Brown recluse and black widows if they are in any area that human might be.
Brown recluse and black widows if they are in any area that human might be.
It seems I have a bunch of these orb spiders in the corner of my back yard. I counted 8 last night. I'm fighting my instinct to murder them all with my painful spider spray.
I pull up 'orb spider' on wiki to make sure my family is safe and in the description there is this little tidbit.
"In 2009, workers at a Baltimore wastewater treatment plant called for help to deal with over 100 million orb-weaver spiders, living in a community that managed to spin a phenomenal web that covered some 4 acres of a building, with spider densities in some areas reaching 35,176 spiders per cubic meter.[16]"
So what in the actual f**k?? I wouldn't ever sleep again if I came up on something like that. I'm hoping I don't have nightmares after reading the story.
I'll be monitoring their population closely. If they get too prolific, they'll be getting the spray.
I pull up 'orb spider' on wiki to make sure my family is safe and in the description there is this little tidbit.
"In 2009, workers at a Baltimore wastewater treatment plant called for help to deal with over 100 million orb-weaver spiders, living in a community that managed to spin a phenomenal web that covered some 4 acres of a building, with spider densities in some areas reaching 35,176 spiders per cubic meter.[16]"
So what in the actual f**k?? I wouldn't ever sleep again if I came up on something like that. I'm hoping I don't have nightmares after reading the story.
I'll be monitoring their population closely. If they get too prolific, they'll be getting the spray.
Ours has gotten big
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My big one out in the chicken run disappeared. Still have one right by the back door to the back porch that's busy as ever. She gets lots of bugs.
At one time I was very afraid of spiders. Hated 'em. When I moved to my first rural home in NE there wasn't any sense to be afraid of them because they were everywhere. I just left the alone and the left me alone. Now I'm kinda fascinated by them. We have no shortage here on the Corgi ranch.
I just hate walking face first thru an orb weaver web at night...
At one time I was very afraid of spiders. Hated 'em. When I moved to my first rural home in NE there wasn't any sense to be afraid of them because they were everywhere. I just left the alone and the left me alone. Now I'm kinda fascinated by them. We have no shortage here on the Corgi ranch.
I just hate walking face first thru an orb weaver web at night...
When we were living and working back on the farm/ranch, there was two things the father-in-law refused to do. One was climb a windmill for maintenance and the other was to go ANYWHERE that there might be a spider.
Guess who got those jobs.
Guess who got those jobs.
Saw this guy at a customer location. Use the cinder block as reference. The bastard was massive. I don’t care how harmless they are. It harmed my nerves lol
I have one right outside my front door. I fed it some grasshoppers two days ago, need to feed it again.i want to name it Charlotte.
