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Posts: 3,177Hi girls,
for a change here in the UK we have had some gorgeous weather for a few weeks now and all the heat and sunshine has brought out all the bugs and creepy crawlies!
My life revolves around checking all the rooms for S.P.I.D.E.R.S. especially the bedroom (shudder to think of me sleeping with me gob open all night arrrggghhhhh)...................we have moths, earwigs, woodlice, daddy long legs, fly's (the Damn Fly's Carruthers!) and just about every bug under the sun setting up camp in the house.
Now, we're pretty lucky here in the UK cos we don't get the real BIG bugs here as we don't generally have the heat for them, but HOW do you you girls manage in your hot climates overseas? Do you have body armour? Do you get a patrol to check the house for nasties? HOW DO YOU COPE WITH THE LITTLE BEASTS???
I have a large collection of yoghurt pots ready to pop over any offending S.P.I.D.E.R.S. to make sure they don't go play hidey seek before Terry gets home and liberates them. I never kill S.P.I.D.E.R.S or any bug unless it's by accident - ugh just the thought of squishing a S.P.I.D.E.R makes me heave!
Tell me about YOUR BIG BUGS! Make me feel better about my little ones please
Penny 
DoodlebearsOh boy Pen, you said the S word. UUGGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!! 
I hate the little horrors, sometimes not so little. Yesterday there was a big beetle like critter in my bathroom...guess who left sharpish...yep me. I had to get my son to relocate the grotty little, I mean, big horrible beastie.
Shuddddder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs Jane.
Pandy Potter Bears
My big bug is outside sanding down the woodwork so he can paint it. His latin name is Arachnidotherhalfous, his common name is Mark. He tends to come out when its hot and camaflagoues himself by going a dark brown colour. I've tried fly sprays and pesticides to get rid of him but they don't seem to work. I'm off to town soon to see if I can get a giant yogurt pot to scrape him up and put him in the garden! Here he is on the computer.
Bears-a-Bruin!Pen, could you send us some of your sunshine pleeeeaaaaassse???! We're cold here in Macclesfield, and dodging the rain. We have had about 10 days fine weather this year so far
On the up-side....no bugs!!!!! 
Pandy Potter BearsMy big bug has just gone off to the gym, but this has reminded me of something years ago. I catch spiders in pots and chuck them out too and when I first lived with my hubby I caught one and showed it to him as it was massive, he backed away and its then you know a little more of your other half , he hates spiders! Of course this meant years of tricks like throwing tomato stalks at him and shouting 'ahh spider', very immature but then I was young and my hubby is the most sarcastic person I know (very 'low' form of wit). His mother used to see a spider and would not move off her chair until his dad came in to catch it, she passed the phobia on. Of course all those years later and its me jumping on chairs as we had our mouse invasion last year. They do look cute, but not in my house!
Luxembears. His latin name is Arachnidotherhalfous, his common name Mark.
:crackup: I can't wait to tell my hubby , Mark! 
PEN, I thought liked spiders!? I hate spiders but have learned to cope with them. They seem to respect us around here as I hardly ever see any on the house. I read that they come out at night under the cover of darkness searching for mates. eeewwww
I don't see many during the daytime in our barn either...but in our hay room there is much evidence...webs....I have gooseflesh rigth now. We get those big honking black and yellow variety BIG BIG BIG. BUT...I have seen on tv that spiders in Australia can be HUGE. Do any of you Australians have any stories?
Thank goodness in Wisconsin we don't have any trantulas..I would have to move.
Oh, you'll love this: my daughter's science teacher said that the average person eats six spiders a year.
Posts: 3,177Oh, you'll love this: my daughter's science teacher said that the average person eats six spiders a year.
I think i'm gonna be SICK heave.......gag...............gag
Wild Thyme OriginalsI hate to be such a "Polly Anna Pure Bread" about this 
.... and I am certainly not a big fan of the creepy crawlies or anything, but OH... the sight of a beautifully constructed circular web glistening with dew makes my heart all a flutter! 
