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This is the spider thread, no there can't be baby spiders in it thats an urban legend

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    NeoTomaNeoToma Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    I kept a black widow as a pet for a few weeks when I was in eighth grade.

    WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!?

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    MereHappenstanceMereHappenstance Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Not gonna lie, some of the later spiders in the OP are kind of cute.

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    DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    NeoToma wrote: »
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    I kept a black widow as a pet for a few weeks when I was in eighth grade.

    WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!?

    to dissect it and learn how to end the species

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    Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    That is sweet Smof but I actually hate tarantulas, they are too big for me to be comfortable with even though they are pretty much harmless, and I like anoles.
    Not gonna lie, some of the later spiders in the OP are kind of cute.

    That's jumping spiders for you.

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    Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Dubh wrote: »
    NeoToma wrote: »
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    I kept a black widow as a pet for a few weeks when I was in eighth grade.

    WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!?

    to dissect it and learn how to end the species

    It was on my back porch, and it was a cool looking spider, so I put it in a honey bear. I didn't realize it was a black widow until about a day later. The hourglass wasn't there, just three red dots in a perfect line.

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    That is sweet Smof but I actually hate tarantulas, they are too big for me to be comfortable with even though they are pretty much harmless, and I like anoles.

    :(

    Well fine, I'll just go start my own thread, with blackjack and hookers.

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    MarshmallowMarshmallow Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    The tarantulas at my parent's place are pretty friendly. About as friendly as can be expected, anyway. Crawl around on your hand without a care.

    I mostly get Huntsman and Jumping spiders in my room nowadays. The huntsmans are odd but I tolerate them, jumping spiders are always welcome for as long as they care to stay.

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    ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I love spiders you guys

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    yes this is me

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    BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Who's the guy with you?

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    can i have his number

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    BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Back off man, I got knives.

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    YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I leave the jumping spiders here alone because they'll take out most of the annoying insects, then scurry off under something.

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    Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Jumping spiders are actually cuter than kittens but most of the human race is too dumb to realise this.

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    kill all insects

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    Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    These are the ones i mentioned we have:

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    There are literally 1-4 of them building webs in close proximity in every available place, and I keep walking into them.

    Yesterday I was jogging and I ran into one and before I could react I ran through 3 more, web all over my face and maybe spiders.

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    MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    kill all insects

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    azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    No matter how much you try and educate...to some it will always be like this.

    Spider-man = cool
    Spider silk applications = double cool.
    Spider = GET IT THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME.

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    spiders are pure evil

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    Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    The giant murderous spiders in diablo II were the least aggresive monsters in the game. They wouldn't even come at you most of the time.

    I rest my case.

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Beasteh wrote: »
    spiders are pure evil

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    Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Didn't Black Arachnia join the side of good at some point?

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Didn't Black Arachnia join the side of good at some point?

    in much the same way as wernher von braun

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    three words for you all

    brazilian

    wandering

    spider

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    AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    read that as

    brazilian

    waxing

    spider

    for a second D:

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    its bite, the most potent venom of any spider, causes priapism besides tremors, arrythmia and severe neurological pain

    :winky::winky::winky::winky::winky:

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    BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    oh yeah also it is 10 inches long leg to leg, highly aggressive, hisses, and as its name suggests

    it wanders!

    like into your sneakers or bed or car trunk or shady places that you might store things to retrieve later with your soft, biteable hands

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    good thing I don't live in brazil

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    MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Good news everyone!
    Thought to be the first fly driven to extinction by humans, it was also considered one of Europe's few endemic animals to have disappeared for good.

    The bizarre fly was considered 'mythical' due to its orange head, its preference for living on dead animal carcasses, and the fact it was rarely sighted even in the 19th Century.

    The discovery of the fly living in Spain is "sensational", say scientists.
    It preferred to live in the cool season, whereas most flies like warmer temperatures.

    It lived on the carcasses of dead animals that are in the advanced stages of decay, whereas most carrion flies prefer less rotten flesh.

    The fly was also said to have had an orange head that would glow in the dark, with some 19th Century scientists writing about how it could be found at night due to its luminous shine.

    And 50 years after being described, the fly suddenly disappeared, supposedly for good, with the last sighting in 1849.

    Many aspects of its biology remained unknown, but the fly's niche lifestyle was thought to have contributed to its extinction, as some experts speculated that it had a preference for crushed bones, in which it would lay eggs that turned into maggots.
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    mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    fuck flies

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Flies are worse than spiders.

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    MaceraMacera UGH GODDAMMIT STOP ENJOYING THINGSRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    sounds like I need to educate some people about the awesomeness of robber flies

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    VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT

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    mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    oh so now flies are ripping off spiders moves

    what a bullshit bug

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    ToldoToldo But actually, WeegianRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Hello.

    I suffer from arachnophobia, as probably every other poster in this thread. This is mostly because of the barn funnel weaver, which terrorized my basement and childhood. According to that Wikipedia entry, the males retreat into houses during the fall and wander around, generally scaring the hell out of me.

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    Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'd rather live around brazillian wandering spiders than botflies. Being around any of the asshole fly species in general isn't something I'd relish.

    Like those ones farmers in Iraq were complaining about that laid eggs in open wounds so the maggots could chew their way around.

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    Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    im thankful as fuck to be living in Canada

    I see a spider I don't generally give a fuck

    But in like, Australia?

    I'd be worse than a 5 year old girl

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    but maggots are beneficial to the healing process

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    Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    but maggots are beneficial to the healing process

    Not the flesh-eating ones.

    lordy

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    Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Dichotomy wrote: »
    but maggots are beneficial to the healing process

    Not the flesh-eating ones.

    lordy
    Cochliomyia are commonly referred to as the New World screwworm fly


    D:

    edit:

    Goddammit
    his species is distributed throughout northern South America, Central America, Caribbean Islands, United States, and southern Canada

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    Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    God why did I read up on internal parasites and look at the accompanying pictures. I am so grossed out right now.

    I have less of a problem with spiders now than I had before.

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