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I've found that spiders tend to be "One of those" things. You either love them, or despise them. As for me, I jump at the mere mention of 'spider', and will literally scream when confronted with one, even if it's three or four feet away. But, I know some of you on NSG have pet spiders (Which means after the great Spider War of 2011, you'll all have to be executed for treason), and I'd like to see who's sane and who's not in this matter.:D

So, how about it? Love or hate?

I've found that spiders tend to be "One of those" things. ...
So, how about it? Love or hate?

Hate. Hate! HOLY WAR AGAINST THE FILTHY BROODLINGS OF LLOTH'S!!!

Whoops, got carried away. Anyway, while I don't jump at the sight of a spider (at a reasonable distance), they do make me quite nervous and arachnocidal.

Hate. Hate! HOLY WAR AGAINST THE FILTHY BROODLINGS OF LLOTH'S!!!

Whoops, got carried away. Anyway, while I don't jump at the sight of a spider (at a reasonable distance), they do make me quite nervous and arachnocidal.

Do you defenestrate them?

I like spiders, they kill annoying, disease-carrying things like flies.

I like spiders, they kill annoying, disease-carrying things like flies.

And after they dispose of them, they'll dispose of us! Look deep into those many, beady eyes... If you aren't driven insane, you'll find the true purpose of all spiders: To Replace mankind!

And after they dispose of them, they'll dispose of us! Look deep into those many, beady eyes... If you aren't driven insane, you'll find the true purpose of all spiders: To Replace mankind!

My house is full of spiders and we quite happily co-exist.

My house is full of spiders and we quite happily co-exist.

I see. *makes a check next to Rambhutan's name under 'treason'* You will be dealt with.

Do you defenestrate them?

I prefer impalement.

Like so many of my generation, I was taught to love spiders by Charlotte's Web. My family actually calls all spiders "charlottes" and we are nice to them when we find them. I typically will escort a spider outside if I find one. I don't moosh them if I can possibly avoid it.

Spider = job for my BF.

I'm not going anywhere near those fuckers, they scare the hell out of me.

Like so many of my generation, I was taught to love spiders by Charlotte's Web. My family actually calls all spiders "charlottes" and we are nice to them when we find them. I typically will escort a spider outside if I find one. I don't moosh them if I can possibly avoid it.

"Awww, look it's a Charlotte!*Small scream, gurgling sound*"

"Awww, look it's a Charlotte!*Small scream, gurgling sound*"
I, for one, welcome our eight-legged conquerors. May death come swiftly to their enemies.

Nice beasties, the bigger, the better. :D
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9277/spinafnf5.jpg

poor little spiders. they don't bother me and i don't bother them.
except when i want it to rain.

i read somewhere that teasing a spider, is a way to make it rain.
i feel guilty about it when i do, but i really prefer the storm to hot sunny days.
has something to do with the kind of people one meets out and about on each.

...i read somewhere that teasing a spider, is a way to make it rain...

"Oi whatcha looking at ten eyes?"

Nice beasties, the bigger, the better. :D
*snip-HOLY SWEET MOTHER OF CHRIST!*

I can honestly say I've never had a scare like that on NSG. I almost jumped out of my chair.

I can honestly say I've never had a scare like that on NSG. I almost jumped out of my chair.

This one was hanging just outside my front door for about a month, last year. Watched her (most probably a her) catch and eat all kinds of stuff, from mosquito's to wasps. Praised her for every pest she devoured. ;)

PURIFYING FIRE MUST BE USED TO CAST THEM BACK TO HELL WHERE THEY BELONG! (or you can simply defenestrate them)

Like so many of my generation, I was taught to love spiders by Charlotte's Web. My family actually calls all spiders "charlottes" and we are nice to them when we find them. I typically will escort a spider outside if I find one. I don't moosh them if I can possibly avoid it.
That's not very nice. The spider is doing you a valuable service, and has every bit as much right to your corners, basements and attics as you do.
As you might be able to tell, I love spiders. If I accidentally disturb one (like move a box one was hiding behind), I try to make things right as quickly as possible (providing him with cover again). I like the way it feels when one crawls on my arm, it tickles.

