That feeling when...

**Frownland** · 09-29-2017, 10:36 AM

Out here, daddylonglegs are the spiders, or were you just grouping them in with crane flies?

My least favourite living creature, even more than mosquitoes or people, is the tarantula hawk.

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The female tarantula hawk wasp stings and paralyzes a tarantula, then drags the prey to a specially prepared brooding nest, where a single egg is laid on the spider's abdomen, and the entrance is covered.[3] Sex of the larvae is determined by fertilization; fertilized eggs produce females, while unfertilized eggs produce males.[3] When the wasp larva hatches, it creates a small hole in the spider's abdomen, then enters and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive.[3] After several weeks, the larva pupates. Finally, the wasp becomes an adult and emerges from the spider's abdomen to continue the life cycle.

Pretty ****ed. Yes, I have a soft spot for tarantulas, **** off.

Trollheart · 09-29-2017, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Out here, daddylonglegs are the spiders, or were you just grouping them in with crane flies?

Dunno. On the island we call them both. Spiders are just spiders. One friend of Karen's calls the craneflies "ballet dancers", but she can just **** right off.

**Frownland** · 09-29-2017, 11:00 AM

You don't differentiate between different types of spiders?

Trollheart · 09-29-2017, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

You don't differentiate between different types of spiders?

Not really. We don't get really big ones. There are water spiders, who have tiny bodies but huge legs (probably about the size of your palm I guess), money spiders which are simply tiny, and everything else. We're just not as bothered with them here; they come, they go, they get squished, some people escort them out of their houses, some let them live there. No biggie. I don't like spiders though: not afraid of them per se but I wouldn't go to sleep if I knew one was in the room.

**Frownland** · 09-29-2017, 11:18 AM

Daddy long legs are a common house spider for us, which is why we make the differentiation. Most people won't specify a wolf spider or orb weaver or anything like that.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-29-2017, 11:28 AM

Daddy Longlegs and spiders are different things for me. One flies, the others don't.

Spiders are OK, I let them chill. If it's a really big one, I put a glass over it and paper underneath and let him outside.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-29-2017, 11:49 AM

me after finding a spider in my room

~~Cuthbert~~ · 09-29-2017, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

me after finding a spider in my room

One time I set my cat on one. He didn't do anything.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-29-2017, 11:56 AM

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One time I set my cat on one. He didn't do anything.

reminds me of my last cat

she would chase around flies and eat them all day but if you were to swat one she wouldn't touch it. needed to catch it herself.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-29-2017, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Daddy Longlegs and spiders are different things for me. One flies, the others don't.

Spiders are OK, I let them chill. If it's a really big one, I put a glass over it and paper underneath and let him outside.

I don't want them crawling on me, but I don't really mind them either since they just kind of sit there in a corner.

09-29-2017, 11:00 AM	#5413 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	You don't differentiate between different types of spiders? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-29-2017, 11:18 AM	#5415 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Daddy long legs are a common house spider for us, which is why we make the differentiation. Most people won't specify a wolf spider or orb weaver or anything like that. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-29-2017, 11:28 AM	#5416 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Daddy Longlegs and spiders are different things for me. One flies, the others don't. Spiders are OK, I let them chill. If it's a really big one, I put a glass over it and paper underneath and let him outside.