Y'all on the east coast ready for giant spiders to rain down on your head and get tangled in your hair and climb in your shirt?
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It was on the news today. I’m not worried about it. Every spring the news has a story about bugs – cicadas, etc. I never see any invasion like what they threaten will happen. I think they just want something sensational to talk about.
When I was stationed in Annapolis, the icky potbelly spiders were everywhere. The main facility building had them so thick, you had to step on some, otherwise it looked like you were dancing.
I used the spray can style flame thrower to eradicate them from my boat at least once a week?
One day my husband and I were walking down the street from our house. Suddenly, he grabbed me and flung me backwards. He pointed. I almost walked right into a huge spider suspended chest high to me. He was hanging from a branch on a runner at least twenty feet long.
Location makes the difference.
Heck, we have locusts every couple of years, and we have fire ants all the time. What’s a couple of spiders?
Is the pot belly spider venomous @PattyMelt?
The thought of them floating in the air and landing on me is creepy! I’m not generally afraid of spiders, but that thought is kinda creepy.
“Hey Mabel, Go fetch me the Marlin .22 and that box of bird shot! And bring a pair of safety glasses.”
On the news, they said this spider is shy and likely to run away.
Sure. They’ll run like hell to get out your hair and out of your shirt!
Sounds like 50s Era “B” sci fi movie.
I have arachnophobia and I saw that on the news a few days back. I’d just as soon not think about it thank you very much. I was taught when I was growing up to share and share alike. So, if they get too bad, I’ll be sending some to Kansas
@SEKA I feel that way about freaking snakes. Hate them.
@Nomore_Tantrums We’re on the same page. I can’t deal with snakes nor spiders!!! I scream like a little girl!!!
Dutchy Dutchy that is cold ! And you know I hate snakes! @Dutchess_III
I know @Nomore_Tantrums! That’s why I relish tagging you on snake pictures on Facebook! I mean I can hear you screaming from Texas all the way to Kansas! Makes me giggle. :)
I wouldn’t hate spiders so much if they would help out with the mosquitos and hornets. It’s like they intentionally leave them to harass me, while building webs in the most obnoxious places. Walking through a spider web is the worst fucking thing!
If I saw this thing, I would burn every city in my home state down. I`m fine with jumping spiders, Harvestmen, Tarantulas and Daddy long legs but I draw the line at that ungodly spider.
Same goes with beetles, grubs, earwigs, centipedes and roaches of ANY KIND.
I HATE insects and (a few) arachnids.
Murder hornets, African killer bees, cicadas, locusts, meh.
True story: In Japan, I hunted gokiburi (a large Japanese cockroach similar to Florida’s palmetto bug) with a battery powered AirSoft battery powered machine gun. It was very effective and well worth the ~$25 .
Helpful hint: Get the $20—$30 type that runs on AA batteries! They won’t make dents in your walls like the $100—$150 models. Oops!
@LuckyGuy Well I guess I`ll have to ask my parents to buy me an air soft gun so I can hunt and kill every insect I can find.
There ya go. That’s one way to exorcise your fears! Show ‘em who’s in charge AND YOU ARE NOT AFRAID!!
I`m just imagining myself picking up a pistil and blasting those insect mother f####rs out of the sky.
(now that I think about it, that isn’t such a bad idea…)
Exactly! You’ll be hoping to see one!
By the way, those guns are pretty weak. You can shoot them into your hand and not hurt yourself.
When I said potbelly spiders, that is what I call them, but I don’t know what their actual name is. I actually got chased by them sometimes. I was so freaked out whenever I had to go to the heavily populated spots.
Like I said, I kept my boat clear of them. I would go through it with a can of Lysol and a lighter. POOOF! Crispy fried, and wipe the black off my paint. On watch nights though, I had to dash down the pier, jump aboard every YP, and check bilges and gauges. All the others had spiders all over them, with webs stretched across passages and hatches. YP654 was the worst.
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