spiders

[SupaRice]

What sort of bad mamajama lives in a hole like this! I saw him for a fleeting second... not small and brown

[Lumber_Jack]

That's a Funnel Web Spider. I see the webs all the time. Sometimes you can tap the web and the spider will come out for a look. http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/funnel-web-spiders

[strickj]

A little napalm will fix that right up...

[felinesNfreedom]

Napalm or a 12 gauge. 

[Wingshooter]

Tannerite

[KKing]

1) Burn your home and yard 2) Start over

[Murgatroy]

For these times, I have a Bandit.

 

Fifty pounds of overeager mostly black Lab.

 

If it crawls, skitters, flies or flutters, she eats it.

 

She also thinks she is part cat, she will toss it through the air, roll on the ground with it, bat it, paw at it and finally, and thankfully leaving little to no clean-up, she eats it.

 

Last night a house spider about the size of my daughter's hand came in through the back door when Bandit went out. Bandit didn't miss a beat, it was like watching an acrobat catch a grenade, she dove, rolled, tossed and chomped. And that was the end of that spider.

 

She saves me a lot of hassle around the house, as both of my women folk are incapacitated by the sight of arachnids. Until recently I would use my 'spider removal unit' (a Pringles Can) to relocate said spider to the outdoors. I have never believed in killing a spider if I could easily relocate it. However, I have no qualms about allowing my dog to eat them. It is natures way.

[daddyo]

Nuke it from orbit.... it's the only way to be sure.....

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

Gross....

 

I hate spiders....They are NOT welcome in my house...

[peejman]

http://www.spiders.us/species/filter/tennessee/

 

They're good spiders to have around.  They eat lots of other less desirable critters. 

[KKing]

[quote name="peejman" post="1175780" timestamp="1407239898"][url="http://www.spiders.us/species/filter/tennessee/"]http://www.spiders.us/species/filter/tennessee/[/url] There's no such thing as good spiders to have around. They will crawl in your ear and lay eggs. They are devil creatures[/quote] Fixed it for you

[rugerla1]

Fixed it for you

:lol:

[Good_Steward]

A little napalm will fix that right up...

 

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning...it smells like.....victory."

[tartanphantom]

The level of arachnophobia around here astounds me. Spiders are among the most beneficial creatures around us... brown recluse excluded.

Edited August 5, 2014 by tartanphantom

[NoBanStan]

 

It will come out no more!

[DaveS]

Not trying to hijack the thread, but I caught this picture yesterday at the trout stream of this monster spider eating this live frog! I want to think it is a "trapdoor" spider but not sure. They all creep me out!

 

 

 

Dave

[KKing]

[quote name="tartanphantom" post="1175892" timestamp="1407260255"]The level of arachnophobia around here astounds me. Spiders are among the most beneficial creatures around us... brown recluse excluded.[/quote] Say what you want, but I've worked in ER's and OR's. Truth is those "beneficial" creatures have found many a peoples ear and caused damage. Not poisonous, doesn't mean they aren't harmful. I know it's typically considered a urban legend, but I've seen it several times in under 10 years. You're right on the brown recluse though, it's a real SOB. Edited August 5, 2014 by KKing

[Wingshooter]

MY EYES!!! What a hideous creature you found Dave.

Got the hee-bee-jeebies now... Edited August 5, 2014 by Batman

[E4 No More]

The level of arachnophobia around here astounds me. Spiders are among the most beneficial creatures around us... brown recluse excluded.

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean that you are afraid of it.

[daddyo]

We used to have a black and yellow Argiope that would set up his web in a corner of our screened in patio (where it met the house) behind the HVAC unit. I've never cared for spiders much but this one fascinated me because of its color and the unique web it made.

I named him Boris.

[KKing]

[quote name="SWJewellTN" post="1176505" timestamp="1407417473"]Just because you don't like something doesn't mean that you are afraid of it.[/quote] Same analogy gets used with homophobia. If you don't agree with it or whatever, you're a homophobe.

[tartanphantom]

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean that you are afraid of it.

 

perhaps, but "kill it with napalm" is a little over the top for something that you simply "don't like", don't you think?

 

Edited August 7, 2014 by tartanphantom

[tartanphantom]

We used to have a black and yellow Argiope that would set up his web in a corner of our screened in patio (where it met the house) behind the HVAC unit. I've never cared for spiders much but this one fascinated me because of its color and the unique web it made.

I named him Boris.

 

Nice, but by the description you gave, it's a 100 percent chance that the spider is actually female. Now you've stressed out the spider with trans-gender confusion... next thing you know it'll be demanding government benefits.

[Wingshooter]

perhaps, but "kill it with napalm" is a little over the top for something that you simply "don't like", don't you think?
 

No such thing as overkill on a spider. Dead is good. Really good and dead 'till it's gone is even better.

[daddyo]

Nice, but by the description you gave, it's a 100 percent chance that the spider is actually female. Now you've stressed out the spider with trans-gender confusion... next thing you know it'll be demanding government benefits.

 

As long as it doesn't try to sue a baker for refusing to make a cake for its gay wedding, everything is good.  :up: