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#2196460 - 10/25/18 05:08 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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how about just taking a big old boot and squishing it? less chance of it crawling around everywhere! I had a hobo spider in my towel once, got out of the shower and wrapped it around me and the spider fell out. talk about heart attack!!!
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#2196462 - 10/25/18 05:18 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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How about just leaving them alone?
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#2196463 - 10/25/18 05:22 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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My husband agrees with Joker - he will release them outside. I dislike them intensely.
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#2196464 - 10/25/18 05:24 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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how about just taking a big old boot and squishing it? less chance of it crawling around everywhere! I had a hobo spider in my towel once, got out of the shower and wrapped it around me and the spider fell out. talk about heart attack!!! We were researching wolf spiders because we've had a couple in the house (and they're big) and one of the things we read says that they can be carrying hundreds of baby spiders on their back and if you squish the momma, the babies all scatter. That's one reason not to take this approach.
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#2196466 - 10/25/18 05:27 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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oooh that is going to give me nightmares! I don't think there are wolf spiders here though...
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#2196467 - 10/25/18 05:29 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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I've squished many a wolf spider (outside) and seen the baby spiders phenomenon.
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#2196468 - 10/25/18 05:30 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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Not sure i know what a 'hobo' spider is. I'll kill a black widow, fiddleback, or wolf spider on sight....i don't kill grandaddy longlegs though.
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#2196470 - 10/25/18 05:37 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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you have to look for the tiny bindle over one shoulder and they're generally found riding the rails around the country
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#2196472 - 10/25/18 05:42 PM
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LOL....good to know.
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#2196475 - 10/25/18 06:05 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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Hobos are poisonous, if you get bit the venom can rot your skin! I just don't like bugs in general. Particularly when they're poisonous!
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#2196479 - 10/25/18 06:23 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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Hmmm...is a hobo spider another name for a fiddleback maybe?
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#2196481 - 10/25/18 06:23 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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(Or "brown recluse"...the official name.)
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#2196482 - 10/25/18 06:28 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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Ohh I'm not sure. All I know is that they're scary and evil lol
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#2196485 - 10/25/18 06:39 PM
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I've squished many a wolf spider (outside) and seen the baby spiders phenomenon. They are freaking awesome. Hit them with a flashlight at night in the barn and suddenly there are 1000's of eyes looking at you...like little diamonds ! I have hoppy spiders in the house and they are most welcome
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#2196486 - 10/25/18 06:42 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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i don't kill grandaddy longlegs though. ^^^^ are not spiders
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#2196490 - 10/25/18 07:06 PM
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Hmmm...they aren't? They have enough legs to be.
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#2196491 - 10/25/18 07:14 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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spiders don't bother me, but MsGilmore screams when she sees one...so...i then have to do something to get rid of them. Freqently i just catch them and throw out back to live another day and eat some bugs...but if it is the wolf spider acting as baby transport, they get sprayed with Bengal roach spray, which kills momma and babies in about 30 seconds...
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#2196507 - 10/25/18 08:19 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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RR Joker - The type of diamonds that are not a girl's best friend!!!!
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#2196508 - 10/25/18 08:23 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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I've squished many a wolf spider (outside) and seen the baby spiders phenomenon. They are freaking awesome. Hit them with a flashlight at night in the barn and suddenly there are 1000's of eyes looking at you...like little diamonds ! Dood...this almost made me faint... My philosophy is...you enter my house, your life is forfeit. Although odds are in the spider's favor due to the fact that it takes me a while to work up the courage to take action. Lots of time to escape! haha
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#2196511 - 10/25/18 08:39 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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I believe the Wolfe spiders each [censored] roaches, so I don't kill them if I come across them. I'd rather have a couple spiders than multiple [censored] roaches, because in FL, they are unavoidable.
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#2196512 - 10/25/18 08:41 PM
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(Or "brown recluse"...the official name.) Google says hobo spiders live in the North West area so different than our fiddlebacks in OK.
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#2196520 - 10/25/18 09:14 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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Hmmm...they aren't? They have enough legs to be. Only 6 of them are legs, the front two are "feelers". They also don't have segmented bodies.
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#2196548 - 10/26/18 02:15 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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I believe the Wolfe spiders each [censored] roaches, so I don't kill them if I come across them. I'd rather have a couple spiders than multiple [censored] roaches, because in FL, they are unavoidable. \ THIS!!!
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#2196561 - 10/26/18 03:02 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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I've squished many a wolf spider (outside) and seen the baby spiders phenomenon. They are freaking awesome. Hit them with a flashlight at night in the barn and suddenly there are 1000's of eyes looking at you...like little diamonds ! NO. Just no.
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#2196571 - 10/26/18 04:02 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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Ironic that ya'll are talking spiders. last night my husband took two pieces of folded paper out of his shirt pocket and put them on the kitchen counter. I come along later and am trying to de-clutter the counter. Pick up the folded papers and out comes a black fuzzy spider, he got away to live another day; where is the tempo spray. Told my husband after screaming like a little girl that his Halloween prank sucked and almost gave me a heart attack.
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#2196673 - 10/29/18 02:45 PM
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I believe the Wolfe spiders each [censored] roaches, so I don't kill them if I come across them. I'd rather have a couple spiders than multiple [censored] roaches, because in FL, they are unavoidable. It took me a minute to figure out why something was censored! Good one. Although, I wonder...if you type it as one word: cockroaches.
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#2196674 - 10/29/18 02:45 PM
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Ah hah! That's why it censored.
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#2196841 - 10/30/18 07:00 PM
Re: Spider killing mishap
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So glad you clarified that because my mind came up with a different, yet entirely appropriate censored word.
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#2196938 - 10/31/18 03:53 PM
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Ugh. Now I have unicorn glitter all over me.
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