Just found this beast in the back yard crawling on my hose…
I like spiders and rarely kill them.
I use to let them run around the house till I got married. They freak the wife out though, so I gently escort spiders outside where they continue their business.
I am kinda partial to banana spiders of NTA on Oki, or those nice little camel spiders we used to put in peoples racks in the “box”
I would have needed a new hose…
Sir, is this going to be a stand-up fight, or another bug hunt?
I had one about that big too, the other night. First saw her on my front porch landing. Later in the evening she was climbing up the corner… She was like 3-4 inches across.
As a general rule, all insects I encounter die upon first detection.
^This^
Except for brown recluse, they have to die.
my rule and then I go around the whole yard and spray every corner twice ! and then about 40 feet out in every direction !
we have found a few more scorpions in the house and with little ones !!! scared they get stung
Air freshener and a lighter are the only things missing in the photos.
Same here on letting them live. But I agree, recluses and widows gotta go. My wife doesn’t mind most spiders, but will call me to “terminate with extreme prejudice” either of the two above mentioned. And cockroaches. She hates cockroaches.
Yes sir, this is a rule I can appreciate.
All insects inside my home die immediately (with some rare exceptions, such as praying mantises, etc). All arachnids anywhere die immediately. To me, having more than 4 legs is a target indicator.
It’s cool to come across the mothers carrying the young. If needed, I will gently escort them to a safer place so they don’t bet run over by a mower, car, or weed whacked. I also will relocate black widows; they are generally quite docile. Did come across a huge bit** a while ago that I had to take out. I do automatically kill brown recluses, though. They like to come inside, unlike widows, and the bite effects are just so damn nasty.
30 years ago I woke up to a wolf spider on my foot in a cabin in southern Ohio… I eradicated it immediately. Insects don’t get a fair shake in our abode.
A bit off topic, any you guys have a bed bug problem in your area? We don’t in our house but our town and neighboring town is over run with them. They don’t report on it much but it’s a big deal here. You see furniture, carpet on the curbs quite often. Then the scavengers pick up the furniture to keep the problem growing. Not to mention all the garage sales doing their part. Since these towns have become sanctuary towns for illegals, it’s not surprising it’s and issue. I read a report that 10% NYC residents have bed bug issues and up to 50% have had experiences with them. That kind of tells me it’s more than a 10% problem. Too bad they banned ddt, it could have saved a lot of lives from malaria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw
Do your part!
We don’t have Praying Mantis, if we did I’d let them live. Pretty much the sole exception.
04 JUL 2009
Id end up having the use the hose after the bowel movement from encountering a spider like that!
Thank gid I aint seen one of them here in NOVA.
SteyrAUG, Sir, I admire the cut of your jib!
Santoro Household General Order #1 RE: Spiders…
