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    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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    Google survey says a few years up to 5 years. Larger spiders seem to live longer.

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by hafilax View Post
    ... Larger spiders seem to live longer.
    or do longer-lived spiders grow larger?

    science is almost as annoying as law and dentistry.
    ... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    Why you got so many flies in yo house bro?
    I think I should stop burying the ho´s under the house...

    The floggings will continue until morale improves.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Parvo View Post
    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.
    +1. I think you should kill it...freaks me out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cranked View Post
    +1. I think you should kill it...freaks me out.
    Epic 1000th post, lol

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    Spider in wife's cello.

    And no one has made f-hole cobweb joke yet?

    You guys suck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PNWbrit View Post
    Spider in wife's cello.

    And no one has made f-hole cobweb joke yet?

    You guys suck.
    you did, and you rule... and f-hole cobwebs would have been an awesome tag.
    ... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...

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    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".
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    I'd be playin' that cello to see how the spider reacts.
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    Start with the fingers then give her the bow.

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    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 Google
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    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.

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    Just hope you don't end up with one of these or it's bitch
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    Francine

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    those little oval things are beetles that hatched a couple of weeks ago - she has a hudge cache
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    Thanks L7, one of my favs. YOu saved me the trouble




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    Quote Originally Posted by kevok2 View Post
    Epic 1000th post, lol
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cranked View Post

    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 hate those little fuckers too, I like to spay them with some sort of "scubbing bubbles" cleaner they like that lots.
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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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    I like spiders a shitload more than I like their prey.

    Telemike: A Black widow named "Francine?"

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    sure why not?
    I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by cranked View Post
    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.
    Heard somewhere once that the average person eats four or for spiders a year in their sleep from spiders crawling into their mouth.

    SLEEP TIGHT!

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