This is where you supply photographs of unidentified arthropods and notes like "I found this bug in my bathtub, what is it!?" Then I give you a good answer at some level and a wild guess when it comes to the species.
Go!
Quote from: Kai on February 18, 2010, 03:23:51 AM
This is where you supply photographs of unidentified arthropods and notes like "I found this bug in my bathtub, what is it!?" Then I give you a good answer at some level and a wild guess when it comes to the species.
Go!
What kinda bug has 4 leg joints? :lulz:
Actually, if I can find it, I have a pic of a real weird bugger, took in Nursey's back yard.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on February 18, 2010, 03:25:46 AM
Quote from: Kai on February 18, 2010, 03:23:51 AM
This is where you supply photographs of unidentified arthropods and notes like "I found this bug in my bathtub, what is it!?" Then I give you a good answer at some level and a wild guess when it comes to the species.
Go!
What kinda bug has 4 leg joints? :lulz:
Actually, if I can find it, I have a pic of a real weird bugger, took in Nursey's back yard.
1. :argh!:
2. Cool.
I just have a skill, and I want to share it. For great justice. And tits.
Shame, I don't think I've seen a proper insect since I moved to Portland. They were like gangbusters in Redwood City though. Dragonflies, spiders, termite swarms, flies...
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 18, 2010, 03:33:31 AM
Shame, I don't think I've seen a proper insect since I moved to Portland. They were like gangbusters in Redwood City though. Dragonflies, spiders, termite swarms, flies...
Portland, Oregon?
Because winter isn't a very insecty time of year here. It's about to get a lot more insecty.
Ok, then maybe I'll have some photos for Kai.
And interesting bite marks in unspeakable places.
Quote from: Kai on February 18, 2010, 03:29:42 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on February 18, 2010, 03:25:46 AM
Quote from: Kai on February 18, 2010, 03:23:51 AM
This is where you supply photographs of unidentified arthropods and notes like "I found this bug in my bathtub, what is it!?" Then I give you a good answer at some level and a wild guess when it comes to the species.
Go!
What kinda bug has 4 leg joints? :lulz:
Actually, if I can find it, I have a pic of a real weird bugger, took in Nursey's back yard.
1. :argh!:
2. Cool.
I just have a skill, and I want to share it. For great justice. And tits.
I have no tits, but I'll consult with Nurse Mayhem.
Quote from: Calamity Nigel on February 18, 2010, 04:07:34 AM
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 18, 2010, 03:33:31 AM
Shame, I don't think I've seen a proper insect since I moved to Portland. They were like gangbusters in Redwood City though. Dragonflies, spiders, termite swarms, flies...
Portland, Oregon?
Because winter isn't a very insecty time of year here. It's about to get a lot more insecty.
The desert is insect heaven. At least weird insect heaven.
Will get pics.
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 18, 2010, 04:14:05 AM
Ok, then maybe I'll have some photos for Kai.
And interesting bite marks in unspeakable places.
Did you see my spider bite last summer? EPIC.
The bugs here are not large, as a rule, but numerous and varied.
I don't mind spider bites, as long as they're not deadly and have the decency to do it while I'm sleeping.
It's the experience of being bitten by something that alien that really bothers me.
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 18, 2010, 04:21:37 AM
I don't mind spider bites, as long as they're not deadly and have the decency to do it while I'm sleeping.
It's the experience of being bitten by something that alien that really bothers me.
Have I told you about the tape worm fetishists that I found here?
Yes.
Thanks for reminding me of that particular failure of mankind.
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 18, 2010, 04:26:37 AM
Yes.
Thanks for reminding me of that particular failure of mankind.
I exist to serve. Have I mentioned that I found worse?
(Kai, thread split on request, for my spagging.)
Eesh.
Anyway, I recall seeing a really weird spider down in CA, it was fat and unusual and kinda bumpy or hairy. It was living in a wood pile. I never saw it again, wish I could have gotten a picture.
I went fishing in Japan, and instead of traditional earthworms they used these little armoured buggers. I don't have pics, but they had these characteristics:
-About a inch and a half long, slightly thicker than an average worm
-Overlapping scaly plates, hard to the touch
-Tiny little bumps/legs, but they seemed vestigial and non-functional
-The underbelly had softer scales, they could be easily pierced by a hook
-When I held it by one end, it extruded another half centimeter of itself (almost like prolapsing) and tried to bite me. The orifice on the end of the prolapsed section has two tiny black fangs, similar to spider ones.
Have you heard of anything like that?
Quote from: Remington on February 18, 2010, 04:54:50 AM
I went fishing in Japan, and instead of traditional earthworms they used these little armoured buggers. I don't have pics, but they had these characteristics:
-About a inch and a half long, slightly thicker than an average worm
-Overlapping scaly plates, hard to the touch
-Tiny little bumps/legs, but they seemed vestigial and non-functional
-The underbelly had softer scales, they could be easily pierced by a hook
-When I held it by one end, it extruded another half centimeter of itself (almost like prolapsing) and tried to bite me. The orifice on the end of the prolapsed section has two tiny black fangs, similar to spider ones.
Have you heard of anything like that?
I've heard of it. In my nightmares.
I don't think I have any pictures of weird bugs, everything in RI is pretty common, but I was rather impressed that we have stinkbugs up here. :lulz:
In Florida, I was just used to seeing the ever-so-popular lovebug and every kind of ridiculous spider known to mankind.
Oh yeah, there's one for you, Kai, I won't look it up because, well...you know me, but we had this spider that was chillin' in our screened in pool for a while, aside from the spiny orb fuckers. This one had a shiny metallic ass. I shit you not. Very spindly, grayish in color, but with a shiny metallic ass. Any ideas?
(http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/AlienMouth.jpg)
It kind of sounded like this.
Quote from: Nast on February 18, 2010, 05:59:32 AM
(http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/AlienMouth.jpg)
It kind of sounded like this.
That's pretty much it, at least for the mouth-thing.
It wasn't so much a tongue-thing that came out though, the worm actually
prolapsed it's fanged mouth out at me. Japan has some fucking weird insects.
Quote from: Remington on February 18, 2010, 06:24:01 AM
Quote from: Nast on February 18, 2010, 05:59:32 AM
(http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/AlienMouth.jpg)
It kind of sounded like this.
That's pretty much it, at least for the mouth-thing.
It wasn't so much a tongue-thing that came out though, the worm actually prolapsed it's fanged mouth out at me. Japan has some fucking weird insects.
Well, I for one don't do that till the third date.
This is a pretty coloured moth I found lying dead at the floor at my parent's place one day:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4487/p1110442.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/2145/p1110444.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/3831/p1110445.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8697/p1110446.jpg
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4381/p1110441y.jpg
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 18, 2010, 09:58:10 AM
This is a pretty coloured moth I found lying dead at the floor at my parent's place one day:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4487/p1110442.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/2145/p1110444.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/3831/p1110445.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8697/p1110446.jpg
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4381/p1110441y.jpg
Sphingidae! :):)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae
I don't have time right now to check for myself, but you can compare the pictures here: http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm
And get a determination. :) Let me know what you think.
Quote from: Remington on February 18, 2010, 04:54:50 AM
I went fishing in Japan, and instead of traditional earthworms they used these little armoured buggers. I don't have pics, but they had these characteristics:
-About a inch and a half long, slightly thicker than an average worm
-Overlapping scaly plates, hard to the touch
-Tiny little bumps/legs, but they seemed vestigial and non-functional
-The underbelly had softer scales, they could be easily pierced by a hook
-When I held it by one end, it extruded another half centimeter of itself (almost like prolapsing) and tried to bite me. The orifice on the end of the prolapsed section has two tiny black fangs, similar to spider ones.
Have you heard of anything like that?
http://images.google.com/images?q=eunicid+worm&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=6WF9S7ukOMW0tgeUx9GgBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQsAQwAA
Those look anything like it?
Quote from: Kai on February 18, 2010, 03:44:13 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 18, 2010, 09:58:10 AM
This is a pretty coloured moth I found lying dead at the floor at my parent's place one day:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4487/p1110442.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/2145/p1110444.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/3831/p1110445.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8697/p1110446.jpg
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4381/p1110441y.jpg
Sphingidae! :):)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae
I don't have time right now to check for myself, but you can compare the pictures here: http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm
And get a determination. :) Let me know what you think.
