I just chased a spider out of my apartment!!!

[Darth_Kitten]

:scared: it was a huge horking thing........I wanted to chase it into a can so I could release it outside, but no luck. (he blended in with the rug when I went back to get him)

[qnr]

1. I used to have to bribe the spiders to stay out of the house. They would

have kicked my butt if I'd tried to evict them:
Edit: This was in a little house we lived in in Cordell, Oklahoma.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

2. OMIGOD...

I HATE spiders... that picture made me jump from my computer. :scared:

[qnr]

3. Er, sorry :/ .. actually, they were pretty friendly. Especially since we

were used to dealing with black widows and brown recluses

[LadyoftheRabbits]

4. Generally...

The small spiders are fine for me... but good grief you have huge spiders there. :P

[qnr]

7. I think I'd much rather have one that I could see, as opposed to small

poisonous ones :) --- and we only lived in OK temporarily, I'm not fond of the place.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

44. You were out in the middle of no where...

The main cities, civilization, as we like to call them, are pretty nice places to live. I've lived here in my 24 story apartment building on the 11th floor, and I haven't seen any spiders. Thank God. They creep me out. Jesus, that's a big spider. :scared:
Duckie

[Jamastiene]

22. I know. My skin is crawling now.

I start itching uncontrollably when I see a fuzzy legged creepy spider like that. I usually end up having to take a long hot shower before my skin will settle down.

[MsKandice01]

5. OMG!

That's one huge fucking spider!! I've never anything even remotely that large here in California.

[qnr]

6. I've seen larger, but they were certainly large :) n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

8. I can trump that. WARNING: Big fucking spider pictures.

Australian Huntsman spider.


Brazilian Goliath Tarantula.

[qnr]

10. Yup, I've seen some up close that were much larger (spent a lot of time

in Central and South America).

[BreweryYardRat]

13. Imagine so.

I've seen a pic of a Goliath Tarantula getting up to the size of a plate. They actually get that large?

[qnr]

16. I've seen one that was larger than a standard sized wall clock n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

17. I've seen the famous huntsman "clockspider."

Didn't know BGT's got that big, though.

[qnr]

18. Used to have some photos, it was from a bar we visited, don't have them

any more.

[qnr]

19. I've seen those too, it was bigger than the one I saw. n/t

[southpaw]

49. The mighty Huntsman!

the stuff of nightmares!

[qnr]

60. No way, I'd share my breakfast with him any time :) n/t

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

11. What are those? We've had some that size here (Ohio) and figured theyr'e

wolf spiders. I here you on the poisonous ones though. Dad got bitten by a brown recluse, and it pretty much liqufied the flesh around the bite. Goofy man didn't go to the doctor or anything though :eyes:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

14. We have those in OHIO???!!!

OMG. I am going to die.

[qnr]

15. I'd don't think wolf spiders are that fuzzy, if I remember correctly,

their legs kind of end in points, instead of being blunt. But I really don't know. I always figured they were some sort of tarantula.

[Jamastiene]

23. Wolf spiders need to shave their legs.

The Carolina Wolf Spider definitely has hairy legs. I've done battle with enough of them to know that they wield swords, wear combat boots, and wear boxing gloves too.

In all seriousness, their legs do look like they could use a shave or a nice poodle style hair cut.

[qnr]

24. OK, thanks, I'm sure there are variations, some with more hair than

others :)

[Jamastiene]

25. I actuall y hear footsteps when the Carolina

wolf spiders get in. That is why I suggested to the OP to sleep with a baseball bat. I was on DU late one night posting some random silliness when I heard footsteps in the other room. I grabbed the baseball bat. It sounded like 4 people had broken in the house and were all running toward my room at the same time. I took the baseball bat and my shaking knees and went to face off with them, only to find that the footsteps were a Carolina Wolf Spider. Those are some fearsome spiders.

Somewhere on here, I posted of my first battle with one of them. It's worth reading if you want to know just how ferocious they are. I now keep garlic in the fridge to wear and a nice wooden steak to drive through their cold little hearts next time I see one. My aunt has promised that I could borrow her crucifix if I need that too, next time. And there will be a next time. The battles I have fought with the CWS so far are just a few in the larger war they have declared on me. I fear for my safety. If they don't kill me, my nerves will, eventually. Must.Remain.Viligant.

[qnr]

29. Wow. Just wow

:hug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

45. Sounds like aggressive little fuckers.

God, I'm so glad I don't live in the carolines. :scared: I'm home alone today. And now I've got the wiggins.
Duckie

[Whoa_Nelly]

51. Is this what the Carolina Wolf Spider looks like?

Carolina Wolf Spider
(grows to be 1-1/2" long)




Or is it like this?
(Fishing Spider grows to be 3" long)

[Darth_Kitten]

58. now, THAT is a huge mutha............

I guess mine was a baby. :(

[lost-in-nj]

9. I hear you

I am so tired of going out in the morning to get the paper and walk through all the new webs the spiders made.
They are everywhere!!!

lost

[Floogeldy]

12. That is funny.

AS IF you could outrun a charging spider. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

:scared:

[Jamastiene]

20. You done done it now.

He'll watch and wait for his chance and strike when you least expect it. It might not hurt for you to sleep with a baseball bat tonight. You might need it.

[grannylib]

21. OMG, I hate them. HATE them. I don't even own a broom, use the hose for

the vacuum just to make sure they can't run up a broom handle and get me. And I duct tape a baggie over the end of the vacuum hose just to make sure they can't crawl back out.
ick ick ick ick....
I hate them.

[u4ic]

28. I vacuum them up, too

Despite knowing they are good for controlling other pests, I just can't stand them. They creep me out something awful. Anything that has more than 4 legs does. :scared:

[grannylib]

59. I don't mind things with either more or less than 8. But if it's 8-legged,

it had better be seafood drenched in butter on my plate.

