There are (essentially) no snakes in Hawaii, but...

[Galactic Ruler Xenu]

We do have some Black Widows. My friend found one in his garage tonight, it's the first one that i've seen in person (that I recall.)

I'd love to avoid the experience of being bit by one of those! :eek:

What spiders lurk in your area?

[Got Liberty?]

I don't care about spiders, it's the crickets that haunt my room.
:scared:

[Tempus Fugit]

Black Widows, Brown Recluses, Garden Spiders, etc.

[Tengu]

Black widows (L. hesperus), I believe 4 different species of brown recluse are found within a short driving distance from San Angelo, tarantulas, and all the other spiders not worth mentioning.

I wasn't aware Black Widows were in Hawaii; it doesn't surprise me though. Probably an introduced species.

[isiti]

My garage and fireplace are completely infested with hundreds of them. Every once in awhile to clean out my fireplace, I take a bottle of aerosol air freshener and a match, and burn the fuckers.

[Euripus]

Brown Recluses. We've got snakes galore in Florida though. Cottonmouths and Water Moccasins are all over the interior and in most of the vegetated areas.


My garage and fireplace are completely infested with hundreds of them. Every once in awhile to clean out my fireplace, I take a bottle of aerosol air freshener and a match, and burn the fuckers.

Arachnophobia style :b:

[Tempus Fugit]

Ugh. Spiders in your fireplace?

[BattlePenisofOdin]

Ughh. We have brown recluses, black widows, and, well, just about every other type of average spider. We also have rattlesnakes and garden snakes.

[SciVille]

Ewww, spiders. There was one in my room the other night annoying me. So I squashed him.

No, I don't know or care what species it was.

[Badlands17]

We have about six common species of snake, but the only poisonous one lives in the southern forests. I don't know much about our spiders, but they seem pretty mild as well.

[isiti]

Ugh. Spiders in your fireplace?I've never actually lit the fireplace, so its a nice dark home for them. (until i come with the flamethrower of doom)
I hate spiders

[Anduwaithe]

I :love: spiders.

[Dm84]

We have Brown Recluses, along with a bunch of other types I can't identify. They kill moths, so I leave them alone as long as they're not in my house.

[Yasha]

According to the searches I'm doing right now we don't have brown recluses. But we do have a small light brown spider with what looks like a white hourglass on it that I'm having a hard time identifying.

[Tempus Fugit]

Anytime I see a spider in my house or outside, I kill it. :)

[Badlands17]

I usually sent bugs outside when I was little, but now I kill them :)

[Tempus Fugit]

I don't know why, but I take great pleasure in stomping on ants when I see them crossing the road.

[Chiptastic]

Did anyone every think that maybe the Spiders are trying to make peaceful contact with us to open diplomatic relations, and we keep EXTERMINATING them. :shame:

[Tengu]

Here's a list of the different Brown Recluses and their ranges, just in case you're curious as to what kind's native to where you live. Odds are you've got more than one species nearby.

NOTE: All recluses listed are of the Loxosceles genus.

Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
Maine to Northern Florida, west to southern California. Main range is southern/central Texas, north to Nebraska and east to Tennessee.

Chilean Recluse (L. laeta)
Introduced species. Found sporadically; one case in Massachusetts and another in LA. Fairly common in southern California now. Spreading rapidly throughout the world.

Desert Recluse (L. deserta)
Southern to central California, southern Nevada, southern Utah, and western and southern Arizona.

Texas Recluse (L. devia)
Abundant in southern Texas.

Arizona Recluse (L. arizonica)
Central and southern California, and has been caught in southern California near the Nevada border.

Apache Recluse (L. apachea)
Southwestern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas.

Big Bend Recluse (L. blanda)
Western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Most specimens were found in caves.

Tucson Recluse (L. sabina)
Tucson, Arizona area.

Russell Recluse (L. russelli)
The Death Valley area, southern California. All known specimens collected in a mine shaft.

Baja Recluse (L. palma)
The palm canyons of southern California and the Baja area.

Martha Recluse (L. martha)
Whitewater Canyon and the Palm Springs, California area.

Grand Canyon Recluse (L. kaiba)
So far it is only found in the Grand Canyon.

Mediterranean Recluse (L. rufescens)
Introduced species. Is found in parts of Texas, Colorado, Utah, and California. Has spread around the world. Venom is thought to be much less toxic than in other species.

[Anduwaithe]

I don't know why, but I take great pleasure in stomping on ants when I see them crossing the road.
That's interesting. Except for a few isolated incidents, I was usually too fascinated by ants to take much interest or pleasure in harming them.

[Dm84]

According to the searches I'm doing right now we don't have brown recluses. But we do have a small light brown spider with what looks like a white hourglass on it that I'm having a hard time identifying.It was just my best guess as to the type of spider I see near my house.

