I'm a fan of spiders, even if the bigger ones give you a bit of a scare in the bathroom at night! They eat things I don't like, which makes them OK in my book. What I didn't like was having to turn the bathroom light on when I was abroad and wait for the roaches to leg it before I went in. Least favourite insect.
Spider ID please. Strange looking beast. Harvestman calling..
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On a sidenote it's good to have a cat, they're quite good in hunting those creepy suckers, so you don't have to throw them outside....and save some money on the cat's food...
Caves, hollow trees, under rocks, crevices, on cliffs, are all habitats that houses mimic. If we provide the habitat then the beasties will move in.
It baffled me for years what clothes moths ate before clothes, but of course if was animal hides from dead mammals.
Well they can find spaces in hollow trees, under rocks, plant pots, crevices, etc., when I throw them outdoors now too then.
The garden and woodland and burn are rich with things growing, and hoaching with beasties. I'm blowed if I'm living with them indoors too if I can help it.
Spiders I don't mind; woodlice, beetles, earwigs, bees and wasps just get taken outside. Moths I really don't like. I know a feltmaker who gave up her entire workshop because of them
M
The garden and woodland and burn are rich with things growing, and hoaching with beasties. I'm blowed if I'm living with them indoors too if I can help it.
Spiders I don't mind; woodlice, beetles, earwigs, bees and wasps just get taken outside. Moths I really don't like. I know a feltmaker who gave up her entire workshop because of them
M
I'm with you on that M. It may surprise folks to know that although I love giant spiders, and have handled and kept many of the big scary spiders in my youth, even eaten tarantula's in South America. There is one species that I really run hard from, and that is the Great British House spider. It's weird. I've camped with camel spiders (yeah they are a bit freaky), squeezed into caves with whip scorpions and some other weird freaky African arachnids. But there's no way I'm going to put my feet down off the sofa and onto the carpet if I spot a house spider silhouetted against the skirting board.
http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/spiderbite.jpg
Yep, that's my finger, yes, that's my blood, no, I don't have thin skin, and no, I didn't kill it.
Yep, that's my finger, yes, that's my blood, no, I don't have thin skin, and no, I didn't kill it.
Wuss.
Now you see, I find that beautiful. Although it's missing a limb. It needs to be smaller and moving fast. If it's bigger or moving slower, it's not scary. I'm very specific in my fear, and as I only have that one, I'm entitled.
On a sidenote it's good to have a cat, they're quite good in hunting those creepy suckers, so you don't have to throw them outside....and save some money on the cat's food...
Unless they kill the spider and drop it in your path as a present like cats tend to do.
I think it's fitting. He's a strange one for sure
When I first started reading your posts about him I thought he was strange as well. Maybe I still do; but I'm starting to wonder if his antics are just innocent fun at your expense. Still, I wouldn't let down my guard either.
He certainly likes to get close to the environment. But that first night was more than just innocent fun. That was plain weird. He can do whatever he likes up there, and maybe he didn't know my intentions at first. That book shows he either is a rabid Tom Brown fanboy, or is a lurker/member here, or both.
I don't think I'd survive the stuff the exterminator's use either though
cheers,
M
I don't think I'd survive the stuff the exterminator's use either though
cheers,
M
Some truth in your logic. But them we also use repellants out in the woods as well. It's a matter of what's the worse choice: a)pests or b)insecticides
