variety) and their tales of having to keep all kitchen pantry items in sealed containers and still having to check for bugs before using just totally freaks me out.

Badly.

[Slothboy]

<img src="http://img6.exs.cx/img6/1079/spidertroopers.jpg">

TANKER!!

[Wilder]

Iam not afraid of much, nothing really bothers me. BUT spiders eight legged little freaks scare the hell out of me my blood pressure rises just looking at these pictures. I'm not kidding about that.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Especially the ones with hairy knuckles and bloodshot eyes.

[Kitsune]

TANKER!!

Awesome, Slothboy.

This is the one that you were going to hold a dollar bill next to, but then freaked out because your camera flash was pissing it off...

Hold a dollar bill next to it? I was handing over my money! That thing was threatening me!

[FloridaDragon]

While putting up hurricane shutters preparing for Frances to come ashore I had to work around this "little" beauty on the eave of my house. We have always called these golden orb spiders (right or wrong I don't know) but they are very aggressive so you simply leave them alone.



FD

PS...there were two of them that were still there after the first eyewall passed by (at least when I was looking for damage while we were in the eye) but they were gone when the backside eyewall came ashore....they could be in the next county or state by now with those winds.

[404Error]

Yup, that's one ugly ass, looking spider! It does look like a golden orb, I googled it and just looking at the pictures gives me the willies! According to the web site it's not considered dangerous but I think I'd stay away from it just the same, I hate spiders. Good picture FD!