[BattlePenisofOdin]

I love ants. Unless they're carpenter ants. Those things are evil.

[Dr. Feelgood]

We have brown recluses...and just plain old garden spiders.

As for snakes, we have copperheads (motherfuckers), which my grandmother always tried to run over when she saw one before she moved, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and a few others.

[Kev]

I hate spiders
http://www.cirrusimage.com/Spider/nursery_web_spider_5.jpg
http://www.timart.be/Npaginas/foto/wolf_spider.jpg
Shivers uncontrollebly checks back for spiders
I would rather meet a mountain lion close up than a spider any day

Eeeek!!!!!!!!!! I'm not coming back to this thread. Anyone else hate the damn things?

[Chiptastic]

Hehehe, obese arachnid

[Kev]

is that a marshmallow?

[isiti]

more like an eggsack full of more of the disgusting little buggers.

[Pema]

Ughh. We have brown recluses, black widows, and, well, just about every other type of average spider. We also have rattlesnakes and garden snakes.I know where I'm not moving. I do like garden snakes, though.

Not that we don't have all of the above, as well. But still.

Last summer at Clearlake, Rob and I were flipping over a rowboat to see if we could use it, and there was the HUGEST black widow spider you've ever seen. I freaked out so badly.

My fear of spiders stems from when I was 10, and I saw the movie Arachnaphobia, then a documentary on black widow spiders in California directly after. I was traumatized.

[isiti]

All of the things we have here that suck, you have there. You also have alot more posion oak than us. SATAN.

[Tempus Fugit]

Oh god, I have horror stories concerning poison oak.

[Pema]

Me too.

Won't go there.

[Tempus Fugit]

Poison oay/ivy is just about the worst stuff in nature that I have come across. That stuff is annoying, and when I come into contact with it, it really makes me mad.

[Pema]

When I was 7, I got poison oak all over my arms and neck when I was scouring bushes for blackberries. :(

[Tempus Fugit]

I had it all over my hands and arms and face once. My hands were really swollen. It also got into my eye and it closed shut for awhile.

[Pema]

I cringe in sympathy. :/

[Tengu]

Anyone else hate the damn things?

Not me; I collect them. *pauses for shrieks of horror*

This is a poecilotheria metallica (not mine; I can't afford one):
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.tarantula.store/gal-P.metallica1.jpg

Forgive the copyright; I just did a google images search to find a picture. I'm feeling lazy.

If you manage to find someone selling one of these, the pricetag for a 1 inch baby is about $250. I have no idea what a 9 inch adult is worth. Definitely into the thousands, for sure.

I do have one of these (poecilotheria regalis):
http://www.e-spiderworld.com/gallery/images/Poecilotheria%20regalis%20F.jpg

This isn't my spider, but mine's about 9 inches long and worth about $250.

[Anduwaithe]

Awesome, Tengu. :b:

[Tengu]

Thanks.

[Got Liberty?]

I know where I'm not moving. I do like garden snakes, though.

Not that we don't have all of the above, as well. But still.

Last summer at Clearlake, Rob and I were flipping over a rowboat to see if we could use it, and there was the HUGEST black widow spider you've ever seen. I freaked out so badly.

My fear of spiders stems from when I was 10, and I saw the movie Arachnaphobia, then a documentary on black widow spiders in California directly after. I was traumatized.

Seeing as you're like the Berkeley supremecist witch anyway, we know where you're not moving: anywhere ;)

[Pema]

Seeing as you're like the Berkeley supremecist witch anyway, we know where you're not moving: anywhere ;):cute:

Tengu: Call me a wimp, but I almost had a heart attack when your pictures loaded.

[Tempus Fugit]

Those spiders are freaky looking, indeed.

[Got Liberty?]

That blue spider is amazing. Not something I'd like under the bed, though.
Crocodilians, I can handle. I got plenty of sharp/heavy things in my room. But spiders are agile.

[SciVille]

My fear of spiders stems from when I was 10, and I saw the movie Arachnaphobia, then a documentary on black widow spiders in California directly after. I was traumatized.Gaaah!!! I hate that fucking movie. Watched it with a friend a few times when I was six. Oh, and that one scene in Something Wicked This Way comes. *shudder*

Although, I will defend tarantulas in a sense that they are not nearly as dangerous as commonly believed. I wouldn't want one anywhere fucking near me, but I'll give them that.

[isiti]

As much as i hate spider, that blue spider is freaking AWESOME.

[Chiptastic]

I hate posion ivy, ugh... more than 5 time has it swollen my eyes COMPLETELY SHUT. And i keep having reations to the steriods the gave me, so my whole body swole up and i literrally couldn't move my hand for a week

[Got Liberty?]

And yet you still managed to post here....

SWTWC is a movie? I just know of the book.

[Chiptastic]

I haven't gotten it down here in Florida. Thats all in the past tense connor :nah: