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Thread: So, about spiders.
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07-30-2012, 03:30 PM #1
So, about spiders.
How long do they live?
In our house we have this chap, her (his?) name is Frank.
He (it?) has been around now for 3-4 years, lives in wifes old cello.
Frank is a big fucker, at least by our standards. Huge, actually. Never seen one that big here. Like 4-5cm in diameter.
He (she?) lives happily in the cello, comes out after dark, collects his stash of flies and ferries back to her (his?) nest.
Allways the same route, 4-5 times in the evening. Flies.
But, for 3-4 years??
Wtf?
Dont speak spidey, so no success asking. (S)he is like our pet nowadays... "oh, Frank has scored again. Good for him!".
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
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07-30-2012, 03:42 PM #2Registered User
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Google survey says a few years up to 5 years. Larger spiders seem to live longer.
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07-30-2012, 04:10 PM #3Funky But Chic
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Hopefully Frank isn't really Francine. I guess you would've noticed by now though.
Why you got so many flies in yo house bro?
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07-30-2012, 04:12 PM #4
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07-30-2012, 04:19 PM #5
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07-30-2012, 04:21 PM #6
The only way to know for sure is to squish it/him/her and send the hairy goo to some lab that specializes in spiders and other shit that creep me the fuck out. Then they can tell you positively just how long Frank would have naturally lived.
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07-30-2012, 04:32 PM #7
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07-30-2012, 04:35 PM #8
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07-30-2012, 04:38 PM #9
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07-30-2012, 04:44 PM #10
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07-30-2012, 07:19 PM #11
Here's the bitch who's been living in my garbage bin for at least the past 4 weeks. She's at least 4cm long (front legs to rear legs). I'm reluctant to put the garbage out on collection day 'cause I really want for her to have a long and fulfilling life. Plus I hate flies. But it's becoming a bit stinky in there, so tomorrow may be her last full day of life and come Wednesday morning, it's "gonzo time".
Daniel Ortega eats here.
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07-30-2012, 07:33 PM #12
I'd be playin' that cello to see how the spider reacts.
Life is not lift served.
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07-30-2012, 07:35 PM #13
Start with the fingers then give her the bow.
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07-30-2012, 10:32 PM #14
I've got a couple of black widow spiders outside where they don't bother anyone that I've been observing this summer. My favorite - I'll call her Francine in Frank's honor - is in a cedar stump. I just went to visit her to take her photo, but she keeps running and hiding from the light from my headlamp.
I recently read a story about native black widows being crowded out by non- native brown widows in So Cal. Too lazy to GoogleLast edited by ~mikey b; 07-30-2012 at 11:59 PM.
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-30-2012, 10:39 PM #15
A lot of males only live a season, but females can live for years. I had a tarantula that was nearly twenty years old before going to the big web in the sky.
Of course males might live longer if the bitches didn't eat them.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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07-30-2012, 10:45 PM #16
Just hope you don't end up with one of these or it's bitch
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07-30-2012, 11:04 PM #17
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07-31-2012, 01:40 AM #18
Thanks L7, one of my favs. YOu saved me the trouble
"for more information on the crack-spiders bitch...."
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07-31-2012, 06:15 PM #19
Ha, nice...didn't even notice...the few the proud.
Back on topic, just looking at the pics in this thread has my skin itching...I am a terrified of arachnids, like a little bitch.
Everyone posting pics, please post pics of the spiders after you have killed them slowly with raid, a drowning, or some other heinous death...it will make me feel better."I do look like the Arrow shirt man, I did lace up my skates professionally, and I did do a fabulous job finishing my muffin."
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07-31-2012, 06:58 PM #20You know, you can swear on this site. Fuck, shit bitch. See?
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07-31-2012, 07:14 PM #21Funky But Chic
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I'm pretty ambivalent but a couple of times I've gotten spider bites that hurt a ridiculous amount. Like crazy burning pain. So I try to avoid that.
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07-31-2012, 07:24 PM #22
I like spiders a shitload more than I like their prey.
Telemike: A Black widow named "Francine?"
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07-31-2012, 07:40 PM #23
sure why not?
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-31-2012, 09:11 PM #24
We used to have a pet Black Widow too. She lived in a split siding board on the house next to the garage. Came home one day and checked on her, and I'll be damned if she didn't have a lizard. Took her a couple days to finish it off, but I was impressed...
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07-31-2012, 09:58 PM #25
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