LOL
http://runt-of-the-web.com/the-sad-world-of-the-misunderstood-house-spider
Don't care.
Still will kill on sight.
Oh me too. i just especially laughed at the furniture polish cause i usually squirt them from a safe distance with cleaner too :lol:
ahahaha
that link was fantastic! Thanks!
Awwwwww!!!!
There's been a tiny spider in my living room for a week and it's been eating mosquitos. I'm okay with this.
I'll have to give it a poke cause I'm not sure if it's moved in the past day. Weird critter.
I see the point, in principle, but when my house is invaded by 25+ spiders, some as large as my hand (minus fingers), and there are no other bugs in my house at all, because it's the middle of winter and they're all dead....yeah, I'm going to get the newspaper and start squishing you.
Apparently, if there were no spiders at all, the amount of flies they eat yearly would be enough to cover the surface of the planet in 2 metres of fly corpses. However, that aint much comfort where they aren't no flies in my house and tons of spiders.
Though since getting the cats, this has not been a problem, as our cats will kill both spiders and flies. And cats are nicer to look at.
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 11:23:24 AM
Apparently, if there were no spiders at all, the amount of flies they eat yearly would be enough to cover the surface of the planet in 2 metres of fly corpses.
:cn:
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 01:10:13 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 11:23:24 AM
Apparently, if there were no spiders at all, the amount of flies they eat yearly would be enough to cover the surface of the planet in 2 metres of fly corpses.
:cn:
That's why I said
apparently. I read it at least a decade ago, in a science-y publication about insects, but that's all I can recall. It also may have been the amount they eat plus the amount they would reproduce if they were not in a spider's stomach. Point is, either way, that's a shit load of flies.
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 01:10:13 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 11:23:24 AM
Apparently, if there were no spiders at all, the amount of flies they eat yearly would be enough to cover the surface of the planet in 2 metres of fly corpses.
:cn:
That's why I said apparently. I read it at least a decade ago, in a science-y publication about insects, but that's all I can recall. It also may have been the amount they eat plus the amount they would reproduce if they were not in a spider's stomach. Point is, either way, that's a shit load of flies.
Yeah, that's a lot of flies, either way. But we could (after wiping out the spiders) introduce those cute little geckos to soak up the slack in fly consumption. They're far less repulsive to find scuttling across your duvet at 3.am, and they only have the two eyes, which makes them . . . . . . almost human in comparison to a spider's eight. They don't get stuck in the bath, or reduce a quarter of all women into screeching hysteria either. And that's good.
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
But isn't that because the alternative in Florida is 2-foot-long crocodile-cockroach hybrids that spit acid?
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 02:42:42 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 01:10:13 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 11:23:24 AM
Apparently, if there were no spiders at all, the amount of flies they eat yearly would be enough to cover the surface of the planet in 2 metres of fly corpses.
:cn:
That's why I said apparently. I read it at least a decade ago, in a science-y publication about insects, but that's all I can recall. It also may have been the amount they eat plus the amount they would reproduce if they were not in a spider's stomach. Point is, either way, that's a shit load of flies.
Yeah, that's a lot of flies, either way. But we could (after wiping out the spiders) introduce those cute little geckos to soak up the slack in fly consumption. They're far less repulsive to find scuttling across your duvet at 3.am, and they only have the two eyes, which makes them . . . . . . almost human in comparison to a spider's eight. They don't get stuck in the bath, or reduce a quarter of all women into screeching hysteria either. And that's good.
On the other hand, they will use your ceiling fan as a carnival ride. They have no qualms about landing on your dinnerplate. The word "Gecko" actually comes from the sounds they make (late, late at night). OH, OH, and every once in a while you'll open or close a window and hear 2-3 tiny little *CHRUNCH* sounds, look down, and discover that you've just performed 3 tiny lizard abortions.
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 02:42:42 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 01:10:13 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 11:23:24 AM
Apparently, if there were no spiders at all, the amount of flies they eat yearly would be enough to cover the surface of the planet in 2 metres of fly corpses.
:cn:
That's why I said apparently. I read it at least a decade ago, in a science-y publication about insects, but that's all I can recall. It also may have been the amount they eat plus the amount they would reproduce if they were not in a spider's stomach. Point is, either way, that's a shit load of flies.
