Big Honking Grass Spider in my Tub Experiment

[bec_87rb]

I had heard that the spiders you find in the tub in the morning were wandering around, fell in, and couldn't get out. My brother's mother-in-law told me they were living in the drain over-flow space.

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Big Hairy Spiders CRAWLING IN THE BED

[bec_87rb]

It was about an inch and a half, not big for other parts of the country, but for a DC area spider, respectable size. :O

I think this big guy got lost looking for food or a mate, because the resident spiders are pretty tiny. Even though I know he was probably not a danger, he was close in size and shape to the wolf spiders in my uncles' cabin in the woods, so a little goose-bump inducing. The wolf spiders there would crawl into bed with us and bite, and man, that really hurt. The welt was hard and stayed for weeks.

If centipedes and other non-spider insects skeeve you out, you'd appreciate the house spiders here - they sit quietly in the corner, in a disorganized web, and clean house for you. I have a particularly good little guard dog near the front door - I know because I can see the husks of insects on the floor below her. Not that I have any idea to the gender of the spider by the door. This bathtub spider could have made a meal of her, no problem.

They're interesting because they're like little machines, if you look at them up close? Most of the ones that end up in my house are not dangerous and can't see very well, so I can pop a big clear glass cup over them, slip an index card between them and the floor, invert the cup, and get a good look at them though the bottom of the glass. The multiplicity of eyes is fascinating to me, and I wonder what I look like up close to the spider. Am I scary?

Then I dump them outside. :P

I forget, do centipedes bite, or is it millipedes?

Re: Big Hairy Spiders CRAWLING IN THE BED

[onesto_hotel]

Centipedes are the ones that bite. And those suckers move FAST. They just hang out on the wall or on the floor and then they go rocketing out towards you and it's freaky.

Oh god...wolf spiders. Nobody mention wolf spiders around me. I like to vacation in Northern Michigan, but boy do I hate being around those things, especially when they get into the camper. Now that I know how bad their bite is, I'll probably fear them even more...

boy do I hate being around those things

[bec_87rb]

Oh you're not alone. My husband doesn't scare too easily, but after a weekend in The Spider Cabin, he has consistently declined all the subsequent kindly invites to use it for free. :)