The Spider Saga
Well last night ended the Spider Saga, at least hopefully for a while. UGH! I found out what kind of a spider it was. XD
Turns out we had a huntsman spider. Those suckers are FAST. Which is why we had all those webs all over the house, not just in one area. UGH.
Last night around 5am I got up and had to use the bathroom, so I went and did my business and I hear this nasty "creaking crackle" noise - you know that gross sound they always use for spiders in the movies? Yeah. IT MADE THAT NOISE. Ewww!
I looked up and over the bathroom door was this big blob - as my contacts weren't in and I don't have glasses - and so I squealed like a girl to get Joe to come in and kill it. He came in wielding a bottle to squash the spider with, but when he tried to hit it, HE MISSED. The thing zipped across the bathroom and ran over next to the tub - which I was STANDING IN because no WAY am I going to let that thing run over MY feet!! Ew!!! It hid behind the toilet and Joe wielded the plunger-sword to slay the foul beast. Actually he mostly just managed to chop off its legs. Then he grabbed a paper towel and flushed the sucker. UGH. YUCK.
So we determined what kind of spider it was and yes, we confirmed the web because it had left a web trail across the side of the shower. It was the same type of web as we'd been walking into.
On the up side the huntsman managed to single-handedly take out the last stragglers of the palmettos (roaches) that the pest control guy couldn't even get rid of. Hunstman spiders LOVE palmettos (it's their favorite food, and since we have palmettos all OVER the trees outside, suffice to say we've got huntsman spiders pretty common out here too!) and so we haven't seen a single palmetto since we'd been noticing this web. I guess he was traveling looking for more food because all the rest of it had disappeared!! If he'd stayed hidden he could've stayed employed as a bug-hunter but he decided to show himself.... so....
I must say these spiders seem to be SMART compared to others though. This guy stayed well-hidden for the most part. I'd caught a glimpse of him a couple days ago scurrying from the bathroom out and under the door (I just saw his legs disappear... and again I wasn't wearing my contacts because it was just after I showered) so I didn't know for sure what he was but he knew he didn't want to be anywhere around us people. And when he was in the bathroom with me last night he made his way down the wall as if he was going to scurry out and under the door - but no WAY would I be able to sleep knowing that that thing was sharing the bedroom with me, we would have had to turn on all the lights and tear up the room to find the spider. I mean, these are the infamous "clock spiders". This sucker was easily as big as the palm of my hand. UGH.
At least it's ended for now. Hopefully no more walking into webs in the night. Unless he had a girlfriend... and she'd be trickier to handle because when a mommy huntsman gets squashed, she sprays babies everywhere. D:
Turns out we had a huntsman spider. Those suckers are FAST. Which is why we had all those webs all over the house, not just in one area. UGH.
Last night around 5am I got up and had to use the bathroom, so I went and did my business and I hear this nasty "creaking crackle" noise - you know that gross sound they always use for spiders in the movies? Yeah. IT MADE THAT NOISE. Ewww!
I looked up and over the bathroom door was this big blob - as my contacts weren't in and I don't have glasses - and so I squealed like a girl to get Joe to come in and kill it. He came in wielding a bottle to squash the spider with, but when he tried to hit it, HE MISSED. The thing zipped across the bathroom and ran over next to the tub - which I was STANDING IN because no WAY am I going to let that thing run over MY feet!! Ew!!! It hid behind the toilet and Joe wielded the plunger-sword to slay the foul beast. Actually he mostly just managed to chop off its legs. Then he grabbed a paper towel and flushed the sucker. UGH. YUCK.
So we determined what kind of spider it was and yes, we confirmed the web because it had left a web trail across the side of the shower. It was the same type of web as we'd been walking into.
On the up side the huntsman managed to single-handedly take out the last stragglers of the palmettos (roaches) that the pest control guy couldn't even get rid of. Hunstman spiders LOVE palmettos (it's their favorite food, and since we have palmettos all OVER the trees outside, suffice to say we've got huntsman spiders pretty common out here too!) and so we haven't seen a single palmetto since we'd been noticing this web. I guess he was traveling looking for more food because all the rest of it had disappeared!! If he'd stayed hidden he could've stayed employed as a bug-hunter but he decided to show himself.... so....
I must say these spiders seem to be SMART compared to others though. This guy stayed well-hidden for the most part. I'd caught a glimpse of him a couple days ago scurrying from the bathroom out and under the door (I just saw his legs disappear... and again I wasn't wearing my contacts because it was just after I showered) so I didn't know for sure what he was but he knew he didn't want to be anywhere around us people. And when he was in the bathroom with me last night he made his way down the wall as if he was going to scurry out and under the door - but no WAY would I be able to sleep knowing that that thing was sharing the bedroom with me, we would have had to turn on all the lights and tear up the room to find the spider. I mean, these are the infamous "clock spiders". This sucker was easily as big as the palm of my hand. UGH.
At least it's ended for now. Hopefully no more walking into webs in the night. Unless he had a girlfriend... and she'd be trickier to handle because when a mommy huntsman gets squashed, she sprays babies everywhere. D: