Dear wRitErsbLock:

July 27, 2010

Florida

I’ll see your puny little banana spider lookalike and raise you this hairy mofo… it’s almost as big as my hand.

Big ass spider

Doncha just love Florida?? Went out to check the gate after the yard guys left and met this charming native on the path. Oh, it must die.

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23 Responses to “Dear wRitErsbLock:”

  1. Lukie Says:
    27. July 2010 at 7:00 pm

    Holy CRAP! I will never complain about the jumping spiders again! :no:

  2. Folly Says:
    27. July 2010 at 7:55 pm

    Ewwwwww.

    • Pam Says:
      27. July 2010 at 10:01 pm

      I know, right? Of course, they prolly don’t grow this big down in the keys, what with the trade winds…
      ;)

  3. Mrs. Who Says:
    28. July 2010 at 1:04 am

    Yuck…double yuck.

  4. Erinyes Says:
    28. July 2010 at 8:38 am

    http://davidmichaelkennedy.com/blog/media/heather-banana-spider.jpg

    :shock:

  5. wRitErsbLock Says:
    28. July 2010 at 8:56 am

    :hide: ACK!
    I fucking HATE banana spiders. I know mine is too small to actually be the same species, but they make the same zipper web.

    Disgusting.

    KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!

    such things should not exist. :angry:

  6. Mrs. Who Says:
    28. July 2010 at 10:16 am

    Kill it. Kill it dead. Kill it graveyard dead!

  7. Folly Says:
    28. July 2010 at 5:20 pm

    KILL IT! :shock:

  8. Bitterroot Says:
    28. July 2010 at 6:17 pm

    For the past several years since the hurricanes, we had those big bitches EVERYWHERE each summer. This year, however, I haven’t seen a one. And too, the lovebugs were just about non-existent this past spring. Why? Because we had such a long stretch of sub-freezing temps this past winter. Or at least that’s my theory.

    That, or they’re all gathered together somewhere, waiting to feed on the first plump redneck with two bad knees who happens to wander by… :shock:

    • Pam Says:
      28. July 2010 at 8:49 pm

      We had a nice cold winter – it even froze! – but suddenly it’s like a bad B movie around here… :shock:

  9. Peter Says:
    29. July 2010 at 6:06 am

    Meanwhile I have a nice spider on a web on our back door that I say hello to every time I open the door to let CAP in and out. The spider kills and eats flies and mosquitoes.

    When Linda Lou is mobile again I will probably ave to evict the spider but, until then, anything that kills flies and Mozzies is a friend of mine. Of course, this spider is not as big as a hand.

    Meanwhile, poor Bingo is all ate up with fleas, I give him flea baths, spray him and use those little things you rub from between the shoulder blades to the top of the tail/ Trouble is, the kid ‘cross our little road had some outside, near stray dogs around that are covered in fleas and Bingo thinks those fleabags are his pals to play with. Sigh. I reckon I’ll have to get some dip.

    Had to get dogs. Couldn’t get a nice spider farm, no, had to get dogs.

    • Pam Says:
      29. July 2010 at 8:28 am

      ‘Spider farm’. Too more words that should never go together. :D

      Hubby can verify this: Until very recently there were two spiders right outside my front door, off to the left in the front bed. One a crab spider; I called her Charlotte and the other a nondescript little girl who decided to pitch her tent next to Charlotte’s.

      Like you, I was happy for the help. That big ass banana thing is a whole different story!

      Poor Bingo! What about going to the source? Instead of more chemicals for Mr. Pug, maybe the ‘near’ stray dogs could be trapped or the kid could receive some flea info. Cuz if a dog has fleas there’s a more than good chance he’s got tapeworms. :(

  10. wRitErsbLock Says:
    29. July 2010 at 10:51 am

    Banana spider creep me out. They’re just so big.

    When my SIL was in town 2 weeks ago, and we sat in the back yard in the evenings, she was freaked out by the bats flying about. But we love the bats. They eat the bugs, too.

    As I said in my post you linked, the spiders (outside my home) can live until I walk through their web. Then, they die. By fire.

    • Pam Says:
      29. July 2010 at 11:04 am

      You have a flamethrower? :shock:

      I finally saw some bats the other night! Very cool… as long as they don’t fly into my hair, lay eggs and I go crazy. You know… as you do.