Yeah, that's a lot of flies, either way. But we could (after wiping out the spiders) introduce those cute little geckos to soak up the slack in fly consumption. They're far less repulsive to find scuttling across your duvet at 3.am, and they only have the two eyes, which makes them . . . . . . almost human in comparison to a spider's eight. They don't get stuck in the bath, or reduce a quarter of all women into screeching hysteria either. And that's good.
The geckos are cute, but not that good at catching flies, and they die if the temperature gets below like 60 degrees. That's the only reason the whole continent isn't swarming with them.
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:17:54 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 02:42:42 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 01:10:13 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 09, 2011, 11:23:24 AM
Apparently, if there were no spiders at all, the amount of flies they eat yearly would be enough to cover the surface of the planet in 2 metres of fly corpses.
:cn:
That's why I said apparently. I read it at least a decade ago, in a science-y publication about insects, but that's all I can recall. It also may have been the amount they eat plus the amount they would reproduce if they were not in a spider's stomach. Point is, either way, that's a shit load of flies.
Yeah, that's a lot of flies, either way. But we could (after wiping out the spiders) introduce those cute little geckos to soak up the slack in fly consumption. They're far less repulsive to find scuttling across your duvet at 3.am, and they only have the two eyes, which makes them . . . . . . almost human in comparison to a spider's eight. They don't get stuck in the bath, or reduce a quarter of all women into screeching hysteria either. And that's good.
The geckos are cute, but not that good at catching flies, and they die if the temperature gets below like 60 degrees. That's the only reason the whole continent isn't swarming with them.
Geckos are out then. Damn that Arachnid 'niche' to Hell! The spiders have got it all sewn up then.
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
I just noticed that the link makes it appear as if the centipede's name is Brian. Somehow, it's less scary if its name is Brian.
Hi, I'm Brian.
/
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCHASjV1j9g/Tl-tBc-Z4VI/AAAAAAAAABg/GIvgv8xU1qg/s1600/ucky-ucky-ucky1.jpg)
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
I just noticed that the link makes it appear as if the centipede's name is Brian. Somehow, it's less scary if its name is Brian.
Hi, I'm Brian.
/
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCHASjV1j9g/Tl-tBc-Z4VI/AAAAAAAAABg/GIvgv8xU1qg/s1600/ucky-ucky-ucky1.jpg)
You think?? Scares the bejesus out of me! I hope there are
geckos spiders around that cam kill it. :backpedal:
I killed the spider in my apartment, but only because it was biting me while I was sleeping. I have no problem with them if they stick to the ceiling and stay out of my bed.
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 09:13:47 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
I just noticed that the link makes it appear as if the centipede's name is Brian. Somehow, it's less scary if its name is Brian.
Hi, I'm Brian.
/
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCHASjV1j9g/Tl-tBc-Z4VI/AAAAAAAAABg/GIvgv8xU1qg/s1600/ucky-ucky-ucky1.jpg)
You think?? Scares the bejesus out of me! I hope there are geckos spiders around that cam kill it. :backpedal:
Nope. These guys are 2-4 inches long and venomous.
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 09:49:49 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 09:13:47 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
I just noticed that the link makes it appear as if the centipede's name is Brian. Somehow, it's less scary if its name is Brian.
Hi, I'm Brian.
/
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCHASjV1j9g/Tl-tBc-Z4VI/AAAAAAAAABg/GIvgv8xU1qg/s1600/ucky-ucky-ucky1.jpg)
You think?? Scares the bejesus out of me! I hope there are geckos spiders around that cam kill it. :backpedal:
Nope. These guys are 2-4 inches long and venomous.
:crybaby:
Quote from: Cainad on October 09, 2011, 05:09:33 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
But isn't that because the alternative in Florida is 2-foot-long crocodile-cockroach hybrids that spit acid?
You can have both.
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 10:02:39 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 09:49:49 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 09:13:47 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
I just noticed that the link makes it appear as if the centipede's name is Brian. Somehow, it's less scary if its name is Brian.
Hi, I'm Brian.
/
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCHASjV1j9g/Tl-tBc-Z4VI/AAAAAAAAABg/GIvgv8xU1qg/s1600/ucky-ucky-ucky1.jpg)
You think?? Scares the bejesus out of me! I hope there are geckos spiders around that cam kill it. :backpedal:
Nope. These guys are 2-4 inches long and venomous.
:crybaby:
Yeah, they are prolific spider and insect predators. I don't think there are many (if any) spiders in North America that can handle our common house centipedes.
