name it raid

3/12/2012 1:20:08 PM

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"ooks like a wolf spider of some kind what is it specifically its kind of weird as far as i can tell to have a wolf spider type as a pet is it large? i cant get a size reference "

yup a wolf spider. And it is not really a pet per se, just keeping them until we get our garden going. This gal has a 2.5 inch diameter including her legs. certainly not the largest we have kept.

Fang was way bigger (use the brick in background as size reference):



I am however getting a rose hair tarantula next week, which is one of the most common tarantulas to keep.




[Edited on March 12, 2012 at 1:26 PM. Reason : grammar]

3/12/2012 1:21:13 PM

We were discussing it and as for size reference there is a rolley poley in the second pic at the bottom right, so looks like a medium size wolf spider. Those shits can get huge though for sure.

3/12/2012 1:24:29 PM

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"PER SE "

[Edited on March 12, 2012 at 1:25 PM. Reason : ]

3/12/2012 1:25:31 PM

I had wolf spiders all over my house in England.


I wouldn't have minded them if they would have eaten all the slugs that lived in the house as well.

3/12/2012 1:25:35 PM

thats pretty cool

when i used to keep spiders and things from outside they just die, much less successfully reproduce

its just not my thang i guess, i lack a brown thumb

3/12/2012 1:28:17 PM

those things are too F.S.T. "fast" for my liking.... I have a pic sommers of one at nearly 4" with its legs doing the 4-forward, 4-rearward thing.... too fast for their size, too scary. would rather stumble on a black widow than one of these

3/12/2012 1:29:10 PM

^ no way, we have a lot of black widows in our garage and around our house, they get everywhere and will move indoors too. My dog barely survived a black widow bite and would not wish that on anyone's pet their family.

that being said, my so has kept a few black widows.

3/12/2012 1:31:31 PM

They freaked me out when I first moved in.

Quite a few wolf spiders had taken up shop in the light fixture in the living room ceiling (one of those translucent domes) when the previous tenants moved out.

I cut on the light and it cast wolf-spider shadows all over the floor.

3/12/2012 1:33:39 PM

black widows get real bad certain years indoors

3/12/2012 1:34:06 PM

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"I'd kill it with fire. All of them."

3/12/2012 1:34:21 PM

yea, wolf spiders can definitely get indoors too, but they are not poisonous like black widows and eat other nuisances

here was our black widow before collection

3/12/2012 1:36:02 PM

i got bit twice by a spider cleaning out our garage

shit sucked

3/12/2012 1:37:02 PM

Yeah... i had a brown recluse bite me...

Fucking thing ate a hole in my arm about the size of a ping pong ball.


needless to say... i kill poisonous spiders now.

I'm down with most of the big ones but if i see that hour glass or a spindly little brown fucker...

DEAD!

3/12/2012 1:40:52 PM

I used to have a bad problem with wolf spiders when I first moved into my house. After soiling several pairs of boxers, I now have a Perimeter of Chemical Death around my house, and have not seen a single one since.

3/12/2012 2:30:20 PM

Oh, dont get me wrong, i still get creeped the fuck out

But when you stumble upon a widow, after shrieking like a middle school girl at a Twilight premier and jump backward a few feet... nothing really happens other than it might crawl away..... a wolf spider may dart & jump.... out of the way or on my leg, etc.


shit now ive got the creeps.

3/12/2012 3:53:18 PM

Wolf Spider, yes. Black Window, HELL no!

I think it's awesome that you're housing spiders for the winter, but I draw the line at highly venomous ones.

3/12/2012 3:56:15 PM

Wolf spiders crawl away too. They just crawl away much faster.

3/12/2012 3:56:25 PM

 

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3/12/2012 4:07:12 PM

I opened this and wanted to stomp my laptop

3/12/2012 4:10:40 PM

^

3/12/2012 4:14:27 PM

wtf? ive been chased by black widows before.

those motherfuckers will rear up on their little back legs and hiss at you!

they JUMP TOWARDS YOU, not run away...

or am i living in a sci fi original movie?

one time there was one behind my shampoo in the goddamn shower. imagine the shenanigans that ensued after i grabbed that bottle...

3/12/2012 5:54:47 PM

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"I respect spiders and think they are pretty cool because they eat other annoying creatures. But they still scare me and I prefer to keep my distance as much as possible."

Exactly. One of the coolest things I got to watch was a garden spider wrap up a dying moth I threw in its nest.... but holy mother of God, I turn into a spaz if I see a wolf spider, brown recluse, etc, in the house. I would milk 1,000 venomous snakes if it meant never having one of those in my living quarters ever again

3/12/2012 6:16:36 PM

I hate spiders.

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"kill it with fire!"

I agree Samwise16

[Edited on March 12, 2012 at 6:31 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2012 6:28:45 PM

well to clarify, these are not free-range spiders, they reside in a sealed container overwinter

3/12/2012 6:33:17 PM

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"free-range spiders"

3/12/2012 6:46:53 PM

can't imagine keeping a black window anywhere near me while I sleep. I know they're out there, but I prefer to keep the ones that I know about far far away.

3/12/2012 8:15:53 PM

i for one am not surprised she has pet spiders.

they watch her play risk and/or stratego.

3/12/2012 9:10:48 PM

^ they are players 2-4 actually

3/13/2012 9:36:46 AM

I only buy free-range, organic spiders

3/13/2012 9:54:39 AM

3/13/2012 10:02:14 AM

How many spiders do you have?

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

[Edited on March 13, 2012 at 11:22 AM. Reason : and ps3 risk is the fucking SHIT]

3/13/2012 11:22:09 AM

^^ I like that video

currently this is the only one I care for.

today is a horrible day, sad spider


[Edited on March 13, 2012 at 1:55 PM. Reason : pitcher]

3/13/2012 1:54:26 PM

3/13/2012 1:59:11 PM

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"What'd you say? Oh, you're talking to me all wrong... It's the wrong tone. You do it again and I'll stab you in the face with a soldering iron. "

3/13/2012 4:29:32 PM

^Needs

"FUCK YOU, I'M A SPIDER"

3/13/2012 9:02:30 PM

^ you are right, but F the spiders F_cking spiders

3/13/2012 9:04:02 PM

fuck this thread

3/13/2012 9:14:24 PM

don't crash my thread. at least not today, I need this thread.

3/13/2012 9:20:27 PM

What's wrong? Any more spider pics?

3/13/2012 9:21:34 PM

3/13/2012 9:22:24 PM

sup kmyoungs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/9118566/Dew-soaked-bugs-Ondrej-Pakans-photos-of-insects-covered-in-drops-of-water.html?frame=2156266

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

3/16/2012 9:11:42 PM

Mrs. Magoo looks much bigger and scarier in that OP pic than IRL, her babies are so cute! I need to come see them soon... lol

*walks across hall*

3/16/2012 9:24:46 PM

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e4a_1334156442

4/11/2012 9:51:09 PM

New baby Dora!!!





I'll post pictures of the vinegaroon soon

4/15/2012 8:53:30 PM

WHY DID I CLICK IN HERE D:

4/15/2012 8:55:38 PM

beats me, it is in the title and everything.

4/15/2012 8:59:39 PM

3^I saw a vinegaroon at the zoo today!

4/15/2012 9:09:31 PM

What the heck that spider could eat your hand off.

4/15/2012 9:39:55 PM

but where is Mr. Magoo????

4/15/2012 11:46:23 PM