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« Reply #30 on: November 18, 2005, 05:31:05 PM »
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I can't be 100% sure it's the same spider since it was a day apart, but I'd say about 98% sure it is. The thing is only about 1/16th of an inch though, so it's hard to see with the naked eye.

The spider in pic 2 was just above the web, which is on the top of a pool fence. I took some pics of him, then he suddenly and quickly decended to the ground ( 5 feet) on a silk thread he was making or had already made.

It looked like he was making the web as he went down, but he was so fast....... I wasn't sure if they could spin a thread that fast. Anyway, for sure he had a thread about 5 feet long trailing behind him.


I would bet the rent money that you have 2 different spiders there. The close up is a jumping spider (forget the genus, but it starts with an 'S'). They do not use webs to catch food, although they do have web spinning ability.

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« Reply #31 on: November 18, 2005, 05:53:50 PM »
Best thing I ever seen close up was when I lived in San Diego.  I was 12 and running thru the canyons with buddies ...came across a Killer asss wasp in battle with a Trantcula..we watch for a good 30 minutes...The Wasp won.  

It was narley, talk of the neihbourhood for weeks.  

Gosh these were times when we as kids could stay out all day and as long as we were home before the street lights came on we were okay.

Now we worry every hour where our children are...

Times have Changed...

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Mac

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« Reply #32 on: November 18, 2005, 05:56:31 PM »
Tarantual wasps are baddddassssss!

They always win (well almost).


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« Reply #33 on: November 18, 2005, 05:57:46 PM »
Mac, that was a tarantcula hawk. I used to catch them, and a couple of tarantulas when I was a kid.

Mean looking big black wasp that kills big-ass spiders.

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« Reply #34 on: November 18, 2005, 05:59:26 PM »
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Tarantual wasps are baddddassssss!

They always win (well almost).



Man THAT is IT!!!  Picture about 4 12 year olds in '68 coming across this battle... better than cartoons!!!!


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« Reply #35 on: November 18, 2005, 06:06:35 PM »
You should read about what happens to the poor spider after the wasp paralysis it.

Also, you don't want to get stung by one.

"Tarantula hawk stings are considered to be the most painful of any North American insect. Christopher Starr wrote an article entitled, "A Pain Scale for Bee, Wasp and Ant Stings." On a scale of one to four, Pepsis formosa was one of only two insects to rate a four. This compares with a one for a Solenopsis xyloni (desert fire ant), two for a Apis mellifera (honey bee) and three for a Dasymutilla klugii (velvet ant).

One researcher described the tarantula hawk’s sting this way: "To me, the pain is like an electric wand that hits you, inducing an immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one’s ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations. The pain for me lasted only about three minutes, during which time the sting area was insensitive to touch, i.e., a pencil point poked near the sting resulted only in a dull deep pressure pain."

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« Reply #36 on: November 18, 2005, 06:07:26 PM »
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Mac, that was a tarantcula hawk. I used to catch them, and a couple of tarantulas when I was a kid.

Mean looking big black wasp that kills big-ass spiders.


Yea the trancula hawk... man it was sooo kewl as a kid to see a "Mutha Nature" Battle to Death like that.  I'm extremely allergic to Bee and Wasp stings so I didn't mess with them.

In '95 a wasp sting on the forehead about killed me.  45 mins after the sting I was in the Hospital, head swollen my eyes shut and throat was collapsing...  BTW I drove myself to the Hospital... I knew what was about to happen.

I was out of it for 3 days.  frikken wasps and bees.

Spiders tear me up and snake bites but not as bad as wasps and bees.

Chit, so now I'm expectin wasps and bees in my mailbox?  LOL I've moved...twice.. and I don't live here where I'm typing from...this is a Library Puter......In Finnland!

~Sweatin~

Mac

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« Reply #37 on: November 18, 2005, 06:52:36 PM »
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LMAO Saintaw.

There's a BIG difference in having Daughters and Sons...

With a Son, He's the only salamander you have to worry about in Town.

With Daughters, You have to worry about EVERY salamander in Town.

My 17 year old Daughter has her first "Date" tomorrow night.  I think I'll be cleaning the 'ol 12 Guage Mossberg Pump as he walks in to meet me... oh and an empty bottle of Vodka filled with water.


Mac


Oh.. Your not adding me now? :( WE SIGNED A AGREEMENT! :cry

And... shes not dating me? :confused:

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« Reply #38 on: November 18, 2005, 06:59:14 PM »
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Oh.. Your not adding me now? :( WE SIGNED A AGREEMENT! :cry

And... shes not dating me? :confused:


Sp4de I'll adopt you.... as long as you are not gun shy, and fetch a Friesbee in air, have a cold nose and at my Command hump shins of women at my direction... If you return with Bikini bottoms, yer in like Flint!

BTW Must send a pic of F00Bs Mom.

:D

Mac

Ifluff'n yer talkin about my 23 year old Daughter, beware Son. She removes eyeballs from Organ Donors... Now I know yer not thinkin of doing a "Hey Babe I give this "Organ" to you kinda thing... she'd kill ya and rip out yer eyes... I taught her well.

But if yer talking about my 17 year old Daughter..LOL  Go for it.  She's HOT, Sweet and looks like Candy.  2nd Degree Black Belt... Hell she'll not kill you, just maim you and let you live.

This is what I raised... knowing that someday I'd be weak and feable and in a Bar, some young stunninghunk wants to kick my arse over nothing but a discussion.  Then I call in my "Power Puff" Girls.

But anyhow, I still need the Jeep washed and the pool cleaned... I can maybe hook you up with some School Cheerleaders that hate my Daughters.... Deal?


Mac
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« Reply #39 on: November 18, 2005, 07:01:14 PM »

morgan webb...
I mean.. Foob webb

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« Reply #40 on: November 18, 2005, 07:04:15 PM »
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Man THAT is IT!!!  Picture about 4 12 year olds in '68 coming across this battle... better than cartoons!!!!


Mac


not better than Jonny Quest!!!


:)
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« Reply #41 on: November 18, 2005, 07:06:22 PM »
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« Reply #42 on: November 18, 2005, 07:14:11 PM »
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FOOBKAKKE....n! PLANET!



More like "Planet Out"  Ghey...is that really F00B?

More pics of his Mom... It's for a Major Pych course...tottally Professional. I wouldn't ask if it wasn't.

Mac

soon maybe to be yer Mac Daddy.

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« Reply #43 on: November 18, 2005, 07:19:03 PM »
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not better than Jonny Quest!!!


:)


Great... really loved that Cartoon... Bet you were really fond of Hadji huh Eagler?  LOL J/K ..Man Cartoons on a Saturday in the late '60's were awesome... Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote. The Super Heros...Total Classics.... Now a days you have BS Jap Robot crap.

Give me back Early America!!!

Mac
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« Reply #44 on: November 18, 2005, 07:23:03 PM »
My brother and I used to get up early on saturday just to watch Johnny Quest.