I used to allow one to live in a laundry room so that it would keep the spider population in check.
These little badasses have been known to
beat their prey against the ground with their legs.D / N / T
\
(http://i.imgur.com/yQOJ7.jpg)
:crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby:
Quote from: Cainad on October 09, 2011, 05:09:33 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
But isn't that because the alternative in Florida is 2-foot-long crocodile-cockroach hybrids that spit acid?
Those are the fucking yellow grasshoppers. :x
There are also srs bsns spiders you DO NOT WANT in house in Florida.
-Suu
Arachnophobe for a fucking reason.
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 09:49:49 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 09:13:47 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
I just noticed that the link makes it appear as if the centipede's name is Brian. Somehow, it's less scary if its name is Brian.
Hi, I'm Brian.
/
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCHASjV1j9g/Tl-tBc-Z4VI/AAAAAAAAABg/GIvgv8xU1qg/s1600/ucky-ucky-ucky1.jpg)
You think?? Scares the bejesus out of me! I hope there are geckos spiders around that cam kill it. :backpedal:
Nope. These guys are 2-4 inches long and venomous.
Harmless. To humans, anyway. Good insect predators. And they totally freak me the fuck out regardless.
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on October 10, 2011, 02:37:57 AM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 09:49:49 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 09, 2011, 09:13:47 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 09, 2011, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on October 09, 2011, 05:14:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2011, 05:03:10 PM
I like spiders. I never kill em in my house.
if it weren't for the fact that I'm pretty sure all of our spiders are ill-tempered and mildly poisonous to people at best and OH MY GOD ITS A BLACK GODDAMN WIDOW KILL KILL GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAH, I wouldn't either. I'd be cool with some daddy long legs in our house, but they just don't live here. :sad:
I like spiders and I pretty much leave them alone except to put them outside once in a while if it's a type that really does not belong inside. Strangely. My house has never had any daddy longlegs (which is just as well because they are my least favorite kind of spider) but it does have butt tons of other types, including wolf spiders, who I kind of wish would leave.
I also have these guys: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/house_centipede_brian.jpg
They scare the everloving fuck out of me.
I just noticed that the link makes it appear as if the centipede's name is Brian. Somehow, it's less scary if its name is Brian.
Hi, I'm Brian.
/
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCHASjV1j9g/Tl-tBc-Z4VI/AAAAAAAAABg/GIvgv8xU1qg/s1600/ucky-ucky-ucky1.jpg)
You think?? Scares the bejesus out of me! I hope there are geckos spiders around that cam kill it. :backpedal:
Nope. These guys are 2-4 inches long and venomous.
Harmless. To humans, anyway. Good insect predators. And they totally freak me the fuck out regardless.
It's something about the way they
move. All those legs! :x
Scutigera coleoptrata. No matter how you look at it, it's still creepy. And I think it's the legs, hairs, and the eyes and mouth. Actually, just about everything. They are the antithesis of chitin based cute. If you know anything about me, you know I don't say such things lightly.
The damn thing has a skull face.
I look at this thing, and i'm shuddering. I just KNOW if I ever saw one for real, I'd shriek like a little girl.
Those back legs look pretty meaty, almost like cricket legs. Can these things jump?
The centipedes we have in my area look like this:
(http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/images/garden-centipede.jpg)
I have been bitten by one, not fun. Not as scary looking as that house centipede, though.
I occasionally get these in my flat:
(http://pixdaus.com/pics/1241963505JeaVt3s.jpg)
I have no idea who that guy is, either :?
Looks like he's trying to place a bug in your apartment.
Quote from: Precious Moments Zalgo on October 10, 2011, 12:20:29 PM
Those back legs look pretty meaty, almost like cricket legs. Can these things jump?
The centipedes we have in my area look like this:
(http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/images/garden-centipede.jpg)
I have been bitten by one, not fun. Not as scary looking as that house centipede, though.
Yeah, those centipedes hurt. But are less freaky looking.
The thing about house centipedes is not so much that they can jump, but that they are /fast/. Very fast.
(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx128/ChuckFukmuk/active%20ones/209912_10150167446096326_694656325_7206846_1123525_o.jpg)
I thought Daddy Long Legs/Harvestmen weren't spiders? :?
Not that I'm a fan, regardless. GAAAAAAAAAHHHH PUBIC HAIR SPIDERZ.
