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Light Trick Reveals A Horrifying Number Of Spiders In This Guy's Backyard (Original Post) NWCorona Sep 2016 OP
Sparkly spiders! The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #1
So true. And now about those spiders in Antarctica NWCorona Sep 2016 #2
I am so tempted to watch. Control-Z Sep 2016 #3
We call these "dock spiders" when we see em in our kayaks...about 3-4" across and usually FailureToCommunicate Sep 2016 #4
Haha love the HP reference! NWCorona Sep 2016 #9
I do that, too! AwakeAtLast Sep 2016 #10
1,000 points of light Enrique Sep 2016 #5
All those spiders are probably eating things worse than spiders. hunter Sep 2016 #6
Yeah I agree with you on spiders but luckily in the PNW we don't have the ones you mentioned lol NWCorona Sep 2016 #8
Could be worse.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
1. Sparkly spiders!
Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:55 PM
Sep 2016

I read somewhere that no matter where you are in the world you're no more than 6' away from a spider (maybe not in Antarctica).

Control-Z

(15,681 posts)
3. I am so tempted to watch.
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 01:07 AM
Sep 2016

But I just can't. I'm the one who takes the spiders out of the house so they can live and not bother us. If I develop a fear, things could get ugly fast (and deadly to the innocent spiders).

PS. Black Widows are not given the same courtesy. Brown Recluse? I have never seen one but would probably run out of the house screaming if I did.

FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
4. We call these "dock spiders" when we see em in our kayaks...about 3-4" across and usually
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 07:51 AM
Sep 2016

quite unwilling to get brushed out of the boat... (they don't seem to like swimming) Never been bitten by them, but they can be unnerving when they crawl out of the bow and look at you.

Actually, with a better light you can often see more reflections from the eight eyes at night.

I just try to think of them as a friendly tiny Aragog instead of the menacing Shelob.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
6. All those spiders are probably eating things worse than spiders.
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 10:45 AM
Sep 2016

I generally leave spiders alone, even in the house, except for big spiders like tarantulas and huntsmen spiders; I put those outside.

I've only seen black widows in our garage, I kill those. My brother got bit by a black widow when he was a kid and lost a chunk of flesh about the size of a quarter. He's still got the scar. After that we'd keep black widows in jars and feed them flies. (Me and my siblings were odd feral children.)

It seems to me cockroaches, aggressive ants, and silverfish don't show up until the exterminator has made it safe for them.

The only insects we have trouble with are fleas. Some of the fleas our dogs pick up while walking are very resistant to most insecticides. Years ago Frontline would work for three months. No longer.




NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
8. Yeah I agree with you on spiders but luckily in the PNW we don't have the ones you mentioned lol
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 01:39 PM
Sep 2016

And you're right about the flea problem. It also applies to lice as well.

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