Cool, I clicked around some, and I think it was probably either this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deilephila_elpenor
or this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deilephila_porcellus
the elpenor is too big, it wasn't that big, IIRC. but the porcellus is a bit brighter pink that I remember.
also this is a really cool closeup of the porcellus: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/824410
Remember that scales fade in color after death, so the living pink may be much brighter than you remember.
Seems like a Deilephila sp. in any case. Good work!
Quote from: Kai on February 18, 2010, 03:51:29 PM
Quote from: Remington on February 18, 2010, 04:54:50 AM
I went fishing in Japan, and instead of traditional earthworms they used these little armoured buggers. I don't have pics, but they had these characteristics:
-About a inch and a half long, slightly thicker than an average worm
-Overlapping scaly plates, hard to the touch
-Tiny little bumps/legs, but they seemed vestigial and non-functional
-The underbelly had softer scales, they could be easily pierced by a hook
-When I held it by one end, it extruded another half centimeter of itself (almost like prolapsing) and tried to bite me. The orifice on the end of the prolapsed section has two tiny black fangs, similar to spider ones.
Have you heard of anything like that?
http://images.google.com/images?q=eunicid+worm&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=6WF9S7ukOMW0tgeUx9GgBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQsAQwAA
Those look anything like it?
Yep, that's it. Except they didn't have all the head-antenna.
The species you were using as bait was Halla okadai (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). Can't find any pictures though.
Quote from: Kai on February 18, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
The species you were using as bait was Halla okadai (Eunicidae: Polychaeta). Can't find any pictures though.
Cool, thanks Kai!
Quote from: Suu on February 18, 2010, 05:28:52 AM
I don't think I have any pictures of weird bugs, everything in RI is pretty common, but I was rather impressed that we have stinkbugs up here. :lulz:
In Florida, I was just used to seeing the ever-so-popular lovebug and every kind of ridiculous spider known to mankind.
Oh yeah, there's one for you, Kai, I won't look it up because, well...you know me, but we had this spider that was chillin' in our screened in pool for a while, aside from the spiny orb fuckers. This one had a shiny metallic ass. I shit you not. Very spindly, grayish in color, but with a shiny metallic ass. Any ideas?
Its a spider. :lulz: No really, do you know how big it was? When you say spindly, how long were the legs in comparison to the body? Did it have a web? There are some jumping spiders with metallic abdomens, but they don't tend to have long thin legs.
It did have a web and didn't move much. The legs if I had to guess were 2-3x the size of the abdomen, which as I said was silver and drop-shaped. Over all with legs it wasn't bigger than a half dollar. It was weird and stared at it a lot safely behind glass. :lulz: It was unique, that's for sure.
Quote from: Suu on February 18, 2010, 09:04:55 PM
It did have a web and didn't move much. The legs if I had to guess were 2-3x the size of the abdomen, which as I said was silver and drop-shaped. Over all with legs it wasn't bigger than a half dollar. It was weird and stared at it a lot safely behind glass. :lulz: It was unique, that's for sure.
Cobweb? Orb web?
Just narrowing the possibilities.
I don't remember it being too fancy, but this was 10 years ago...
It's one of the more common types of spider found here, at least, I've seen spiders like it quite often, so I guess it's this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica
Only mine is darker.
Also I haven't seen him in a couple of days .. Maybe he was just visiting?
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:01:45 AM
It's one of the more common types of spider found here, at least, I've seen spiders like it quite often, so I guess it's this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica
Only mine is darker.
Also I haven't seen him in a couple of days .. Maybe he was just visiting?
Sure its not
T. agrestis? I wouldn't screw with that species, given their potency.
KILL IT WITH FIRE!
found one of these on a fence once.
(http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/images/catFace6.jpg)
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 02:46:45 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:01:45 AM
It's one of the more common types of spider found here, at least, I've seen spiders like it quite often, so I guess it's this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica
Only mine is darker.
Also I haven't seen him in a couple of days .. Maybe he was just visiting?
Sure its not T. agrestis? I wouldn't screw with that species, given their potency.
