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listopencil 02-28-2013 12:34 PM
A Break From The Alex Smith Drama: Urbanization Is Supersizing Spiders
 
City living brings with it a few shifts in lifestyle compared to rural habitation: shorter commutes, accessible shops and, often, an over-reliance on restaurant dining and fast food. Another side effect of the congested, cramped, cement-laded city life is that the temperature tends to be a little warmer year-round, a shift known as the “urban heat island” effect.

As it turns out, these changes aren’t only affecting cities’ human populations. In Australia, where spiders already have a propensity to be terrifyingly large, new research by University of Sydney PhD candidate Lizzy Lowe, says The Age, found that Sydney’s higher temperatures and easier access to food are driving the spiders to grow even bigger.

She studied the golden orb weaver in three types of environments in and around Sydney – urban parks, remnant bushland and continuous bushland. Twenty sites were studied and, for each spider web found, she assessed its proximity to man-made objects and vegetation.

Comparing the sizes of the spiders, she found that the city spiders outpaced the country spiders. And, though her research focused only on Golden orb weaver spiders, she suggests that the same effect can probably be seen in other species.

A female golden orb weaver spider. Photo: Arthur Chapman
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...4557948629.jpg

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...izing-spiders/

ptlyon 02-28-2013 12:36 PM
Holy ****! Now back to the alex smith threads...

listopencil 02-28-2013 12:36 PM
Here's a pic of the "Clock Spider" linked to the text "terrifyingly large" in the original article:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...lockspider.jpg

tooge 02-28-2013 12:36 PM
I like spiders as long as they
1. don't bite me
2. eat all the other little fugtard insects in and around the house
3. I don't see them

CoMoChief 02-28-2013 12:38 PM
SCAH-REWWWWW THAT !!!!

listopencil 02-28-2013 12:40 PM
I love spiders. Just something about them. They are fun to watch and have some complicated behavior patterns, and such a variety of forms. I really feel bad about it when they surprise me. Because I will, almost without fail, shriek like a little girl and stomp them into goo.

Canofbier 02-28-2013 12:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by tooge (Post 9451193)
I like spiders as long as they
1. don't bite me
2. eat all the other little fugtard insects in and around the house
3. I don't see them
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9451204)
I love spiders. Just something about them. They are fun to watch and have some complicated behavior patterns, and such a variety of forms. I really feel bad about it when they surprise me. Because I will, almost without fail, shriek like a little girl and stomp them into goo.
These two posts pretty much describe my feelings towards spiders. They're significantly less annoying than almost all other bugs (which they keep away from me by eating them). There's just something about them, though, that makes my skin crawl. That picture in the OP made me shiver.

Rain Man 02-28-2013 12:57 PM
Whenever there's a thread about spiders, I have to look behind me to be sure that one isn't about to climb up on my neck or shoulders. I can't help it.

And spiders are like offensive linemen. The best ones do their job and you never see them.

morphius 02-28-2013 12:59 PM
Damn, I killed a few recluses last year, but I'm damn glad none were as big as the ones in listopencil post. uck.

Bowser 02-28-2013 01:00 PM
**** this thread. **** listo. **** everything.

Fish 02-28-2013 01:02 PM
Woooo! Spiders!

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1...cockspider.gif

listopencil 02-28-2013 01:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 9451285)
**** this thread. **** listo. **** everything.
Whatever I can do to help my Chiefs fan buddies during their hour of need.

rockymtnchief 02-28-2013 01:02 PM
Too fat-Omaha

listopencil 02-28-2013 01:46 PM
More spidery stuff:

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar.../02/spider.jpg

Could Spider Silk Stop a Moving Train?

Spider-Man’s silk could have stopped a moving train—if his silk resembled the stuff produced by the Darwin’s bark spider, which lives in Madagascar and builds enormous 80-foot wide webs.

A team from the University of Leicester set out to test the reality of this hypothetical hero move from the second Spider-Man movie, Wired reports:

First, the team calculated how much four R160 New York City subway cars — packed with a total of 984 people — would weigh (about 200,000 kilograms, or roughly 10 Atlas V rockets). Then, they calculated how fast the train was going (24 meters per second, or about 53 miles per hour) and how much resistance the track would have offered as it charged forward (negligible). From there, they could work out how much force the webbing would have needed to exert upon the train to stop it: about 300,000 Newtons, or about 12 times the amount of force exerted by a large American alligator as its jaws snap shut.

