Its Raining spiders

[Megatron]

Thank God I am not alone in my hatred/fear of spiders. Huntsmen are the worst IMO. They just give me the shudders. Found one in my delivery van a couple of months ago. Actually wrecked a customers order trying to kill the f****r. I now coat my van in residual raid. My wife is concerned I am using too much of it and I am going to give myself cancer

That's a valid concern - that stuff is toxic.

(and lol at that image of you contending with that big, horrible spider-bot - sorry )

[Tallestblue]

*Shudder*

[Hursticon]

Aww, I love the little critters...

Am I the only one here who does, then?

Nope, not at all!

I love Spiders, they were the source of many hours of fun; as a kid I used to take immense pleasure in catching various insects & feeding them to Leaf Curlers & St. Andrew's Crosses, Redbacks though I'd steer well clear of until I could grab a Daddy Long-Legs!

I find them utterly fascinating as they come in such a variety of sizes, shapes & colours + the ability to coordinate that many legs & eyes amazes me; I'd love if one was able to stumble across one of these beauties though.

[ILikeSoundwave]

Nope, not at all!

I love Spiders, they were the source of many hours of fun; as a kid I used to take immense pleasure in catching various insects & feeding them to Leaf Curlers & St. Andrew's Crosses, Redbacks though I'd steer well clear of until I could grab a Daddy Long-Legs!

I find them utterly fascinating as they come in such a variety of sizes, shapes & colours + the ability to coordinate that many legs & eyes amazes me; I'd love if one was able to stumble across one of these beauties though.

I dropped my phone when I saw that video.

[Hursticon]

I dropped my phone when I saw that video.

Hehe, then I'd love to know what people think of these:

[Megatron]

Nope, not at all!

I love Spiders, they were the source of many hours of fun; as a kid I used to take immense pleasure in catching various insects & feeding them to Leaf Curlers & St. Andrew's Crosses, Redbacks though I'd steer well clear of until I could grab a Daddy Long-Legs!

I find them utterly fascinating as they come in such a variety of sizes, shapes & colours + the ability to coordinate that many legs & eyes amazes me; I'd love if one was able to stumble across one of these beauties though.

Hehe. You've just earned yourself some more Coolness points. That video seems a little over the top, though.

Hehe, then I'd love to know what people think of these:

*snip*

Oooooh.. I LOVE that tarantula, nice! I WANT ONE!!!

[Trent]

I hate them as well. Having 8 legs on my property means you get a face full of surface spray (shudders). Although I do grant huntsmans and daddy long legs some leniency.

I find them utterly fascinating as they come in such a variety of sizes, shapes & colours + the ability to coordinate that many legs & eyes amazes me; I'd love if one was able to stumble across one of these beauties though.

I see your extinct spider, and raise you a live bird eating monster.

[Hursticon]

That video seems a little over the top, though.

Hehe, cheers dude; yeah it might be a little over the top but it's from a documentary series that I loved from the mid 00s "BBC: Walking with Monsters" & I thought it might be interesting for people to learn that at one point in time there was a Spider the size of an Adult's head.
(That would be hunting cats if it were alive today... pity )

[Megatron]

Hehe, cheers dude; yeah it might be a little over the top but it's from a documentary series that I loved from the mid 00s "BBC: Walking with Monsters" & I thought it might be interesting for people to learn that at one point in time there was a Spider the size of an Adult's head.
(That would be hunting cats if it were alive today... pity )

From Wiki:

In the BBC documentary Walking with Monsters (2005), a Carboniferous period species of Mesothelae was shown as being as large as a human head and shown hunting reptiles the size of today's cats. In the series, it is depicted as living like tarantulas in burrows and either lying in wait for its prey or chasing it through the jungle.

In fact, no spider that large has ever been found; but, at the time the series began production, the sea scorpion Megarachne had been mistakenly interpreted as a spider. The correct classification was not made until Walking With Monsters was well into production, and the giant spider was left in and called "Mesothelae" instead of Megarachne. Megarachne servinei had up until this time been considered the largest known spider.

[Hursticon]

I see your extinct spider, and raise you a live bird eating monster.

Hehe, amazing how big the web must be huh?; how tough she surely is in order to ensnare & poison prey that's even bigger than her!

BUT! - I'll share with you some footage of a Spider that actually gives me the heebie-jeebies; they're not pretty & nothing they do is pretty, pay attention to how this one eats too.