Originally Posted by honeybunny2011 (Post 9666355)

Funny I feel less scared of the thoughts of a bear in my garden than I do about a tiny bug that can bite.

Originally Posted by JonboyE (Post 9663346)

The very southern bit of Canada is just about warm enough for them. They are more common in the hotter, more arid, areas like the Thompson Okanagan district where RICH lives. They are also found on the west coast but are rare in this climate. Comb foot spiders are quite common, and although most of then are quite harmless I tend to apply squashing treatment on sight and it is quite hard to tell if the squished remains on the bottom of your shoe really was a rare black widow or just another poor spider going innocently about its business.

There is also another little nasty on the west coast called a Hobo spider. Their bites can cause necrotic arachnidism, like a mild version of a brown recluse bite (we are far too far north for brown recluses).

Don't worry too much. I hate spiders but apart from taking simple precautions, like wearing gloves and long sleeves if you moving a wood pile or clearing out the garden shed, they are not an issue in day to day life.

Edit: I see you are heading to Nova Scotia. I am pretty sure the climate there will not support a population of black widows.

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 9662928)

Mozzies and black flies. Better with the skeetervac, but still a pain as the suns going down.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...k/DSC00745.jpg

Got these stupid black and red beetles all over everything at the moment too, altough they dont seem to do anything.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Elder_Bug.jpg