Creepy spider!

SuperDave wrote:

That guy is adorable!

i no! Rite?!

I had another guy about 4 times his size that was really cooperative.
Largest jumping spider I've seen so far.

I'll post up some as soon as I get them off the card.

groan wrote:
SuperDave wrote:

That guy is adorable!

i no! Rite?!

I had another guy about 4 times his size that was really cooperative.
Largest jumping spider I've seen so far.

I'll post up some as soon as I get them off the card.

I don't know, you guys and your non-deadly arachnids... When we see one down here, our first reaction is to run, or kill it, or both.

It's amazing how, if you put a couple of big eyes on a spider, we're instantly willing to overlook or re-interpret the other six eyes, and all those legs and hairy bits.

m0nk3yboy wrote:
groan wrote:
SuperDave wrote:

That guy is adorable!

i no! Rite?!

I had another guy about 4 times his size that was really cooperative.
Largest jumping spider I've seen so far.

I'll post up some as soon as I get them off the card.

I don't know, you guys and your non-deadly arachnids... When we see one down here, our first reaction is to run, or kill it, or both.

i no! Rite?!
Actually I don't think Canada has a deadly instect or reptile.
But we also lack a lot of the really colorful insects and reptiles. I think, with probably many exceptions, if it's colorful, you probably should avoid it. I can do without all the colorful bugs etc for the sake of good photography.

Malor wrote:

It's amazing how, if you put a couple of big eyes on a spider, we're instantly willing to overlook or re-interpret the other six eyes, and all those legs and hairy bits.

I no! Rite!?
(i'll stop using that, i promise, soon)
they do make what you are regarding a lot less threatening. I'd never let a big old dock spider get on my hand, but those big eyes are so cute, here! jump on!

groan, bringing the cute to the thread of creep.

Time to bring it back!

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I still like the creep!

That spider is so evil, she carries a black hole around on her back.

m0nk3yboy wrote:
groan wrote:
SuperDave wrote:

That guy is adorable!

i no! Rite?!

I had another guy about 4 times his size that was really cooperative.
Largest jumping spider I've seen so far.

I'll post up some as soon as I get them off the card.

I don't know, you guys and your non-deadly arachnids... When we see one down here, our first reaction is to run, or kill it, or both.

My nephews live in Australia. They came to the states for a visit one summer, and while with my wife playing in a park, a ladybug landed on one's hand. My wife said, "Oooh! Look! A ladybug!" My nephew was trying his damnedest to stay as still as possible like his Australian grandparents taught him to do around insects, but he couldn't help but shake in fear. I can't imagine living with THAT many dangerous insects.

That would be something. I too can't imagine it. We take for granted something that would get us hospitalized or worse.

I grew up in the Texas Hill Country and it's not a lot better. Everything stings, bites, or has pointy needles. You have to check sheets and shoes for scorpions, brown recluses, and black widows. Our cats and chickens kept the snake population at bay but even still it wasn't uncommon to find a snake nestled up in a rabbit hutch, unable to get back out after having swallowed babies.

This sounds like one of those stories we will later be ashamed for believing.

LobsterMobster wrote:

This sounds like one of those stories we will later be ashamed for believing.

Believe it or don't. Spiders are attacking in India. Where will it stop?

OMG! This spider is hideous!
OK, it's not.
Full collection can be seen here.

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groan wrote:

Actually I don't think Canada has a deadly instect or reptile.

I share this for your own safety:

Canada has two rattlesnakes, the Massasauga Rattlesnake (in parts of southern Ontario, east of Lake Huron), and the Western Rattlesnake (parts of southern British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan).

Insects: a species of scorpion that lives in parts of Alberta. Otherwise, watch out for bee/wasp stings if you're allergic, and the massive clouds of mosquitos in the central plains.

And then there's our favorite: spiders! You can find brown recluse, hobo spiders and black widows in Canada. (I was sorry to run across pictures of brown recluse spider bites while researching this post. Bleah.)