That's not very nice. The spider is doing you a valuable service, and has every bit as much right to your corners, basements and attics as you do.
As you might be able to tell, I love spiders. If I accidentally disturb one (like move a box one was hiding behind), I try to make things right as quickly as possible (providing him with cover again). I like the way it feels when one crawls on my arm, it tickles.

*doesn't tell him that those weird bumps on his arm are spider bites* :D

*doesn't tell him that those weird bumps on his arm are spider bites* :D
Spiders don't want to bite people. It is sort of a losing proposition, what with humans being so huge they couldn't have a prayer of digesting one. Just don't scare them, and you'll get on fine
There are exceptions, of course, like Black Widows and Brown Recluses; they're a fucking lot of bastards.

... (or you can simply defenestrate them)

I only defenestrate those who belong outside. These (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tegenaria_duellica.JPG) live happily in my garage, and these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pholcus.phalangioides.6900.jpg) tend do eat these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Silberfischchen.jpg), which may save a lot of damage to paper archives.
Others I tend to gently pick up and shove out the door. :)

I use the rule of thumb and hand with spiders. If they are smaller than my thumb I let them live. If they are bigger than my thumb but smaller than my hand I squash them. If they are bigger than my hand I run.

Spiders don't bother me that much. If it's just a little one I'll ignore it, if it's big and in my room or something I'll escort him elsewhere.

And because this hasn't been posted yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

I like spiders because they kill all the insects that I hate! Which is all of them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shzdsfibbfc
lol :D

http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/spinne.gif
Spiders are okay, I really don't mind them. I leave them alone, they leave me alone.

Plus, in the summer, they do a pretty good job at catching them darn flies.

http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/spider.gif

I can honestly say I've never had a scare like that on NSG. I almost jumped out of my chair.
That's why you never, NEVER browse any thread about spiders, insect-ish animals, phobias or even just "What scares you?" like normal threads. You scroll down very, very slowly so you can see the fringe of the pic some bastard posted before you're actually looking at it fully. *gives finger to Bokkiwokki*
Then you close your eyes to a tiny slit and scroll unseeingly past the pic.
And make sure you never just click on the last post to enter the thread, either. Always start from a point that you know is safe.

That's not very nice. The spider is doing you a valuable service, and has every bit as much right to your corners, basements and attics as you do.
Once they start paying part part of my rent they do. Until then, not so much.

As you might be able to tell, I love spiders. If I accidentally disturb one (like move a box one was hiding behind), I try to make things right as quickly as possible (providing him with cover again). I like the way it feels when one crawls on my arm, it tickles.
... you're crazy.

They cause mild discomfort, but I get rid of them with a cup and a piece of paper, and chuck 'em outside.

I fear Huhu bugs however, the thought of one of them caught in my hair...uhg.

They cause mild discomfort, but I get rid of them with a cup and a piece of paper, and chuck 'em outside.

I fear Huhu bugs however, the thought of one of them caught in my hair...uhg.

What is a Huhu bug?

What is a Huhu bug?

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=xHEZwrUv6jo - Those, are Huhu bugs.

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=xHEZwrUv6jo - Those, are Huhu bugs.

So do they taste like chicken?

So do they taste like chicken?

Huhu grubs apparently taste like peanut butter, but don't take my word for it.

I cannot stand the tossers.

I don't really hate spiders, I know they're useful, so I try not to kill them, but get them out by other means. However, I still don't like them in the least. The fear of spiders is an instinctive defense mechanism to avoid those that do carry serious poison. I don't know why doesn't it work in some people.

I don't care about spiders either way; unless they are poisonous to humans.

They terrify me. I can't even get close enough to one to kill it.*SNIP the creepy-crawly*
Thanks alot for that :mad:

Like so many of my generation, I was taught to love spiders by Charlotte's Web. My family actually calls all spiders "charlottes" and we are nice to them when we find them. I typically will escort a spider outside if I find one. I don't moosh them if I can possibly avoid it.

