Spiders!!!
10-10-2007, 04:57 AM
#21
RE: Spiders!!!
Goodtimin86,
those bats were not attracted to your light, nor would they have run into you. They were almost certainly attracted to the bugs that were flying to your headlamps. The bats fly off off a sort of radar. They might get close but they will never hit you. That old saying, "Blind as a bat" is almost true. They don't have great eyesight, but they can use that radar to pick out a moth or skeeter flying 30 feet off the ground.
That said, spiders don't scare me, they just give me the heebeejeebies.
those bats were not attracted to your light, nor would they have run into you. They were almost certainly attracted to the bugs that were flying to your headlamps. The bats fly off off a sort of radar. They might get close but they will never hit you. That old saying, "Blind as a bat" is almost true. They don't have great eyesight, but they can use that radar to pick out a moth or skeeter flying 30 feet off the ground.
That said, spiders don't scare me, they just give me the heebeejeebies.
10-10-2007, 05:26 AM
#24
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: Spiders!!!
How bout this one. I was bitten by one of these when I was younger, almost lost my leg and almost died. I never knew I was bit till i went to the bathroomand saw my foot was swelled up like a balloon. I was then rushed to emergency surgery to open the wound to drain the posion that with in minutes spread up my entire leg and slowed my heart rate down to almost nothing. This is a spider that needs to looked out for in most parts of the US, Including Wi.
The Dangerous Brown Recluse Spider. Be careful. Bites, from the Brown Recluse are dangerous and can have permanent & highly negative consequences.
They like the darkness and tend to live in storage sheds or attics or other areas that might not be frequented by people or light.
The Dangerous Brown Recluse Spider. Be careful. Bites, from the Brown Recluse are dangerous and can have permanent & highly negative consequences.
They like the darkness and tend to live in storage sheds or attics or other areas that might not be frequented by people or light.
If you have a need to be in your attic, go up there and turn on a light and leave it on for about 30 minutes before you go in to do your work.
10-10-2007, 06:00 AM
#26
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location:
Posts: 153
RE: Spiders!!!
My dad when he was about 5 (he is 71 now) was bitten by a black widow on his.... Male appendage. Grandma rushed him to the Doc. He lived only Grandma wanted to show all the neighbors because no one had ever seen a black widow bite.
Dad still wishes they could have left the swelling....
I find those big yellow and green ones facinating. So pretty and the webs they make are intricately woven patterns that are very efective in catching breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Can't remember who it was said about killing them, but I had always heard that if you kill one it's mate will come looking for you. Something about the scent left behind and their acute sense of smell. They are just looking for their mate so don't worry when they crawl up on you they are just looking for their loved ones. Unless of course it was you who did the deed.
Dad still wishes they could have left the swelling....
I find those big yellow and green ones facinating. So pretty and the webs they make are intricately woven patterns that are very efective in catching breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Can't remember who it was said about killing them, but I had always heard that if you kill one it's mate will come looking for you. Something about the scent left behind and their acute sense of smell. They are just looking for their mate so don't worry when they crawl up on you they are just looking for their loved ones. Unless of course it was you who did the deed.
10-10-2007, 06:05 AM
#27
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 291
RE: Spiders!!!
ORIGINAL: pigiron
you never know you ran into one until the web stretches around your face and the banana spider(wish I new the real name)is grasped around your nostrils.
you never know you ran into one until the web stretches around your face and the banana spider(wish I new the real name)is grasped around your nostrils.
Don't mind snakes, mice, or anything else but i HATE spiders.... glad i am not the only wussy here...hahaha
10-10-2007, 06:25 AM
#28
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
Posts: 6,679
RE: Spiders!!!
ORIGINAL: Slo-Pitch
AHHHH why ... why would you say that... thats horrible....
Don't mind snakes, mice, or anything else but i HATE spiders.... glad i am not the only wussy here...hahaha
ORIGINAL: pigiron
you never know you ran into one until the web stretches around your face and the banana spider(wish I new the real name)is grasped around your nostrils.
you never know you ran into one until the web stretches around your face and the banana spider(wish I new the real name)is grasped around your nostrils.
Don't mind snakes, mice, or anything else but i HATE spiders.... glad i am not the only wussy here...hahaha
10-10-2007, 07:14 AM
#30
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: GA.
Posts: 347
RE: Spiders!!!
ORIGINAL: pigiron
We have these damn "banana" spiders(or at least that's what I call them)in the fall here in Jersey. They're as big as golf ball, and sit in the middle of their webs that stretch as far as 10 ft or so in between trees. It's down right horriffic, and you never know you ran into one until the web stretches around your face and the banana spider(wish I new the real name)is grasped around your nostrils.
We have these damn "banana" spiders(or at least that's what I call them)in the fall here in Jersey. They're as big as golf ball, and sit in the middle of their webs that stretch as far as 10 ft or so in between trees. It's down right horriffic, and you never know you ran into one until the web stretches around your face and the banana spider(wish I new the real name)is grasped around your nostrils.