Also, centipedes fucking gross me out. I haven't seen too many of them in RI, and they aren't in FL because there are scarier things down there to worry about, but I DO remember them on Long Island.
You wanna know what I hate up here? Gypsy Moths. They aren't indigenous to North America, and they ruin our trees!
Harvestmen aren't spiders, but cellar spiders are also called daddy longlegs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholcidae
Quote from: Cain on October 10, 2011, 02:14:29 PM
I occasionally get these in my flat:
(http://pixdaus.com/pics/1241963505JeaVt3s.jpg)
I have no idea who that guy is, either :?
:lulz:
That centipede is pretty freaky looking, and at 1-2" is plenty big enough to be intimidating.
but, as size is significant to me in arthropod freak factor, i gotta say that i'm just glad we don't have the giant ones in this corner of the globe...
(http://www.gedcasserley.saddleworth.net/assets/images/Ged_Scolopendra01.jpg)
I kick spiders out of my room unless they're daddy long legs and on the ceiling not above my bed and just chuck them out the window. We have black widows here and those are really the only ones I kill on sight.
Also, that is the creepiest fucking creature I have ever seen, Nigel.
Quote from: Iptuous on October 10, 2011, 04:31:33 PM
That centipede is pretty freaky looking, and at 1-2" is plenty big enough to be intimidating.
but, as size is significant to me in arthropod freak factor, i gotta say that i'm just glad we don't have the giant ones in this corner of the globe...
(http://www.gedcasserley.saddleworth.net/assets/images/Ged_Scolopendra01.jpg)
Is that the kind that hangs out in caves and eats bats?
I'm having a really hard time not screaming at that thing, and it's just a picture. :x
I don't really get the caption but I like it anyway.
(http://www.mikecarp.com/images/centipede.jpg)
Quote from: Nigel on October 10, 2011, 04:48:49 PM
Is that the kind that hangs out in caves and eats bats?
according to wiki, it can catch them in mid-flight!
Quote from: Iptuous on October 10, 2011, 04:54:54 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 10, 2011, 04:48:49 PM
Is that the kind that hangs out in caves and eats bats?
according to wiki, it can catch them in mid-flight!
There's a video of it. <shudder>
Argh...
This thread now has got enough skeeve to keep me awake for a month... :x
Nomnomnom
(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx128/ChuckFukmuk/active%20ones/Trolling%20ya/spiders.jpg)
Quote from: BadBeast on October 10, 2011, 07:35:38 PM
Nomnomnom
(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx128/ChuckFukmuk/active%20ones/Trolling%20ya/spiders.jpg)
:lulz:
Reminds me of this:
(http://bijijoo.com/blog/hyrax/2010/01/appleowl5_538x156-500x144.jpg)
Quote from: Nigel on October 10, 2011, 04:52:37 PM
I don't really get the caption but I like it anyway.
(http://www.mikecarp.com/images/centipede.jpg)
It's what the New Age people don't want you to know about.
For every Indigo Child born, there's a Lilac Centipede.
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 10, 2011, 07:49:45 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 10, 2011, 04:52:37 PM
I don't really get the caption but I like it anyway.
(http://www.mikecarp.com/images/centipede.jpg)
It's what the New Age people don't want you to know about.
For every Indigo Child born, there's a Lilac Centipede.
:lulz:
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 10, 2011, 07:49:45 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 10, 2011, 04:52:37 PM
I don't really get the caption but I like it anyway.
(http://www.mikecarp.com/images/centipede.jpg)
It's what the New Age people don't want you to know about.
For every Indigo Child born, there's a Lilac Centipede.
So, it's like the child's spiritual power animal.
\
:hippie:
Quote from: Donald Coyote on October 10, 2011, 10:32:37 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 10, 2011, 07:49:45 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 10, 2011, 04:52:37 PM
I don't really get the caption but I like it anyway.
(http://www.mikecarp.com/images/centipede.jpg)
It's what the New Age people don't want you to know about.
For every Indigo Child born, there's a Lilac Centipede.
So, it's like the child's spiritual power animal.
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:hippie:
Oh man. NOW we're going places!
I'm an Indigo Child, and my spirit animal is the mighty House Centipede!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DsaXfNgQZ4&list=FL0nS1hpc1lmWdbqLHAMj5nw&index=15
Quote from: Suu on October 10, 2011, 03:23:09 PM
I thought Daddy Long Legs/Harvestmen weren't spiders? :?
