You haven't seen scary until you see spiders that measure 1 foot across. These things catch birds and mice. Now tell me your black widow looks scary... Goliath Bird-Eating Spider shedding...
I just got done killing a f*cking brown recluse that was very close to this computer I am typing on. That is like the 3rd time that I have killed one of those SOBs since I have moved into this house. I am so afraid that one of them will crawl up into my bed while I'm asleep and bite the **** out of me.
This spider was just black... atleast because it was pretty dark out there. I dont really care what kind it is as long as it gets the **** off my lawn.
That was freaking nasty DoD! Just after watching that, my wife made a rattling noise in the other room and made me jump!
What a BABY! You probably scared it to death and then really killed it after your field-goal try. BTW, did you know that in South Asian countries, they have "spider fighting" contests? They go to the country side and find spiders who they think would do well against another spider. You put your spider at one end of a stick(thin one) and your opponent would put his on the other end. Then the spiders would fight! The loser gets "cocooned" and taken home by the winning spider as dinner! You can also place bets before the fight occurs. I'm not kiddin' ya, this is true down there!
Wolf Spiders don't spin webs above doors and such, they nest in the ground. Hard to say what it was, but probably a gardener/banana spider. They can range in coloration from mostly black to having orange, red, yellow, and hues of tan or brown on them. They are all over the place outside in my backyard, but I leave them be. They eat the damn grasshoppers that eat my plants. Occasionally, for fun, I'll catch a grasshopper and toss in into the web alive......GOOD TIMES.
Being a spider-hater, I define good times differently. The following is a true story. I was walking home from the train station one night in Japan, and I stopped to get a coke. I noticed a praying mantis sitting on the machine. When I held out an empty can to it, it climbed on. I started walking home with my new friend and saw a spider web with a half-inch spider in the middle. Curious to see what would happen, I held out the can with the praying mantis perched on it to the middle of the web. *ZAP* The praying mantis grabbed the spider and started chowing down on it. It looked like a pretty juicy meal. We did this twice more on the way home with similar results. The fourth time I tried it, the praying mantis showed no interest, so I set it down on a bush nearby and went into my house. So the next day I was walking home from the station again. I had almost gotten home when something landed on my shoulder. I kind of jumped, and then looked at it. It was a praying mantis! Now bear in mind that this is the only two times I have ever come into close contact with praying mantises. So was it a coincidence...or a trained insect? You tell me! (epilogue...I was busy that day, so I put the praying mantis down somewhere and forgot about it.)
Awww, that's sweet. "Something" has a crush on you... Personally, praying mantis scare me! They use the males as dinner after using them for mating...
Wasn't there a post a couple months back about a spider that could run 30 mph? Anyway, I hate scorpions. I never had to deal with scorpions in Houston, but since I moved to Austin, I have had 2 in my apartment, seen one hauling ASS across the parking lot and seen another waiting at the top of my stairs. Those things creep me out! I'm curious, does anyone know about the ones in Austin? How deadly are they? I ask not only because I don't want to find out, but my cats "caught" both of the ones that were in my apartment and I don't want anything happening to them.
They possess venom, but aren't deadly at all. Usually localized pain (sometimes severe pain) and swelling are all that occurs. I used to catch scorpions in Houston when I lived there, but was never stung.
Shut up u big grammar nazi! All hail fadeaway, Furor of the Grammar Reich!!! Now, I was there. I was the one that dropped him off @ his house, and I knew he was about to walk into the spider web b/c I saw it the night before. I just watched him walk into it. Then he saw and tried to get it out of his hair. He looked like such a little girl. I could not believe my eyes. The great and honorable DrewP was reduced to feminine status by a spider that cought him off gaurd.
