now, THESE are spiders!!!!

[tgd156]

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[Dallas91]

Very interesting that this topic should hit the board. I was just talking to my cousin who is in the Marines and has been over to Iraq a few times now. He was bit by one of these and said it was quite unpleasant. Not a big spider fan here. Though there are only 3 poisonous species here (Black Widow, Brown Recluse, and ?) I can't tell some of them apart. We commonly have Wolf Spiders which have a similar pattern on their back to the Brown Recluse so it kind of freaks you out sometimes as to "hey, what was that crawling across the floor".
Our golden retriever has been an excellent exterminator. Since getting her a few years ago, our number of spiders sited has dropped significantly. I think Cats are good for that too, though I really don't like cats (don't tell Nerak).

[Nerak936]

Originally Posted by Dallas91

I think Cats are good for that too, though I really don't like cats (don't tell Nerak).

That's okay, Dallas. As long as your dog can tell the difference between a spider and a cat, we're cool.

[jay n dani]

Holy Moly!!! Those are some HUGE spiders I'm deathly afraid of spiders, and I just couldn't imagine living in the desert and having to deal with these enormous creatures

[jsotherj]

EWWWWWWWWW

[Sunny20]

This is what one website says about the little ones :

Camel spiders are not spiders. They are sometimes called "wind scorpions" but they are not scorpions either. They are a different species of arthropod called solipugids which are not venomous or have silk-making capacity. The name 'camel spider' may come from their often being found on corpses of camels which has lead to the myth that they actually can kill camels. In truth, they will use the body of a camel to prey upon other insects that gather around carrion. Also, it has been said that the camel spider will use the hair it collects to build a nest. Whether or not it will use human hair collected from sleeping soldiers is also not confirmed.

[Lil G]

Originally Posted by Sunny20

This is what one website says about the little ones :

Okay, that is kinda' creepy. Not long ago I found a huge tarantula in my yard. (About the size of my hand) Kept him for a couple of days so I could show the kids next to us. The little boy loved it, had his mom taking pictures of it crawling on him. Let him go after that. I would probably freak on one that size, but in general they don't bother me. The only thing that really bothers me is..roaches. EEWWWW!

[stevo137]

My BIL and SIL took a trip to Guatemala and then Belize for diving a few months ago and they had a black spider in the room on the ceiling that they described as the size of a small plate or saucer.
They tried throwing bars of soap and other things at it but nothing worked. It finally slithered into a crevice somewhere in the room!
I will see them today at a Fathers Day bash and I'll ask them about it but I think that it happened twice but the second one was not as large.

[cuffedlinks]

Originally Posted by stevo137

My BIL and SIL took a trip to Guatemala and then Belize for diving a few months ago and they had a black spider in the room on the ceiling that they described as the size of a small plate or saucer.

Sheesh.
Did it have a collar....?

[Ali]

And I bet as soon as the light went out he came creeping out of the crevice again! I could NO WAY sleep in a room with something like that in there lurking around - I'd be having nightmares!

[Sunny20]

Originally Posted by Ali

And I bet as soon as the light went out he came creeping out of the crevice again! I could NO WAY sleep in a room with something like that in there lurking around - I'd be having nightmares!

I don't know.. I kinda like when someone is playing/touching my hair.. I sleep better... hihi

[Playaluvers]

Aren't there leash laws? LOL

[TAPPY]

Originally Posted by Lil G

Okay, that is kinda' creepy. Not long ago I found a huge tarantula in my yard. (About the size of my hand) Kept him for a couple of days so I could show the kids next to us. The little boy loved it, had his mom taking pictures of it crawling on him. Let him go after that. I would probably freak on one that size, but in general they don't bother me. The only thing that really bothers me is..roaches. EEWWWW!

I hate those...the ones that fly creep me out...they make that really bad crunching sound when you step on them....

My cats like to eat them !!!

[Lioness]

Oh my god......How gross is that? Why oh why did I have to click on the link??? Thank-god those creepy looking "flesh eaters" live in the desert and not around here....They look like something you'd see in that King Kong movie....Uugghh!
I think if I actually saw one within 10 feet of me I'd probably go into cardiac arrest!

[stevo137]

Originally Posted by Ali

And I bet as soon as the light went out he came creeping out of the crevice again! I could NO WAY sleep in a room width something like that in there lurking around - I'd be having nightmares!

I saw my BIL yesterday and asked him about the spider. They were deep in the jungle in Belize at some resort and the rooms were sort of like cottages with tall thatched roofs. The spiders tend to live in the thatch and eat bugs.
Anyway, he told me that it was more the size of a DINNER PLATE! and was brown not black and it crawled extremely fast. It was thin with very long legs. After it disappeared, THEY WENT BACK TO SLEEP! They saw it again in the bathroom the next day. My BIL said that he didn't think that the spiders there bothered people and that room must have been his home. Many of them are poisonous though. I believe they they only stayed there one or two nights since they were on their way from Guatemala to go diving in Belize.