Not that I'm a fan, regardless. GAAAAAAAAAHHHH PUBIC HAIR SPIDERZ.
Also, centipedes fucking gross me out. I haven't seen too many of them in RI, and they aren't in FL because there are scarier things down there to worry about, but I DO remember them on Long Island.
You wanna know what I hate up here? Gypsy Moths. They aren't indigenous to North America, and they ruin our trees!
Like hell! We have these! I've had these fuckers get in my house after summer rains.
(http://www.bighairyspiders.com/pix/flablue1.jpg)
how big are they, squid?
also, i wonder what good are their ass-legs?
Note to self:
STOP. :shudder: CLICKING. :scared: ON. :aaaah: THIS. :vom: THREAD!! :walken:
- trix,
way too bugophobic for all this.
Quote from: Iptuous on October 11, 2011, 04:16:28 AM
how big are they, squid?
also, i wonder what good are their ass-legs?
Not big. Couple inches long or so. Still, they piss me off, they can crawl into your anus ears nose urethra vagina and their ass legs look totally fucking useless to me.
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 11, 2011, 08:54:30 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on October 11, 2011, 04:16:28 AM
how big are they, squid?
also, i wonder what good are their ass-legs?
Not big. Couple inches long or so. Still, they piss me off, they can crawl into your anus ears nose urethra vagina and their ass legs look totally fucking useless to me.
Okay, Luna has just been reduced to whimpering and vowing to never again venture south of the Mason-Dixon line...
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 11, 2011, 08:54:30 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on October 11, 2011, 04:16:28 AM
how big are they, squid?
also, i wonder what good are their ass-legs?
Not big. Couple inches long or so. Still, they piss me off, they can crawl into your anus ears nose urethra vagina and their ass legs look totally fucking useless to me.
Sounds like the Bondage Fairies comic...
I was just in the bathroom having a pee and a house centipede sprinted under the door and raced behind the toilet, prompting a very rapid end to my sojourn there.
And then I came out and my friend b had sent me this:
(http://tesladownunder.com/Spider_Dads_hand%5B1%5D.jpg#baby%20spider)
DAWWWWWWW!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
The patch of hair on his wrist freaks me out more than the spider, which seems to be saying "I love you, Daddy!"
um i shrieked and scrolled back to the top quickly so i didnt see that lol. NOR WILL I LOOK AT THAT PICTURE AGAIN TO FIND IT
once i had a camp councilor and her arm hair was long enough to braid. :lol:
This wolf spider from Australia moves faster than the camera shutter of 1.6 seconds (note the glowey line from the eye-reflection of the flash):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7_JipaiBotg/TpYo-HHcGxI/AAAAAAAAGRY/_YomxV-_ZvI/s800/NatureSpidersEyesGhost.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_1o-5PK39Qg/TpYoko4zjpI/AAAAAAAAGRE/_Mhfd_nOXcQ/s351/NatureSpidersEyesGround2EyesDetail.jpg)
y'know.... as long as we're sharing. :lol:
If you're on Google+ and you like tesla-punk experiments, you should follow +Peter Terren (https://plus.google.com/108941983487083451766/posts) because he also does stuff like blowing up fruit with voltage:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OROSu9tW_oM/TpED9Z6qQcI/AAAAAAAAF94/cMsJtrwSJRU/w223/LemonDaquiri.gif)
and long-exposure photography like this:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-99oi4amdKDg/TpCEOwpzcaI/AAAAAAAAF48/-vRWqQJzpqE/h301/TeslaGDCFortySevensBook01991000.jpg)
I'm actually more intrigued by the awesome Penrose tiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiles) :)
APERIODIC FIVEFOLD SYMMETRIC TILING OF THE PLANE, Y0 8)
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 13, 2011, 07:38:47 PM
I'm actually more intrigued by the awesome Penrose tiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiles) :)
APERIODIC FIVEFOLD SYMMETRIC TILING OF THE PLANE, Y0 8)
Glad I'm not the only one who sees that sort of thing. :lulz:
I had a prof who discussed and showed us a tiny sample of a quasicrystal, which is a solid crystal-like substance that exhibits that sort of aperiodic symmetry, but, you know, in 3 dimensions. Apparently their existence is like the Nyalarthotep of the mineral physics world; people spend their whole careers studying them and go batshit.
JESUS FUCK THIS IS CUTE!
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6129/6019536750_9cb96406e9_z.jpg)
UGGGGGH AT LEAST IN WHAT I LINKED TO YOU COULDNT SEE ITS LEGS.
BUT IT'S DARLING!
Look at it's things that appear to be eyelashes!!
I know! It's all "Hi! I love you!"
Here's a quite tasteful and easy on the ear spider.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwdAxA4K-Cc
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 07:17:22 AM
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Or is it that there's no such thing as an easy on the ear Fred if there's a spider in the vicinity?
Quote from: BadBeast on October 23, 2011, 12:04:01 PM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 07:17:22 AM
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Or is it that there's no such thing as an easy on the ear Fred if there's a spider in the vicinity?
Well you see, teh spider and teh Fred are in unison, in harmony, and may be said to act as a single organism. Any scream uttered by Fred may be said to have been uttered by the arachnid. Any blood curdled by the sound is the fault of the eight-legged freak as much as of the two-legged.
You are what you scream at, that's what my guinea pig used to say
Like an kind of symbiotic feedback loop of anthropomorphic terror?
Or more like the casual mutually beneficial relationship between Gollum and Shelob? Either way, erm. . . . . . . . :horrormirth:
(http://insidiousclothing.com/lolspiders/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/spider_hugs_tiem_now.jpg)
(http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx128/ChuckFukmuk/smileys/grouphugg.gif)
Doesn't matter. Still squished.
It's for the best.
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 04:41:46 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 23, 2011, 12:04:01 PM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 07:17:22 AM
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Or is it that there's no such thing as an easy on the ear Fred if there's a spider in the vicinity?
Well you see, teh spider and teh Fred are in unison, in harmony, and may be said to act as a single organism. Any scream uttered by Fred may be said to have been uttered by the arachnid. Any blood curdled by the sound is the fault of the eight-legged freak as much as of the two-legged.
You are what you scream at, that's what my guinea pig used to say
:crankey: :crankey: :crankey:
DID YOU JUST SAY IM IN HARMONY WITH SPIDERS
Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on October 24, 2011, 02:57:31 AM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 04:41:46 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 23, 2011, 12:04:01 PM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 07:17:22 AM
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Or is it that there's no such thing as an easy on the ear Fred if there's a spider in the vicinity?
Well you see, teh spider and teh Fred are in unison, in harmony, and may be said to act as a single organism. Any scream uttered by Fred may be said to have been uttered by the arachnid. Any blood curdled by the sound is the fault of the eight-legged freak as much as of the two-legged.
You are what you scream at, that's what my guinea pig used to say
:crankey: :crankey: :crankey:
DID YOU JUST SAY IM IN HARMONY WITH SPIDERS
I think Epi said that iz the spider's fault when you scream, as much as yours. Did also, however, call you a freak.
Quote from: Luna on October 24, 2011, 03:01:41 AM
Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on October 24, 2011, 02:57:31 AM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 04:41:46 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 23, 2011, 12:04:01 PM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 07:17:22 AM
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Or is it that there's no such thing as an easy on the ear Fred if there's a spider in the vicinity?
Well you see, teh spider and teh Fred are in unison, in harmony, and may be said to act as a single organism. Any scream uttered by Fred may be said to have been uttered by the arachnid. Any blood curdled by the sound is the fault of the eight-legged freak as much as of the two-legged.
You are what you scream at, that's what my guinea pig used to say
:crankey: :crankey: :crankey:
DID YOU JUST SAY IM IN HARMONY WITH SPIDERS
I think Epi said that iz the spider's fault when you scream, as much as yours. Did also, however, call you a freak.
"Single Organism" was the term, I think he used.
Quote from: Luna on October 24, 2011, 03:01:41 AM
Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on October 24, 2011, 02:57:31 AM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 04:41:46 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 23, 2011, 12:04:01 PM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 07:17:22 AM
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Or is it that there's no such thing as an easy on the ear Fred if there's a spider in the vicinity?
Well you see, teh spider and teh Fred are in unison, in harmony, and may be said to act as a single organism. Any scream uttered by Fred may be said to have been uttered by the arachnid. Any blood curdled by the sound is the fault of the eight-legged freak as much as of the two-legged.
