Its Spider Time!

[johnandbek]

Yes, it's out of focus ad my white balance is probibly off - I didn't want to get any closer to this thing at the time.


Modified by johnandbek at 2:15 PM 9-24-2009

[skidplate]

I thought there was a more recent thread than this one, but whatev...

^That's a mason jar if you couldn't tell

^Feeding time! lol

[innyaudi84]

This perv hangs out in my bathroom



And this one likes the deck

[Arsigi]

Ugh, not THIS thread again!

[EK20]

You're welcome.

[Twelvizm]

I thought there was a more recent thread than this one, but whatev...

Bringing it back from the dead just to mess with our heads/

[crabpot]

Ugh, not THIS thread again!

To be fair, it is off topic ... you could lock it.

[Arsigi]

Good point! But, it has been allowed in the past, and since people are mostly posting up PNW spiders...

[TigerLilly]

[skidplate]

Funny thing was that my coworker saw a pretty big spider crawling over by me at my work today. I don't think I've seen one in our shop in probably at least a year.

[e1z1r1a]

Im sorry but this just made me laugh pretty hard... thats a sweet ass hairdo

[Kerbear]

This was in a planter box a few months ago......blah!

[rabbitinfife]

I was in my living room a couple of weeks ago and I kept hearing this wierd clicking sound

I looked down on the newspaper on the floor and there was a big ass brown spider tap dancing across the news paper

you could actually hear it

[~Enigma~]

this is why I pay this lady to come to my house every 2 months

Id pay that lady to come to my house even if i didnt have spiders.... bahahahahahah... but wait... we have brown recluses and hella black widows. The black widows are all outside under and inbetween the wood and hardy board... sick lil bastards... im affraid to move the dang wood... and the brow recluses we find here n there... not as common as the widows tho. Ive survived this tread... yay! (i have been arapnaphobic since i was 5, and in the last 2 years ive stopped having panic attacks and getting light headed and I can actualy deal with it now...lol)

[DRIVEofyourLIF3]

found this at my work, they come on these huge reels of belting that we get from over seas sometimes. they are from japan, called a geji. its actually a good, common house insect!

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http://www.japancast.net/2008/08/cra...ects-in-japan/

[doctorbull]

Been fighting these 8 legged buggers like crazy for the last week, i really dont care about them but the g/f flips out over just the sight of these guys. Anyone have any good recommendations for keeping them OUTSIDE of the house, or minimizing their amount of travel once they get inside?

[Arsigi]

found this at my work, they come on these huge reels of belting that we get from over seas sometimes. they are from japan, called a geji. its actually a good, common house insect!

.

[crabpot]

Id pay that lady to come to my house even if i didnt have spiders.... bahahahahahah... but wait... we have brown recluses and hella black widows. The black widows are all outside under and inbetween the wood and hardy board... sick lil bastards... im affraid to move the dang wood... and the brow recluses we find here n there... not as common as the widows tho. Ive survived this tread... yay! (i have been arapnaphobic since i was 5, and in the last 2 years ive stopped having panic attacks and getting light headed and I can actualy deal with it now...lol)

Brown recluse spiders don't exist in Washington, you are probably confusing it with a hobo or giant house spider. Black widows are pretty rare out here too.

[BleedVW]

She's weird, but the fight was awesome.

And now, I'm going to try and fall asleep...

OMG, this is even worse...

[EK20]

Been fighting these 8 legged buggers like crazy for the last week, i really dont care about them but the g/f flips out over just the sight of these guys. Anyone have any good recommendations for keeping them OUTSIDE of the house, or minimizing their amount of travel once they get inside?

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

[Kaleb915]

[Alliegator]

Just about that time!!! Who's ready?

[Arsigi]

Just about that time!!! Who's ready?

On my to-do list for this weekend is spraying around the house and putting out some glue traps!

[Twelvizm]

I just moved the pillows on my couch and a monster sized spider went running. I'm going to have to nuke the house.

[ErikFlip]

I got a spider jail for all the ones I catch in the house it's getting full

[EK20]

Just about that time!!! Who's ready?

Just wait until they get Dementia. They will be screaming and slapping their leg all the time.

[Topper Harley]

every. f*king. year.

[paranoia.]

Just about that time!!! Who's ready?

I'd **** all over myself if I woke up to that every morning.

edit: it'd only occur once since my first reaction would be to shoot my leg with a shotgun.

[benny_mech]

^ That is messed up. I've been relocating spiders from the kids' play structure to the mulch pile constantly.

[Uberhare]

Brown recluse spiders don't exist in Washington, you are probably confusing it with a hobo or giant house spider. Black widows are pretty rare out here too.

Wrong about Black Widows. Eastern WA is covered in them. I live in a rural neighborhood about 10 miles NW of Spokane out in the woods. Black widows are all over my house. We have to be careful when getting or moving things out of the basement or garage. And I have to periodicly check the kid's outdoor play sets for BW spiders. I generally find between 5-10 spiders a month mostly during the summer session. They'll migrate indoors once the temperature drops in the fall (about now). I'll take pictures next time and post them. Hell, I just killed one yesterday in my garage.

And my wife works are local ER dept as a charge nurse. She generally sees a couple BW bites a month, usually younger kids. Very painful bite because it causes severe muscle pain and cramping. But you won't die from it. You're more likely to die from a bad reaction to the anit-venom they give you to treat the bite.

[Arsigi]

When I was in the ER myself last week someone else came in with a hobo spider bite... we could hear the nurses talking about how awful it was and almost made them vomit. I would imagine it takes a lot to turn an ER nurse's stomach.

[Alliegator]

I didn't think we had Hobo spiders here. *shivers*

[Arsigi]

I didn't think we had Hobo spiders here. *shivers*

I used to think that, too... just because it was what everyone said. Now I know someone in the exterminator business, and I know better. According to Wikipedia (for what it is worth) the Hobo actually was introduced to this country by way of Seattle, and has spread out from there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider

North America

Tegenaria agrestis is a non-native species in the United States, where it was introduced to the Pacific Northwest from Western Europe. It is believed to have first appeared in the port city of Seattle sometime before the 1930s.[3] There is speculation that it arrived as eggs in commercial agricultural shipments from Europe, since isolated adults in shipments would have had difficulty in establishing a breeding population. It was first reported in the U.S. in 1936 by arachnologist Harriet Exline (as Tegenaria magnacava).[4] There, without the widespread presence of any dominant competitors, it rapidly adapted to living in urban areas, where it became abundant and extended its range. By 1968 it had become established as far east as Spokane, Washington, and Moscow, Idaho, and as far south as Roseburg, Oregon.[5]

(Two other closely related spiders live in Washington state, the giant house spider (Tegenaria duellica, or alternatively Tegenaria gigantea) and the barn funnel weaving spider or domestic house spider (Tegenaria domestica). All three of these spiders originated in Europe.[3])

[Amsterdam087]

Anyone care to take a guess what the hell this evil looking bastard is?
It's body is the size of a fifty cent piece.
I nearly shat myself when i saw it dangling above my head.

[Alliegator]

I used to think that, too... just because it was what everyone said. Now I know someone in the exterminator business, and I know better. According to Wikipedia (for what it is worth) the Hobo actually was introduced to this country by way of Seattle, and has spread out from there.

Weird. If it came from Western Europe, I would think it would have been introduced to the east coast, not the west coast. In either case, reading that little blurb made me realize how creepy evolution is.