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ha ha. Was it the giant red ones that plague San Diego? I HATE THOSE AND WISH THEY WERE DEAD. YEAH, I WISH SOMEONE WAS DEAD. THAT SOMEONE IS A SPIDER.
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SPIDERS STINK!! We don't need 'em. Just get rid of every spider in the world and replace them with lizards! They eat bugs too, and they are cute.
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Great, now I'm going to hide all the tarantulas from you people. And possibly get them therapy.
I've yet to kill a spider intentionally... not even the black widows. Though I have drowned a few in the sink by accident. And lizards are so overrated...
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I'm with you Synth. I HATE bugs. Flies are the bane of my existence. And mosquitos. Spiders EAT flies and mosquitos, so as far as I'm concerned, they're on the same team as I am.
Never tried lizards yet -- I'll have to look into that. I think as a team we might be able to diversify some . . . Posts: 270 | Registered: Jul 2004
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There also seem to be a lot of flies in Chicago. I can't figure it out.
It was one of those big black spiders...they're everywhere up here! I was waiting out on the porch for a pizza one night and suddenly realized that I was utterly surrounded by them...there were gobs and gobs of webs all over the porch ceiling!
Lizards are much, much cooler. I like them. Yay, lizards!
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*note to self: never go to Chicago... EVER*
I hate spiders... mostly cause I hate anything with venom. Scares the shite out of me. I mean I understand that they don't target humans, and they eat other pesky bugs. But what if one of them just happened to get pissed at me and bite me? Like if I accidentially stuck my foot into his web? Gives me the willies.
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quote:These pictures are of the damage done by a bite of the brown recluse spider over a period of 10 days. These are not for the faint of heart to view as they are quite graphic.
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Some bugs i like. Praying mantises, butterflies, beetles. It's flies and wasps I hate and baby flies. Nasty things. Make me itch.
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I like Daddy Longleggs spiders. Of course that's only 'cause their jaws are too small to bite humans. Otherwise they'd be really dangerous considering they're some of the most poisonous spiders in the world.
I am an arachnophobe(sp?). Imagine being a summer camp counsellor where there are of course tons of spiders, and you discover that the best way to calm down kids who are freaking out is to pick one up and introduce your friend "George". Posts: 1214 | Registered: Aug 2005
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Daddy longlegs are not spiders, they're insects. Furthermore, there's no evidence whatsoever they're very poisonous, and a fair bit they're not at all.
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Actually, the spiders part, depends on what kind of Daddy long-legs you are talking about. There is more than one you know.
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I like spiders myself. Well... as long as they aren't ON me. Then it's icky. But I like a couple house spiders around...they keep the really bad bugs away. Posts: 4953 | Registered: Jan 2004
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When I was in college I had an apartment that was infested with brown recluses. Well, that attic room that I slept in was, at any rate. The only time I was bitten by one was on my chest. It looked like I had a third nipple for a couple of months, but there was no necrotizing of tissue or anything.
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There was a story on CBS news (I think) a week or so ago about the overabundance of spiders this year. And no you're not imagining it, there really are way more than normal. Bottom line was the lack of rain we've had this year has helped them to survive.
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That spider will probably have its revenge for destroying its home by lowering itself down a webby line into your softly snoring mouth while you sleep.
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quote: If these spiders were indeed deadly poisonous but couldn't bite humans, then the only way we would know that they are poisonous is by milking them and injecting the venom into humans. For a variety of reasons including Amnesty International and a humanitarian code of ethics, this research has never been done.
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It's especially bad when they wrap you all up in their sticky cords and sting you and you wake up sick and upside down with not enough airholes to breath properly and then they jiggle the web when they come to check on you and see how you're getting along. <nausea smilie>
But if you can get a hand free, get hold of a couple of rocks and bean them with them. Oh and call them Addercop (which no spider likes) and Tomnoddy (which, of course, is insulting to anybody).
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quote:Originally posted by Nell Gwyn: From whiskysunrise's link:
quote: If these spiders were indeed deadly poisonous but couldn't bite humans, then the only way we would know that they are poisonous is by milking them and injecting the venom into humans. For a variety of reasons including Amnesty International and a humanitarian code of ethics, this research has never been done.
Heehee.
Not to mention PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Arachnids)
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quote:Originally posted by Tatiana: It's especially bad when they wrap you all up in their sticky cords and sting you and you wake up sick and upside down with not enough airholes to breath properly and then they jiggle the web when they come to check on you and see how you're getting along. <nausea smilie>
But if you can get a hand free, get hold of a couple of rocks and bean them with them. Oh and call them Addercop (which no spider likes) and Tomnoddy (which, of course, is insulting to anybody).
Charming! It took me a couple lines to realize you weren't serious. I was trying to remember any reference in my life to someone waking up with strands of spider web all over them. *shudders*
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A woman my dad worked with got a Brown Recluse bite on her toe... did much the same thing as that pic, adn the had to amputate her toe... BUT she had some other chronic condition with compromised her immune system.
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Whoa that's creepy. So if spiders who build webs don't need good eyesight, why do they have 8 eyes?
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quote:Originally posted by Tatiana: It's especially bad when they wrap you all up in their sticky cords and sting you and you wake up sick and upside down with not enough airholes to breath properly and then they jiggle the web when they come to check on you and see how you're getting along. <nausea smilie>
But if you can get a hand free, get hold of a couple of rocks and bean them with them. Oh and call them Addercop (which no spider likes) and Tomnoddy (which, of course, is insulting to anybody).
I AM GOING TO DREAM ABOUT THIS TONIGHT!!!!! Posts: 74 | Registered: Oct 2005
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quote:Originally posted by aspectre: Yep, Rabbit, and your statement matches that of the talk from the NationalHurricaneCenter experts. Which is why I used "might" in: If not, HurricaneWilma might follow the same path as HurricaneStan did.
Guess I should have italicized might for more emphasis.
However, as I stated before on this thread, the NHC has been predicting a more northerly path than has occurred from each point recorded on Wilma's actual storm track.
ie Wilma has been squirrelly in movement when compared to the NHC predictions. So I'm more willing to offer possibilities which differ from the NHC predictions for consideration by others.
Hurricanes = spiders now? Who knew? Posts: 952 | Registered: Jun 2005
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quote:Originally posted by aspectre: Yep, Rabbit, and your statement matches that of the talk from the NationalHurricaneCenter experts. Which is why I used "might" in: If not, HurricaneWilma might follow the same path as HurricaneStan did.
Guess I should have italicized might for more emphasis.
However, as I stated before on this thread, the NHC has been predicting a more northerly path than has occurred from each point recorded on Wilma's actual storm track.
ie Wilma has been squirrelly in movement when compared to the NHC predictions. So I'm more willing to offer possibilities which differ from the NHC predictions for consideration by others.
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Nope. Not only do I consider spiders to be intrinsicly cool, but I find nearly all of them to be cute or pretty.
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No, but I do think of wolf spiders as cute in a WinnieThePooh kinda way. Up to and including thinking -- and saying if another person is around to hear -- "That's a really cute spider." Perhaps it's because it feels like wolf spiders are actually looking at me when I've had to pick them up to take outside; whereas most other spiders just seem to be aware that a big thing is in their environment, if even that much.
Kinda like the feeling of acknowlegement of fellow critterhood one gets from having a preying mantis follow ones movements.
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quote: Actually, Daddy long legs can bite, and they are not (too) venomous.
Gotta love mythbusters
That actually depends on what you mean by daddy long legs. There are daddy long leg spiders, which means basically any spider with long legs, a rather large group actually, but most of them can bite, but aren't poisonous. Some of these spiders are called cellar spiders in other places.
Then there are these other arachnids (order opiliones; sometimes called harvest men) which are related to spiders, but 1) have only one apparent body segment 2) 8 extremely long legs and 3)no venom glands. They usually eat bugs that are already dead, various fungi (mold/mushrooms), plant detritus (rotting leaves), and some smaller mites and insects like aphids using their small clamping jaws, but they don't bite people. These are what I usually refer to as daddy long legs.
Also apparently some confused people call crane flies daddy long legs. They're just wrong. And crane flies, while big, and sometimes startling when they fly at your face, are completely harmless, unless you choke on it.
I am indifferent to spiders. I used to hold them all the time, then one day I was walking under a tree and a spider fell on my hand. I was startled so I looked at it, instead of flinging it off immediately I turned my hand so I could see it better. I was in the process of looking at it, when the blasted thing bit me! I stared at it in shock for a moment that it had the audacity to bite me when I outmassed it by a million times, but it had. I could have crushed it, but I didn't want guts all over my hands so I just flicked out into the grass. I figure it was provoked. Since then, I usually handle spiders using a sheet of paper or a plastic container, rather than holding them in my hand. For the record the spider bite was less irritating than a mosquito bite, I was just shocked that it would do that.
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Hah!!! I get bitten at least twice a year by ladybugs. Without the slightest provocation! And I've never even heard of anyone else ever being bitten by one.
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What are the things with six legs which are commonly called (and only called, in my area) daddy long legs?
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quote:Hah!!! I get bitten at least twice a year by ladybugs. Without the slightest provocation! And I've never even heard of anyone else ever being bitten by one.
I didn't even realize they COULD bite. o_O
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Mack, I dont think real ladybugs (like the red and black ones) can bite, but the evil orange and yellowish ones that have taken over indiana can bite.
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Spiders are our friends. There is one living in my car. It has been there for about two weeks now. I named him Peter, but I call him Petey.
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Charming! It took me a couple lines to realize you weren't serious. I was trying to remember any reference in my life to someone waking up with strands of spider web all over them. *shudders*
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