You are what you scream at, that's what my guinea pig used to say
:crankey: :crankey: :crankey:
DID YOU JUST SAY IM IN HARMONY WITH SPIDERS
I think Epi said that iz the spider's fault when you scream, as much as yours. Did also, however, call you a freak.
Luna, shush, don't mock the girl - she's only up to the thirteenth word so far. Give her time.
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 25, 2011, 12:41:55 AM
Quote from: Luna on October 24, 2011, 03:01:41 AM
Quote from: Vladimir Poutine ⊂(◉‿◉)つ on October 24, 2011, 02:57:31 AM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 04:41:46 PM
Quote from: BadBeast on October 23, 2011, 12:04:01 PM
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 23, 2011, 07:17:22 AM
There is no such thing as an easy on the ear spider if Fred is in the vicinity.
Or is it that there's no such thing as an easy on the ear Fred if there's a spider in the vicinity?
Well you see, teh spider and teh Fred are in unison, in harmony, and may be said to act as a single organism. Any scream uttered by Fred may be said to have been uttered by the arachnid. Any blood curdled by the sound is the fault of the eight-legged freak as much as of the two-legged.
You are what you scream at, that's what my guinea pig used to say
:crankey: :crankey: :crankey:
DID YOU JUST SAY IM IN HARMONY WITH SPIDERS
I think Epi said that iz the spider's fault when you scream, as much as yours. Did also, however, call you a freak.
Luna, shush, don't mock the girl - she's only up to the thirteenth word so far. Give her time.
Um.
Crossed a line?
Quote from: Epimetheus on October 25, 2011, 03:45:39 AM
Crossed a line?
Depends on whether it is returned with the Wrath of Fred.
Okay, this is shit I really COULD have gone my whole life without knowing...
http://www.cracked.com/article_19500_6-adorable-spider-behaviors-you-slowly-realize-are-aaaaahhh21.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=feature_module
The thing about the malaria blood is true, sort of, but they misrepresented it (for the funny, I assume). Ludwig is a malaria researcher and she just got back from a conference in Australia where that particular jumping spider's preference for mosquitoes that were laden with malaria-infected blood was discussed. They specifically target those mosquitoes, which means they are beneficial in preventing the spread of malaria. It has nothing to do with mating. Follow the first link and it will lead you to a second link which leads you to a dead end... absolutely no research about the spiders using the smell of malaria-laden blood as an aphrodisiac at all.
Quote from: Luna on October 25, 2011, 08:38:48 PM
Okay, this is shit I really COULD have gone my whole life without knowing...
http://www.cracked.com/article_19500_6-adorable-spider-behaviors-you-slowly-realize-are-aaaaahhh21.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=feature_module
SPIDERS ARE SO FUCKING COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When people live in sealed biodomes with handpicked flora and fauna, they will marvel at the shit we put up with.
I saw a zebra jumping spider on my porch rail the other night
it was SOOOO CUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!
Quote from: Nigel on October 27, 2011, 06:00:53 AM
I saw a zebra jumping spider on my porch rail the other night
it was SOOOO CUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!
Jumping bugs are so fun! Its like, WHOA wherethefuck did he get off to- Oh, there you are, little one-OMG hejumpedagain that was almost into my eye or mouth. Shit did he jump in my shirt - oh there you are, you adorable - AH!FUCK ok he hopped in the opposite direction. might as well give him a little boost *flick* bye little friend!
Zebra spiders have the cutest way of noticing that you are looking at them, and craning their teeny necks to watch you watch them. It's hilarious!
Interesting bits in those links:
QuoteAvilés discovered vast differences in colony sizes. Most colonies were just a few dozen spiders, but occasionally a colony population would soar into the thousands, declining to multiple small colonies again within days.
"We have no idea what controls the sizes of these colonies, but what we do know is that they must have unbelievably high reproductive potentials to achieve such large populations so quickly," Avilés told New Scientist.
A further mystery is why the female spiders come in two different sizes. Among social insects, when females differ in size it is due to a division of labour. Bees are a classic example: large females lay eggs and small females search for food. With spiders this has not been observed before - T. nigroannulatum could be the first.
Oh! A HELPFUL spider!
(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380325_265354760184203_244753448911001_771735_383313134_n.jpg)
:cry:
There would be no containing my freakout of I saw that sitting on my toilet paper.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.
