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Frownland 09-29-2017 09:36 AM

Out here, daddylonglegs are the spiders, or were you just grouping them in with crane flies?

My least favourite living creature, even more than mosquitoes or people, is the tarantula hawk.

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The female tarantula hawk wasp stings and paralyzes a tarantula, then drags the prey to a specially prepared brooding nest, where a single egg is laid on the spider's abdomen, and the entrance is covered.[3] Sex of the larvae is determined by fertilization; fertilized eggs produce females, while unfertilized eggs produce males.[3] When the wasp larva hatches, it creates a small hole in the spider's abdomen, then enters and feeds voraciously, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive.[3] After several weeks, the larva pupates. Finally, the wasp becomes an adult and emerges from the spider's abdomen to continue the life cycle.
Pretty ****ed. Yes, I have a soft spot for tarantulas, **** off.

Trollheart 09-29-2017 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1877974)
Out here, daddylonglegs are the spiders, or were you just grouping them in with crane flies?

Dunno. On the island we call them both. Spiders are just spiders. One friend of Karen's calls the craneflies "ballet dancers", but she can just **** right off.

Frownland 09-29-2017 10:00 AM

You don't differentiate between different types of spiders?

Trollheart 09-29-2017 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1877998)
You don't differentiate between different types of spiders?

Not really. We don't get really big ones. There are water spiders, who have tiny bodies but huge legs (probably about the size of your palm I guess), money spiders which are simply tiny, and everything else. We're just not as bothered with them here; they come, they go, they get squished, some people escort them out of their houses, some let them live there. No biggie. I don't like spiders though: not afraid of them per se but I wouldn't go to sleep if I knew one was in the room.

Frownland 09-29-2017 10:18 AM

Daddy long legs are a common house spider for us, which is why we make the differentiation. Most people won't specify a wolf spider or orb weaver or anything like that.

http://wafflesatnoon.com/wp-content/...-long-legs.jpg

Cuthbert 09-29-2017 10:28 AM

Daddy Longlegs and spiders are different things for me. One flies, the others don't.

Spiders are OK, I let them chill. If it's a really big one, I put a glass over it and paper underneath and let him outside.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKq_2avUMAAK5JW.jpg

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 09-29-2017 10:49 AM

me after finding a spider in my room

https://m.popkey.co/ca97b2/a1WxV.gif

Cuthbert 09-29-2017 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy (Post 1878019)
me after finding a spider in my room

https://m.popkey.co/ca97b2/a1WxV.gif

:D

One time I set my cat on one. He didn't do anything.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 09-29-2017 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1878020)
:D

One time I set my cat on one. He didn't do anything.

reminds me of my last cat :( she would chase around flies and eat them all day but if you were to swat one she wouldn't touch it. needed to catch it herself.

MicShazam 09-29-2017 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1878008)
Daddy Longlegs and spiders are different things for me. One flies, the others don't.

Spiders are OK, I let them chill. If it's a really big one, I put a glass over it and paper underneath and let him outside.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKq_2avUMAAK5JW.jpg

I don't want them crawling on me, but I don't really mind them either since they just kind of sit there in a corner.


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