A spider just crawled down my neck.....

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

^ They have the strongest web I've
ever felt, and some of them get almost as big as a hand.

I first read this as the spiders being almost as big as a hand and died a little bit.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by jannieC

I first read this as the spiders being almost as big as a hand and died a little bit.

JannieC, Actually that is what I meant, I just didn't write it right.
The Garden Spiders can grow to be as big as a hand. Not as thick
as some spiders, but still rather large.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

JannieC, Actually that is what I meant, I just didn't write it right.
The Garden Spiders can grow to be as big as a hand. Not as thick
as some spiders, but still rather large.

There are no words.

[michelle2677]

spiders don't bother me

i got bit by a brown recluse back in feb and i still have a huge bruise about the size of a quarder on my stomach. that **** was nasty/ugly, but it still didn't change my feelings about them.


snakes, on the other hand

[MissLadyLoki]

Another bug that freaks me out like nothing else are yellow jackets. Up by my school last fall, there was a yellow jacket problem and traps had been set up, but they were still all over the place.

One day, during Campus Lifetime (it's an hour and a half on Wednesdays where there's no class and events are held), I think either the gays and lesbians or the campus Republicans held a free barbecue (they both have done it then on separate weeks). As I was eating my food at an outside table, a yellow jacket decided to hang around my plate. I was absolutely freaking out and not even the blowing trick (gently blowing on one will make it think it's a breeze and move on) wasn't working and had t throw out my food just so it would leave me alone.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

i got bit by a brown recluse back in feb and i still have a huge bruise about the size of a quarder on my stomach.

Ouch! You haven't gained any Spidy skills.....have you?


A spider update...
A very small spider crawled over my shoe today as I picked it up
out of the utility room. And while finishing up a little mowing I saw
this garter snake take off in the grass. He got chopped up into
little pieces.

[jaycee]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Ouch! You haven't gained any Spidy skills.....have you?


A spider update...
A very small spider crawled over my shoe today as I picked it up
out of the utility room. And while finishing up a little mowing I saw
this garter snake take off in the grass. He got chopped up into
little pieces.

So you're saying a snake slid away from you, and you made the effort of chasing it down to kill it in a rather menacing manner? Expect little sympathy from me should you be bitten by one.
On Friday I was cleaning up leaves spread all about the backyard and over garden beds, and I revealed a rather small grey/black spider which made me jump back about a foot. It climbed up a plant and stayed out of the way though, so it was left alone.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by jaycee

So you're saying a snake slid away from you, and you made the effort of chasing it down to kill it in a rather menacing manner?

If a snake is in the yard, or anywhere close to me off with it's head.

With that said, I have picked up a green snake with my hands and carefully
took it out of the yard. I'm not as bad as you might think. I'd just rather not
be around snakes.

On second thought, this post belongs in my snake thread.