QueenZone discussion #1112755

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Donna13 wrote: (just kidding - but it does look scary)

magicalfreddiemercury wrote:

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

See, now, I figure it this way - it scared the crap out of me, so I can scare the crap out of it, maybe even torture it for a while just for fun then laugh as my shoe slams down on it. Or... I could do as I did, wiseass, and capture it in a glass, take it's picture then set it free. Thank you.

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Knute wrote: (A bunch of bullshit)...Who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them...(And here's some more bullshit)

Sergei? wrote: And another thing.

Knute wrote: (A bunch of bullshit)...Who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them...(And here's some more bullshit)

link Thank you.

Freya is quietly judging you. wrote:

Sergei? wrote: And another thing.

Knute wrote: (A bunch of bullshit)...Who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them...(And here's some more bullshit)

link Thank you.

ARGH. WAS THAT REALLY NESSECARY? Oh crap I forgot how to spell neseccary... nesercary... nessessary.. nessacery... Oh my god I think I've gone mad. nessesary... necessary... NECESSARY! That's it right?

Sergei? wrote: And another thing.

Knute wrote: (A bunch of bullshit)...Who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them...(And here's some more bullshit)

link Thank you.

magicalfreddiemercury wrote: Should we be afraid? My daughter is FINALLY cleaning up her room, so naturally, we've found a couple multi-legged devils in there. Problem is, one of them looks more dangerous (read that, 'scary') than the normal house spider. Does anyone know what kind of spider this is and if we should be concerned? I tried to research this online but all the poisonous spiders featured there scared the sh*t outta me. link link link link link That's the same spider in all the pictures. The clearer shots are the actual color of this thing. The pics where it looks brown are taken through a photographer's photo loop so the color is a little off. Just wanted to get a close up of those antenna or whatever and the markings on it. Creepy, yes?

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Freya is quietly judging you. wrote:

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Having a phobia of spiders is not something one can help, so don't try and make someone look stupid if they have a genuine fear and don't want to go near one. Thank you.

Knute wrote:

Freya is quietly judging you. wrote:

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Having a phobia of spiders is not something one can help, so don't try and make someone look stupid if they have a genuine fear and don't want to go near one. Thank you.

That is not true at all. Many spider phobias have been cured by the patient having the courage to face their fears and let a spider crawl on them for example. I'll never accept that it's beyond help to get over a fear of something.

QueenMercury46 wrote:

Knute wrote:

Freya is quietly judging you. wrote:

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Having a phobia of spiders is not something one can help, so don't try and make someone look stupid if they have a genuine fear and don't want to go near one. Thank you.

That is not true at all. Many spider phobias have been cured by the patient having the courage to face their fears and let a spider crawl on them for example. I'll never accept that it's beyond help to get over a fear of something.

Do you think anyone has the time or desire to do that?

QueenMercury46 wrote:

Knute wrote:

Freya is quietly judging you. wrote:

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Having a phobia of spiders is not something one can help, so don't try and make someone look stupid if they have a genuine fear and don't want to go near one. Thank you.

That is not true at all. Many spider phobias have been cured by the patient having the courage to face their fears and let a spider crawl on them for example. I'll never accept that it's beyond help to get over a fear of something.

Do you think anyone has the time or desire to do that?

magicalfreddiemercury wrote: Should we be afraid? My daughter is FINALLY cleaning up her room, so naturally, we've found a couple multi-legged devils in there. Problem is, one of them looks more dangerous (read that, 'scary') than the normal house spider. Does anyone know what kind of spider this is and if we should be concerned? I tried to research this online but all the poisonous spiders featured there scared the sh*t outta me. link link link link link That's the same spider in all the pictures. The clearer shots are the actual color of this thing. The pics where it looks brown are taken through a photographer's photo loop so the color is a little off. Just wanted to get a close up of those antenna or whatever and the markings on it. Creepy, yes?

Knute wrote:

Freya is quietly judging you. wrote:

Knute wrote: What kind of spider is it? It's what you call a captive spider. Being held by some hysterical human who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them. How about opening your front door, finding a plant and gently letting the spider down onto it so that it can do it's job of doing it's part of keeping the eco-system in balance. Thank you.

Having a phobia of spiders is not something one can help, so don't try and make someone look stupid if they have a genuine fear and don't want to go near one. Thank you.

That is not true at all. Many spider phobias have been cured by the patient having the courage to face their fears and let a spider crawl on them for example. I'll never accept that it's beyond help to get over a fear of something. Whatever that fear may be.

Saif wrote: lol no one seems to be interested anymore what kind of spider this is, despite the fact that I posted the complete species name(it probably has a distinct North American subspecies though). Barring a scientific point of view, I would kill the creature just because it's ugly.

