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DixieGal · 08-28-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Yep, not a Tarantula. They like deserty climates. Probably a cane spider or a central american banana spider. They get big and are brown (and aggressive). They like wet, tropical, climates....

Oh right, now maybe I remember it being called a banana spider. Lots and lots of furry hair on it, about 6 inches across. Does that sound like a banana spider?

vivaldirules · 08-28-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Well, I've got a yard full of nice lizards. (American Anoles, they change color from brown to green and back). The males display by doing push-ups and sticking out a red neck flap. They don't bother people and are cute to watch...

(And they eat all sorts of bugs...)

Love 'em. Cute little guys. Also the translucent geckos (if that's what they are) that rapidly shimmy across the ground or up the wall and also eat lots of nasty bugs. Hurrah for the bug eaters!

DixieGal · 08-28-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

DEFINITELY never going to florida. :shudder:

That's how I feel about Australia! EVERYTHING down there is poisonous!

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Well, I've got a yard full of nice lizards. (American Anoles, they change color from brown to green and back). The males display by doing push-ups and sticking out a red neck flap. They don't bother people and are cute to watch...

(And they eat all sorts of bugs...)

They are adorable, aren't they? They are just so lizardish busy all day long doing lizardly things, like pushups and displaying the neck flap. So serious about the business of being a lizard!

Greg Anos · 08-28-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Oh right, now maybe I remember it being called a banana spider. Lots and lots of furry hair on it, about 6 inches across. Does that sound like a banana spider?

Yep, that's a banana spider. They're called that because they tend to hitch-hike on big banana shipments...

Greg Anos · 08-28-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

That's how I feel about Australia! EVERYTHING down there is poisonous!

Now Marc isn't....

DixieGal · 08-28-2009, 03:37 PM

OK, now I'm scratching and itching, feel like spiders are all over me! This must stop!

zelda_pinwheel · 08-28-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Well, I've got a yard full of nice lizards. (American Anoles, they change color from brown to green and back). The males display by doing push-ups and sticking out a red neck flap. They don't bother people and are cute to watch...

(And they eat all sorts of bugs...)

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Love 'em. Cute little guys. Also the translucent geckos (if that's what they are) that rapidly shimmy across the ground or up the wall and also eat lots of nasty bugs. Hurrah for the bug eaters!

hm, maybe instead of a bengal tiger i'll get a lizard or twenty. i like lizards. and if they eat the spiders, it's a win for everybody !

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

OK, now I'm scratching and itching, feel like spiders are all over me! This must stop!

me tooo !!! :shudder:

let's talk about DOUGHNUTS !!! anybody have plans for doughnut day ?

DixieGal · 08-28-2009, 03:41 PM

I plan on breaking off this diet and eating donuts!

Greg Anos · 08-28-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

They are adorable, aren't they? They are just so lizardish busy all day long doing lizardly things, like pushups and displaying the neck flap. So serious about the business of being a lizard!

That's one of the thing I like about my backyard. My patio is on the north side and mostly in shade except for very early in the morning. In front of the patio are three 1 meter across tubs with water lilies and mosquito fish in them. I get to watch dragonflys and damselflys fly around the water. Along the west side of the patio, shielded by the garage, are two rows of tropical hibiscuses, always blooming. Lizards are running around in them, being lizards. On the other side, in full sun are the orange plants, growing oranges...Roses in the backdrop...Throw in the occasional butterfly...

DixieGal · 08-28-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

That's one of the thing I like about my backyard. My patio is on the north side and mostly in shade except for very early in the morning. In front of the patio are three 1 meter across tubs with water lilies and mosquito fish in them. I get to watch dragonflys and damselflys fly around the water. Along the west side of the patio, shielded by the garage, are two rows of tropical hibiscuses, always blooming. Lizards are running around in them, being lizards. On the other side, in full sun are the orange plants, growing oranges...Roses in the backdrop...Throw in the occasional butterfly...

Ahhh, that sounds so peaceful, how do you ever get any reading done? I would be asleep as soon as the bumblebees started droning.

Moejoe · 08-28-2009, 04:19 PM

Currently 3 episodes into my Supernatural marathon. Watching seasons 1-4 before Season 5 starts on September 10th

Current episode: 1x03 Dead in the Water.

krisk · 08-28-2009, 05:52 PM

<---- likes the spideys

now snakes on the other hand....

Wetdogeared · 08-28-2009, 06:35 PM

Listening to traffic that has been detoured down our street because they are filming parts of a movie based on Margaret Clitherow (The pearl of York) just a block away. I have never heard of her before.

WDE.

badgoodDeb · 08-28-2009, 06:46 PM

Um -- why are they filming a movie about a UK person ... in Canada? Or does your town still look like the UK used to?

Wetdogeared · 08-28-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Um -- why are they filming a movie about a UK person ... in Canada? Or does your town still look like the UK used to?

Well, this *is* Hollywood north and they can make anything look like anything. My area of the city is quaint, but not as quaint as 16th century England.

WDE.

08-28-2009, 03:37 PM	#7536
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	OK, now I'm scratching and itching, feel like spiders are all over me! This must stop!

08-28-2009, 03:41 PM	#7538
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I plan on breaking off this diet and eating donuts!

08-28-2009, 04:19 PM	#7541
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Currently 3 episodes into my Supernatural marathon. Watching seasons 1-4 before Season 5 starts on September 10th Current episode: 1x03 Dead in the Water.

08-28-2009, 05:52 PM	#7542
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	<---- likes the spideys now snakes on the other hand....

08-28-2009, 06:35 PM	#7543
Wetdogeared Storm Surge'n Posts: 5,780 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Polar Vortex Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1	Listening to traffic that has been detoured down our street because they are filming parts of a movie based on Margaret Clitherow (The pearl of York) just a block away. I have never heard of her before. WDE.

08-28-2009, 06:46 PM	#7544
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Um -- why are they filming a movie about a UK person ... in Canada? Or does your town still look like the UK used to?