Spiders in the garage..

poopshovel wrote: The democrats took my DDT away. They took it away. Away from me.

You must be the Johnny to my Joey.

Just reading this thread has made me all.... ehhhhhiky

I bed a minty can of death would work on them...

Its a mint based wasp spray that works great on wasps I bet it would do the trick on spiders too.

of course you may need more than one can if this guy shows up:

I was eating a late lunch at my 'puter and you just ruined it. Godzilla spider.

This seems like a good place to post this: Spider eats mouse

If you are squeamish or fond of small rodents... do not click.

walterj wrote: This seems like a good place to post this: Spider eats mouse If you are squeamish or fond of small rodents... do not click.

That is COOL!!!

why would somebody want that as a pet?

Capt Slow wrote: I bed a minty can of death would work on them... Its a mint based wasp spray that works great on wasps I bet it would do the trick on spiders too. of course you may need more than one can if this guy shows up:

I wonder if that's one of the monsters aussiesmg was talking about. I seem to recall seeing a story like that on BBC online...

NYG95GA wrote: Scraping barnacles off a hull must be one of the worst jobs in the shipyard.

It is. I grew up on the NC Outer Banks (Hyde County mainland, actually), and used to pick up a few bucks working the dry-docks in the winter.

Barnacles on a fiberglass hull should be one of the Chinese hells. IIRC, those drydocks are where I learned the basics of fiberglass repair.

friedgreencorrado wrote:

Capt Slow wrote: I bed a minty can of death would work on them... Its a mint based wasp spray that works great on wasps I bet it would do the trick on spiders too. of course you may need more than one can if this guy shows up:

I wonder if that's one of the monsters aussiesmg was talking about. I seem to recall seeing a story like that on BBC online...

And I thought I hated the little spiders... Why is everything so deadly down under?

I don't know how deadly he, or likely she, is. It's just freaking huge!

Joey

bright colours in the wild.. especially on bugs.. is a good sign of something poisonous.

As an aside, guy I know in Australia who imported a fiat spider had a BIG tarantula airbrushed onto the top of his aircleaner.. looks VERY real and has probably made a few people jump back

There is only one solution:

Try to make it look like an accident.

that would definatly get rid of the spiders.. or send them scurrying to the neighbor's house.

walterj wrote: This seems like a good place to post this: Spider eats mouse If you are squeamish or fond of small rodents... do not click.

Awesome!

we were in the "Leave them alone camp" until they came into the house and bit my wife sevaral times in one night. Now they must all die.

well, at least they did not bite you

I really, really don't like spiders. As in, I even get creeped out when I find out I have inadvertently touched a picture of a spider, or even an illustration, like when I'm turning the pages of a gardening book or directory of local plants and animals. If I see one in the house, I just stop using that room until Tim kills it and shows me the body. (Sometimes he lies so I have to check.) If he's out of town, I wait until he gets back and deals with it.

Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Margie

Hey uh...Tim?

I think Margie's hacking into your accounts.....

joey48442 wrote: I don't know how deadly he, or likely she, is. It's just freaking huge! Joey

freaking huge spider = effing deadly. I dont care what science says about colors or fangs or whowhatzit.

I dont care if the spider is pink, wears a skirt, smells like cotton candy and spins webs out of love and smiles, if its body is bigger than my thumb, Im running and screaming like a little girl

blaech whaoooa ksadhflkjashdf

joey48442 wrote: I don't know how deadly he, or likely she, is. It's just freaking huge! Joey

freaking huge spider = effing deadly. I dont care what science says about colors or fangs or whowhatzit.

I dont care if the spider is pink, wears a skirt, smells like cotton candy and spins webs out of love and smiles, if its body is bigger than my thumb, Im running and screaming like a little girl

blaech whaoooa ksadhflkjashdf

Grtechguy wrote: Hey uh...Tim? I think Margie's hacking into your accounts.....

it's either that or Tim has been dead for a while, buried under the porch and margie has been making us think he is alive and well all this time

I remember back many years when I used to consume large amounts of adult malt beverages each evening....

walking towards the back door to go to bed one night I saw (what I've always called) a wolf spider ( don't know where the name came from ), about 2 - 2 1/2" across, on the sidewalk...I'm wearing a pair of vibram soled boots... I quite naturally step on it.... only one problem ... it was an "expectant mother".... as it squshed under my boot there were hundreds of these little tiny dots running around....

if anyone could have filmed me doing a drunken tap dance on these baby spiders we could have made lots of money an AFV...

the biggest laugh is the same thing happened several years latter.. I hadn't learned my lesson about drinking yet... I glad u-tube hadn't been invented then

My philosophy with all bugs is simple: "If it moves, kill it."

I'm of the "leave 'em be" crowd.

Spiders kill bugs, and there's NOTHING I hate more than hearing that one lone mosquito buzzing around the bedroom as I try to go to sleep.

I have a deal with 'em. They don't bite me and mine, I let them live where they please that's not in my bed. So far it's worked well, and I've never in my life been bit by a spider.

For the record, while Black Widows have very toxic venom, they are one of the most timid spiders on the planet. They will only bite when cornered (i.e. in your boot and you put it on, or if you close your hand around one).

EastCoastMojo wrote: I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I would rather have a hundred and sixty five big scary non-poisionous spiders

Minor point: No such thing as a non-venomous spider (well, yet discovered).

Spiders are cool. Jumping spiders among the coolest. There's something intelligent about the way those big main eyes will look at you.