Hobo spiders are dangerous?
Quote from: -Kel- on February 19, 2010, 04:28:19 AM
found one of these on a fence once.
(http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/images/catFace6.jpg)
Orb Weaver? I hate those fucking ugly things. KILL IT WITH FIRE!!
Quote from: Requia ☣ on February 19, 2010, 04:36:52 AM
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 02:46:45 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:01:45 AM
It's one of the more common types of spider found here, at least, I've seen spiders like it quite often, so I guess it's this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica
Only mine is darker.
Also I haven't seen him in a couple of days .. Maybe he was just visiting?
Sure its not T. agrestis? I wouldn't screw with that species, given their potency.
Hobo spiders are dangerous?
Fuck yeah they are. KILL THEM WITH FIRE!!
DOUBLE FIRE. AND NUKES.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on February 19, 2010, 04:36:52 AM
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 02:46:45 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:01:45 AM
It's one of the more common types of spider found here, at least, I've seen spiders like it quite often, so I guess it's this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica
Only mine is darker.
Also I haven't seen him in a couple of days .. Maybe he was just visiting?
Sure its not T. agrestis? I wouldn't screw with that species, given their potency.
Hobo spiders are dangerous?
:lulz: You funny.
I tried to look up a picture of the silver butt spider but I couldn't do it.
I tried! I really did! I just almost started crying.
Quote from: Suu on February 19, 2010, 05:01:12 AM
I tried to look up a picture of the silver butt spider but I couldn't do it.
I tried! I really did! I just almost started crying.
Dew drop spider?
http://www.ozanimals.com/image/albums/australia/Spider/spider0034.jpg
I don't know what a spider from Australia would be doing in Florida, but stranger things have happened. That state is crawling with flora and fauna that doesn't belong.
I already know the species, Kai, but if you know how I could get some larvae, that would be just great.
You can use them to make biodiesel from compost.
(http://www.brainfag.com/journal/black_soldier_fly.jpg)
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on February 19, 2010, 10:35:16 AM
I already know the species, Kai, but if you know how I could get some larvae, that would be just great.
You can use them to make biodiesel from compost.
(http://www.brainfag.com/journal/black_soldier_fly.jpg)
Yay, Stratiomyidae!
Best place to get larvae is to put down compost and let them come to you. I've found them in cow pastures under hay rather extensively. Also, there are many aquatic species. The larvae are very very leathery.
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 02:46:45 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 12:01:45 AM
It's one of the more common types of spider found here, at least, I've seen spiders like it quite often, so I guess it's this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica
Only mine is darker.
Also I haven't seen him in a couple of days .. Maybe he was just visiting?
Sure its not T. agrestis? I wouldn't screw with that species, given their potency.
Dutch spiders are not dangerous. Especially not the ones that live around the house :) Maybe the ones on the heath or something, you got some weird bugs out there. But as you say, just don't screw with them :)
So I don't screw with them. The most I would do is to take a cup and a piece of paper to put it outside, but that's about it.
Their fangs aren't made to poke in humans anyway.
According to Dutch Wikipedia, T. Agrestis' bite is more painful and is
said to be more agressive than T. Domestica, however there have been exactly zero reports of people bitten by it in Europe, only reports are from the US.
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Love Stoat on February 19, 2010, 05:42:38 AM
so hobo spiders are dangerous? sh*t, im having unfun with this insects can hurt you bit D:
what's a hobo spider?
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 01:02:36 PM
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Love Stoat on February 19, 2010, 05:42:38 AM
so hobo spiders are dangerous? sh*t, im having unfun with this insects can hurt you bit D:
what's a hobo spider?
Tegenaria agrestis is often called the hobo spider.
hobo spider? it's a good thing I'm no homophonophobic homophobe, or I'd be scared shitless now.
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 05:10:05 PM
hobo spider? it's a good thing I'm no homophonophobic homophobe, or I'd be scared shitless now.
:lulz:
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Love Stoat on February 19, 2010, 05:42:38 AM
so hobo spiders are dangerous? sh*t, im having unfun with this insects can hurt you bit D:
They can make your flesh necrotize.
