So I'm finishing a service call this morning and heading down the attic ladder when I notice something run across the carpeted floor immediately under the latter. It was moving fast - but I could tell that it was one of two things - either a mouse.... or a freakishly huge bug of some sort. It was a fucking mammoth spider.
Probably a wolf spider? Dunno - not my specialty.
I've never seen a spider (other than a tarantula) this big.
Registered: 09/27/00
Posts: 19117
Loc: Sacramento, CA, USA
We get big Black Widows around here. A couple years ago I found one in my bag of charcoal with an abdomen the size of my big toe. First I did a little dance, then I closed up the bag, chucked it in the garbage bin and closed it tight.
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Registered: 01/06/03
Posts: 10921
Loc: Clayton, California
We get tarantulas here. It's almost mating season. I used to live out in the country. One night I came home from band practice and was loading back into the house and nearly stepped on a HUGE one. What really freaked me out was that you could see all the eyes pretty clearly. They have several of them. So gross. I was able to coax it out of the house but damn.
Registered: 04/05/00
Posts: 26529
Loc: Palm Beach, Florida- U S A
You can keep your spiders. Amazingly, I have seen so few in Florida. What we have is the iguana invasion here. I’ll take iguanas over spiders any day.
I thought I did one of us might eat spiders, but turns out they are herbivores. Iguanas can get the five or 6 feet long and weigh 15 pounds. I actually enjoy seeing them but my brother, who lives 45 minutes south of me. Considers them pests that eat his trees and flowers.
Good luck with your spiders. LOL
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