What is this outside my living room?

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by BoredOutOfMyMind, Sep 9, 2009.

  1. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    BoredOutOfMyMind, Sep 9, 2009
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  2. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    Mimsy, Sep 9, 2009
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  3. TeeCee

    TeeCee MajorGeek

    Hey Boom, that little spider has nothing over Mimsy's Ultra Kill!!! :guns
    We don't take any prisoners, either!!! :guns
     
    TeeCee, Sep 9, 2009
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  4. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    BoredOutOfMyMind, Sep 10, 2009
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  5. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    No idea... I know they sell it at Lowe's, that's where I got mine.
     
    Mimsy, Sep 10, 2009
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  6. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    Phantom, Sep 10, 2009
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  7. pclover

    pclover MajorGeek

    pclover, Sep 10, 2009
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  8. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Fred_G, Sep 10, 2009
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  9. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    LauraR, Sep 10, 2009
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  10. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    That solves this mystery- I knew MG could help. :drool

    My daughter said this was here last week and it has gotten bigger. (she was on vacation for a week and not here) I fear it is a Mama about to unleash many more of these, so off to see what sprays are available.
     
    BoredOutOfMyMind, Sep 10, 2009
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  11. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    You see garden spiders mostly in the fall. The females are bigger than the males. They aren't poison and are good to have since they get other insects.

    I'd leave it.
     
    LauraR, Sep 10, 2009
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  12. Greywood1862

    Greywood1862 Private First Class

    I agree with LauraR. Garden spiders are not harmless, unless you count the scare factor. I'd leave it alone and let it eat bugs.
     
    Greywood1862, Sep 10, 2009
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  13. KingSteve

    KingSteve MajorGeek

    Man i hate spiders. They kill the other nasty bugs though, so i usually leave them alone unless they get in my way. meaning if i can step on the bugger hes a goner.

    the one phantom posted is cool looking though. id let that guy live because hes cool. black widow on the other hand... id run away to buy some ultra kill...
     
    KingSteve, Sep 10, 2009
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  14. Paxton007

    Paxton007 MajorGeek

    Laura, do you get the wolf spiders down there? Man they're ugly.. I hate when I see one shoot across the floor.. I sprayed one of those things for no less than 15 seconds with a bottle of raid, and it just kept on running. Finally.. I used some high grade cleaning alcohol we have at the shop here, and it was no more. It's odd.. half a bottle of raid against a few drops of Methyl Eythl Ketone and there's no comparison LOL.

    http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/files/images/wolf%20spider_0.preview.jpg
     
    Paxton007, Sep 10, 2009
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  15. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    Oh yeah. Those are friggen freaky...even for me who isn't bothered by spiders. For the longest time I thought they were brown recluse spiders (anyone who doesn't know what they are, google images and see what a bite can do...just think necrosis :puke) which is why they scared the crap out of me. We get them in our garage and basement. You want to talk about huge! I swear they are mutants! :eek
     
    LauraR, Sep 10, 2009
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  16. Greywood1862

    Greywood1862 Private First Class

    One of the primary prey items for wolf spiders is other spiders. So if you hate spiders, having a few wolf spiders around might be better than having lots of other spiders.
     
    Greywood1862, Sep 10, 2009
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  17. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    Had the landlord not pressure washed the house, I would have offered to send it to you in a box....

    Tis done :)


    I knew this would be a great thread topic anyway.
     
    BoredOutOfMyMind, Sep 10, 2009
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  18. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    What every girl wants? :-D
     
    LauraR, Sep 10, 2009
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  19. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Had a big spider abseil down from the ceiling to me the other night... he saw me see him- and darted underneath the sleeping blanket thats folded up on the floor.... he lay hiding, I figured out his position, radar'd him out... got rid of him- started to relax...then out corner of my eye saw one three times the size of the last arachnid on the ceiling directly over my BED! :eek

    My Dad was in bed... I had to get the next door neighbour round to get rid of it :-D
     
    Kestrel13!, Sep 10, 2009
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  20. ~Q~

    ~Q~ Command Sergeant Major

    Holy cr@p this thread has given me goosebumps :|

    I am a few steps back from a full phobia of spiders (arachnophobia) but living in good old blighty [england] fortunately we don't have any native really nasty ones, BUT we do get some big .f@#*%$s and with the weather getting cooler outside now, if we have the heating on you can guarantee a few will come out to get a warm [read: get splattered]

    Living in 103 year old victorian house doesnt help either... so many gaps 'n' nooks 'n' crannies.

    Quite frankly Bored' i would probably have to move if i had something like that living outside my bedroom window :(

    you are a better man than me :p

    Q

    Oh yeah, my GF's hairspray is a cracking tool for getting the spiders with, it doesnt kill them straight away but it cetainly slows them down to a crawl..... then the swift and irrefutable justice can be dished out via my shoe :)
     
    ~Q~, Sep 12, 2009
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  21. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Entomologists say that we're usually within three feet of a spider all of our lives. Have a nice day.;):-D
     
    augiedoggie, Sep 12, 2009
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  22. ~Q~

    ~Q~ Command Sergeant Major

    Thanks augie, im sure ill sleep great tonight :p

    One thing i always notice about spiders is, people always say "they're more scare of us than we are of them" .....

    Well can anyone explain why they always seem ot run towards me instead of away when i try to kill them?

    Can they sense fear like dogs?
     
    ~Q~, Sep 12, 2009
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