OK, so I screamed like a girl

Putting dishes away this morning, we are old fashion no dish washer, when seeing this spider in the sink. It was a average size spider, my wife would think it was huge, so brought out the spider spray to kill it. Knowing it wouldn't go anywhere I sprayed it and went on putting dishes away. Came back to get rid of spider and it still was alive. Got the spray to hit it once more then all of a sudden it jumped at me and landed on my arm. Yes, I screamed like a girl. But after smacking it, it was dead and I had to clean out my drawers

No one else at home to hear me, wife would have fainted or laugh at me till fainting.

DJH

oh-

thought maybe you hit a first Royal or something....

This morning I skimmed out a huge spider out of the pool (almost 3 inches across) and flipped it on the deck to stamp on it. It moved quickly but I got it. But out of its smashed body came hundreds of little spiders (now I know why it was so big)...talk about doing a jig trying to stamp them all out. Sure glad I had shoes on!

LOL!!!

This reminded me of my mom who never ever
killed a spider.

She use to pick them up (I think by their legs)
and put them outside.

I guess she was not afraid of them.

Insects can be scary. LOL

I guess I'm in the fraidy-cat column.

Probably because I saw too many insects-gone-wild movies in my youth.

I think it would take a major progressive for me to either faint or relieve myself in my drawers but I can see how it could happen for someone's first royal. Of course, it may uncontrollably happen to me somewhere down the road on a no pair hand.

I put my spiders in little cages.

The insects will someday rule the world.

Factoid of the Day: Ants have been on earth for more than 100 Million Years !!!!!


Rick

My spiders each have their own computer - they're all on the web.

Tonyrob

I heard a quote a long time ago where some bug expert stated “No matter where you are you are never more than three feet away from a spider”!

I am not at all crazy about spiders. I still have a spot on my chest where there is no pigment and hair growing in this area is pure white. This was from a Brown Recluse bite over 50 years ago.

It has been my experience that any spray designed to kill spiders works best when you smash them with the can. The spray just pisses them off.

The thing I hate worst about spiders is accidently walking through a web. That stuff stays on you forever. Blowtorch, Draino and a power sander are options to get it semi-removed but ya ain’t never gona get it all. You walk around for days feelin’ like they are crawling all over ya!!!

BERferD

If you ever have an occasion to know a tarantula, they can give you a better perspective, unless it's a clinical problem like phobia. What I mean is: tarantulas, though bigger, will chill around you and you get to watch them without worrying... they wont bite, they dont scurry, and (unless you're phobic) really sorta calming to be around. just sayin...