Figures in hand, the team considered the way trains, webs and anchor buildings would interact geometrically and how much tensile strength a line of web would need in order to hold up a train without snapping.

After crunching the numbers, they found that Spider-Man could indeed have saved that train from plummeting off the track. Spiders such as the Darwin’s black spider produce silk with strength values of 1.5 to 12 gigapascals. Scale those values to a human-sized spindle of silk and web, and the calculations add up to amazing, train-stopping abilities.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...-moving-train/

Frazod 02-28-2013 01:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 9451285)
**** this thread. **** listo. **** everything.
THISTHISTHIS:cuss:

Mr. Laz 02-28-2013 01:49 PM
Hate spiders


Spiders and sharks creep me the **** out, since i live in Kansas i don't have to worry about sharks except on vacation.

listopencil 02-28-2013 01:51 PM
OK, now this is freaking me the **** out. I'm going to stop looking at spider shit on the Smithsonian website for a bit:

Spider Builds Fake Spider Decoy


http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ider-decoy.jpg

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, a spider is at work building an elaborate, fake decoy of itself. In its web, it busily goes to working crafting its doppelgänger out of leaves, debris and dead prey insects, including multiple spidery legs, a head and abdomen, Wired reports.

The new spider, thought to be a member of the genus Cyclosa, might build these decoys as part of a defense mechanism to confuse or distract predators. Spiders already make impressive geometric webs, scientists reason, so building other designs isn’t such a leap.

Researchers exploring a floodplain in the forest first learned of the spider when the spotted what they thought was a dead spider caught in a web. It looked flaky, writes Wired, like a fungus-covered arthropod corpse. But the would-be corpse began twitching, and then the researchers noticed a second, smaller spider about an inch above the decoy, shaking her web. The researchers said it “blew their minds.”

Arachnologists soon confirmed that the finding was unique, though more field observations will be needed before the specimen can be confirmed as a new species to science. Other members of Cyclosa are known for building decoys, but those already known to science tend to be clumpy and not nearly as anatomically precise as these examples.

So far, the research team has found around 25 of the clever little spiders. They have no idea if the species is locally restricted or found for miles within the forest. For now, however, the spider mission is on hold. The researchers lack the necessary permits to collect more animals, so until that paperwork comes through in January, arachnologists will be holding their breath.

Frazod 02-28-2013 01:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 9451453)
Hate spiders


Spiders and sharks creep me the **** out, since i like in Kansas i don't have to worry about sharks except on vacation.
**** SHARKS TOO

DAMN YOU SPIELBERG :cuss:

KCrockaholic 02-28-2013 01:54 PM
Whyyyy do we need to talk about spiders? Seriously. Spring is just around the corner, which means it'll be spider haven soon. I'm already terrified.

My biggest fear in life is seriously spiders. Doesn't even matter how small it is.

Rain Man 02-28-2013 01:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9451462)
OK, now this is freaking me the **** out. I'm going to stop looking at spider shit on the Smithsonian website for a bit:

Spider Builds Fake Spider Decoy


http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ider-decoy.jpg

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, a spider is at work building an elaborate, fake decoy of itself. In its web, it busily goes to working crafting its doppelgänger out of leaves, debris and dead prey insects, including multiple spidery legs, a head and abdomen, Wired reports.

The new spider, thought to be a member of the genus Cyclosa, might build these decoys as part of a defense mechanism to confuse or distract predators. Spiders already make impressive geometric webs, scientists reason, so building other designs isn’t such a leap.

Researchers exploring a floodplain in the forest first learned of the spider when the spotted what they thought was a dead spider caught in a web. It looked flaky, writes Wired, like a fungus-covered arthropod corpse. But the would-be corpse began twitching, and then the researchers noticed a second, smaller spider about an inch above the decoy, shaking her web. The researchers said it “blew their minds.”

Arachnologists soon confirmed that the finding was unique, though more field observations will be needed before the specimen can be confirmed as a new species to science. Other members of Cyclosa are known for building decoys, but those already known to science tend to be clumpy and not nearly as anatomically precise as these examples.

