Community Chat

[mousiegirl]

I used to be terrified of spiders, but once I began gardening decades ago, I ran into all kinds.  I don't like them in my house and will try to collect one and toss it outside, but at times, I just have to vaccuum them.  Once, after dong that and putting the bag outside to go into the trash, I saw one walking out of the bag.  I would have thought all the tossing and turning would have done it in.

[MacDUFF]

In my world, there is only one way to deal with spiders...smash them to smithereens!!!

[Toppers]

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@dex wrote:

i seem to attract spiders when working in the yard and have had some nasty bites this year.Yesterday while raking leaves I noticed a pure white spider on me...that guy is no longer crawling but my DH said that I should have collected that spider and tried to find out what it was.Has anyone ever seen a pure white spider?

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No, I have never seen a white one. I am not a fan of spiders, either, although I appreciate that they are beneficial to the environment because they eat other insects.

I used to be really afraid of them, but my DH helped me to appreciate that they eat other insects, so I tolerate them.

I have seen those pale garden spiders though, and we have those big, black wood spiders here, that get inside at times. Those things are scary-looking. 

[dex]

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@Bird mama wrote:

This one?

Jesus, Mary and Joseph - don't go back out there.

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Yup that's the one that caused all the trouble..ghost spider

[CelticCrafter]

@Bird mama - thought I was going to spit my tea out all over the keyboard...that was my mothers favorite expression.

[debic]

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@AliJoi5 wrote:

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LOL.   Spiders in the house must die here, but outside they can crawl on me and live to tell about it.  

[pattypeep]

I occasionally spot a small white spider inside my white hollyhock flowers. I never gave it much thought, and then on one of our master gardener's shows, he mentioned a small spider that will take on the colors that is around it in order to snare a fly or other flying critter. Camouflage. The spiders I see not only turn white, but also take on the small pink spots that the flower has. I am totally creeped out by spiders, but try and leave them alone since they are so beneficial in my gardens.

[cosmic1]

I'm with Patrick. I even an happy to have house centipedes because they eat spiders.

I looked at the pictures and the spider as big as the toilet seat freaked me out. What kind is that? A wolf spider? If I saw that in person, I would have to move immediately.

[raven-blackbird]

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@dex wrote:

i seem to attract spiders when working in the yard and have had some nasty bites this year.Yesterday while raking leaves I noticed a pure white spider on me...that guy is no longer crawling but my DH said that I should have collected that spider and tried to find out what it was.Has anyone ever seen a pure white spider?

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yes I have..........when hubs was on a job in Sacramento, he took our travel trailer up to a place at the river........and our boat.........the kids and I would come up on the weekends to water ski, fish and spend time with hubs........they had white spiders everwhere out there and some got kinda large.........on the way home one day one was in the back seat of the car..........that caused some hysteria ,,,,,,,,on the freeway no less........................raven