Saif wrote: Guys, it's a Larinioides sclopetarious(how do you make italics here?), nothing to truly be afraid of. Just exterminate it. Bites aren't infectious, just painful. Judging from your location(New York City), I'm pretty sure it's what I think it is because its native habitat encompasses much of the eastern part of North America(including New York). We had to learn a lot of about the tissue and cells of other metazoans before enrolling in medical school, and as I recall, this spider was one of our specimens because of its abundance in Europe...

Freya is quietly judging you. wrote: So what if the spider can't hurt you, if someone doesn't like them that's it, don't try and make them look small and stupid, just because you're fine with them.

Lester Burnham wrote: The title said spiders... the original post described spiders... magical even said pictures were taken of the spiders, so I knew what the pictures were of. And yet I STILL CLICKED ON EACH OF THOSE FUCKING LINKS OH MY GOD I HATE SPIDERS HAGLAHLTHALTHATLA GA AG AGHAH

JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: did you know that former WWF[E] superstar and champion Yokozuna was killed by a 'harmless' little house spider right here in the UK? he was so scared of them that he had a massive heart attack when he found one in his hotel room in Wales. they dont need to bite you to kill you true story,

Zebonka12 wrote: I had a crippling fear of spiders until I bought special boots. You don't even feel the crunch now.

Saif wrote: I'm pretty sure it's what I've said it is. There are many subspecies of the spider. The European and North American subspecies may be a bit different in external morphology but they're the same spider. They're not all brown, some of the ones we dissected were and some weren't. Some looked like the pics you posted, some didn't even remotely resemble. Besides, there's a great deal of sexual dimorphism between spiders. The one you posted is likely a female, since it is smaller than the ones you found on the internet. Take a look at the pics YourValentine posted on pg. 2. That image of the spider looks more like yours. It's a pest, if anything. It bites- one of my lab-mates got bitten after teasing one of those with a stick of ants(don't ask). They're incredibly agile and their bites are kind of painful. Not to mention that they're inherently aggressive. If there's an infestation, I would worry too. Your daughter may unintentionally corner one without realizing it and it will charge at her without further provocation. Even if they're not venomous, spider bites aren't desirable things. Various types of allergic symptoms may develop even in the absence of toxin... These animals aren't as friendly as Brian May makes them out to be.

Saif wrote: They're incredibly agile and their bites are kind of painful. Not to mention that they're inherently aggressive. If there's an infestation, I would worry too. Your daughter may unintentionally corner one without realizing it and it will charge at her without further provocation. Even if they're not venomous, spider bites aren't desirable things. Various types of allergic symptoms may develop even in the absence of toxin... These animals aren't as friendly as Brian May makes them out to be.

beautifulsoup wrote:

Sergei? wrote: And another thing.

Knute wrote: (A bunch of bullshit)...Who for some reason fears it even though it never means any harm towards them...(And here's some more bullshit)

link Thank you.

HOLY CRAP!

YourValentine wrote:

Saif wrote: They're incredibly agile and their bites are kind of painful. Not to mention that they're inherently aggressive. If there's an infestation, I would worry too. Your daughter may unintentionally corner one without realizing it and it will charge at her without further provocation. Even if they're not venomous, spider bites aren't desirable things. Various types of allergic symptoms may develop even in the absence of toxin... These animals aren't as friendly as Brian May makes them out to be.

How can you "provoke" a spider that moved into your house with no invitation? I am a tolerant and peaceful person but my home is my castle and scary hairy spiders should think twice before moving in and scare the hell out of me. It's me who is provoked and every means of defense is okay for me, I won't feel guilty at all.

Lady Nyx wrote: i hate bees

Deaky's

Microwa? wrote:

Lady Nyx wrote: i hate bees

I ate your bees.

Ms. Rebel wrote: And ducks. They are so incredibly stupid. There's one time, I was maybe 4 years old, we were visiting some village people, I had purple or pink shirt and they attacked me. Ducks, not village people though. Offtopic.... sorry xD

Ms. Rebel wrote: And ducks. They are so incredibly stupid. There's one time, I was maybe 4 years old, we were visiting some village people, I had purple or pink shirt and they attacked me. Ducks, not village people though. Offtopic.... sorry xD

YourValentine wrote:

Ms. Rebel wrote: And ducks. They are so incredibly stupid. There's one time, I was maybe 4 years old, we were visiting some village people, I had purple or pink shirt and they attacked me. Ducks, not village people though. Offtopic.... sorry xD

Are you sure you were not attacked by The Village People? ;) For the pink shirt... link

YourValentine wrote: Are you sure you were not attacked by The Village People? ;) For the pink shirt... link

Erin wrote:

YourValentine wrote: Are you sure you were not attacked by The Village People? ;) For the pink shirt... link

LOL!

Saif wrote: Heheh, I had already told you it was harmless. But it's good to hear that you were reaffirmed positively by the exterminator.