So far, the research team has found around 25 of the clever little spiders. They have no idea if the species is locally restricted or found for miles within the forest. For now, however, the spider mission is on hold. The researchers lack the necessary permits to collect more animals, so until that paperwork comes through in January, arachnologists will be holding their breath.
It's just a matter of time before they start building decoy supermodels, and then they'll supplant us as the earth's dominant species.

listopencil 02-28-2013 01:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by KCrockaholic (Post 9451475)
Whyyyy do we need to talk about spiders? Seriously. Spring is just around the corner, which means it'll be spider haven soon. I'm already terrified.

My biggest fear in life is seriously spiders. Doesn't even matter how small it is.
Oh, yeah. It's definitely spider time.

Mr. Laz 02-28-2013 01:59 PM
the way the look
the way the move
the shooting thread out their ass
the creepy ass pinchers in the front that bite
the way their web gets all stuck on you if you move through it


*shiver*


nasty ass shit

listopencil 02-28-2013 01:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 9451479)
It's just a matter of time before they start building decoy supermodels, and then they'll supplant us as the earth's dominant species.
The decoy in the picture has a pretty smile.

DJ's left nut 02-28-2013 02:02 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by tooge (Post 9451193)
I like spiders as long as they
1. don't bite me
2. eat all the other little fugtard insects in and around the house
3. I don't see them
I've never bothered to pay for exterminators or anything and generally I don't mind spiders. However, I went to school with a girl that had a recluse bite on her wrist that scarred into a big medallion shaped scar where a watch would sit; kind odd looking.

I've also seen the necrosis on dogs from recluse bites. So a recluse scares the bejesus out of me, especially since they live in shoes and the bites rarely hurt until your flesh starts to rot.

So I pick up my golf shoes last summer and I see a couple of soft brown spiders no bigger than a penny. I get pretty close to take a look at them..."MOTHER OF GOD!"

Went and looked online again to be sure, yup, a pair of recluses living under my golf shoe.

I called the exterminator and told him to nuke the site from orbit. Fire, floods, whatever it took. He didn't really believe me, but when he was done he confirmed that he found a few in the garage.

Yeah, I'm an irrational pussy when it comes to that one single type of spider.

suds79 02-28-2013 02:06 PM
This thread gives me the heebie jeebies.

Creepy little buggers they are.

Holladay 02-28-2013 02:19 PM
Nice lil PSA on spiders. Quite educational.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=sHzdsFiBbFc

Rain Man 02-28-2013 05:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 9451486)
the way the look
the way the move
the shooting thread out their ass
the creepy ass pinchers in the front that bite
the way their web gets all stuck on you if you move through it


*shiver*


nasty ass shit
my best dance moves come when I accidentally walk through a spider web.

Psyko Tek 02-28-2013 06:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9451191)
Here's a pic of the "Clock Spider" linked to the text "terrifyingly large" in the original article:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...lockspider.jpg
that, sir, is why we need assault rifles

CLOCK SPIDERS

Archie F. Swin 02-28-2013 07:31 PM
well....



they don't fly....

Fish 02-28-2013 07:40 PM
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=85686ae0fad6" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Brazilian news outlet G1 spoke with a local biologist who says the spider activity is actually quite normal. He identified the species as Anelosimus eximius, a "social spider" known for its massive colonies that create blankets of webs. The behavior might also seem familiar to people in Chicago, where each year the city experiences an influx of "flying spiders" – so many that earlier this year the Hilton's Magnificent Miles Suites hotel formally requested guests keep their windows shut to avoid the annual migration. This species, known as Larinioides sclopetarius, spin their silk into balloon-like formations and ride lakefront air currents to crevices in high rises downtown.

Buck 02-28-2013 07:42 PM
http://i.imgur.com/L0FynJW.gif

In58men 02-28-2013 07:44 PM
I bet Alex Smith can nail that thing from 20 yards away

Fish 02-28-2013 07:47 PM
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3ZLtRfsrCcs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

listopencil 02-28-2013 07:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452477)
<iframe src="http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=85686ae0fad6" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe>

Brazilian news outlet G1 spoke with a local biologist who says the spider activity is actually quite normal. He identified the species as Anelosimus eximius, a "social spider" known for its massive colonies that create blankets of webs. The behavior might also seem familiar to people in Chicago, where each year the city experiences an influx of "flying spiders" – so many that earlier this year the Hilton's Magnificent Miles Suites hotel formally requested guests keep their windows shut to avoid the annual migration. This species, known as Larinioides sclopetarius, spin their silk into balloon-like formations and ride lakefront air currents to crevices in high rises downtown.

