2 hours ago i tried to kill a spider

[Monk]

... I failed. And how every corner, every shadow, my nemesis could be lurking. Watching. Waiting. I can feel his gaze even now. This isn't going to end well. Won't someone end this nightmare?

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[Fragony]

Eight cold eyes are watching your every step, good luck

[Andres]

It was nice knowing you, Monk

[rajpoot]

Or you might end up becoming Spiderman.

[Fragony]

That only happens in movies, in real life spiders hold a grudge if you wrong them. They don't grant you superpowers, they wait for the right moment...

[HopAlongBunny]

The pitter-patter of little feet,
They come for thee!

[Peasant Phill]

You're welcome

[Tellos Athenaios]

... I failed. And how every corner, every shadow, my nemesis could be lurking. Watching. Waiting. I can feel his gaze even now. This isn't going to end well. Won't someone end this nightmare?

Get a cat ASAP. It'll probably enter into a staring deathmatch with the spider first thing. The cuter it can look whilst wrecking havoc, the better. Clearly you need an expert purveyor of death and terror at your side that can camouflage even the most heinous of acts with a purr and an innocent look, smothering your worries in cuteness, so you will never need to be upset with or even aware of his ruthless methods.

[Memnon]

... I failed. And how every corner, every shadow, my nemesis could be lurking. Watching. Waiting. I can feel his gaze even now. This isn't going to end well. Won't someone end this nightmare?

What have you done...

Now the army of almost crushed spiders is rising in retribution! Their siege engines (Proportionally made of course) are already at our gates! My only hope is that the bullfrogs in my yard honor our old alliance... Only time will tell...

[rajpoot]

That only happens in movies

Hey if aliens could've messed with the development of our species in the past, spider bites can most certainly grant us superpowers. It's just that the odds are probably too low.

Get a cat ASAP.

Once the cat kills the poor arachnid, it might come after you.

[A Nerd]

Here is what to do. The Nerd method:

1: Live in harmony together

or

2: Capture the spider and release him (or her) back into the wild.

The larger the spider the more gross it is, I must agree with that! :O

[Zim]

Wait, I live in the Northwest... I think I've even seen a couple without knowing what they were. Ignorance is bliss.

Good luck, Monk. I'm on the look out for some almost ant looking thing with what seem like fangs sticking out of it's rear end. Failed to kill it in my study the other day and I'm sure it's watching and waiting even as I sit at the computer.

Up here in the Northwest, we've got these critters called 'Hobo' Spiders. They're like a cross between a brown recluse and a jumping spider, and they'll enter your home just to start a fight with you.

Multiple daily patrols are required.

[Monk]

Get a cat ASAP. It'll probably enter into a staring deathmatch with the spider first thing. The cuter it can look whilst wrecking havoc, the better. Clearly you need an expert purveyor of death and terror at your side that can camouflage even the most heinous of acts with a purr and an innocent look, smothering your worries in cuteness, so you will never need to be upset with or even aware of his ruthless methods.

I've had a cat for two years. I woke up last night to discover him perched on my computer stand staring at something. Sure enough it was the offender who had stalked me the night before.

My cat is strange when it comes to insects. Flies he will bat out of the air (i've seen him pounce on them and catch them mid-flight!), ants and ladybugs and the like he'll kill and play with, but spiders? No. He wants NOTHING to do with those. However if there's a spider in the apartment he'll find a perch close to it and stare it down until I come and kill it.

I have to admit the arachnid was a crafty one but his luck finally ran out tonight. With my cat spotting him his patented escape method didn't work a second time. Maybe now I can get a bit more restful sleep.

Wait, I live in the Northwest... I think I've even seen a couple without knowing what they were. Ignorance is bliss.

Good luck, Monk. I'm on the look out for some almost ant looking thing with what seem like fangs sticking out of it's rear end. Failed to kill it in my study the other day and I'm sure it's watching and waiting even as I sit at the computer.

Could it be this? If he's one of the smaller types he's pretty harmless. We have them all over the state I live in, you normally see them attempt to come in after a big rain storm and the humidity is up. A real annoyance (and creepy) but nothing to worry about.

[Zim]

That might be it. The ones I've been seeing are about 2 inches long. It's been dry and hot lately but I think we'd had storms when I first started seeing them about.

Could it be this? If he's one of the smaller types he's pretty harmless. We have them all over the state I live in, you normally see them attempt to come in after a big rain storm and the humidity is up. A real annoyance (and creepy) but nothing to worry about.

[Papewaio]

So was the spider the size of a dinner plate?

[HopAlongBunny]

Actually I think A Nerd has the best approach.

Most spiders (here at least) are harmless and they will search and destroy other insects. A net benefit I think.

[naut]

Actually I think A Nerd has the best approach.

Most spiders (here at least) are harmless and they will search and destroy other insects. A net benefit I think.

I would do that, but, most of the spiders I find here are either White-tailed or Redback. And I'm not going near them without pesticide and a yellow pages to crush and destroy!

[Papewaio]

Daddy long legs meh
Baby huntsmen I'll let stay around
Adult huntsmen... To Arms! ... Preferably 18 foot pike

[HopAlongBunny]

Daddy-long-legs and wolf spiders describe 99% of what I see around here. While staining the fence I saw a very peculiar spider I cannot identify: mainly brown with what looked like a pup-tent on its back (it seemed a lil pissed when I was sweeping loose dirt and cobwebs out of the way).

[InsaneApache]

Just so you know what to expect...

[Voigtkampf]

Game over, man. Game over!

[Fragony]

I would do that, but, most of the spiders I find here are either White-tailed or Redback. And I'm not going near them without pesticide and a yellow pages to crush and destroy!

Don't you Australians have an awesome collection of things that can hurt you!

[drone]

That female Redback looks like a Black Widow.

Same family, I believe. I stomp any black w/red spider I come across in my yard just on general principle, at least 3 black widows found so far in the 2 years living here.

For non-black/red spiders inside the house, I catch-and-release, spiders do too much good to just kill them all outright.

[Papewaio]

Don't you Australians have an awesome collection of things that can hurt you!

And that's just the wives...

Most of the deadly animals can be found in outside the cities. But there are plenty of national parks in and around Sydney. Only things I've been bitten by are mossies and in Ku-ring-gai national park a black and red striped leach.

I've seen a large goanna at one park looking for scraps. It was about 1.8m from head to tip of its tail.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Or you might end up becoming Spiderman.

[Fragony]

And that's just the wives...

Most of the deadly animals can be found in outside the cities. But there are plenty of national parks in and around Sydney. Only things I've been bitten by are mossies and in Ku-ring-gai national park a black and red striped leach.

I've seen a large goanna at one park looking for scraps. It was about 1.8m from head to tip of its tail.

But still, swimming with tigersharks is more hardcore than dancing with wolves

[Martok]

I have just one rule:

If it has eight legs (and I can reach it), it dies. Period.

[Monk]

I have just one rule:

If it has eight legs (and I can reach it), it dies. Period.

Two legs good, eight legs bad.

[Tuuvi]

My friend had an 8 inch long scorpion in his closet once. It was sitting really still, and because of the weird texture and color of it's skin I thought it was a toy at first, until I got really close...

[Martok]

Two legs good, eight legs bad.

Yep.

My friend had an 8 inch long scorpion in his closet once. It was sitting really still, and because of the weird texture and color of it's skin I thought it was a toy at first, until I got really close...

Ugh. Not fun!