And they DO help to control the other smaller ickies. I certainly wouldn't want a web ON me in ANY way... that I find yucky too! I have the trap and release duties in my house. I think my husband could reduce a burgler to a quivering mess, but spiders.... you'll see him running the other way!
Kim Basta
Widl Thyme Originals
and I am certainly not a big fan of the creepy crawlies or anything, but OH... the sight of a beautifully constructed circular web glistening with dew makes my heart all a flutter! And they DO help to control the other smaller ickies. I certainly wouldn't want a web ON me in ANY way... that I find yucky too! I have the trap and release duties in my house. I think my husband could reduce a burgler to a quivering mess, but spiders.... you'll see him running the other way!
Me too Kim!! I love seeing the webs out in the garden........we have TONS of those big black and yellow garden spiders and they make the most gorgeous webs. AND they get lots of nasty flies and stuff. Getting webs on you is icky though.......I used to hate having to take the lead on trail rides (when I actually had time to ride...don't do it anymore ) as the first person through would always run into huge webs between the trees. ICK!!
We also get big wolf spiders that love to come into the house. I hate those things! They're big, ugly, and they BITE!! Sorry, I don't catch and release these.......they get squashed!! :twisted: And I have to do it because if Darren sees a spider he screams like a girl and takes off! :crackup: :crackup: I too have had a blast with that one..........my favorite is planting a rubber spider in places like his coffee maker, the medicine cabinet, etc. :twisted: :crackup: Last year for Christmas he got an extra gift from Santa.......a remote control spider that I held the remote to while he opened it. :twisted: That one was fun!! The look on Darren's face as he tried to open that box...................it ended up tossed across the room! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: It's a good thing he loves me and gives as good as he gets!
Posts: 3,177That is PRICELESS Tracy ha ha ha ha :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
I suspect that you are a bit of a devil :twisted: under that sweet 
exterior of yours Miss
UGH.............webs across the paths................being the first rider through...............gag...heave...gag
Penny feeling faint...............swooon
LuxembearsLast year for Christmas he got an extra gift from Santa.......a remote control spider that I held the remote to while he opened it. :twisted: That one was fun!! The look on Darren's face as he tried to open that box...................it ended up tossed across the room! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: It's a good thing he loves me and gives as good as he gets!
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: Oh you wicked girl! If my hubby did that to me I would get a remote control mouse!!!! He hates mice. :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
Once we had a black and yellow spider outside our kitchen window. We watched her for many many days as she built her orb web and caught flies. I did not have the heart to kill her, so we just wacthed her until she left and went somewhere else. Nature really is perfect.
Spiders really do control the pesky flying insect population. I just wish they wouldn't surpirse you once in a while by dropping down on a web.
Bears-a-Bruin!Awwwww, Lisa, I'm going to miss you on here!!!!!! :hug: If your work lets you come back sometime, please please pop in and say hello....
PS Sorry, I know you said don't reply, but...well....couldn't help myself....
Posts: 3,177The squirrel says 'BYE' Lisa
Posts: 3,177gotobedbears wrote:The squirrel says 'BYE' Lisa
PENNY!!! Get over here and clean this coffee off of my keyboard!!! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
I'm coming Master :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
Posts: 3,177Good girl.
WOOF WOOF WOOF - pant pant pant - waggy waggy tail
Newcastle, OntarioHope you get caught up on things, Lisa!
We live by the river and have tons and tons of spiders. Our house gets lots of sun in the back and it's nothing to see a dozen spiders making webs up and down the three stories. We also have millions of mosquitos so the spiders can stay, along with the dragon flies. I always carefully relocate, when I find one in the house - can't bear to kill one.
When we lived in Deep River we had a large Wolf spider living under our washing machine. We called it Charlotte and it never seemed to venture anywhere else except that area of the basement. It was there for at least a year and was still there when we left. I find them fascinating.
hugs,
Brenda
Bine-TeddiesAnother hilarous thread, just what I needed. I can't contribute anything out of the ordinary as we get the average assortment of sp.....rs and bugs. I hate arachnids and am not too fond of the rest, except lady bugs of course. I highly doubt that we all eat spiders unknowingly though, being a scientist in biology myself and having never heard of that. I guess it depends on your personal food hygiene.