I am not visiting Brazil without a flamethrower.

Lumpy 02-28-2013 07:49 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ptlyon (Post 9451190)
Holy ****! Now back to the alex smith threads...
Eh, yep.

To hell with spiders.

Fish 02-28-2013 07:50 PM
I ♥ spiders.

And this is awesome...

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1oRRBPdM6Wc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Canofbier 02-28-2013 07:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452494)
I ♥ spiders.

And this is awesome...

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1oRRBPdM6Wc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I don't know why, but I actually thought the spider looked kind of cute in this video.

Spott 02-28-2013 07:58 PM
I wish a black widow would bite Alex Smith on the balls.

Lumpy 02-28-2013 07:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452494)
I ♥ spiders.
Did you seriously just use this... ♥ ???

ROFL

Fish 02-28-2013 08:04 PM
Yes. I googled for the symbol even.

Spiders R RAD.

notorious 02-28-2013 08:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by morphius (Post 9451280)
Damn, I killed a few recluses last year, but I'm damn glad none were as big as the ones in listopencil post. uck.
I probably killed around 100 of those bastards.

Only 2 were in my basement, and a few in the garage. Thank God.

notorious 02-28-2013 08:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452494)
I ♥ spiders.

And this is awesome...


That is a big jumping spider.

I was just waiting for it to put the hammer down on his forearm.

Wumbology 02-28-2013 08:16 PM
I used to not mind spiders until last year. A friend of mine was bitten by a brown recluse in his sleep. It looked like his ****ing arm was rotting off. I used to have pic of it... Lost it though unfortunately.

Lumpy 02-28-2013 08:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452526)
Yes. I googled for the symbol even.

Spiders R RAD.
Well, you just go ahead and ♥ spiders all you want. I'll be smashing the little bastards with my shoe. :D

notorious 02-28-2013 08:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wumbology (Post 9452559)
I used to not mind spiders until last year. A friend of mine was bitten by a brown recluse in his sleep. It looked like his ****ing arm was rotting off. I used to have pic of it... Lost it though unfortunately.
My dad got bit above his eyebrow. The doctor didn't know what it was but I sure as hell did.


He got shot up with antibiotics and it healed pretty fast. When I told him what I thought it was he was pretty worried.

Don't google pics of Recluse bites, or you will never set foot in a garage again.

Fish 02-28-2013 08:25 PM
Anybody remember this? I watched this as a kid about 100 times.

William ****ing Shatner battling evil hordes of spiders.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TEutHPsF548" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Tagline: Your nightmares will never be the same. LMAO..

Fish 02-28-2013 08:38 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lumpy (Post 9452568)
Well, you just go ahead and ♥ spiders all you want. I'll be smashing the little bastards with my shoe. :D
Yeah, well I'll have no sympathy when you find one hiding in your bed sheets tonight..

Bet you look...:D

Sorter 02-28-2013 08:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lumpy (Post 9452568)
Well, you just go ahead and ♥ spiders all you want. I'll be smashing the little bastards with my shoe. :D
This.


Or with like, a rock or something.

Lumpy 02-28-2013 08:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452666)
Yeah, well I'll have no sympathy when you find one hiding in your bed sheets tonight..

Bet you look...:D
:eek: And... I'm not going to bed tonight. Thanks a lot.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sorter (Post 9452672)
This.


Or with like, a rock or something.
Heh. I don't always smash them. I saw a huge ass spider walking across my bathroom floor once. I had just stepped out of the shower, so I wasn't prepared for a "spider smashing". So, I grabbed a plastic container and trapped the little shit. Then, I sprayed a piece of paper with hairspray. Very carefully, I lifted the container and slid the paper under it. That spider was all messed up an hour later. :evil:

listopencil 02-28-2013 09:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452666)
Yeah, well I'll have no sympathy when you find one hiding in your bed sheets tonight..

Bet you look...:D

Or maybe hiding behind her clock.

Sorter 02-28-2013 09:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lumpy (Post 9452753)
:eek: And... I'm not going to bed tonight. Thanks a lot.



Heh. I don't always smash them. I saw a huge ass spider walking across my bathroom floor once. I had just stepped out of the shower, so I wasn't prepared for a "spider smashing". So, I grabbed a plastic container and trapped the little shit. Then, I sprayed a piece of paper with hairspray. Very carefully, I lifted the container and slid the paper under it. That spider was all messed up an hour later. :evil:
I always smash them and I enjoy ****ing around with venomous snakes.

I do not mess around when it comes to spiders.

ThaVirus 02-28-2013 09:21 PM
Reminds me of that movie Eight Legged Freaks. I haven't watched it since I was, like, 11 but I'd be willing to bet its ****ing terrible.

Also, spiders are cool as shit. Easily the least annoying crawly-thingy out there. They do give me the willies, the way they "scuttle" around though.

Even so, I let them live if I see them in my house. Actually, earlier today a tiny one dropped down right in front of my laptop while I was watching a movie. I just grabbed the web and set him on the floor. Gonna let him keep doing his work.

Fish 02-28-2013 09:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9452799)
Or maybe hiding behind her clock.
Perhaps someplace cool and humid. Behind the toilet bowl is a popular hangout I hear.

listopencil 02-28-2013 09:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452875)
Perhaps someplace cool and humid. Behind the toilet bowl is a popular hangout I hear.
Or maybe in between the toilet's water tank and the wall behind it. You know, so you would never see it until you were completely relaxed on the toilet, and it climbed around the tank and into your lap or perhaps up over your shoulder.

Lumpy 02-28-2013 09:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9452799)
Or maybe hiding behind her clock.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452875)
Perhaps someplace cool and humid. Behind the toilet bowl is a popular hangout I hear.
Stop it!! :deevee:

Lumpy 02-28-2013 09:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9452894)
Or maybe in between the toilet's water tank and the wall behind it. You know, so you would never see it until you were completely relaxed on the toilet, and it climbed around the tank and into your lap or perhaps up over your shoulder.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BVcfjES_op...600/Toilet.jpg

Problem solved. :thumb:

listopencil 02-28-2013 09:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lumpy (Post 9452921)
But now you have to crap on a pile of broken ceramic. Master the hover squat.

Fish 02-28-2013 09:49 PM
Listen to this little fella sing and dance trying to get that spider booty. You can't tell me that's not hilarious and adorable...

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AZszAaJyVTc?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

listopencil 02-28-2013 09:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452978)
Listen to this little fella sing and dance trying to get that spider booty. You can't tell me that's not hilarious and adorable...

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AZszAaJyVTc?feature=player_embedded" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8v79q3ANY4c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Lumpy 02-28-2013 09:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9452929)
But now you have to crap on a pile of broken ceramic. Master the hover squat.
No worries about me mastering the hover squat. I'm scared that a damn spider is going to bite my butt now. LMAO

listopencil 02-28-2013 09:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lumpy (Post 9453008)
No worries about me mastering the hover squat. I'm scared that a damn spider is going to bite my butt now. LMAO
I think it is damn near impossible to squat and poop while looking behind you. And I am pretty sure a spider can hide in a pile of broken ceramic.

Sorter 02-28-2013 09:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9453017)
I think it is damn near impossible to squat and poop while looking behind you. And I am pretty sure a spider can hide in a pile of broken ceramic.
LMAO

Lumpy 02-28-2013 10:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9453017)
I think it is damn near impossible to squat and poop while looking behind you. And I am pretty sure a spider can hide in a pile of broken ceramic.
True. I guess I'll A.C. Slater from now. LMAO

Psyko Tek 02-28-2013 10:06 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452612)
Anybody remember this? I watched this as a kid about 100 times.

