I hate spiders. I have no idea WHY God created them (Ok, I get the reason, but I don't like them). They F.R.E.A.K. me out.
My senior year of college I lived on the ground floor of a 100 year old carriage house. It was in a field behind a professors house. The carriage house had it's charm, but it also had lots of spiders, hairy ones. I cried. For weeks. I threatened to move to a hotel. But I had already paid the rent for the semester ($650.00 per semester in '91/'92 was a A LOT of money). I was fixated on trying to make sure that those nasty spiders never came too close to me. My entire senior year I slept with a night light and my glasses on so that I could see them if they were coming for me. I know it's not rational. My fear of spiders is not rational. If I think about them too long, my heart rate goes up and it's hard for me to breathe.
So when I found this one in my front flower bed, I was L.E.S.S. than thrilled.
I knew something big was in there because the webs in my bed are many and although I hate to say this, amazing looking. BUT that doesn't mean that I want this thing in there. And oh, by the way, it's not just one. It's a few.
I'm not going to finish the fall clean up in that bed. I don't care what needs to be done, I'm NOT going back in there. In fact, I have a hard time sitting on my front porch knowing these things are a few inches away from me.
I LOVE fall, but I'm not loving our new house guests.
Some more fun fall pictures that do not include 8 legged nastiness:
And I did see this movie in college. It's my worst nightmare...
3 comments:
I don't blame you. Even the ones that are harmless I still don't want in my house or anywhere near me.
Now, now cousinkins (read your Geronimo Stilton and that statement will make sense),
You know that these little spiders (okay, healthy and leashable spiders) don't want you. You are not a tasty snack. You are too big for them to eat. A bit disconcerting to find them amongst the plants, but best out there.
I do believe that this would be a wood spider, as you have nature and whatnot nearby and this is to be expected. Wolf spiders, common around here, do not have webs as they wait for their prey and jump on them.
I repeat, he does not want you and will not carry away your children. Still, icky to find. We found them in Peninsula on a regular basis. I swear that the one on the wall of the gallery was my whole hand with fingers stretched out. (No, I'm not exaggerating.) One spider, a wolf spider, was in our back stock room. My boss wanted me to restock some stoneware casseroles and I came out and whispered to her that there was a big spider in there. A customer overheard, offered to go get it (a woman, thankyouverymuch) and took it way out back. I paid her in Rothchilds hot fudge and chocolates. Hey, I needed to pay her for her extermination, right?
If it is helpful, they like to eat bugs and keep that population down for you.
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