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From: Lewisville, TX
Originally Posted by cia-agent
If I woke up, and thing thing was on my chest; I would instantly lose bladder & bowel control...
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From: Dover AFB DE / Harrisburg PA
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The cheap, redneck way is diesel fuel. Load up the garden sprayer, and soak the base of your house. It kills everything grass, bugs you name it it is dead. Just be careful, don't do this when it might rain. Until it is soaked in to the dirt, rain will wash it away and give you a striped yard and pi$$ed neighbors. The best part is it works for quite a while.
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From: 33.02N / 96.66W
Originally Posted by dinty
I about lost that when I saw the pic....snakes and spiders are the spawns of satan...<insert scaredy cat smiley hear>
I was there through two August/September time frames- and did not see a single spider- let alone a tarantula..
I did see an @$$-load of Wolf Spiders at Fort Bliss though.... Jeez Louise!!!
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From: Gulf Coast
Ah yes camel spiders, now those are great fun. I've never seen so many armed men run like little girls until I started playing with those spiders. It was all fun and games until some one started to aim their M-16.
As far as black widows spray 'em when you see them. You see so many now, probably because a bunch just hatched.
As far as black widows spray 'em when you see them. You see so many now, probably because a bunch just hatched.
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From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Originally Posted by cia-agent
They told us during monsoon season (Now) in southern AZ; we'd see a ton of Tarantula's coming from out of every where...
I was there through two August/September time frames- and did not see a single spider- let alone a tarantula..
I did see an @$$-load of Wolf Spiders at Fort Bliss though.... Jeez Louise!!!
I was there through two August/September time frames- and did not see a single spider- let alone a tarantula..
I did see an @$$-load of Wolf Spiders at Fort Bliss though.... Jeez Louise!!!
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Originally Posted by cia-agent
If I woke up, and thing thing was on my chest; I would instantly lose bladder & bowel control...
Originally Posted by dinty
I about lost that when I saw the pic....snakes and spiders are the spawns of satan...<insert scaredy cat smiley hear>
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From: 33.02N / 96.66W
Yeah; I was enamored by another member of the arachnid family... I wanted to buy two Emporer Scorpions back in 1992/1993. I didn't get them because I thought my roommate would rat me out to Top (1SG) and at $21.00 each- I didn't want to throw away 42.00, plus the cost of the aquarium on a wierd quirk...
From: http://talkpets.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9601
Those things looked like mini-lobsters, or crawfish- with a stinger...
From: http://talkpets.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9601
Those things looked like mini-lobsters, or crawfish- with a stinger...
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From: 33.02N / 96.66W
Originally Posted by wild-mtn-rose
Not sure I could live with a scorpion! 
They look meaner than a tarantula to me.
They look meaner than a tarantula to me.Yeah- I hear a Scorpion will make short work of a Spider- if it got down to it... With that exoskeleton and the claws- I'd have to put my money of the Scorpion too...
Some Scorp's can climb walls too- I went in my uncles house as it was being built- and saw one slapped flat up against the wall... Thoughts of Mortal Kombat entered my mind as a grabbed the nearest stick and decided to...
FINISH HIM
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From: Somewhere near the back of beyond
Yikes!! Bob can climb to the top of her cage but she can't get out, I like her just fine behind bars. I'd have a heart attack if I found a scorpion on my wall but a tarantula wouldn't be much better.
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Bob is a girl because we specifically ordered a female. Female tarantulas have a longer life span and they usually grow larger than the males. The life span is species dependent but in captivity, males live and average of 3.5 years; females, more than 20.
Her name just came about, my husband wasn't going to name her at all because he just didn't get the point in naming a spider, you can't call them like a dog or anything. I told him it didn't matter, she should have a name so she became Bob...
...his idea!
Her name just came about, my husband wasn't going to name her at all because he just didn't get the point in naming a spider, you can't call them like a dog or anything. I told him it didn't matter, she should have a name so she became Bob...
...his idea!
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From: Your moms house
Originally Posted by wild-mtn-rose
Bob is a girl because we specifically ordered a female. Female tarantulas have a longer life span and they usually grow larger than the males. The life span is species dependent but in captivity, males live and average of 3.5 years; females, more than 20.
Her name just came about, my husband wasn't going to name her at all because he just didn't get the point in naming a spider, you can't call them like a dog or anything. I told him it didn't matter, she should have a name so she became Bob... ...his idea!
Her name just came about, my husband wasn't going to name her at all because he just didn't get the point in naming a spider, you can't call them like a dog or anything. I told him it didn't matter, she should have a name so she became Bob...
...his idea!
Your husband is cool.
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From: Houston, by way of every major city in America.
We rented a house for work in Tempe, very close to the "South Mountain" In the month we were there we found two scorpions in the house. One was in my wifes suitcase inside a folded shirt. After that all the suitcases were up on the shelf, 
When I carried that one outside kicking and screaming, it actually ran straight at me once it hit the ground. He got about 6 inches, and got stomped flatter than a oil slick on the driveway, lol. I even gave him a spin for good measure.,,,,,98
I saw a black widow once while cleaning up outside a cattle trailer building shop. She got the same treatment, hehe.
When I carried that one outside kicking and screaming, it actually ran straight at me once it hit the ground. He got about 6 inches, and got stomped flatter than a oil slick on the driveway, lol. I even gave him a spin for good measure.,,,,,98I saw a black widow once while cleaning up outside a cattle trailer building shop. She got the same treatment, hehe.
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From: Pikesville, MD
Originally Posted by wild-mtn-rose
Bob is a girl because we specifically ordered a female. Female tarantulas have a longer life span and they usually grow larger than the males. The life span is species dependent but in captivity, males live and average of 3.5 years; females, more than 20.
First women live longer (ya'll drive us to the grave early with the naggy and honey-do lists...we die to get some rest)
"they usually grow larger"
Ain't that the truth...but I'm not saying any more my wife my read this.
Oh yea and women get us wrapped up in the webs they weave, trap us and then suck us dry until we are dead....yep
women = spiders
(Note: I reserve the right to edit this post in the future should my wife browse the site with me)