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09-13-2019, 06:10 PM #1
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09-13-2019, 06:15 PM #2Funky But Chic
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There has to be some mediocre spiders.
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09-13-2019, 06:16 PM #3Funky But Chic
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I mean, they have the skills, but the job sucks.
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09-13-2019, 06:17 PM #4Funky But Chic
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...the guts out of other insects.
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09-13-2019, 06:20 PM #5
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09-13-2019, 06:23 PM #6
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09-13-2019, 06:23 PM #7
Hobos get the MAP gas torch upon discovery around my place. Fuckers get big and fast... hear em scuttling.
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09-13-2019, 06:26 PM #8
The ones that fly around the mountains are at least mediocre.
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09-13-2019, 06:26 PM #9
Squished a black widow in the garage yesterday. Getting cooler, they’re moving in.
Every piece of firewood gets a good shake before entering the house.
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09-13-2019, 06:39 PM #10
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09-13-2019, 06:40 PM #11
spiders make excellent image coach's.... and lord knows we could all use a good image coach.
remember, an image coach is not about making you over into someone else’s idea of what is good. image coaching is all about bringing out the best in you.
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09-13-2019, 09:14 PM #12
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09-13-2019, 09:15 PM #13
so... you no drink milk?
Spiders aren't built to bite humans
When Spiders Do Bite
Now, occasionally, spiders do bite people. When does this happen? Usually, when someone unknowingly sticks his hand into a spider's habitat, and the spider is forced to defend itself. And here's a disturbing little tidbit of spider bite trivia for you, courtesy of entomologist Dr. Gilbert Waldbauer in The Handy Bug Answer Book:
The majority of [black widow spider] bites are inflicted on men or boys sitting in an outdoor privy, or pit toilet. Black widows sometimes spin their web just beneath the hole in the seat, often a good place to catch flies. If the unfortunate person's penis dangles in the web, the female spider rushes to attack; presumably in defense of her egg sacs, which are attached to the web.“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
Dunkin’ Donuts Worker Dances With Customer Who Has Autism
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09-13-2019, 09:23 PM #14
Not the problem you think they are and probably not the spider you think as they can not be identified accurately by the naked eye.
Hobo Spider (Tegenaria agrestis)
Habits and Traits of Hobo Spiders
Here are some REAL spiders:
The 10 Biggest Spiders in the World“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
Kindness is a bridge between all people
Dunkin’ Donuts Worker Dances With Customer Who Has Autism
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09-13-2019, 09:39 PM #15
Note to self: avoid outdoor privies...
On a happier, yet bittersweet note, here's a story that's both heart-warming and, well, sad:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-known-spider/
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09-13-2019, 11:08 PM #16
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09-13-2019, 11:16 PM #17
Thanks for the links.
I am somewhat interested in spiders and usually enjoy seeing them. I'm pretty sure of the Hobo designation for the spider colony I happen to inhabit, and the characteristics on that page back it up. They are cool as shit in their Mordorly way but are also a potential threat to my young children, even if a bite is super rare.
They are a known hazard even if the sting itself is mild... my wife received a bite that caused a bacterial lymph infection ( little purple snakebite, red stripe moving up her arm... take care of that shit right away, friends). It was likely by one of these although admittedly I'm not 100% sure since we didn't find the spider, but there are no other spiders around that could break the skin, AFAIK. Never seen a Recluse nor a Widow.
They are a problem when they appear in the laundry and in my toddler's bed. And when they attack my hand at the hose bib from their funnel lair in the house siding. Motherfuckers are fast and strong spiders.
So I burn them when seen. Spiders move in part by pumping haemolymph into each leg from the heart, so when you flash boil em their legs shoot up and they turn into crispy shutttlecocks.
Interestingly, for being a burly hunting spider, they get snagged by the Cellar Spiders once in a while.
Also, this one time, at Band Camp, I saw a parasitic wasp, shiny black little assassin, drag a twitching Hobo into a sidewalk crack.
The cool garden spiders are welcome to stay.
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09-13-2019, 11:36 PM #18
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09-13-2019, 11:38 PM #19
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09-13-2019, 11:41 PM #20
The effects of psychoactive compounds on web building
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09-13-2019, 11:41 PM #21
Saw a wasp kill a spider on the roof of my car. The wasp chowed down on old spicy for a bit. Then picked the spider up and flew away with him. That was kinda cool to watch.
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09-14-2019, 06:49 AM #22
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09-14-2019, 08:42 AM #23Funky But Chic
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I had a cricket in the house that was annoying as fuck. I was finally able to locate the little asshole in the bottom of a gas fireplace... also in there was a pretty big spider, likely waiting for the cricket to fuck up and get stuck in its web. I flicked the cricket with knife into the web and the spider destroyed it quick.... we high fived and it lived a long happy life... I slept well knowing it was well fed.
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09-14-2019, 09:07 AM #25
Saw the exact same thing go down on a beach in Hawaii. Both contestants were huge.
Beyond that, I only have this to contribute (NSFW comic)
https://pbfcomics.com/comics/harlots-web/
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