OMG Its Bottle!

They terrify me. I can't even get close enough to one to kill it.Thanks alot for that :mad:

This notion maybe will bring you some solace... THE REVENGE OF THE FLIES!

from wiki on mygalomorphs (NOT a safe page for arachnophobes!):

Some flies in the family Acroceridae which are endoparasites of mygalomorphs may remain dormant in the book lungs for as long as 20 years before beginning their development and consuming the spider.

...The fear of spiders is an instinctive defense mechanism to avoid those that do carry serious poison. I don't know why doesn't it work in some people.

If you know which one are dangerous and which are not, then you can stop "being instinctive". It may also serve to not be needlessly afraid of those who are dangerous, but to simply be cautious with those.

I don't hate spiders, but I do tend to be nervous around them, having been bit by a brown recluse once.

Also, I don't like feeling any type of insect or arachnid crawling on me. I'm very touch sensitive and that's a touch I DO NOT WANT!

I don't hate spiders, but I do tend to be nervous around them, having been bit by a brown recluse once.

Also, I don't like feeling any type of insect or arachnid crawling on me. I'm very touch sensitive and that's a touch I DO NOT WANT!

*Insert mandatory 'Show me where the spider touched you' comment*

Once they start paying part part of my rent they do. Until then, not so much.
They, or their parents, were probably living there before you were, and they're certainly inside more often than you. That should entitle them to squatter's rights, at least.
... you're crazy.
Probably, but I'll wager that I'm happier insane in this regard than the "normal" people who freak the fuck out every time they see something with eight legs.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/Fiddlebottoms/wolf-spider-2.jpg

Wolf spiders are my favorite. They don't like to be touched, and they'll bite you if you bother them. However, they look pretty and it is cool to see them hauling ass after an earwig.

They, or their parents, were probably living there before you were, and they're certainly inside more often than you. That should entitle them to squatter's rights, at least.

Probably, but I'll wager that I'm happier insane in this regard than the "normal" people who freak the fuck out every time they see something with eight legs.

*snip HOLY SWEET MOTHER OF CHRIST HIMSELF!*
Wolf spiders are my favorite. They don't like to be touched, and they'll bite you if you bother them. However, they look pretty and it is cool to see them hauling ass after an earwig.
Could you people please stop doing that? I'm freaking out here because I see a spider on the screen and I'm wearing one of those fuzzy blankets, so every freaking time, I scream, jump up, and check myself for spiders!

So could you please use a hyperlink next time?

And why in God's green Earth do you like a spider that will bite you if you bother them? Those suckers are heading for the backside of War and Peace if they ever try to come near me. *shivers*

Could you people please stop doing that? I'm freaking out here because I see a spider on the screen and I'm wearing one of those fuzzy blankets, so every freaking time, I scream, jump up, and check myself for spiders!

So could you please use a hyperlink next time?

And why in God's green Earth do you like a spider that will bite you if you bother them? Those suckers are heading for the backside of War and Peace if they ever try to come near me. *shivers*
Why in God's green Earth are you scared of a picture that couldn't bite you even if you threatened to kill everyone it loved? Wolf spiders aren't vicious, and provided you don't try to pick them up, they'll let you alone.
One of the many things I like about spiders, most of them have a very well-developed sense of personal space. Unlike flies or wasps, which will just land on your arm as if it weren't anything. In New York, even the goddamned roaches will walk right up to you, but you've got to be the one to approach a spider.

I miss the Door Guardian. :(

...we have a large window on the front door, and one year, a spider had enough sense to build their web covering the window.There were ALWAYS a good thirty or so mosquitos caught in the web. Even mom was grateful that he caught so many of the damned bloodsuckers, and she's anti-spiders! So I dubbed the insect the Door Guardian for his invaluable services.

Why in God's green Earth are you scared of a picture...

Because phobias, expecially of spiders and of snakes, work like that. My fiancee will not even pick up a newspaper if she knows there's a picture of a snake in it.

So, please, cut it out with spider pics. (also editing your previous posts, substituting the pics with a link would be a polite thing to do)

I must say I find scorpions much more scarier than spiders.

