Spiders

[Bill W]

3 hours ago, Zombie said:

yes but those nests are everywhere

including behind those cupboards in your kitchen

and under your bed    

I was only referring to the trapdoor spiders.  

[Zombie]

4 minutes ago, Bill W said:

I was only referring to the trapdoor spiders.  

…which are “common in the southern and western United States“ but Encyclopaedia Britannica’s T&C don’t actually guarantee they’re not also happily nesting in other parts of the US (including behind your cupboards)

[sandrewn]

 

 

Caring for your pet tarantula | Keeping Bugs

 

 

(Just a passing thought. Whoopee, it's gone already, that was a scary one.)

[Bill W]

25 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

Caring for your pet tarantula | Keeping Bugs

 

 

(Just a passing thought. Whoopee, it's gone already, that was a scary one.)

I'd rather keep a pet earthworm - they eat dirt.  

[Zombie]

   

[Bill W]

47 minutes ago, Zombie said:

   

That comment is going to get you in trouble with the girls on GA.  😋

[Drew Espinosa]

Who wants to watch thirty minutes of a guy feeding his pet tarantulas?  

PS: no vertebrates were harmed in the making of this video.

Edited March 23, 2023 by Drew Espinosa

[Zombie]

11 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

PS: no vertebrates were harmed in the making of this video.

hopefully the invertebrates were  

[Zombie]

10 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Just watch the first 10 seconds.

when will I ever learn??   
 

 

Edited March 28, 2023 by Zombie

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

 

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(note to self)

 

[Bill W]

2 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

(note to self)

 

Good advice, and don't get married when you're drunk either.  You could end up with similar results.  

[Bill W]

2 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

I thought you were to leave the mailman a tip every now and then, not a task.  

[Bill W]

2 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

 

As long as he doesn't bring the tarantulas into work to feed them.  

[Bill W]

2 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

Hmmm, the tarantula has a good PR person.  

[Bill W]

1 minute ago, sandrewn said:

Minuscule - The Preserving One - YouTube

 

 

 

 

 

(A passing thought)

William Shatner in Kingdom of the Spiders?  This would have been between the Original Star Trek TV series and before the Star Trek movies.  I guess he couldn't get away from those weird looking co-stars. like the Klingons, Romulans, Andorians, Balok, etc.  

[Bill W]

14 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

 

Nope! Nope! Nope!

That is it, I'm out of here.

 

 

 

(A passing thought)

Looks yummy, but I prefer it when my food isn't moving.  

[Zombie]

9 hours ago, Bill W said:

Looks yummy, but I prefer it when my food isn't moving.  

that’s why forks were invented  

[Drew Espinosa]

[Bill W]

5 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Now that's a big freaking spider.  The guy needs a much larger container and possibly some help, because even if he gets the spider in the container, it could merely jump out as the guy climbs down.  He needs someone with a lid to slip over whatever he catches the spider in to make sure it stays inside.  

[sandrewn]

This one is all videos, enjoy or cringe, your choice.

 

 

Lucas the Spider - New Friend - Short - YouTube

 

 

 

Spiders: Nature's Superheroes! Some Incredible Facts | Strong Arachnids - YouTube

 

 

 

12 World's Largest Spiders - YouTube

 

 

[sandrewn]

20 hours ago, Bill W said:

Appears to be a water spider trying out his water wings.  

He seems to have mastered the technique and is giving us a classic demonstration of the principles of surface tension.

Surface tension - Wikipedia

 

Is this a spider cyclops? 

Having mastered the use of surface tension and using himself as bait, he appears to be an accomplished fisherman.

Score - Spider 1 / minnow 0.

 

 

Edited May 10, 2023 by sandrewn

[TalonRider]

21 hours ago, Bill W said:

That looks more like the empty husk of the noisy Cicada.

[Bill W]

1 hour ago, TalonRider said:

22 hours ago, Bill W said:

That looks more like the empty husk of the noisy Cicada.

Either way it's still creepy.  Did the spider lay its eggs in the Cicada and the young ate their way through it, or was it just a convenient hiding place? 

[TalonRider]

It doesn't surprise me that a spider has learned to make decoy's. I've seen many a Sparrow fly under the roof of the loading dock at work like Hummingbirds searching for bugs hiding.