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A lot of the members are too young to know that kneeling like this in the hallway is what we were taught and constantly drilled to protect us in the event of a nuclear bomb. The kids on the right did it best. That way you can at least kiss your buddy's ass goodbye.
Then we have the folks that supposedly lived damned near forever. A claim I read awhile back, if somebody survived childhood they lived just as long as we do today. Would have to be a greater dip and rise seeing how we live longer than we did a century ago.
Maybe short of me but around here we have black widows, brown widows, brown hermits, maybe a few more that may be lethal as well as things like the banana spiders who make extremely nasty wounds. The banana spiders are ambitious when it comes to webs too. One stretched a web across the highway to catch cars! It couldn't hold my truck. I think they do sometimes catch small birds though.
Anyway, around here all shiny spiders die if they are around people or where people may be. Likewise the banana spiders. Other spiders I let live more often than not. One provided me entertainment for weeks stretching a web over a hundred feet between two large trees. I first thought it was using the wind when it first went across but that was the first strand. I guess after that the spider hoofed it across on it's own web instead of going to ground. Still very impressive! Others I was content to watch catch and wrap bugs. I respect their bug eating powers and don't automatically kill all spiders, only those that make me scream like a girl child, a pretty little girl child as UJ Puckett used to say!
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Spiders we got. These are very common and their web is sticky and very strong.
They like to string web through the bushes and across any open space about head high.
They rebuild lost webs in record time too. Fortunately, they only eat insects and small birds.
This one is about hand size.
They like to string web through the bushes and across any open space about head high.
They rebuild lost webs in record time too. Fortunately, they only eat insects and small birds.
This one is about hand size.
banana spider, plenty here to, cant stand em, they get huge and the trees in the park near the fishing creek are full of them, all they way to the top you can see em floating, and the giant web thats just over your head as you walk down to the water, or in between trees at the waters edge will have another massive one.Spiders we got. These are very common and their web is sticky and very strong.
They like to string web through the bushes and across any open space about head high.
They rebuild lost webs in record time too. Fortunately, they only eat insects and small birds.
This one is about hand size.
i dont need a single one of em around me lol
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ummm that's not a cartridge its a shell....
I’ve smushed loads of these my whole life. Where I grew up we had them, they live in Vegas as well. I’ve never been bitten by one-few close calls picking up pallets, but never stung.
I’ve smushed more than I can count with my palm, first few were kinda scary. Then after I figured out that works every time it’s not a big deal.
I know a few people who have been big/stung by them and depending on the level of their allergic response their wounds varied. Nobody I know ever lost their life-however I do believe in a small % of people they can be lethal. It’s painful. I remember one person with their arm in a sling for a month or 2 from a bite.
Their webs are very very tight and if you strum the web you can hear it-where most other spiderwebs are very delicate(except bird spiders and spiders that live in trees) black windows live under things in dark areas so having thick webs is a unusual trait they have. There’s no web “pattern” like the tree spiders. But their webs are noticeable and when we used to lift anything up and see webs we’d touch the web to see if they were present or other spiders (with delicate webs)
Interesting topic
Fatboy<——-not snake bit or spider bit(so far) ok I’ve been bit by snakes. But I’m not “snake bit” different topic.
I just read this after my long post. Yes you are correct.
The only web I felt that was stronger was in Africa with 12’ webs from spiders looking to catch prey. They were much larger spiders.
Pretty cool topic. I’m into this sort of stuff, always have been. It’s amazing what happens in nature and how it all works.
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Fatboy
Back when I was a biology teacher, I had my students build terrariums in empty 3 liter bottles. Kids brought in all kinds of stuff. Been bit by a big ol' black widow. No allergic reaction, but the pain was intense. OTC meds didn't touch it, Norco didn't touch it. Finally had to go to the ER for a morphine shot just to get some sleep. Believe it or not, got hit by a 6" centipede that was as bad, if not worse.I’ve smushed loads of these my whole life. Where I grew up we had them, they live in Vegas as well. I’ve never been bitten by one-few close calls picking up pallets, but never stung.
I’ve smushed more than I can count with my palm, first few were kinda scary. Then after I figured out that works every time it’s not a big deal.
I know a few people who have been big/stung by them and depending on the level of their allergic response their wounds varied. Nobody I know ever lost their life-however I do believe in a small % of people they can be lethal. It’s painful. I remember one person with their arm in a sling for a month or 2 from a bite.
Their webs are very very tight and if you strum the web you can hear it-where most other spiderwebs are very delicate(except bird spiders and spiders that live in trees) black windows live under things in dark areas so having thick webs is a unusual trait they have. There’s no web “pattern” like the tree spiders. But their webs are noticeable and when we used to lift anything up and see webs we’d touch the web to see if they were present or other spiders (with delicate webs)
Interesting topic
Fatboy<——-not snake bit or spider bit(so far) ok I’ve been bit by snakes. But I’m not “snake bit” different topic.