Thank you Katy!
Other than an allergy to them, I didn't think any of them were deadly.
I recently found out that Black Widow's, although very painful, the bite won't kill you. I guess unless you are allergic.
Of course, other than a mention of it from a photographer, I have not done any other research on the matter. Perhaps I should given my new-found fondness of taking their picture!

I think Canada has blackflies, doesn't it? It's my understanding that a swarm of blackflies can be lethal; you can actually die from blood loss.

edit: I looked it up, and it appears they can kill cattle, and humans can get very sick from the bites, but they don't mention human deaths in the article.

Malor wrote:

I think Canada has blackflies, doesn't it? It's my understanding that a swarm of blackflies can be lethal; you can actually die from blood loss.

edit: I looked it up, and it appears they can kill cattle, and humans can get very sick from the bites, but they don't mention human deaths in the article.

Indirectly, the humans would ultimately be eaten by the zombie cows (once they resurrected from the mutant fly bites).

Spoiler:

Why can I not get to sleep, it's 1am FFS!

Malor wrote:

I think Canada has blackflies, doesn't it? It's my understanding that a swarm of blackflies can be lethal; you can actually die from blood loss.

There certainly are blackflies!
I know a guy that used to go into northern ontario, by helicopter, to a remote lake to fish for some of the most amazing trout you would ever have the pleasure to catch/eat.

The only thing is you spent most of the week covered head-toe in netting and you bathed in DEET. I think he brushed his teeth with deet and added it to his sandwiches.

HEY. Hey.

Come on, guys.

Creepy spider thread.

OK, here are a few "creepy" spiders.

If you guys want me to stop posting my own photos here please tell me. I love taking and sharing them.

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I was looking into black flies versus horse flies. The answer is Illinois.

Your photos are appreciated, groan.

...as long as they are of spiders.

LobsterMobster wrote:

Your photos are appreciated, groan.

...as long as they are of spiders. ;)

I'm sorry they are not very creepy though. I still find them incredibly cute and I want a big plush toy of one.

AHA!
http://whittykitty.deviantart.com/ar...
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I wonder what my daughter would make of that. At 9-1/2, she hasn't yet outgrown the bed full of stuffed animals, but she is completely freaked out by spiders. (We are required to do a spider check in the bathroom before she takes a shower, for instance.)

Indian Spider attack article wrote:

For instance, the Africanized bee or the 'killer bee', which resulted after 26 Tanzanian queen bees escaped from an apiary in Brazil and mated with local bees, was a hybrid species that also killed 1,000 people in Brazil alone. Today, it has reached up to central United States," says an entomologist on condition of anonymity.

Is he afraid the bees will come for him?

And so I'm not derailing:
IMAGE(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pviiEQff1r6tv0ro1_500.jpg)

FlamingPeasant wrote:
Indian Spider attack article wrote:

For instance, the Africanized bee or the 'killer bee', which resulted after 26 Tanzanian queen bees escaped from an apiary in Brazil and mated with local bees, was a hybrid species that also killed 1,000 people in Brazil alone. Today, it has reached up to central United States," says an entomologist on condition of anonymity.

Is he afraid the bees will come for him?

And so I'm not derailing:
IMAGE(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pviiEQff1r6tv0ro1_500.jpg)

Great. Bees. I hate bees. Why'd it have to be bees?

It seems every summer when I go to the cottage a bee finds my knee, ankle or elbow. Why?

and
LOOK AT THE BABIES! Awww...

groan wrote:
FlamingPeasant wrote:

And so I'm not derailing:
IMAGE(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pviiEQff1r6tv0ro1_500.jpg)

and
LOOK AT THE BABIES! Awww...

Image taken in bedroom, the next morning. You fell asleep without knowing they were there. That's only about half the regular amount of spiders that particular species can 'hatch'.

You can't figure out what that funky taste is in your mouth, and there is a constant scurrying noise in your right ear you just can't seem to shake.

/creepy

I'm bringing creepy back!

Cool! Thank you for that video. It just allowed me to identify a bug I photographed not long ago. I had no idea what it was.
Nasty!!!