Look what I just found in my carport

Jesus Christ. I'm shiverin', and I'm not even there.

Spiders have inspired many a girly yelp from me throughout the years.

I don't give a **** if they're poisonous or not; they scare the hell outta' me.

Oh, Nav. You have my sympathies.
They're as common as dirt around here and
I Can't Stand the D*** things!!


Way to keep your eyes open!

(yick, yick, yick. Did I say, 'YICK!')

I'da just stepped on him. Two minutes looking for Raid, she coulda climbed in your car. Later, maybe bite you on the butt.

There was a joke about sprays, went something like:]

Wife sees a carpenter bee in the garage.

Husband hands her a can of insect spray.

Wife says, "But, honey, that's a bee."

Husband says, "Okay, just don't let him see the label."

The lack of deadly insects is one of the reasons I put up with winter.

C'mon you wimps!


Spiders are under-rated.


They do alot more good than harm ............don't kill them ever again!

Hmm, I left out an important line, and nobody caught it. From now on I want you guys to be more attentive.

There was a joke about sprays, went something like:]

Wife sees a carpenter bee in the garage.

Husband hands her a can of insect spray.

Wife says, "But, honey, the label says for Wasps and Hornets."

Husband says, "Okay, just don't let him see the label."

eldragon said:

C'mon you wimps!


Spiders are under-rated.


They do alot more good than harm ............don't kill them ever again!

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Other spiders - I'll even move them out of the way.

Black widows? SPLAT.

Sorry, Pam. They're terrorists. Yes, they are. They terrorize ME.

I had mentioned in another thread that I sometimes feel like a crazy woman running around with her hair on fire . . . yeah, well . . . had I seen this, I would've bolted out of there in the same hair on fire fashion. Then, I would've done the heeby-geeby dance on the front lawn.

rich said:

Hmm, I left out an important line, and nobody caught it. From now on I want you guys to be more attentive.

There was a joke about sprays, went something like:]

Wife sees a carpenter bee in the garage.

Husband hands her a can of insect spray.

Wife says, "But, honey, the label says for Wasps and Hornets."

Husband says, "Okay, just don't let him see the label."

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Actually, a spider is not an insect, so you didn't leave anything out. Except for the irretrievably stupid...

Rob

And I thought he found a new sports car.

Maryn said:

. A bite can do some real damage to a baby or kid, a pet, or an elderly person.

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The next time you decide to straighten up the attic, be careful. The Brown Recluse is a nasty little dude, with several different toxins in his bite. It can shut down organs and turn you into a leper within a few days (hours?).

AUNT SUSIE!!!!!!!



I hate Aunt SUSIE.........SPLAT!

I really don't mind these critters.

Now snakes, I am scared of.

Anya Smith said:

And I thought he found a new sports car.

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me too! except then i noticed the frowning icon..


black widows are very common here. i used to be deathly scared of them. once when my oldest children were babies, i found one in the laundry basket of folded clothes.with no brave hero to rescue me, i couldn't leave it there to roam around the house , especially knowing it was predisposed to warm blankets...with sleeping babies and all. so,i mustered all my courage and shook the damn thing out, and after doing some weird screaming crazy dance to muster more courage, i managed to smash it against the wall with a shoe. uggg, i still get shivers remembering.
but, i've never been afraid since, and have taught my kids to stomp on them rather than run away, because you never know where they may crawl next..

but my youngest daughter LOVES bugs of alll sorts and taught me to take a picture first. we now have a nice collection of spider pics.

Spiders kinda bug me but I still feel sorry or her.

I think that beats the scorpion story I posted before (although I've found two more in the house since then so I'm getting a little disturbed). At least scorpions are big enough to see more easily than black widows.

robeiae said:

Actually, a spider is not an insect, so you didn't leave anything out.

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But a bee is an insect, so he did.

If you have black widows, you need some mud-dauber wasps. Last year a mud dauber built her nest on the frame next to our back door. I wonder how long it takes the babies to emerge. I haven't seen any yet.

Cyjon said:

I think that beats the scorpion story I posted before (although I've found two more in the house since then so I'm getting a little disturbed). At least scorpions are big enough to see more easily than black widows.

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Yuppers! Winter is looking better all the time.

Shadow_Ferret said:

Yuppers! Winter is looking better all the time.

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Or summers. Soon the blistering Phoenix heat will drive the scorpions back underground and we'll be fine until fall

I hate, hate, hate these spindly blighters. I live near a forest, and they think our garage door makes a dandy place to hang around. Years ago my eight year old son was playing underneath the open garage door, and a black widow came down from her perch on the frame and landed on his head. I nearly soiled myself as I whacked the thing off my son's head and stamped on it like rabid bear. He's 23 now and still freaks at the sight of spiders. I do too.

Ye gads. I'm scared enough of spiders without them being poisonous.