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Offline Shane

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« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2004, 10:03:32 AM »
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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2004, 10:03:36 AM »
"how big are they?"

Not very.  About the size of a small cat.
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2004, 10:10:16 AM »
Oh, one more thing...

They can jump about 32" from the web and they can see you from about 6 feet away. They jump from the web and go for your eyes...

be afraid, be very afraid.
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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2004, 10:11:53 AM »
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Oh, one more thing...

They can jump about 32" from the web and they can see you from about 6 feet away. They jump from the web and go for your eyes...

be afraid, be very afraid.



....and they lay eggs in the ears of your children at night. Don't worry. Really.

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Offline slimm50

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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2004, 10:22:08 AM »
Brown Recluses scare me more than Black Widows (spiders).
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« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2004, 10:29:29 AM »
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"how big are they?"


The one by my bed was the size of a 50 cent coin.
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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2004, 10:30:37 AM »
I've lost several siblings to this member of the arachnid family....here is a picture of one of my sisters being attacked while preparing a 3 bean salad for lunch.

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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2004, 10:39:54 AM »
Alll the ones I have seen have been 50 cent coin large.


We used to find them in the garage fairly often.


The closest I ever came to a bite was cleaning my dads back yard out, he had tons of GTO body parts just stored outside piled on top of each other. (you can do that in cali and not worry about rust to much) So I grabbed a radiator brace that was messed up from a front end accident, and flipped it, 3 freaking inches from my fingers was a huge one!! I screamed like a women and tossed the brace, these things are as wide as the front of the car. It landed spider up and the bastage had not even moved!!!


Brake cleaner took care of it.

I started wear heavy leather work gloves after that.


I second the brown recluse thing though, they are not web spiders, they wonder so you have more of a chance to get bit. The widows, as long as you do not go sticking your hands in dark places without looking you are ok!
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« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2004, 10:42:02 AM »
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Brown Recluses scare me more than Black Widows (spiders).

Brown Recluse spiders are more dangerous. My sister was bitten by one last weekend. Her doctor said there has been a rash of spider bites this year. BTW, if you are bitten by a brown recluse, do not scratch the bite, apply hot compresses and antibiotic ointment. After 2-3 days stop the compresses and the bite will begin to look like a pimple. Carefully with a pair of tweezers reach into the bite and remove the yellow/whitish venom sack (use great care not to burst the sack). The bite will be very swolen and may leak a large amount of clear fluid.

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« Reply #24 on: June 16, 2004, 10:42:11 AM »
They're like spitting cobras - they can shoot their venom with pinpoint accuracy and go for your eyes and mouth.  Be sure you clean your ears every morning, because they like to plant their eggs in the ear canal because its warm, moist, and out of the way.  When the eggs hatch, the larvae will attach to the brain stem and render the victim succeptible to the power of suggestion, then cause paralysis and death.

At night they'll spin a web across the ceiling and drop down into your mouth while you sleep.

And boy can they breed like crazy!
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« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2004, 10:47:31 AM »
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They're like spitting cobras - they can shoot their venom with pinpoint accuracy and go for your eyes and mouth.  Be sure you clean your ears every morning, because they like to plant their eggs in the ear canal because its warm, moist, and out of the way.  When the eggs hatch, the larvae will attach to the brain stem and render the victim succeptible to the power of suggestion, then cause paralysis and death.

At night they'll spin a web across the ceiling and drop down into your mouth while you sleep.

And boy can they breed like crazy!

Let me guess...you're really into 1950's sci-fi movies, right?:rolleyes:

STFU!!! You're scarin' me!!  *won't sleep for a week now*
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« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2004, 10:48:15 AM »
LOL...

You guys crack me up.
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« Reply #27 on: June 16, 2004, 10:49:50 AM »
btw. we talking about the North American black widow or the Caribean black widow which is more redish in color?

adult caribbean black widow (size of a small cat):


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« Reply #28 on: June 16, 2004, 10:50:29 AM »
Just be glad you don't have camel spiders.  Now THOSE are some nasty arachnids!
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« Reply #29 on: June 16, 2004, 10:51:39 AM »
LMAO!
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