I WOULD FUCKING BURN DOWN MY HOUSE.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Khara on November 22, 2011, 02:23:43 PM
:cry:
There would be no containing my freakout of I saw that sitting on my toilet paper.
consider the freakout if you
didn't see it sitting there and, in the middle of the night, absently wiped your ass with it before realizing that something was amiss.
Quote from: Khara on November 22, 2011, 02:23:43 PM
:cry:
There would be no containing my freakout of I saw that sitting on my toilet paper.
No kidding. I wouldn't need the phone to call Richter to kill the fucker, he'd hear me screaming.
Quote from: Iptuous on November 22, 2011, 02:27:28 PM
Quote from: Khara on November 22, 2011, 02:23:43 PM
:cry:
There would be no containing my freakout of I saw that sitting on my toilet paper.
consider the freakout if you didn't see it sitting there and, in the middle of the night, absently wiped your ass with it before realizing that something was amiss.
:horrormirth:
I can see this now. I get a phone call at 3am.
"Can I piss in your toilet and sleep on your couch?!"
".......why?"
"There's a spider the size of my cat on my toilet paper! And Richter won't wake up!"
Quote from: Iptuous on November 22, 2011, 02:27:28 PM
Quote from: Khara on November 22, 2011, 02:23:43 PM
:cry:
There would be no containing my freakout of I saw that sitting on my toilet paper.
consider the freakout if you didn't see it sitting there and, in the middle of the night, absently wiped your ass with it before realizing that something was amiss.
Oh yeah, THAT won't give me nightmares at all!!! :argh!:
:cry:
Quote from: Suu on November 22, 2011, 02:38:15 PM
I can see this now. I get a phone call at 3am.
"Can I piss in your toilet and sleep on your couch?!"
".......why?"
"There's a spider the size of my cat on my toilet paper! And Richter won't wake up!"
Oh, he'd wake up, along with everybody else on the Hill. You've seen me deal with little spiders, they don't bother me, much, but THAT?
Quote from: Suu on November 22, 2011, 02:38:15 PM
I can see this now. I get a phone call at 3am.
"Can I piss in your toilet and sleep on your couch?!"
".......why?"
"There's a spider the size of my cat on my toilet paper! And Richter won't wake up!"
TIL Suu has very tiny cats ;)
I think that spider is cute. :sad:
How?
Kittens are cute. Puppies are cute. Little fluffy bunnies are cute.
SPIDERS ARE FUCKING UGLY AND CREEPY AND MAKE SUU CRY.
Nope, spiders have adorable little furry faces, and cute little eyes, those adorable little pedipalps (Kai, is that the right word for those?), and they looks so cute when they're all curled up next tho their face! How can you NOT like spiders? THEY ARE SUPER ADORABLE.
Quote from: Doktor Stupid hat Uncleverson on November 23, 2011, 01:00:07 AM
Nope, spiders have adorable little furry faces, and cute little eyes, those adorable little pedipalps (Kai, is that the right word for those?), and they looks so cute when they're all curled up next tho their face! How can you NOT like spiders? THEY ARE SUPER ADORABLE.
This!
Quote from: Doktor Stupid hat Uncleverson on November 23, 2011, 01:00:07 AM
Nope, spiders have adorable little furry faces, and cute little eyes, those adorable little pedipalps (Kai, is that the right word for those?), and they looks so cute when they're all curled up next tho their face! How can you NOT like spiders? THEY ARE SUPER ADORABLE.
Nope. If that thing was sitting on my toilet paper roll, I'd be wiping my ass with the shower curtain.
Quote from: Doktor Stupid hat Uncleverson on November 23, 2011, 01:00:07 AM
Nope, spiders have adorable little furry faces, and cute little eyes, those adorable little pedipalps (Kai, is that the right word for those?), and they looks so cute when they're all curled up next tho their face! How can you NOT like spiders? THEY ARE SUPER ADORABLE.
Seriously. And aside from a few species here in the US, they are pretty much harmless to humans. Sure, if you grab one it will try to bite you to escape, but why would you do that?
I loves them.
They make me cry like a little bitch and run into the other room.
Quote from: Doktor Zero on November 23, 2011, 01:00:07 AM
Nope, spiders have adorable little furry faces, and cute little eyes, those adorable little pedipalps (Kai, is that the right word for those?), and they looks so cute when they're all curled up next tho their face! How can you NOT like spiders? THEY ARE SUPER ADORABLE.
I agree