Ugh.. can't believe what I saw tonight..

Phoebedances · 07-20-2008, 04:42 AM

So, I work nights and I'm on my way home from work and have to stop to get gas at the place I've stopped at before. I've seen a spider or two with webs on the pumps before - opportunistically waiting for the careless moth to fly into them.

But tonight I swear the gas pumps were covered with spiders. Like at least 40 on one pump with their webs and all crawling around. I'm a bit arachnaphobic, so I'm a little tweaked that they would let the spider population get that out of control there. -shudders-

So, I went into the station and told the attendant. I asked him if they were going to spray. He said, 'I don't know, I never see the manager.' Then I told him I thought it was rather dangerous (( we have alot of brown recluse and black widows in this area )) He then said, 'Yeah, well, when I have to go out and empty the trash cans, they drop down on my neck."

EIIIIIIIIYYYYYYEEEIIIYYYYY!!...

I'm really creeped out... shudder.. shudder!!!

adiemus · 07-20-2008, 07:19 AM

I'm sooooo with you there! YUK!! I am definitely better than I used to be (I used to freak at tiny spiders the size of your smallest fingernail) but big ones really make me squirm. And even thinking of one down your neck - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk!

Reen.Blom · 07-20-2008, 07:49 AM

Geeez especially if they BITE........ eeeeekkkkk......

jenc · 07-20-2008, 08:24 AM

One day I parked my car in a warm spot and when I went back there were literally hundreds of tiny (pinhead sized) spidern on trails of gossamer spread between the front and back of my car. I had to open it up, pull them out by hand, drive home anfd get the hoover as there wre still hundreds.
turned out that a spider had laid its eggs under the parcel shelf in the rear of the car. Thank goodness they didn't hatch when I was driving!!!!!

Phoebedances · 07-20-2008, 01:10 PM

Jenc, that sounds like something that would give me the willies for sure!

These were adult spiders and some were BIG! Not huge like tropical spiders, but some were over an inch across and some were like crawling on and over each other.. EWWWWW!!... I didn't sleep too well last night thinking about it for sure!

Phoebe

Aisha Azar · 07-20-2008, 02:07 PM

Dear Phoebe,
AAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards,
A'isha

Brea · 07-20-2008, 03:40 PM

I knew some guy once in Honolulu driving along til he saw a giant Hawaiian centipede crawling across the dashboard (usually almost a foot long). I have no idea how he calmly pulled over and got it out of there!

da Sage · 07-20-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Brea

I knew some guy once in Honolulu driving along til he saw a giant Hawaiian centipede crawling across the dashboard (usually almost a foot long). I have no idea how he calmly pulled over and got it out of there!

I hate the Minnesotan centipede/millipedes. Hate them!

I like spiders, though!

Shanazel · 07-20-2008, 04:52 PM

I like spiders, too, though I draw the line at sharing the house with black widows. One year we had a barn spider who built her web on my porch right where the swing of my door kept tearing the web. After two or three such destructions, she spun her web so that it arched over the swing of the door! She never spun "Some Pig" into her web, but I thought she was pretty cool anyway. When she died at the end of the summer, I truely missed her.

Suhad · 07-20-2008, 06:10 PM

We have very large spiders in our house, I let them stay because

1. They are funny to watch--we are on the ninth or tenth generation in our shower in the master bathroom -- they get all territorial and do those spider pushups when water splashes on their webs.

2. We have black widows, brown recluses (arizona browns), scorpions, and other nasties here, and the spiders like to eat at least some of them. And they love to eat the few mosquitos, and many gnats that make their way into our house!

3. They are the mundane symbol of the Navajo goddess Changing Woman and I feel kind of weird about randomly killing them when I live in the very southern end of their (the Navajos') former range. It seems like sacrilege (OK, I'm strange, I admit it).