Lisa- sorry to see you leave. That vegemite thread was great fun indeed :crackup: Come back when time allows. I bet you can't stay away for long, you'll miss us too much. :hug:
Posts: 3,177When we lived in Deep River we had a large Wolf spider living under our washing machine. We called it Charlotte and it never seemed to venture anywhere else except that area of the basement. It was there for at least a year and was still there when we left. I find them fascinating.
Are you MAD Brenda???????
A wolf s.p.i.d.e.r called Charlotte!
YOU LEFT IT THERE WHEN YOU MOVED?
I feel for the new tenants, i really do
Penny...itching all over yuk
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But they were gentle and usually sweet.....and they eat smaller bugs.....always a plus....
Well if the average person eats 8 spiders a year, I guess it could be considered free protein?
Posts: 8,574Probably because the asphalt is warm....i was always told they were looking for mates....
I hate, and I do mean hate, bugs! We have a lot of bugs here in South Florida because we're in a tropical climate. I don't handle them too well - I freak out when I see them. Now it's summer here so the bugs really come out - yuck! Another fun thing about hurricanes is that they drive the bugs into the walls of your home. That happened with Hurricane Wilma last year, and it was no fun.
We have roaches, which makes me feel sick even saying the name. They are the nastiest, dirtiest bugs! Another fun bug is the mosquito, which tends to bite me a lot. And they breed in pools of water so when it rains, they get worse. Hurricanes really bring them out to when there's standing water after. We have lots of other bugs, but those 2 are the worst. We have spiders too. We have lizards that eat the bugs, and I don't mind the lizards. We had a lizard that lived in our house for a couple of weeks until DH caught him last week. We don't like to kill lizards so you have to catch them.
I have an embarressing bug story. When I was in 4th grade, I woke up in the middle of the night and when I came back to my room, I saw a roach. We had tile floors, and I called for my mom and told her I was going to pass out. I wasn't kidding. She kind of caught me and my head hit the floor. I had sort of a black eye and my head really hurt. I couldnt' go to school for a couple of days. Not fun. :redface:
Past Time BearsOh yeah, Chrissie, we've got the mosquitos and roaches, too. But Texas cockroaches are huge, hideous things that our cats and dogs love to torment. Loooooove the big black/yellow garden spiders that weave those beautiful webs. We have several every year and usually one or two do their thing in front of my sewing room window. Love lizards, frogs/toads, dragonflies, and anything else that eats mosquitos and flies.
Newcastle, OntarioWe're not mad, Pen Pen, they just eat tons of bugs. Actually I was giving you the short version. Our kids (especially our son) used to bring dead flies and mosquitoes down to the basement and leave them buy the washing machine for her. They always disappeared - maybe that's why Charlotte always stayed there - she didn't want to upset us and rock the boat LOL!
When we moved, we actually looked for her as we were going to put her outside. We couldn't find her - maybe all the noise of the movers scared her. Charlotte was only about 1 3/4 - 2 inches in size.
You want a spider story to beat that? When we were visiting friends in Durham, North Carolina, I spotted something on the window ledge, outside the bedroom window where we were sleeping. It was as big as my hand and I couldn't believe it was a spider. I asked what it was and our host went up a ladder with a stick and poked it. It got up and moved about a foot and Kurt said, "that's the biggest damned Wolf spider I've ever seen. Hubby asked what he was going to do about it and Kurt said in his southern drawl "nooot a thiiiiiing, he's outside your bedroom window, not mine"! My husband almost packed the car and left, but Kurt finally did move it. It wouldn't bother me at all. Oh and in case you don't know, Wolf spiders don't have webs - they are too big and heavy.
hugs,
Brenda
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And if you are leaving are you never coming back? 
Really???? 
What will we do? Those of us who admire you so and quietly lurk in the background reading every seriously silly word you post????? 
Jellybelly BearsOh, sorry you are leaving Lisa Hope you can get lots of work done!
Bugs!! We have too many here in Australia...think my worst feared are those giant moths!!! They are awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xo Sarah
