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Old 04-08-2011, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by fringed n fab View Post
I haven't seen a Banana spider yet this year but as frightening as they look, they really keep to themselves and don't bother you if left alone, which I do. They're fascinating to look at really. I have heard their webs are nothing you want to accidentally walk into and they are known to trap small birds in them.



Louie's from the South, he may be used to spiders and critters too lol. It just comes with the territory down here.
Oh holy crap, I just started itching all over looking at that thing! I remember reading in an Anne Rice book about banana spiders, but I had no idea they were so HUGE! And we have d@mned big bugs down here ourselves. This is a Texas centipede... I had one crawl into in my bed when I was young:

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