I do wipe away part of their webs when it gets out of control, when I feel like our house starts to look like a Halloween funhouse out comes the duster

07-20-2008, 04:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Phoebedances Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 167	Ugh.. can't believe what I saw tonight.. So, I work nights and I'm on my way home from work and have to stop to get gas at the place I've stopped at before. I've seen a spider or two with webs on the pumps before - opportunistically waiting for the careless moth to fly into them. But tonight I swear the gas pumps were covered with spiders. Like at least 40 on one pump with their webs and all crawling around. I'm a bit arachnaphobic, so I'm a little tweaked that they would let the spider population get that out of control there. -shudders- So, I went into the station and told the attendant. I asked him if they were going to spray. He said, 'I don't know, I never see the manager.' Then I told him I thought it was rather dangerous (( we have alot of brown recluse and black widows in this area )) He then said, 'Yeah, well, when I have to go out and empty the trash cans, they drop down on my neck." EIIIIIIIIYYYYYYEEEIIIYYYYY!!... I'm really creeped out... shudder.. shudder!!!

07-20-2008, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
adiemus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 975	I'm sooooo with you there! YUK!! I am definitely better than I used to be (I used to freak at tiny spiders the size of your smallest fingernail) but big ones really make me squirm. And even thinking of one down your neck - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk! __________________ He wahine, he taonga- Every woman is a treasure(Maori proverb)

07-20-2008, 07:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
Reen.Blom V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SA now UK(Newmarket) Posts: 2,262	Geeez especially if they BITE........ eeeeekkkkk...... __________________ Join WORLD BELLY DANCE DAY! www.worldbellydanceday.com

07-20-2008, 02:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Aisha Azar V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest USA Posts: 4,176	Arachnophobia Dear Phoebe, AAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Regards, A'isha

07-20-2008, 03:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brea V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,283	I knew some guy once in Honolulu driving along til he saw a giant Hawaiian centipede crawling across the dashboard (usually almost a foot long). I have no idea how he calmly pulled over and got it out of there! __________________ www.breamorgiane.com

07-20-2008, 08:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
jenc Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Colchester UK Posts: 815	One day I parked my car in a warm spot and when I went back there were literally hundreds of tiny (pinhead sized) spidern on trails of gossamer spread between the front and back of my car. I had to open it up, pull them out by hand, drive home anfd get the hoover as there wre still hundreds. turned out that a spider had laid its eggs under the parcel shelf in the rear of the car. Thank goodness they didn't hatch when I was driving!!!!!

07-20-2008, 01:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Phoebedances Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 167	Jenc, that sounds like something that would give me the willies for sure! These were adult spiders and some were BIG! Not huge like tropical spiders, but some were over an inch across and some were like crawling on and over each other.. EWWWWW!!... I didn't sleep too well last night thinking about it for sure! Phoebe

07-20-2008, 04:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
Shanazel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rocky Mountains USA Posts: 4,201	I like spiders, too, though I draw the line at sharing the house with black widows. One year we had a barn spider who built her web on my porch right where the swing of my door kept tearing the web. After two or three such destructions, she spun her web so that it arched over the swing of the door! She never spun "Some Pig" into her web, but I thought she was pretty cool anyway. When she died at the end of the summer, I truely missed her.

07-20-2008, 06:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Suhad Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 322	We have very large spiders in our house, I let them stay because 1. They are funny to watch--we are on the ninth or tenth generation in our shower in the master bathroom -- they get all territorial and do those spider pushups when water splashes on their webs. 2. We have black widows, brown recluses (arizona browns), scorpions, and other nasties here, and the spiders like to eat at least some of them. And they love to eat the few mosquitos, and many gnats that make their way into our house! 3. They are the mundane symbol of the Navajo goddess Changing Woman and I feel kind of weird about randomly killing them when I live in the very southern end of their (the Navajos') former range. It seems like sacrilege (OK, I'm strange, I admit it). I do wipe away part of their webs when it gets out of control, when I feel like our house starts to look like a Halloween funhouse out comes the duster __________________ This post has been brought to you by Suhad, the Irish Ninja