[spacelady]

26. Oh spiders. I had one last night come over the back of the couch &

I saw it from the corner of my eye. I jumped up and started keening & husband said Grab the flyswatter! I did & smacked it.
This spider was a half dollar leg span, so I spent the day studying spiders on the internet. Spidersrule by Glen is very informative. Yes, I have been bitten by a brown recluse, do not scratch open the blister! I didn't & it went away after 2 agonizing weeks. If you open the bite from scratching the itch, the air activates the venom.

[GirlinContempt]

27. Ick!

[Kali]

30. like this?

in my bthroom the other day

[qnr]

32. Awwww he's cute

Or she is, depending...

[Kali]

34. think it was a he - they are the ones usually out wandering

although "he" was in very good shape - plump as a female....

[qnr]

38. Wow, you've really thought this out, huh? Amazing... I'm getting to the

point where I barely remember my own gender some times :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. Someone once told me that people out west like to keep tarantulas around

because they eat scorpions. Is that true?

[Kali]

55. I don't know about that...but sounds like a typical little boy type of

"experiment" (read: battle in a jar)

I know lots of them are sold in the pet stores.

[jobycom]

31. You know, I made myself conquer my arachnophobia, and I love them now

They are cute and adorable (well, there are exceptions) once you get over the heebie jeebie impulse. I had it bad, too. I would get terrified seeing them across a room, even little ones. So I finally made myself get closer, and closer, and watch them closely. After a while, I started thinking of them as adorable. Even made unofficial pets with one, until my spouse squished it, out of meanness.

[qnr]

33. Other than a healthy fear of the dangerous ones, the only time they

bother me is when I'm sitting down reading or something, and all of a sudden I feel something merrily traipsing hither and yon about my flesh.

[jobycom]

35. When I feel that

it's usually a cat tail, though I've jumped a few feet because of those, too.

I woke up one morning with a scorpion on my cheek. That scared me. Still does!

[qnr]

37. Yipes

Well, about the scorpion... cat tails aren't really all that horrible, now that I think about it.

Oooooo shiney things!

[Robeson]

36. You do realize, that spider was getting hundreds of other bugs...

...that were crawling around your apartment, don't you? :shrug:

[hunter]

39. I like spiders, my wife doesn't.

They are sort of like pets, and they eat things that really are bad.

I don't kill them, in fact I'd rather let them be, but the compromise my wife and I have made is that I relocate any spiders who end up in our bedroom.

My favorite spiders are jumping spiders, those furry ones with all the eyes. I love to watch them hunting on the walls.

Here's pictures I found using google (Do not click if spiders upset you):

http://www.biology.ucr.edu/personal/MACphotos/arthropods/Phidippus.html

[Evoman]

41. I had a conversation with my girlfriend about keeping some

spiders. Its amazing how many bugs a couple of spiders around the house, and in the corners, will catch. Most of them aren't dangerous, and they really help with ants, flies, and mosquitos. As an entomologists, I really appreciate their natural beauty and usefulness.

My girlfriend, however, insists that I take them out of the house. She used to kill them, but I would never, and would always convince her to let me take them out in a cup. Funny, now she doesn't kill them either...but she still won't let me keep em around the house. She is afraid they will walk on her at night. I could care less.

And wanna know a secret. When I see one, and my gf isnt around, I just let it be. Shes gonna kill me if she ever reads this thread.

Evoman

[Broken_Hero]

42. My pom

is a professional wolf spider killer...thats how my dog earns his keep...;)

[Skittles]

43. I catch and release

I don't fault their existence, I just don't want to live with them :)

[zanne]

46. I have to catch my tenants' spiders...

I rent a kitchenette to an elderly woman who's terrified of spiders. Every once in awhile, I'll get a frantic phone call from her telling me there's a spider. Last week, she called around midnight to say there was a spider on her ceiling. I told her to get a broom to either kill it or knock it down. She insisted that I do it, so there I was at 12:30, attempting to catch and release a spider. When I finally managed to do it and opened the door to put it outside, she said "No, no! Kill it"! (She was afraid it would come back in). I really try to go above and beyond for this woman because she's elderly, but I'm finding that the elderly can be very demanding.:banghead:

[datasuspect]

47. i ran into one of these fuckers face first in the beginning of some woods

out by a cow pasture:




banana spider

[OnionPatch]

48. I kill a black widow about every day

The last one was the size of a quarter!

[zanne]

50. OMG!

Are they big enough to poison you? How to you manage to fall asleep at night?

[OnionPatch]

56. I freaked out that much

when I first moved to California and saw my first black widow. (I won't mention the scorpions.) So far, I haven't found one in the main house, but a few were in the garage and I find them in the sheds and wood piles and under the eaves all the time. They are pretty fast to run away when they are disturbed, so that makes me sleep easier. Then people keep telling me their bite doesn't usually kill you. Maybe a bite would kill a very small, already ill/weak child or a really small pet. :shrug: At least that's my understanding.

[Kali]

53. might as well leave it there, they just come right back

had one in a mailbox once and I swear I killed "it" daily for 6 months...finally I just said forget it and knew to watch for it, never seemed to be more than one, but ALWAYS was that one!

[OnionPatch]

57. LoL!

It must have been a very desirable spider apartment!

I have a few spots that are favorites around here. I check them and dispatch the tenants regularly. :)

[NewWaveChick1981]

52. I thought you were going to tell me you chased Ann Coulter out

... She's so spiderlike. :scared: And scary.

[warrens]

54. She'll be back...with her friends

Never fuck with a spider. Now you'll have thousands of the little buggers. The upside is: no skeeters. The downside: cobwebs and spider bites.