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GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
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Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0 |
Wednesday morning at about 3:10 in the basement while I was on my back on a bench lifting dumbbells a little spider came down a web he was spinning and landed on my arm. It was just tiny. I rubbed myself right after the set and nothing hurts two days later. Apparently he missed the arm or was rolled to death. Occasionally I will have a bite that itches for a day or two, much longer than a mosquito bite. |
Michael Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 |
I love the global warming change in my climate but these big hairy spiders are getting too daring. I love spiders. So do my boys. Which of course means I have to keep an eye on them more...which isn't a bad thing :) |
Michael Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 |
I love spiders. So do my boys. Which of course means I have to keep an eye on them more...which isn't a bad thing :) I guess both....coz god help the spider when my boys capture it in a cup. Lord only knows the experiments that will be done...so I gotta save that spider too, LOL Their favorite thing I think is to capture a bug and feed it to the cat. WTF? hehe |
Dune_Finkleberry Send message Joined: 25 Feb 06 Posts: 6454 Credit: 198,656 RAC: 0 |
I love spiders. So do my boys. Which of course means I have to keep an eye on them more...which isn't a bad thing :) When I was a kid we had a huge spider in the back yard. He/She was a very well fed spider. Account frozen... |
Michael Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 |
I love spiders. So do my boys. Which of course means I have to keep an eye on them more...which isn't a bad thing :) Talk about kids interest in spiders...a few years ago my boys sat and watched a spider (for an hour!) build a web. They were totally fascinated. I never thought they could sit still that long. of course they promptly went "hunting" and found tiny bugs to throw into the web and wait to see what the spider does. talk about the Discovery channel right in your own back yard if you look :) |
Michael Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 |
Their favorite thing I think is to capture a bug and feed it to the cat. WTF? hehe As long as they don't use the Super Secret Nuclear Powered Spitwad Launcher© against them I guess all is well :) |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
Personally, I do not like spiders. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
Clyde C. Phillips, III Send message Joined: 2 Aug 00 Posts: 1851 Credit: 5,955,047 RAC: 0 |
Back in early 1967 shortly before I graduated from college I went into the zoology lab, got out one of the microscopes and got a millimeter ruler. I set the microscope on 400x and found a spiderweb nearby. I put the web filament onto the stage, focused the scope and put the ruler about 25 centimeters from my eyes. The image of the web of one eye of was superimposed onto the ruler. The magnified web appeared to be about 0.6 mm thick. Dividing by 400 determined that the actual thickness of the web was about 1.5 microns. That satisfied one curiosity. |
Darth Dogbytes™ Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0 |
I know spiders are a part of the ecology, and do much good, but these little bastards can die...been biten twice by them... [b]...meet the Brown Recluse. I'd rather get biten by a Black Widow instead. Account frozen... |
Stealth Eagle* Send message Joined: 7 Sep 00 Posts: 5971 Credit: 367,640 RAC: 0 |
I know spiders are a part of the ecology, and do much good, I'd rather not be bitten by either thank you! 8-{ What you do today you will have to live with tonight |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
daddy long legs spider LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
Huntsman Spiders are those long-legged spiders we often surprise crawling around our ceilings at night. They are part of the "modern" spider species which breathe through trachea as well as through "book-lungs". They also have chelicerae which close side to side. The legs of a huntsman spider fan out sideways and the joints bend forwards. This means these spiders can run sideways as well as forwards - useful under bark and among stones. LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
The Golden Orb Weavers build large, semi-permanent orb webs. The strong silk has a golden sheen. These spiders remain in their webs day and night and gain some protection from bird attack by the presence of a 'barrier network' of threads on one or both sides of the orb web. Sometimes their strong webs manage to trap small birds or bats, and the spider will wrap them and feed upon them. Commoner prey items include flies, beetles, locusts, wood moths and cicadas. Golden Silk Orb Weavers are large spiders (body 2-4 cm) with silvery-grey to plum coloured bodies and brown-black, often yellow banded legs. The males are tiny (5 mm) and red-brown to brown in colour. This spider belongs to the Tetragnathidae (longjawed orbweavers) family. Nephila clavipes is the only species in the Nephila genus that exists in the USA LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
Lynx spiders get their name from the way that they sometimes pounce on their prey in a catlike fashion. These spiders spend their time hunting for insects in bushes and low plants. They are fast runners, but can occasionally be seen lying in wait for prey beside flowers. They build no web for prey capture, but they do release a silk dragline as they hunt among leaves. While the Green Lynx spider aggressively attacks its insect prey, it very seldom bites humans. LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
Spiders!!! Lots of them! Phew! That's only photos... You just can't trust spiders. Ask us, the dwarfs, and ask the hobbits. Account frozen... |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
I like siders, but Sheila hates them. I usually pick them up (never bitten) and chuck them outside! It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
How about having to deal with the Bilbao spider? It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
How about having to deal with the Bilbao spider? OMG!She's even bigger than the spider my friends the halflings had to deal with, in those days when that cursed ring was to be destroyed! Account frozen... |
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