William ****ing Shatner battling evil hordes of spiders.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TEutHPsF548" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Tagline: Your nightmares will never be the same. LMAO..
die yyou eight legged freaks was moe fun
love kari wuher( sp)

Rasputin 02-28-2013 10:13 PM
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ja80TohSNF0?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Fish 02-28-2013 10:29 PM
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UCjhQ_LghyA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Mr. Laz 02-28-2013 10:43 PM
I have no idea why i keep coming back into this dam spider thread.



yuck

Dave Lane 02-28-2013 10:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9452477)
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=85686ae0fad6" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Brazilian news outlet G1 spoke with a local biologist who says the spider activity is actually quite normal. He identified the species as Anelosimus eximius, a "social spider" known for its massive colonies that create blankets of webs. The behavior might also seem familiar to people in Chicago, where each year the city experiences an influx of "flying spiders" – so many that earlier this year the Hilton's Magnificent Miles Suites hotel formally requested guests keep their windows shut to avoid the annual migration. This species, known as Larinioides sclopetarius, spin their silk into balloon-like formations and ride lakefront air currents to crevices in high rises downtown.
Its the worldwide web.

DonkyPuncher 02-28-2013 11:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9451495)
I've never bothered to pay for exterminators or anything and generally I don't mind spiders. However, I went to school with a girl that had a recluse bite on her wrist that scarred into a big medallion shaped scar where a watch would sit; kind odd looking.

I've also seen the necrosis on dogs from recluse bites. So a recluse scares the bejesus out of me, especially since they live in shoes and the bites rarely hurt until your flesh starts to rot.

So I pick up my golf shoes last summer and I see a couple of soft brown spiders no bigger than a penny. I get pretty close to take a look at them..."MOTHER OF GOD!"

Went and looked online again to be sure, yup, a pair of recluses living under my golf shoe.

I called the exterminator and told him to nuke the site from orbit. Fire, floods, whatever it took. He didn't really believe me, but when he was done he confirmed that he found a few in the garage.

Yeah, I'm an irrational pussy when it comes to that one single type of spider.
Yea, shitty thing about exterminating for spiders is they charge out the ass because they claim the only way to kill them is on contact

Sorter 02-28-2013 11:36 PM
Again, spiders are the ultimate ****s.


I do not **** around with spiders.

T-post Tom 02-28-2013 11:48 PM
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7bxFOYiV08M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Holladay 03-01-2013 03:26 AM
What no love for this link....thought it was hillarious

Nice lil PSA on spiders. Quite educational.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=sHzdsFiBbFc


Gotta love crack cocaine spiders!!!!!!!!!!!

Archie F. Swin 03-01-2013 06:33 AM
worst. thread. ever.

Bwana 03-01-2013 07:10 AM
Damn, I think a few of those a big enough to use RAID as cologone. :shake:

That would call for a 12 gauge.

Here spider...............BOOM....BOOM....BOOM!!!

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehou...=1285881153000

Rasputin 03-01-2013 07:44 AM
<a href="http://beta.photobucket.com/images/arachnophobia" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y322/havocindustries/tumblr_lqems0icSH1qmhfoho1_500.gif" border="0" alt="arachnophobia photo: arachnophobia tumblr_lqems0icSH1qmhfoho1_500.gif"/></a>

GloryDayz 03-01-2013 07:56 AM
I blame global warming and automatic weapons.

listopencil 03-01-2013 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Holladay (Post 9453668)
What no love for this link....thought it was hillarious

Nice lil PSA on spiders. Quite educational.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=sHzdsFiBbFc


Gotta love crack cocaine spiders!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe if you embedded it instead:


<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sHzdsFiBbFc" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe>

listopencil 03-01-2013 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Fish (Post 9453136)
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UCjhQ_LghyA" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe>
Music should have been "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story.

Fish 03-01-2013 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 9454155)
Music should have been "I Feel Pretty" from West Side Story.
ROFL

listopencil 03-01-2013 11:24 AM
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar.../01/spider.jpg

Rare Spider Hides Out in London Cemetery Vaults for 150 Years


A rare species of orb weaver spider, Meta bourneti, turned up in the vaults of London’s Highgate Cemetery where it may have been lying low for the past 150 years.

As an orb weaver, the species requires total darkness, so archeologists think the tombs made a perfect hideout for the spider, which normally lives in caves and feasts upon small insects and woodlice. According to the BBC, this is the first time M. bourneti has been recorded in London.

Around 100 spiders, measuring about 30 mm, turned up in the tombs, some of which date back to the 1830s. The discovery shows just how important urban cemeteries can be for providing refuges for wildlife, the London Wildlife Trust told the BBC.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...for-150-years/


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