Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
Sep 6th 2007, 8:47 am
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
Bring on the Black Widows I say! Even my arachnophobia can't dissuade me from moving.
I say this now...
I say this now...
Sep 6th 2007, 9:05 am
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
Still, better than the Black Widow's though.......... there's no way I'm letting my wife see that picture
Sep 6th 2007, 4:00 pm
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Sep 6th 2007, 4:06 pm
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
Unless, of course that's a meta-referential-hyper-apostrophe, in which case, I apologize.
Black Widow's talents have been known to turn me on too.
(in another life, of course)
Black Widow's talents have been known to turn me on too.
(in another life, of course)
Sep 6th 2007, 5:56 pm
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
I've just spat coffee over my keyboard at the idea you can keep aunts away with cucumber peel. Yes, I know it was a typo, and I'm not having a go at that, but I just had this image pop into my head of an elderly spinster throwing up her hands as she walks up the driveway and saying "oh, Heavens-to-Betsy, look at all that cucumber peel, I can't possibly stay here."
I wonder if it works for mothers-in-law too, or if it's just aunts!
I wonder if it works for mothers-in-law too, or if it's just aunts!
) On the subject of creepy crawlies in Canada though; I've seen less here than I did in all my time in England....ok - so it was only 28 years!
My daughter was so freaked out at the sight of a house spider under her bed in the cottage we rented there this summer; that she refused to sleep in her room for the remainder of the week
Sep 6th 2007, 11:07 pm
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
I can safely say that 16+ years living in Montreal I had never encountered a 'house' spider (ie; spider that comes into the house) larger than the size of a quarter (bout the size of a 10p coin)... since having moved to the UK however, it seems a weekly occurence of having spiders larger then a 2.00 coin run across the carpet to my shrieks.
Not seen a snake in the UK yet (aside from my OH) but only came across snakes once in Montreal when cycling by the lakes, it must have been a nest that had just hatched as dozens of small snakes were slithering across the bike path ahead... prompting us to quickly end our day out & return to the car *lol*
EDIT: Just wanted to add in response to an earlier post (cant be bothered flipping back through the pages) that snakes survive by hibernating through the winters much like the bears do, they can be found curled up in holes in the ground very often taking advantage of another hibernating animals cozy burrow. So very often a bear or badgers hibernating cave/hole is accompanied by snakes taking advantage of the warm blooded mamals that also need to hibernate. Spiders try to find their way into our homes in the Fall/Autumn (so you'll be more likely to come across them during that season in your homes) to avoid the coming deep freezes. My experience was that they seemed to thrive in our basement storage room where we kept a stack of firewood which they seemed to feel right at home in.
Not seen a snake in the UK yet (aside from my OH
) but only came across snakes once in Montreal when cycling by the lakes, it must have been a nest that had just hatched as dozens of small snakes were slithering across the bike path ahead... prompting us to quickly end our day out & return to the car *lol*EDIT: Just wanted to add in response to an earlier post (cant be bothered flipping back through the pages) that snakes survive by hibernating through the winters much like the bears do, they can be found curled up in holes in the ground very often taking advantage of another hibernating animals cozy burrow. So very often a bear or badgers hibernating cave/hole is accompanied by snakes taking advantage of the warm blooded mamals that also need to hibernate. Spiders try to find their way into our homes in the Fall/Autumn (so you'll be more likely to come across them during that season in your homes) to avoid the coming deep freezes. My experience was that they seemed to thrive in our basement storage room where we kept a stack of firewood which they seemed to feel right at home in.
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Sep 12th 2007, 10:14 am
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
I can safely say that 16+ years living in Montreal I had never encountered a 'house' spider (ie; spider that comes into the house) larger than the size of a quarter (bout the size of a 10p coin)... since having moved to the UK however, it seems a weekly occurence of having spiders larger then a 2.00 coin run across the carpet to my shrieks.
Not seen a snake in the UK yet (aside from my OH) but only came across snakes once in Montreal when cycling by the lakes, it must have been a nest that had just hatched as dozens of small snakes were slithering across the bike path ahead... prompting us to quickly end our day out & return to the car *lol*
EDIT: Just wanted to add in response to an earlier post (cant be bothered flipping back through the pages) that snakes survive by hibernating through the winters much like the bears do, they can be found curled up in holes in the ground very often taking advantage of another hibernating animals cozy burrow. So very often a bear or badgers hibernating cave/hole is accompanied by snakes taking advantage of the warm blooded mamals that also need to hibernate. Spiders try to find their way into our homes in the Fall/Autumn (so you'll be more likely to come across them during that season in your homes) to avoid the coming deep freezes. My experience was that they seemed to thrive in our basement storage room where we kept a stack of firewood which they seemed to feel right at home in.
Not seen a snake in the UK yet (aside from my OH
) but only came across snakes once in Montreal when cycling by the lakes, it must have been a nest that had just hatched as dozens of small snakes were slithering across the bike path ahead... prompting us to quickly end our day out & return to the car *lol*EDIT: Just wanted to add in response to an earlier post (cant be bothered flipping back through the pages) that snakes survive by hibernating through the winters much like the bears do, they can be found curled up in holes in the ground very often taking advantage of another hibernating animals cozy burrow. So very often a bear or badgers hibernating cave/hole is accompanied by snakes taking advantage of the warm blooded mamals that also need to hibernate. Spiders try to find their way into our homes in the Fall/Autumn (so you'll be more likely to come across them during that season in your homes) to avoid the coming deep freezes. My experience was that they seemed to thrive in our basement storage room where we kept a stack of firewood which they seemed to feel right at home in.
Sep 12th 2007, 11:08 am
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
Sep 12th 2007, 11:38 am
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
I've been to Florida twice... and I didn't see a snake nor a spider. I did, however, see a dozen alligators - and I also experienced Hurricane Charley.
I'm still undecided on what's worse - 8-legged bastards or tropical storms.
I'm still undecided on what's worse - 8-legged bastards or tropical storms.
Sep 12th 2007, 12:11 pm
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Sep 13th 2007, 5:05 am
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Right well this is one half Quebecer who will never grace the shores of Florida in that case *lol* Seriously though, lived in the pacific islands of Fiji and had seen some pretty nasty sized bugs (and lizards & snakes) which was one of my reasons for loving Canada so much... they creeped me right the eff out in Fiji. Come to North West England and start seeing spiders to rival the big ones I saw in Fiji and start thinking this aint the place for me to settle down in as I'll be having hysterical screaming fits every week... what would the future kids (and hubby) think of that! Might get locked up in a loony bin *lol*
Sep 13th 2007, 5:07 am
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Re: Snakes and Spiders in Canada?
Alligators are a natural hazard here, which is why all stretches of water have to be treated with suspicion and respect. Not wise to swim in Rivers or lakes here, Mr. Alli Gator Esq might come visiting, and he is a hooligan LOL.
Sep 13th 2007, 5:08 am
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Agh dont mention Scorpions, as a Virgo I was unlucky enough to have not one but 3 Scorpions (I mean Scorpios) and avoid them like the plague now, they can be nasty peices of work with the sting in their tails *lol*
Sep 13th 2007, 5:12 am
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