tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post1577580758126761466..comments2024-01-09T13:55:46.379-05:00Comments on 15 Minute Lunch: Some Pig.Johnny Virgilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-21877453722296412412009-12-10T16:32:35.630-05:002009-12-10T16:32:35.630-05:00http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3353693...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3353693/Giant-spider-eating-a-bird-caught-on-camera.html<br /><br />D:Sannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-46990910642280664872009-09-13T13:27:27.008-04:002009-09-13T13:27:27.008-04:00Hey, Johnny. Long time reader, first time commenta...Hey, Johnny. Long time reader, first time commentator.<br /><br />This reminds me of when I was a kid and my late uncle, who lived in the foothills in CA, used to find Black Widows and Tarantulas IN THE HOUSE. He used to put one of each in a closed jar, Gladiator style, to see which one would be the victor. As Wesley Snipes once declared, "Always bet on black!", as the Widow was always the victor.<br /><br />He also used to go out to my cousins' jungle gym each week and clean out the Widow nests. Now... why were my cousins continuously playing in there? I cannot say.<br /><br />I also like to hike around a nearby state park. Last year, I almost walked face first into this:<br /><br />http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DTLUCREfsaJpEyooK7VIzA?feat=directlink<br /><br />I couldn't see it until the light hit it just right. Ugh...Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17621975953672243847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-77634459417124011102009-09-10T17:19:53.432-04:002009-09-10T17:19:53.432-04:00I agree it's probably an Orb Weaver. Here'...I agree it's probably an Orb Weaver. Here's an amusing info blurb from <br /><br />http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html<br />Orb-Weaving Spiders ...low risk - non-aggressive <br /> <br />Venom toxicity - the bite of Orb-Weaving Spiders is of low risk (not toxic) to humans. They are a non-aggressive group of spiders. Seldom bite. Be careful not to walk into their webs at night - the fright of this spider crawling over one's face can be terrifying and may cause a heart attack, particularly to the susceptible over 40 year olds. (!yikes)<br />-----------------------------------<br />Spider Identification - an adult is about 2/3 to more than 1 inch in body length - has a bulbous abdomen - often colorful - dark to light brown pattern. The common Golden Orb-Weaver Spider has a purplish bulbous abdomen with fine hairs. <br />-----------------------------------<br />Habitat - often found in summer in garden areas around the home - they spin a large circular web of 6 feet or more, often between buildings and shrubs, to snare flying insects, such as, flies and mosquitoes.Pegnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-56143065859666411582009-09-10T16:19:25.954-04:002009-09-10T16:19:25.954-04:00@SunspotBaby: wolf spiders are the kind of spiders...@SunspotBaby: wolf spiders are the kind of spiders that do not weave webs to catch prey. Instead, they pounce on it or grab it unawares. <br /><a rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649821281286684197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-30594207997744744922009-09-09T10:47:13.204-04:002009-09-09T10:47:13.204-04:00OMG!! And what is the shiny brown thing that doesn...OMG!! And what is the shiny brown thing that doesn't appear to be a leg???<br /><br />For your porch, quick & easy (aka not having them fall on you) way to get rid of webs & anything in them high up ..... use a Dyson. Lock & load it, point it upwards and push it on. Also handy when having to eliminate v. large spiders on walls when they're so large you can't go near them to scoop/swat etc!Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08405014022509912898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-15070887190844473892009-09-08T13:35:58.144-04:002009-09-08T13:35:58.144-04:00We just moved on a sailboat in Maryland. Maryland ...We just moved on a sailboat in Maryland. Maryland has large, fat, and smug spiders. I must admit, I have the same fear as your wife and yet the same reaction as you..I don't want to kill because of the inevitable karma. What is one to do? And why is it every other bug doesn't bother me (except the millipede). It must be something about the way they walk.