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Isn't She Lovely?
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lambertiana
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Sooooo....do you want me to start bringing you the ones I find around the house instead of killing them?
I always love it when I go out in the garage in the morning to get in my car and step through a black widow web that was built overnight between my car and the side of my garage. There is no mistaking a black widow web, it is so much stronger than most spiderwebs. Then I have to do a quick check to see if the black widow that made the web is now hanging somewhere on me.
At the right time of the year it is easy to find tarantulas in the Sierra foothills....
I always love it when I go out in the garage in the morning to get in my car and step through a black widow web that was built overnight between my car and the side of my garage. There is no mistaking a black widow web, it is so much stronger than most spiderwebs. Then I have to do a quick check to see if the black widow that made the web is now hanging somewhere on me.
At the right time of the year it is easy to find tarantulas in the Sierra foothills....
I used to have a 2'x3'x6' screened box that I used to keep my plant starts from being eaten up by grasshoppers. Got a black widow in there one spring and fed her small grasshoppers all summer.
She was a good mom, always protective of her egg case. Then one day, a bazillion little, tiny babies. After that, for years there was always one that made a home in there. I was always careful when I watered, pinched leaves, or whatever. Never had a problem with her.
She was a good mom, always protective of her egg case. Then one day, a bazillion little, tiny babies. After that, for years there was always one that made a home in there. I was always careful when I watered, pinched leaves, or whatever. Never had a problem with her.
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To each his own. (P.S. A quick shot of carb. cleaner works wonders on spiders.)
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Living here in Virginia my entire life, BW Spiders were without a doubt my greatest fear. Greater than anything in the worst of dreams.
Once I hit my '30's, I've had to face this fear multiple times, especially since moving the family to SW Virginia in 2003.
My greatest fear, finding them in the house, occured last year when I found one in the unfinished part of my basement. Ten years ago, I would grabbed a .22 rifle and shot it, but this time, I trapped it and let it free outside.
Anthony Hopkins said one of the most profound things I'd ever heard in a movie of all things, in "The Edge." To paraphrase, he said he'd never known anyone who'd actually changed their life. Freeing that spider was the mark of my own change, and I haven't stopped there. Life's too short not to attempt change for the better at some point (and I ain't talking about religion), and it's also too short not to carry a Sebenza, for what that's worth.
Professor.
Once I hit my '30's, I've had to face this fear multiple times, especially since moving the family to SW Virginia in 2003.
My greatest fear, finding them in the house, occured last year when I found one in the unfinished part of my basement. Ten years ago, I would grabbed a .22 rifle and shot it, but this time, I trapped it and let it free outside.
Anthony Hopkins said one of the most profound things I'd ever heard in a movie of all things, in "The Edge." To paraphrase, he said he'd never known anyone who'd actually changed their life. Freeing that spider was the mark of my own change, and I haven't stopped there. Life's too short not to attempt change for the better at some point (and I ain't talking about religion), and it's also too short not to carry a Sebenza, for what that's worth.
Professor.