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... 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?
https://i.imgur.com/1VSbR.jpg
Eight cold eyes are watching your every step, good luck
It was nice knowing you, Monk ~:(
Or you might end up becoming Spiderman.
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
07-09-2012, 17:37
The pitter-patter of little feet,
They come for thee!
Peasant Phill
07-09-2012, 19:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15hHUK1lIgk
You're welcome
Tellos Athenaios
07-09-2012, 21:37
... 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.
... 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... :on_dark:
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. :grin:
Get a cat ASAP.
Once the cat kills the poor arachnid, it might come after you (http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php).
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
Wait, I live in the Northwest... I think I've even seen a couple without knowing what they were. Ignorance is bliss. :clown:
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.
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.
:laugh4:
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. :clown:
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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig)? 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.
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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig)? 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
07-11-2012, 05:19
So was the spider the size of a dinner plate?
HopAlongBunny
07-11-2012, 06:00
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.
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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_spider) or Redback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider). And I'm not going near them without pesticide and a yellow pages to crush and destroy!
Papewaio
07-11-2012, 08:27
Daddy long legs meh
Baby huntsmen I'll let stay around
Adult huntsmen... To Arms! ... Preferably 18 foot pike
HopAlongBunny
07-11-2012, 09:07
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
07-11-2012, 09:46
Just so you know what to expect...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEmB8Wk-yDc
Voigtkampf
07-11-2012, 10:57
Game over, man. Game over!
I would do that, but, most of the spiders I find here are either White-tailed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_spider) or Redback (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider). 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!
That female Redback looks like a Black Widow. :inquisitive:
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
07-11-2012, 23:28
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
07-12-2012, 04:29
Or you might end up becoming Spiderman.
https://i.imgur.com/fLkNR.jpg
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
I have just one rule:
If it has eight legs (and I can reach it), it dies. Period.
I have just one rule:
If it has eight legs (and I can reach it), it dies. Period.
Two legs good, eight legs bad.
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...
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!
Voigtkampf
07-15-2012, 14:15
Last night, there was a huge grasshopper in my kitchen. I smacked the bugger several times with a wash cloth, trying not to smear him all over the wall and scare my dear little woman in the process. Walked away to wipe him off the floor... and when I came back... It was gone! :on_surprise: :on_scare:
Now all the insane possibilities are opening... Zombie grasshopper... Vampire grashopper? :on_bibber:
Think I'll be sleeping in my shower from now on, armed and wearing my ski garments. :on_scared:
He's getting his friends to get biblical on you. I wish there was a easier way to tell you, but you are screwed
We don't have dangerous spiders here. But the animal I can't stand and groses me out are tics.
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I don't mind pulling them out of my dog so much, but I'd freak if I was bitten.
It's really the only animal I find really disgusting. I've hold snakes and tarantulas in my hands and work with wild animals at the wildlife rescue center. But I hate ticks, hate them with a passion.
We don't have dangerous spiders here. But the animal I can't stand and groses me out are tics.
I don't mind pulling them out of my dog so much, but I'd freak if I was bitten.
It's really the only animal I find really disgusting. I've hold snakes and tarantulas in my hands and work with wild animals at the wildlife rescue center. But I hate ticks, hate them with a passion.
I found six of them on my legs yesterday after my run and promptly freaked out... The only thing worse than ticks for me are internal parasites. If I even think of them, I shudder.
Kralizec
07-18-2012, 15:21
Two legs good, eight legs bad.
Nice Orwell reference ~;)
We don't have dangerous spiders here. But the animal I can't stand and groses me out are tics.
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I don't mind pulling them out of my dog so much, but I'd freak if I was bitten.
It's really the only animal I find really disgusting. I've hold snakes and tarantulas in my hands and work with wild animals at the wildlife rescue center. But I hate ticks, hate them with a passion.
Yeah, ticks are probably the most dangerous creatures you can find in the wild over here. I've removed many of them, both from pets and humans. For some reason they rarely attach themselves to me. Get them early enough and you're okay, sometimes I fear though that a small one will clamp itself on my head beneath the hair and stay hidden until I'm infected - and the hair will cause the usual red circles to go unnoticed.
We don't have dangerous spiders here. But the animal I can't stand and groses me out are tics.
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I don't mind pulling them out of my dog so much, but I'd freak if I was bitten.
It's really the only animal I find really disgusting. I've hold snakes and tarantulas in my hands and work with wild animals at the wildlife rescue center. But I hate ticks, hate them with a passion.
How do you like these http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&tbo=d&authuser=0&biw=1024&bih=644&site=imghp&tbm=isch&oq=zeeprik+&gs_l=img.3...10105.11863.0.12853.9.9.0.0.0.0.156.807.6j3.9.0...0.0...1ac.G_Bh4Pn3SHU&q=zeeprik#biv=i|19;d|PvTs-LlzQl8oIM:
Hurray! After at least a century doing fine without them... these.... THINGS are back in our rivers.
Edit: tics you can just tear out with a pincet, that drawing it in whatever direction is bull.
I just ignore spiders lol. Once in a while, I clean up the mess they leave behind but I I just ignore them when they are sitting in some corner.
Kralizec
07-18-2012, 16:51
Edit: tics you can just tear out with a pincet, that drawing it in whatever direction is bull.
The trick is that you have to get underneath the tick and pull it out entirely; otherwise some of the legs might stick (I should write poetry!). The greatest risk is that you "squeeze" it and it will discharge its stomach contents back into your bloodstream, increasing the chance of infection. They used to recommend that you pull them out with twisting motion, but apparently that's not necessary.
The ones they usually market for pets are usually better than the ones for human use, IMO.
What's that zeeprik thing called in English?
nvm it's a sea lampray apparently.
Seems innocent enough:
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