DRED805
Rock Crawler
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Rant Thread
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hpiguy
Rock Crawler
I had this little guy come popping up from a defroster vent one day while driving. Found a spot to pull over and set him free.
i had one of those guys in my house but he was about 4" around if you count his legsI had this little guy come popping up from a defroster vent one day while driving. Found a spot to pull over and set him free.
ive never seen a big one before but aperently there vary comin in the south west
there crazy lookin spiders especialy when they get big
hpiguy
Rock Crawler
I don't mind spiders, never have. And jumping spiders are super cool, and really are spider bros. I sent a short video of it to my sister though while it was crawling around on my dash while driving, and she was like NOPE. :mrgreen:
I thought I was afraid of spiders, but really have realized that I just don't like them. My coworker that has walked into three poles (one time resulting in a broken nose) and fell in the water to get away from spiders, that guy is afraid of them...
DRED805
Rock Crawler
lol and easier to handle when dead ^^^
Absolutely agree. I can't pinpoint why, but they are fascinating to me. However, I HATE the feeling of things crawling on me.
There's no way I'm picking one up and giving it a handshake
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Most are very docile so long as they don't feel agitated or threatened. Like most animals and women... you just have to read their demeanor and not come across as aggressive. The only spiders that I don't care to handle are smaller ones that move quickly as they can get lost under your clothing in the blink of an eye. In terms of where I live, I won't handle black widows or brown recluse... I just don't care for em. Here in Texas, the larger tarantulas, wolfies, jumpers, orb weavers, banana spiders... climb aboard.
I'd much rather handle or feel on me almost any spider as opposed to a f#@%!ng cockroach... ugh!
I get that. The problem is me feeling agitated or threatened when something's crawling on me.
It's not quite a feeling of fear, more like discomfort or disgust. Might have something to do with my brother being bitten by a spider when we were kids, never did find out what it was, but it destroyed ~6" circle of skin on his leg. Or maybe being stung in the ear, and on the edge of one of my nostrils by wasps, two separate occasions, when I was a kid.
I'm can't really say I'm afraid of "creepy crawlies" but I didn't have the most pleasant experiences with them growing up either.
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DRED805
Rock Crawler
I mean, it wasn't dead, but okay.
We're on the same wavelength - I lived in Indonesia for a couple years as a kid, and that gave me a phobia for cockroaches - and for some reason, brown crickets are grouped in there with them in my head.
On the other hand, I found a tarantula in my friggin' ARMPIT while shovelin' topsoil one day and once I got over the shock of discovery it was fine. Likewise, a buddy had those huge African black scorpions and I held them in my hand.
Weird...:shock:
I definitely get that. I'm that way too if I don't know what 's going on lol. Even a random hair or something tickling me puts me on edge until I figure out what it is. And for sure a lot of insects have that 'creepy crawly' vibe that can be pretty unsettling. I still cringe if I walk into a web or have to reach my hand somewhere that I can't see and that's potentially occupied by an insect, rodent, reptile, or amphibian. Being able to put eyes on a little critter makes them easier to be around for sure. Once they disappear, the anxiety can definitely become elevated... for me anyway.
Brother, some of those crickets are just horrid-looking lol. I'm honestly not too fond of crickets because they seem to exhibit fairly random behavior... like cockroaches, you really don't know where the hell they're going to go... nor how fast! And with roaches... yeah, lets just add wings into the mix so that if they wanna fly into your face, they can go ahead and do that lol. Man I just hate those big creepy bastards.
I love tarantulas due to their larger size and relatively predictable behavior and movements. There are probably some that I wouldn't handle as there are a lot of different theraphosidae species... some more docile and manageable than others. But generally they're very cool and interesting arachnids.
I have less experience with scorpions but I've never handled one that has ever tried to sting me. All of the ones that I've handled have been relatively small and non-aggressive and most of those were striped bark. I wouldn't want to mess with some of the more lethal ones without supervision but they sure are fascinating.
The way that a spider articulates it's appendages is a key indicator of it's health. If it wasn't dead then it was either close to being dead or it was relatively inactive in diapause mode. All good and cool to see someone else that appreciates spiders. "thumbsup"
DRED805
Rock Crawler
I thought it was just twisted up trying to hold onto it's web (you can see some of it between my thumb and forefinger), when I swooped it up. It crawled from "here to here" while I was trying to get pictures. I only got the two before it got too close to the edge of my palm and I said **** this and dropped it.
I dunno.
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Too many damn spider posts...
Carry on...
Too many damn spider posts...
Carry on...
ok one more spider pic these are the wolf spiders we get out here
actual size lol
actual size lol
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fyrstormer
RCC Addict
I'm going to break up the monotony of spider-related posts with something different: House centipedes.
When my family moved from NY to VA when I was a kid, I was introduced to house centipedes by way of seeing one scurrying across the floor of the basement bathroom while I was taking a piss. I've never really been scared of spiders (except maybe when I was a really little kid), but these things used to creep me out so much I started burning their legs off with a grill lighter, to punish them for being so creepy.
Then I grew up and learned they're built the way they are so they can chase-down cockroaches and eat them. In fact, pretty much any household pest smaller than a mouse is fair game for house centipedes. That changed my view of them significantly, and now I leave them alone; I've even managed to teach my 3 year old to think they're cool when he sees one patrolling the basement in our house.
When my family moved from NY to VA when I was a kid, I was introduced to house centipedes by way of seeing one scurrying across the floor of the basement bathroom while I was taking a piss. I've never really been scared of spiders (except maybe when I was a really little kid), but these things used to creep me out so much I started burning their legs off with a grill lighter, to punish them for being so creepy.
Then I grew up and learned they're built the way they are so they can chase-down cockroaches and eat them. In fact, pretty much any household pest smaller than a mouse is fair game for house centipedes. That changed my view of them significantly, and now I leave them alone; I've even managed to teach my 3 year old to think they're cool when he sees one patrolling the basement in our house.
