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Originally Posted by montsnmags
... We have similar garden spiders here. The Loved One is not impressed by them but, as with the geckos and wasps and hornets and mantises and such, I remind him of the reason we have so few flies and mosquitoes. I remember seeing a couple of years ago a news article of one feasting on a small bird caught in its web.
As children, me and a friend would take Huntsman Spiders to school in our lunchboxes and play with them during the breaks by letting them crawl on our hands (which they were often as big as), arms and so on. They're a large, flattish, crab-like spider you can see in the link above (at "Huntsman Spiders") - hunters, as per the name, rather than webmakers. ... |
I'd like to get a tarantula, but my wife put her foot down firmly on that idea. No doubt if I got one anyway, she'd put her foot down even firmer!
Just as well. The tiny, irritating hairs on many species can be extremely dangerous. A few years ago, the local newspaper reported that a child in our area was blinded after handling a tarantula and then rubbing his eyes.
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Originally Posted by montsnmags
Umm, weather...
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Yes. We're having some today.
Mostly good. Chilly start, warming to the 60s. Tomorrow is predicted to be in the 70s.