Spiders!!!
Apr 30th 2007, 12:41 pm
#31
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Re: Spiders!!!
Okay... so the notification arrives in my inbox - with the title "Spiders!!!". So why oh why oh why do I feel the need to have a look... and then open every damn link on the page! I must be a sucker for punishment. I don't fear spiders... but I do get very nauseous around them (childhood experience - I won't go into details... as just typing it will make me vomit.
Ok... started typing this almost 10 minutes ago. back now, and feeling ucky!
I'm off to check under the beds, and the sofas. Oh, and will shake out my boots before I put my feet in them.
*Elle shudders*
Ok... started typing this almost 10 minutes ago. back now, and feeling ucky!
I'm off to check under the beds, and the sofas. Oh, and will shake out my boots before I put my feet in them.
*Elle shudders*
Apr 30th 2007, 2:56 pm
#32
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Re: Spiders!!!
Apr 30th 2007, 2:57 pm
#33
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Re: Spiders!!!
Be thankful you aren't a camel!
Apr 30th 2007, 2:59 pm
#34
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Re: Spiders!!!
Cheers, my Lord it's a blinkin Tarantula. I was joking with Mrs last summer that we had Tarantulas in the garden 
and there really is!
I wish they'd stay out of my pool. It's either a Hairy Mygalomorph or a Lycosa by the looks of things.
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spi...osa_helluo.jpg
The funnelweb Mygalomorph Macrothele calpeiana (= M. calpetana) is a huge black and hairy spider, appearing dangerous, even sinister. Maybe it's the largest european spider (up to 40 mm - or more?). Macrothele is found in southern parts of Spain (Provinces of Cádiz, Huelva, Malaga, Badajoz and maybe Seville).
[Ronda, Andalusia, S Spain, March 2000.]
http://www.oeko-msc.de/Macrothele-calpeiana_1.jpg
and there really is!I wish they'd stay out of my pool. It's either a Hairy Mygalomorph or a Lycosa by the looks of things.
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spi...osa_helluo.jpg
The funnelweb Mygalomorph Macrothele calpeiana (= M. calpetana) is a huge black and hairy spider, appearing dangerous, even sinister. Maybe it's the largest european spider (up to 40 mm - or more?). Macrothele is found in southern parts of Spain (Provinces of Cádiz, Huelva, Malaga, Badajoz and maybe Seville).
[Ronda, Andalusia, S Spain, March 2000.]
http://www.oeko-msc.de/Macrothele-calpeiana_1.jpg
Ahhhhhhhh they're so sweet...
Apr 30th 2007, 5:45 pm
#35
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Re: Spiders!!!
This thread has cheered me up no end!!! 
Apr 30th 2007, 5:56 pm
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Apr 30th 2007, 6:03 pm
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Apr 30th 2007, 6:18 pm
#38
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Re: Spiders!!!
Friend tells me she always wears shoes whn she walks her dog on the waste ground opposite because of the Snakes... helppp.. I wish she had told me that, I walked her dogs last year.. never knew about the snakes..:curse:
Apr 30th 2007, 6:38 pm
#39
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Re: Spiders!!!
Apr 30th 2007, 7:01 pm
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Re: Spiders!!!
Just asked hubby if we can cancel the removal and stay here - he says "no" 
May 4th 2007, 6:19 am
#42
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Re: Spiders!!!
i found a spider on the wall of my house last year. it was yellow! but stranger than that...it had a huge bulbous yellow dome on its back, and looked a bit like a crab! anyway, i looked on the internet and it turned out to be a "crab spider". has anyone else seen one, wherever they live? im inland of alicante, near "sax"
May 4th 2007, 9:48 am
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Re: Spiders!!!
i found a spider on the wall of my house last year. it was yellow! but stranger than that...it had a huge bulbous yellow dome on its back, and looked a bit like a crab! anyway, i looked on the internet and it turned out to be a "crab spider". has anyone else seen one, wherever they live? im inland of alicante, near "sax"
I wish you hadn't posted that as I will be living not far from Sax (Castalla)
May 4th 2007, 1:01 pm
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Re: Spiders!!!
May 4th 2007, 2:49 pm
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Re: Spiders!!!
Just make a noise as you move about, they will soon get out your way, think how mean you look to them ;-)