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592661461863593752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-20542104373344048002009-09-04T23:25:36.910-04:002009-09-04T23:25:36.910-04:00I walked directly into a web 2 weeks ago. It was ...I walked directly into a web 2 weeks ago. It was weaved, or woven, or whatever between my truck and the bushes of the neighbors house. I put my daughter in the truck then went around to the drivers side and walked FULL ON into at face level. It suction cupped around my face and I literally had to peel it off....after flailing around for a minute or so like I was under attack. I was so freaked out, I went around to the passengers side and got in that door and climbed over-then cursed out the window at that damn web. <br /><br />I still feel like I have pieces of web on me 2 weeks later. <br /><br />Speaking of this topic, you must watch this: <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i74El0hU4TU <br /><br />I think you would get a good laugh (and not just at the kick-ass outfit he's wearing lol)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-76776116620151181542009-09-03T14:15:43.810-04:002009-09-03T14:15:43.810-04:00Your poor wife. That note she left you cracked me ...Your poor wife. That note she left you cracked me up! But oh my God did she have a valid point! That thing would eatchya! My reaction would have been nothing different from you wifes! <br /><br />What a good hubby you are! (this visual of you killing the sucker was pretty damn funny too!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113307510907969520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-91243679117051326912009-09-03T04:48:55.432-04:002009-09-03T04:48:55.432-04:00I hate spiders too, and I remember many occasions ...I hate spiders too, and I remember many occasions when my ex-wife and I would take turns to either keep an eye on the thing in case it disappeared, and find something to whack it with.<br /><br />I am a lot braver now (but it depends on the size of the "beast" of course). <br /><br />Having spent the last 15 years in the USA, in Indiana and Florida, where I haven't really seen any large beasties, especially in the house (although german roaches are as bad and we had a lot of those to deal with), I am now back in the UK, where we have HOUSE SPIDERS.<br /><br />The English house spider is to me rather like a BLOODY GREAT TARANTULA - big hairy legs, and inches across. They like to crawl across the carpet while you watch television, or crawl towards you along the top of the couch, so that you can only see them out of the corner of your eye.<br /><br />I am truly S-C-A-R-E-D of these, so is my fiancee, and it's going to be a nasty fall/winter I assume.<br /><br />Just writing this comment has me creeping, itching, having to look around to see if there is one in the room. You know the feeling... When I do see one I physically feel nauseous as well.<br /><br />Actually as well as insect spray, WD40 does a good job on spiders, and on wasp nests and similar things.Tonyhttp://www.delovesto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-38421755321366448152009-09-02T01:36:28.107-04:002009-09-02T01:36:28.107-04:00UGGH what kind of spider is that? Normally I leav...UGGH what kind of spider is that? Normally I leave the spiders alone if they're outside or on the ceiling out of my personal bubble (inside my bubble is DADDY GET IT!! mode) but that thing is horrifying.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433901753016151334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-17407200712857861322009-09-01T15:14:35.038-04:002009-09-01T15:14:35.038-04:00Okay. Okay, so this spider was like a burglar on ...Okay. Okay, so this spider was like a burglar on PCP? <br /><br />And there are more of them? Umm...your wife is going to FREAK.<br /><br />Normally, I feel the same as you about spiders. Because they kill more annoying bugs, I like to let them live. That one, however, is clearly a new stage in the evolutionary process and you just let its children infest your home.shinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232945031746773775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-14221422123812043682009-09-01T03:13:43.004-04:002009-09-01T03:13:43.004-04:00I think a flamethrower might be the best way to go...I think a flamethrower might be the best way to go regarding the orphaned baby spiders. Keep in mind that you were the last person they saw and that probably makes you their mommy. Soon they'll be sleeping in your bed, crawling around everywhere and putting things in their mouth that shouldn't be there - most likely any part of your body they can reach.<br /><br />Actually, you're better off just moving. Now. Get out while you can, take nothing with you.Zivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174558111427961797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-65157565263090009462009-08-31T21:13:00.144-04:002009-08-31T21:13:00.144-04:00is it me, does your spider's body look like ch...is it me, does your spider's body look like charlie brown's face??Dee Rumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-2557373374423179162009-08-30T23:22:56.274-04:002009-08-30T23:22:56.274-04:00spiders freak me out too..and the pic of the one y...spiders freak me out too..and the pic of the one you killed is nasty.. I got goose bumps just looking at it...ewwwLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866380027837284893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-90411397989884154062009-08-30T20:19:38.232-04:002009-08-30T20:19:38.232-04:00That is NASTY.That is NASTY.Arikahttp://www.seriousrepliesonly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-16085215816490370652009-08-30T16:19:03.809-04:002009-08-30T16:19:03.809-04:00I read this last night… so thank you for the spide...I read this last night… so thank you for the spidey nightmares I had afterwards. But I agree with Travis' statement that you are a hero.