Don't click.
http://declubz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/spider-bite.jpg
um, will it always look that bad, or just because the guy didn't treat it?
That looks like a day 10 of no treatment thing. Because wouldn't they just cut off the dead flesh?
If you would just kill the fucking spiders before they bite you that wouldn't happen. :argh!:
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 06:35:31 PM
um, will it always look that bad, or just because the guy didn't treat it?
*research research research*
Turns out that's a brown recluse bite I showed you. Hobo spider bites are similar, but of lesser magnitude.
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 19, 2010, 06:55:57 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 06:35:31 PM
um, will it always look that bad, or just because the guy didn't treat it?
*research research research*
Turns out that's a brown recluse bite I showed you. Hobo spider bites are similar, but of lesser magnitude.
FUCK BROWN RECLUSES. KILL THEM WITH FIRE. :x
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on February 19, 2010, 06:57:39 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 19, 2010, 06:55:57 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 06:35:31 PM
um, will it always look that bad, or just because the guy didn't treat it?
*research research research*
Turns out that's a brown recluse bite I showed you. Hobo spider bites are similar, but of lesser magnitude.
FUCK BROWN RECLUSES. KILL THEM WITH FIRE. :x
They're evil.
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 19, 2010, 07:02:26 PM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky on February 19, 2010, 06:57:39 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 19, 2010, 06:55:57 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 06:35:31 PM
um, will it always look that bad, or just because the guy didn't treat it?
*research research research*
Turns out that's a brown recluse bite I showed you. Hobo spider bites are similar, but of lesser magnitude.
FUCK BROWN RECLUSES. KILL THEM WITH FIRE. :x
They're evil.
They're
heeeere. :x
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 19, 2010, 06:55:57 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 06:35:31 PM
um, will it always look that bad, or just because the guy didn't treat it?
*research research research*
Turns out that's a brown recluse bite I showed you. Hobo spider bites are similar, but of lesser magnitude.
Okay, yeah I
knew about brown recluses. Afaik, they're the main reason Suu is frightened of spiders.
Thankfully we don't get those.
When I imagesearch for "hobo spider bite" images, however, they seem like big red bumps that will turn ugly if you leave them untreated for more than a week.
Okay, the creepiest bug here is just the common black yellow stripy wasp (european wasp?), but if they sting, and they don't too quickly, it gets up to the big red bump stage and then goes away. unless you're allergic in which case you're fucked. and if you got a nest of those fuckers near your house you should probably get rid of that because you can't eat outside anymore without those fuckers bugging you.
Quote from: Sigmatic on February 19, 2010, 06:26:46 PM
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Love Stoat on February 19, 2010, 05:42:38 AM
so hobo spiders are dangerous? sh*t, im having unfun with this insects can hurt you bit D:
They can make your flesh necrotize.
Don't click.
http://declubz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/spider-bite.jpg
They don't usually though; it's fairly rare reaction.
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 07:14:43 PM
Okay, yeah I knew about brown recluses. Afaik, they're the main reason Suu is frightened of spiders.
:cry:
That and Black Widows. They're all over Florida too. The one time I tried to face my damn fear after the recluse bite was to take a look at the spindly black fucker chillin' all up in my laundry room and hello red hour glass. :x
Fuck all spiders. Kill them with fire. Even Ungoliant the Orb Weaver who decided to make our backyard home this past fall. Ugly bitch. FIRE!
I use one of these (http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=372-210) for most spider disposal. 1300°C should be enough for any spider.
Quote from: PeregrineBF on February 19, 2010, 07:35:55 PM
I use one of these (http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=372-210) for most spider disposal. 1300°C should be enough for any spider.
YES!
Hmm. I feel kinda bad for making Kai's thread about bug hatred. Sorry. :(
Don't worry Suu and everybody. My spider is halfway across the earth, so it's perfectly safe for either party :)
Quote from: Suu on February 19, 2010, 07:30:22 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 07:14:43 PM
Okay, yeah I knew about brown recluses. Afaik, they're the main reason Suu is frightened of spiders.
