Spiders

[Valkyrie]

6 hours ago, wildone said:

I see you got a picture of @Valkyrie's last house  Unfortunately most of the spiders escaped before the fire set in. Remember, they run faster than a human and the can get in and out of everywhere.

I know you are promoting this option @Zombie, but you should do full disclosure  Val didn't get any insurance money as she deliberately started the fire. There doesn't appear to be a spider exemption in house fire policies  

I pay for a spider extension on my insurance for this exact eventuality   

[clochette]

Why would anyone be interested to watch the results of spiders on drugs?  people are weird

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6818187/nasa-spider-webs-drugs-lsd-marijuana/

[wildone]

2 hours ago, clochette said:

Why would anyone be interested to watch the results of spiders on drugs?  people are weird

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6818187/nasa-spider-webs-drugs-lsd-marijuana/

If there was ever a clear cut case of animal cruelty, this would be it . Even bunny rabbits seem to have more protection than what could be pet spiders  

[Drew Espinosa]

Scientists are turning dead spiders into robots

[sandrewn]

 

 

[Zombie]

4 hours ago, Bill W said:

With that many spiders, it's time to burn the fields and head for the hills.

good call

definitely not head for home

cuz that’s already infested with spiders  

[Drew Espinosa]

35 minutes ago, Bill W said:

And what would their reaction be if you said your work was mostly done?  

The bosses or the spiders?

[wildone]

Drew, I would so be turning around and leaving and calling in on the  way home to say once it is fully resolved, you will be back  

Thank gawd it wasn't you! I'd have to come down with my flame thrower to help you out  

Edit to add: Even if you worked in an oil refinery  

[Bill W]

12 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

The bosses or the spiders?

Mea culpa for not making that clear.  Your bosses. 

[Bill W]

Do you think there might be giant spiders on other planets?  If you do, I'm glad I'm not an astronaut. 

[Zombie]

6 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

FYI: Before y'all go "aww..." just know that this is a spider's defensive posture, so do not hug them!  

never gonna happen

[Zombie]

just to be on the safe side… 
 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Zombie

[Valkyrie]

@Zombie What. Have. You. Done?    

 

[Bill W]

6 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

@Zombie What. Have. You. Done?    

 

 And it had a guest spot on The Walking Dead. 

[Drew Espinosa]

18 hours ago, Bill W said:

I'd check every pair I owned.  

It's a habit of mine that I always check my shoes for spiders.

[Bill W]

59 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

It's a habit of mine that I always check my shoes for spiders.

Me too, since this area is know for the brown recluse. 

[Bill W]

 

 

What would you do if this was in YOUR neighborhood? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sandrewn]

58 minutes ago, Bill W said:

 

 

What would you do if this was in YOUR neighborhood? 

 

 

 

Oh......, I do so like it when I am asked a really, really, truly and easy to answer question and my Answer is.............

 

Run Away Song - YouTube

 

 

Nuff said,

Edited December 30, 2022 by sandrewn

[sandrewn]

@Bill W

 

 

What would you do if this was in YOUR neighborhood? 

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My answer was, RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The following was was an actual event that occurred, but my personal reaction to it would have been the same, RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant

This might just be the worst spider infestation of all time. In 2009, the Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant called for help for an "extreme spider" problem. When they said extreme, they really meant it. Almost four acres of the property was completely coated in spider web. Scientists who studied the event estimated there were over 107 million spiders living there, with over 35 thousand spiders per cubic meter in spots.

If you're still in doubt about whether or not you should give this a Google image search, maybe a quote from the local paper could help you decide:

"We were unprepared for the sheer scale of the spider population and the extraordinary masses of both three dimensional and sheet-like webbing that blanketed much of the facility’s cavernous interior... Far greater in magnitude than any previously recorded aggregation of orb-weavers, the visual impact of the spectacle was was nothing less than astonishing. In places where the plant workers had swept aside the webbing to access equipment, the silk lay piled on the floor in rope-like clumps as thick as a fire hose.”

 

 

Edited December 31, 2022 by sandrewn
corrections

[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

@Bill W

 

 

What would you do if this was in YOUR neighborhood? 

..................................................................................................

My answer was, RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The following was was an actual event that occurred, but my personal reaction to it would have been the same, RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant

This might just be the worst spider infestation of all time. In 2009, the Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant called for help for an "extreme spider" problem. When they said extreme, they really meant it. Almost four acres of the property was completely coated in spider web. Scientists who studied the event estimated there were over 107 million spiders living there, with over 35 thousand spiders per cubic meter in spots.

If you're still in doubt about whether or not you should give this a Google image search, maybe a quote from the local paper could help you decide:

"We were unprepared for the sheer scale of the spider population and the extraordinary masses of both three dimensional and sheet-like webbing that blanketed much of the facility’s cavernous interior... Far greater in magnitude than any previously recorded aggregation of orb-weavers, the visual impact of the spectacle was was nothing less than astonishing. In places where the plant workers had swept aside the webbing to access equipment, the silk lay piled on the floor in rope-like clumps as thick as a fire hose.”

 

 

It's time to dig out the flame thrower.  Yikes.  

[JamesSavik]

9 hours ago, sandrewn said:

@Bill W

What would you do if this was in YOUR neighborhood? 

 

Air strike with napalm and willie-pete.

[Drew Espinosa]

Since 2022 is about to end in 10 or so minutes here in Texas, I'll share an interaction I had with spiders earlier this year.

Context: One night back in July, there was a sudden hailstorm, so the plants outside were at their mercy. The following morning, I went to check on them...

On 7/13/2022 at 7:57 AM, Drew Espinosa said:

I've just been through an odyssey.

So it's nearly 7 a.m. and the sun's risen enough that I figured I could check on the plants beside the garage, including the peach tree that was starting to bare fruit. So, I put on my slippers, unlocked the front door, and left through the screen door. I made my way through all the fallen leaves and branches that littered the driveway and when I rounded the corner, I saw a spider and its web on the first tree; that was my first sign. Then I went over to the peach tree and amongst its limbs I saw another spider with its own web; that was my second sign.

After I was done checking up on the plants, I made my way back to the front door, and I was literally this close to opening the screen door when I immediately pulled back my hand from the door handle. Because there was a GIANT BLACK SPIDER on the handle, and not just anywhere on the door handle, no no no... it was on the button you had to click on to open the door. So here I am, absolutely freaking out at the fact that I almost touched a spider with my BARE HAND (Agghhhh!!!). And the thing is, I didn't have my cellphone on me, so I couldn't call up someone inside to come rescue me, especially since they were still asleep. But, I'd be damned if I was gonna let a spider lock me out of my own home!

So I locked around me to find anything suitable to get rid of that spider. And sure, there were rocks scattered about, but I was afraid I'd end up damaging the door handle if I used one against the spider, so I was left with no choice... I took off one of my slippers and with it in hand, I struck the door handle (but unfortunately not the damn spider!). Now, up to this point, the spider had been completely still, and I was able to keep my arachnophobic self relatively calm... but as soon as that spider began moving after the slipper strike, that's when I really freaked out. So, as the spider 'floated' down from the door handle to the ground, I was cursing up a storm while I put back on the slipper. Anyways, as soon as the spider reached the ground, I rushed to the door, and I stepped on that motherf*cker and dragged my foot across the concrete, so all that was left of that spider was a streak...

Finally free from my mortal foe, I was able to enter my home once again, only to be greeted by my mother and brother... apparently I cursed so loudly that I woke them up (and probably our neighbors too).

So yeah... that was my morning so far.  Anyways, how has your morning/evening been for y'all?  

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by Drew Espinosa

[Drew Espinosa]

1 hour ago, Bill W said:

Who the hell would want to keep a spider as a pet?  What does he feed it, the bratty neighborhood kids? 

Years ago on this thread, someone shared a YouTube video of a Goliath Bird Eating Spider being fed a mouse... 😣

[sandrewn]

 

2 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Years ago on this thread, someone shared a YouTube video of a Goliath Bird Eating Spider being fed a mouse... 😣

 

Rather than find and repeat that post, I found this one. Be advised not all may want to watch this one.

GOLIATH BIRD EATER VS. MOUSE [HD] WARNING! - YouTube

 

 

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[Bill W]

3 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

Rather than find and repeat that post, I found this one. Be advised not all may want to watch this one.

GOLIATH BIRD EATER VS. MOUSE [HD] WARNING! - YouTube

 

 

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Yuck, what a way to start off my day.