QueenZone discussion #518005

Lisser wrote: ok here is the pictures of it. Of course you already know that since it's dead the legs are all curled up. This thing alive was a very scary sight. Lemme know if you or if anyone of you know what type of spider this is!! Thanks! link

Mr.Jingles79 wrote: The only good spider for me is a dead one.

Barry © wrote: Seen as this is a spider topic. If of a nervous disposition do not look. link

Lisser wrote: I can't really see those pictures, they are too small.

Mike Preston wrote: Hello, I am sorry to butt in but I have to disagree with Mandy, that does not look like any jumping spider I have seen, but it does look VERY close to the Wolf Spider.. link link link and so on... I am a collector of Tarantulas and a Spider lover myself and when I saw this thread I did my own research. I shall now slip back into my retirement, have a good day

Barry © wrote: Seen as this is a spider topic. If of a nervous disposition do not look. link

Bob The Shrek wrote: I remember seeing a documentary of Amazonian Indians catching spiders, covering them in some sort of clay and baking them. When they break the clay off it removes the hair and they can eat them - fuck that, I'd rather have a Wendy's (and that ain't saying much).

Barry © wrote: I can just picture a Tarantula's hair stuck between my teeth.urgHH!

geeksandgeeks wrote:

Mike Preston wrote: Hello, I am sorry to butt in but I have to disagree with Mandy, that does not look like any jumping spider I have seen, but it does look VERY close to the Wolf Spider.. link link link and so on... I am a collector of Tarantulas and a Spider lover myself and when I saw this thread I did my own research. I shall now slip back into my retirement, have a good day

Wolf spiders are usually a bit larger than that, aren't they? I used to have one. The reason I said jumping was because there's a nest living under my porch and it looked very similar to them. I shall have to check back. How many tarantulas do you have? I've had three for quite a while, plus a number of smaller ones. Love the little things, they're very easy to care for.

Lisser wrote: Have you guys heard of those camel spiders from the middle east? I have heard they are just a myth but a family friend of my in laws served in Iraq for 6 months. He has video of one!!! They are HUGE!!! I'll see if I can find a pic.

Barry © wrote: This spider looks harmless :-) link

Lisser wrote: That wound is gross!!!

Mike Preston wrote: I actually saw that pic of the questionable recluse bite on another site.. here are a couple sites describing the bites in more detail.. link link that should give you more of an idea.. I should note that my STUPID brother found a nest of Brown Recluse spiders and caught 2 of them.. he was NOT wearing any gloves and was wearing shorts and flip flops.. when I told him about the danger of these he laughed and said that he wasn't worried. so I am JUST WAITING to see HIS bites.. he is on Government assistance.. they won't take the time to dress his wounds like these, they will just amputate if on a leg or hand..

Lisser wrote: I didn't know a thing about brown recluse spiders until recently and certainly not that they lived near me!!! My luck, I'll step on a nest of them. So I guess brown recluse are social and stay in packs sort of? I keep hearing about nests of them. Do the nests consist of a mother and her offspring or is it like a colony type setting? I once saw a documentary about a spider, I think it was something native to Austraila or New Zealand? There is an island also that is literally covered in them. I hear these spiders are possibly the most aggressive and dangerous? I can't remember the name. A little help here Mandykins!!!! Or Mikey poo poo!! I hate spiders but I feel like the more I know about them, the better off I am even though I've had HORRIBLE spider dreams since Saturday night!!! Thanks!

Bob The Shrek wrote: A can of WD40 and a lighter makes a good flame thrower, Erin.

Barry © wrote: This is wild country he's entering, where some trees can walk

dragonzflame wrote: I like spiders. Mind you, we only get daddy long legs in our house and they're good because they eat the flies. Rats, however, now those are things I don't want in the house.

Barry © wrote: It looks like we may have a new contender for the world's biggest spider, a newly discovered Tarantula nick-named The Chicken Eating Spider; By day Martin Nicholas is an ordinary guy. But by night he becomes the Spider Man, a nickname he's earned because of the hundreds of spiders which share his tiny flat in Bracknell. Martin has circled the world seeking out the most enigmatic individuals of the 35,000 spiders known to exist...the tarantulas Now he is in Peru searching for a contender for the title of Biggest Spider in the World, currently held by the 11 inch Venezuelan Goliath Birdeater. Martin's quarry is an un-catalogued species. It is called the Chicken Eating spider because eye witnesses claim to have seen it dragging chickens into its burrow on the edge of jungle clearings. Estimates put it at around 10 inches from one hairy foot to another. This is wild country he's entering, where some trees can walk and where the Wandering Spider lives, whose venom is 18 times more deadly than America's Black Widow. link link link

Lisser wrote: link This is my most recent victim. He is still alive. If you want him Mandy, he's yours!!! He's got cool arrow head markings on his back. They start off larger then get smaller.

Mike Preston wrote:

Lisser wrote: I didn't know a thing about brown recluse spiders until recently and certainly not that they lived near me!!! My luck, I'll step on a nest of them. So I guess brown recluse are social and stay in packs sort of? I keep hearing about nests of them. Do the nests consist of a mother and her offspring or is it like a colony type setting? I once saw a documentary about a spider, I think it was something native to Austraila or New Zealand? There is an island also that is literally covered in them. I hear these spiders are possibly the most aggressive and dangerous? I can't remember the name. A little help here Mandykins!!!! Or Mikey poo poo!! I hate spiders but I feel like the more I know about them, the better off I am even though I've had HORRIBLE spider dreams since Saturday night!!! Thanks!

Brown Recluses have been known to live in close proximity to each other, and it is not rare to see 3 or more together, that would make a nest. and yes Mel, they live near you as well.. But you should not live in fear, rather just be aware of their existance, taking percautions such as shoes, gloves when handling brush, working in the garden.. stuff like that, and do some research on them, you will find all kinds of helpful information.

Erin wrote: I've never actually seen a brown rec., but I've seen plenty of black widows. Which is more dangerous?

geeksandgeeks wrote:

Mike Preston wrote:

Lisser wrote: I didn't know a thing about brown recluse spiders until recently and certainly not that they lived near me!!! My luck, I'll step on a nest of them. So I guess brown recluse are social and stay in packs sort of? I keep hearing about nests of them. Do the nests consist of a mother and her offspring or is it like a colony type setting? I once saw a documentary about a spider, I think it was something native to Austraila or New Zealand? There is an island also that is literally covered in them. I hear these spiders are possibly the most aggressive and dangerous? I can't remember the name. A little help here Mandykins!!!! Or Mikey poo poo!! I hate spiders but I feel like the more I know about them, the better off I am even though I've had HORRIBLE spider dreams since Saturday night!!! Thanks!

Brown Recluses have been known to live in close proximity to each other, and it is not rare to see 3 or more together, that would make a nest. and yes Mel, they live near you as well.. But you should not live in fear, rather just be aware of their existance, taking percautions such as shoes, gloves when handling brush, working in the garden.. stuff like that, and do some research on them, you will find all kinds of helpful information.

Brown recs are pretty common in the southern and midwestern US, I've grown up with them - there was a nest living in the mailbox of my old house, the box had to be sanitized. The best precautions against them are to know what their webs look like - correct me if I'm wrong here, Mike, but I believe they're either orb-weavers or silk-weavers - and wear sensible clothing. If you do happen to get bitten anyway, get it looked at the moment you notice something, especially if it burns continually and starts to swell.

Lisser wrote: Ok well potato bugs for dinner it is!!! How often should I feed her? Will she eat worms?

geeksandgeeks wrote: The recs do make silk, though, don't they? I know wolf spiders do, and they're another type that hunts by wandering.