[acidchicken]

Today while I was using my new iBook. A MUTANT Spider came walking in. And that doesn't happen in Seattle. We don't have any huge nasty spiders. At least I didn't think so. This was dark brown and about 2-3 inches. I'm still grossed out. Just thought I'd share that.

[DoctorGonzo]

I openend my mailbox the other day, and as I pulled out the mail, I had to pull off the layers of spider silk wrapped around the bundle of letters. I peered in, and saw a large spider just sitting there, all of the sudden he ran towards me! When I came back for him the next morning, he hid in a corner where I could only see the tips of two of his legs sticking out.

He met his end later that day.

[ 08-23-2001: Message edited by: DoctorGonzo ]

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

It was probably a Wolf Spider. They are harmless but really big. Their 8 eyes also glow if you shine a light into them.

[The Dude]

SPIDERS!!??

*grabs giant novelty mallot used for smashing chickens and turkeys*

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!

[Demonhood]

biggest damn spider i've seen was a little smaller than a bagel.
it was a wolf spider, not a tarantula. my dad had to use a shovel to end its life.

scary stuff.

[simonjames]

we get wolf spiders here too - though we call them "huntsmans" - they scare the crap out of you but they're harmless. You shouldn't kill them - take them outside to the garden - they make good fly and insect killers.

We have loads of nasty spiders and snakes in Australia - something you get used to.

[nonhuman]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
<STRONG>biggest damn spider i've seen was a little smaller than a bagel.
it was a wolf spider, not a tarantula. my dad had to use a shovel to end its life.

scary stuff.</STRONG>

Hehe, that reminds me of an incident at my uncle's house. He also had to use a shovel to kill an intruding pest, only it wasn't a spider it was a rat, and it wasn't the size of a bagel it was the size of a dog.

[Moonray]

Originally posted by nonhuman:
<STRONG>...only it wasn't a spider it was a rat, and it wasn't the size of a bagel it was the size of a dog.</STRONG>

Wow... which size are your dogs?

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[maxelson]

Hey! I like spiders. They're the good bugs. It has taken YEARS of hard work to get my rabidly arachnophobic wife to just hollar when she sees one and not hurn everything in sight at the poor thing. I am more of the gently catch and release school of spider control. Catch them in the kitchen, release in the garden, basement, attic, porch. And centipedes. Won't kill them, either. They eat the true FREAK BUG CREATURES THAT ARE OUT TO DESTROY ME AND MY SANITY: Big ass crunchy bugs. Anything with a shell - it can fly or not, I do not discriminate- that is bigger than, say, a .22 slug is the ememy and must be destroyed. Preferrably slowly. By a spider. Or centipede. June bugs, palmettos, **** -a-roaches, Japanese beetles, whatever.

[wANCO tHE sANE]

The biggest spider I've seen was a banana spider out in a tropical province. It was hiding behind a basketball and then it leaped out. It was the size of my fist/palm, and I'm about 5'9

[Scott_H]

Originally posted by maxelson:
<STRONG>Hey! I like spiders. They're the good bugs. ...</STRONG>

Me too. We have a ton where I live. Always a lot of flying bugs trapped in the webs.

[Macintosh]

Did it look like this?

[graphiteman]

I believe Macintosh is trying to link to this:

[Taloston Man]

Sweet God!
That thing is Satan physicalized!
Or the starting point for the animators working on the end-sequence for The Mummy Returns.
Either way, if I ever set foot in a country that has those things, I'm not coming back until I've got a full-body protective suit and a flamethrower.
Yeesh!

[Macintosh]

Yep, that nasty spider is actually called a Whip Scorpion. They live in Africa, mostly southern. An interesting thing is they have a tail that not only snaps with its pinchers but sprays acid as a defense mechanism! They are more affectionately known as the Coach Whip, for reasons I would not like to disclose.

[Scott_H]

Originally posted by Macintosh:
<STRONG>Yep, that nasty spider is actually called a Whip Scorpion. They live in Africa, mostly southern. An interesting thing is they have a tail that not only snaps with its pinchers but sprays acid as a defense mechanism! They are more affectionately known as the Coach Whip, for reasons I would not like to disclose. </STRONG>

Is that a spider? I count six legs unless those "teeth" things are modified legs? The thing that bothers me about that monster is what looks like a huge sack of eggs under it? Yikes

[Macintosh]

Yesit is an arachnid,a spider. Scary eh?