:cry:
That and Black Widows. They're all over Florida too. The one time I tried to face my damn fear after the recluse bite was to take a look at the spindly black fucker chillin' all up in my laundry room and hello red hour glass. :x
Fuck all spiders. Kill them with fire. Even Ungoliant the Orb Weaver who decided to make our backyard home this past fall. Ugly bitch. FIRE!
I'm just gonna say this one more time. There are /no/
Loxosceles reclusa in the southeastern states of South Carolina, Florida, and the lower 7/8ths of Georgia. And when I say there are none here, I mean I am sitting 2 doors down from a good sized spider collection. There have been no collections of
L. reclusa in any of those areas, and by the number of people who CLAIM to be bitten by them, you'd think there would be at least one, but no. It's a cultural thing here in the south to think you have been bitten by a brown recluse. Everybody and his brother thinks they've been bitten by one, but when people go looking for the spiders, they find none.
I know you had a horrible experience with a spider, Suu, but not only does that species not occur in Florida, actively seeking out people to attack is NOT brown recluse behavior; there's a reason it's called "recluse". I just want people to stop spreading this misinformation.
Black widows, on the other hand, are deadly and abundant.
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 08:32:40 PM
Black widows, on the other hand, are deadly and abundant.
And TASTY!
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 08:32:40 PM
Quote from: Suu on February 19, 2010, 07:30:22 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 19, 2010, 07:14:43 PM
Okay, yeah I knew about brown recluses. Afaik, they're the main reason Suu is frightened of spiders.
:cry:
That and Black Widows. They're all over Florida too. The one time I tried to face my damn fear after the recluse bite was to take a look at the spindly black fucker chillin' all up in my laundry room and hello red hour glass. :x
Fuck all spiders. Kill them with fire. Even Ungoliant the Orb Weaver who decided to make our backyard home this past fall. Ugly bitch. FIRE!
I'm just gonna say this one more time. There are /no/ Loxosceles reclusa in the southeastern states of South Carolina, Florida, and the lower 7/8ths of Georgia. And when I say there are none here, I mean I am sitting 2 doors down from a good sized spider collection. There have been no collections of L. reclusa in any of those areas, and by the number of people who CLAIM to be bitten by them, you'd think there would be at least one, but no. It's a cultural thing here in the south to think you have been bitten by a brown recluse. Everybody and his brother thinks they've been bitten by one, but when people go looking for the spiders, they find none.
I know you had a horrible experience with a spider, Suu, but not only does that species not occur in Florida, actively seeking out people to attack is NOT brown recluse behavior; there's a reason it's called "recluse". I just want people to stop spreading this misinformation.
Black widows, on the other hand, are deadly and abundant.
And when I say no, I mean 10 to 50 specimens in those states over the the last century. For the number of people who claim they've been bitten, that is too small.
Fuck, now I'm all freaked out about all the black widows around.
That and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which is the REAL cause of these incidences of "recluse bites".
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 09:04:39 PM
Fuck, now I'm all freaked out about all the black widows around.
We have to eat nature before it eats us, Kai.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on February 19, 2010, 09:08:44 PM
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 09:04:39 PM
Fuck, now I'm all freaked out about all the black widows around.
We have to eat nature before it eats us, Kai.
That sounded like social commentary.
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 09:35:41 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on February 19, 2010, 09:08:44 PM
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 09:04:39 PM
Fuck, now I'm all freaked out about all the black widows around.
We have to eat nature before it eats us, Kai.
That sounded like social commentary.
Raw survival, sir, raw survival.
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 09:04:39 PM
Fuck, now I'm all freaked out about all the black widows around.
That and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which is the REAL cause of these incidences of "recluse bites".
Do Staphylococcus aureuses have eight legs and a fiddle on their back? Coz we gots lots of those in Tennessee.
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on February 20, 2010, 01:50:34 AM
Quote from: Kai on February 19, 2010, 09:04:39 PM
Fuck, now I'm all freaked out about all the black widows around.
That and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which is the REAL cause of these incidences of "recluse bites".
Do Staphylococcus aureuses have eight legs and a fiddle on their back? Coz we gots lots of those in Tennessee.
No, but my 80-year-dad survived a MRSA case he picked up in Vegas, so you know, it can't be THAT bad.
MRSA: INVISIBLE FLYING BROWN RECLUSES
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