<br /><br />I once battled what I named the Ninja Zombie Spider-- not only did it jump around my bathroom wall, hiding amongst towels and the like [hence ninja], I had to spray it at least a dozen times before the poison affected it. When I finally thought it was dead, I just stood there staring at it in horrific relief… 'til it started thrashing around violently, at which point I screamed aloud and sprayed it several more times [hence zombie]. Just to make absolutely sure it was dead, I both squished it between a LOT of tissue and flushed it down the toilet; yet the next morning, I woke up with two new spider bites. Either I pissed off its ninja team, or it was a true zombie.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714101598176785649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-83558279467650409462009-08-29T12:05:39.509-04:002009-08-29T12:05:39.509-04:00Huntsman Spider? Now THAT'S a spider.Huntsman Spider? Now <a href="http://brokenbay.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/huntsman-spider.jpg" rel="nofollow"> THAT'S a spider.</a>Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-23864254692444953522009-08-29T06:14:25.222-04:002009-08-29T06:14:25.222-04:00lol! Very amusing post.
Never move to Australia- t...lol! Very amusing post.<br />Never move to Australia- that spider is tiny compared to huntsmen spiders. Google it if you dare.Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067289767103417062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-22269140497121578312009-08-28T10:19:59.483-04:002009-08-28T10:19:59.483-04:00*hitting head in the wall*
why why whyyyy did I h...*hitting head in the wall*<br /><br />why why whyyyy did I have to read it all? As hilarious as it was, just a second ago I yelped at a stray piece of string off my duvet that touched my leg and I thought it was a 'charlotte'<br />Oh dear God, I'm scarred for life, you know that, right?<br /><br />LOVE love LOOOOOVE the way you write. Keep it goin'!hushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090901236060454440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-68619629077300712362009-08-27T23:20:49.221-04:002009-08-27T23:20:49.221-04:00Yuck...barn spiders are nasty. I've captured ...Yuck...barn spiders are nasty. I've captured a few that size in my deck in the past few day and had my hubby dispose of them over the back fence. Apparently they puff up when threatened. *shiver*Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714690364868228589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1836377467851485842009-08-27T21:37:39.865-04:002009-08-27T21:37:39.865-04:00I laughed so hard my face hurts. I had to read you...I laughed so hard my face hurts. I had to read your post to Himself because I'm also deathly afraid of spiders. See? See? I yelled at him, I'm not the only one!CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-84384053106925321672009-08-27T16:55:41.796-04:002009-08-27T16:55:41.796-04:00I read an article today that girls are genetically...I read an article today that girls are genetically predisposed to being scared of spiders. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17697-girls-are-primed-to-fear-spiders.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-36832445883133277522009-08-27T16:12:55.790-04:002009-08-27T16:12:55.790-04:00From the title to the spider's comment to the ...From the title to the spider's comment to the end, this made me HOWL! <br /><br />That's no Charlotte in your yard.....geeeesh! Speaking of - if you haven't already read his collections of essays, I can't help but think a writer like you would enjoy and appreciate those of the late, great E.B. White.Bonnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-64584028896093520282009-08-27T03:52:55.138-04:002009-08-27T03:52:55.138-04:00well written. in my case, its the cockroaches!well written. in my case, its the cockroaches!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009835071359524681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-10073246860443526912009-08-26T13:43:59.894-04:002009-08-26T13:43:59.894-04:00Several mentions of "wolf spiders" made ...Several mentions of "wolf spiders" made me think: are they real? I just always thought that's what my kids called any hairy spider with long legs. I looked it up on Google, and OMG - I hope to God I never see a real one of these things!!!SunSpotBabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458795387822122072noreply@blogger.com