I must say I find scorpions much more scarier than spiders.

I find scorpions repulsive, but, as they eat spiders, they earn a point.

I've found that spiders tend to be "One of those" things. You either love them, or despise them. As for me, I jump at the mere mention of 'spider', and will literally scream when confronted with one, even if it's three or four feet away. But, I know some of you on NSG have pet spiders (Which means after the great Spider War of 2011, you'll all have to be executed for treason), and I'd like to see who's sane and who's not in this matter.:D

So, how about it? Love or hate?

I don't mind spiders. I neither love nor hate em. now their abandoned webs... those I hate. but if the spider is occupying it? then I don't mind their webs.

I must say I find scorpions much more scarier than spiders.
What about camel spiders? They're sort of related to both.
I've always wanted to see one in action, especially if it did that thing where it lurked in my shadow and kept following me.

So, please, cut it out with spider pics. (also editing your previous posts, substituting the pics with a link would be a polite thing to do)

Fair enough. Modified.

What about camel spiders? They're sort of related to both.
I've always wanted to see one in action, especially if it did that thing where it lurked in my shadow and kept following me.

Those are scary too, like all arachnidas... but they aren't poisonous.

Could you people please stop doing that? I'm freaking out here because I see a spider on the screen and I'm wearing one of those fuzzy blankets, so every freaking time, I scream, jump up, and check myself for spiders!

So could you please use a hyperlink next time?
You really should start listening to me. -_-

You really should start listening to me. -_-
It's your fault, you know. If you hadn't accused me of being insane, I wouldn't have had to retaliate against a completely innocent third party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CamelSpiderProfile.jpg

Don't open this link if you have a squishy stomach.

Because phobias, expecially of spiders and of snakes, work like that. My fiancee will not even pick up a newspaper if she knows there's a picture of a snake in it.

So, please, cut it out with spider pics. (also editing your previous posts, substituting the pics with a link would be a polite thing to do)

Thank you Risottia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CamelSpiderProfile.jpg

Don't open this link if you have a squishy stomach.

It looks like an ant.

Could you people please stop doing that? I'm freaking out here because I see a spider on the screen and I'm wearing one of those fuzzy blankets, so every freaking time, I scream, jump up, and check myself for spiders!

So could you please use a hyperlink next time?

And why in God's green Earth do you like a spider that will bite you if you bother them? Those suckers are heading for the backside of War and Peace if they ever try to come near me. *shivers*

Hawaiian Cane spiders (http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?Animals.cane). you'll need something bigger and more leathal than War and Peace. say Websters complete and unabridge Dictionary of the English Language.

although, the best thing is to just let them be. they tend to keep from being underfoot, but if given a flight or fight choice, they will choose flight... unless you provoke them... then it's option b.

It looks like an ant.

You saw the size of its jaws?:eek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CamelSpiderProfile.jpg


Interesting critter. Looks like a 10-legged spider indeed, but the general anatomy clearly is not Aranea. Very nice indeed!

I hate spiders. Fire seems an appropriate method for dealing with them.

Creepy things but I'm meh about them. I don't hate them or love them. I just tolerate them.

Spiders, eh. I have four of them in the house - a Chilean Rosehair named Rachel, an unnamed Mexican Redknee, a starburst baboon - fondly called the "Orange bitey thing," and an Avicularea versicolor named Abby. They're rather pretty creatures, and Abby is quite docile and easy to handle, though I wouldn't attempt to handle the orange bitey thing.

So, how about it? Love or hate?
Why should i make a personal issue about something reacting impersonally to me?

I don't hate them, really. They often eat things i like less than them.

You saw the size of its jaws?:eek:

I have seen Ants with bigger jaws; I am more afraid of ants with big jaws than I am of spiders.

Spiders are awesome. How could you not love those HUGE, round eyes? (http://gingerpancake.com/Fireworks%208%20files/jumping_spider_large.jpg)

... Also, I really need to book a trip to south america one day. I wanna see a colony of social spiders.