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Should I nuke my house from orbit?
- Thread starter FernandoRocker
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Almost word-for-word what I was about to post. I don't think those people were paying close attention.
It was the Drop Bears, the spiders always answer to the Drop Bears. Unless it was the 'Roos running a false flag operation. Yep OP, you definitely need to interrogate it and find out.
Just carefully release it from it, should be possible. I believe a few pieces of ripped limbs grow back once they grow again.
Looks like one of these flower pot holders to me, the one where they deliver multiple of the plastic pots in.
See the shiny substance in the bottom of it, pretty sure that's a glue trap. If it's anything like ones I have touched before, out of curiosity, there's no setting it free.
You want to be creeped out imagine living in KY where those things shouldn't even be and find one in your shed. It had mice strung up in its web in the corner. It had to be someone pet that they just turned loose.
Nuke the house, consecrate the land and then exorcise the land. Where are the kill it with fire gifs?
Holy shit, how did that beast get in? In which forsaken end of earth do you live for monstrosities like that to appear?
Serious answer, it will likely die if that's a glue trap.
Holy shit, how did that beast get in? In which forsaken end of earth do you live for monstrosities like that to appear?
Serious answer, it will likely die if that's a glue trap.
You want to be creeped out imagine living in KY where those things shouldn't even be and find one in your shed. It had mice strung up in its web in the corner. It had to be someone pet that they just turned loose.
Sure you can get it free as long as it isn't totally stuck. Might be painful but the ripped limbs should grow back if I remember correctly. You probably need some kind of knife or scissors or something, won't look good but sometimes you need to amputate a limb to continue living.
I love these gifs, there are so many with jumping spiders. =D
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This is the type of evil that only a fire can cleanse.
:Serious answer: Don't kill it unless you have it, I have a lot of good karma built up with bugs as I have a mostly "no kill" policy. You want to get on their good side op.
:Serious answer: Don't kill it unless you have it, I have a lot of good karma built up with bugs as I have a mostly "no kill" policy. You want to get on their good side op.
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I purchased this house less than 3 years ago. It's a nice neighborhood, very close to work. But the neighborhood is in the middle of a big empty plot of land.
My house is located in North Mexico (South Texas)... Texas is literally 10 minutes away from my house (I usually go a couple of times per week).
There is a lot of bugs here in my neighborhood. Lots of spiders, scorpions, hawks. I will post some more pictures.
My house is located in North Mexico (South Texas)... Texas is literally 10 minutes away from my house (I usually go a couple of times per week).
There is a lot of bugs here in my neighborhood. Lots of spiders, scorpions, hawks. I will post some more pictures.
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It's a tarantula. Just leave it to it's business and it won't hurt you. It will probably end up eating all the annoying insects you don't want in your house. Maybe mice too, it looks pretty big.
Tarantulas are basically harmless, they are only going to attack you in self defense and that's like a last resort. They just want to get away from you.
Tarantulas are basically harmless, they are only going to attack you in self defense and that's like a last resort. They just want to get away from you.
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So, this is the story.
I always wake up at 6:00 a.m. I went downstairs to drink some water. When I arrived to the kitchen, I turned on the ligths, and there it was. That big ass spider. I froze. The spider froze too. We literally stared at each other for a few seconds. I ran upstairs faster than Usain Bolt to wake up my wife (I didn't know what to do and needed her help), but when we returned downstairs, the spider was gone.
We set up a glue trap in a corner of the kitchen, and that was the result.
Now, keep in my mind that we have seen dozens of big spiders in this house before, but never a tarantula. We got scared. I know I shouldn't have killed her. Please forgive me, Spider-Era.
I always wake up at 6:00 a.m. I went downstairs to drink some water. When I arrived to the kitchen, I turned on the ligths, and there it was. That big ass spider. I froze. The spider froze too. We literally stared at each other for a few seconds. I ran upstairs faster than Usain Bolt to wake up my wife (I didn't know what to do and needed her help), but when we returned downstairs, the spider was gone.
We set up a glue trap in a corner of the kitchen, and that was the result.
Now, keep in my mind that we have seen dozens of big spiders in this house before, but never a tarantula. We got scared. I know I shouldn't have killed her. Please forgive me, Spider-Era.
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Venom wise, yes.
But they still have massive fangs that will hurt like hell if you get bit.
I don't mind being a traitor. =P
Spider Era will never forgive you!
As others said, Tarantula's are mostly harmless, less venom than a bee.
Maybe you can still get her of the glue trap if she is still alive. =x
Its just such a good looking, big spider.
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It was already dead (well, she wasn't moving). I feel bad.
They can still be pretty awesome pets. There was a guy on YouTube that had a bunch of Blondi Tarantulas and he loved them. They are generally pretty smart critters.
I believe Europe never had those big spiders to begin with, outside of the Wolfspider I believe. The rest are smaller and have more poison.
Spiders move pretty little outside of hunting or fleeing, so it might not be dead.
Aye I used to have a Rose Hair tarantula. Loved holding it and watching it hunt insects.
Well next time just chill out and let it do it's business. They are your friends, it isn't going to attack you. You can just put your hand out and it will climb on it no problem usually. If they raise up their body and show their fangs, that's them being scared.
That tarantula was probably more terrified of you, and rightly so, you killed it. You monster.
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Looks quite like a particular breed of tarantula called aphonopelma chalcodes (the Arizona/Mexican blond tarantula) (FYI I used to keep tarantulas as pets).
They look big an intimidating but they are actually extremely docile; if you spook them they are more likely to flick hairs from their abdomen (which can be irritating to skin) rather than bite, and whilst a bite would hurt, their venom is effectively harmless to a human.
Best bet is to just trap them in the future and release them in any nearby jungled/dense areas and let them do their thing.
They look big an intimidating but they are actually extremely docile; if you spook them they are more likely to flick hairs from their abdomen (which can be irritating to skin) rather than bite, and whilst a bite would hurt, their venom is effectively harmless to a human.
Best bet is to just trap them in the future and release them in any nearby jungled/dense areas and let them do their thing.
I didn't need to see OP's last set of pictures.
I'd nope out of living in that area immediately.
Heck, the tarantula wouldn't bother me much...but some of those other spiders you posted are a huge NOPE.
I'd nope out of living in that area immediately.
Heck, the tarantula wouldn't bother me much...but some of those other spiders you posted are a huge NOPE.
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