Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
Not a fun experience. Though I did read an article a few weeks ago that said that brown recluses might not be as deadly as is commonly thought. If anyone wants to play with black widows, visit our area. When we first moved in, there was an old Dogloo doghouse out back. I flipped it on its side to roll it to the side of the house and backed off very, very fast because there were so many crawly things under it. What I saw were some kind of water bugs... and *then* I saw the dozen or so black widows. Now we are vey careful about reaching into dark spaces, such as the sprinkler system valves. Just saw the new H. Potter movie and spiders are on my mind. Nick Yet another reason that any move I make will be farther north. I can take snow and ice and polar bears, but spiders and snakes and other bugs the size of your hand forget it. Kevin T. Was in New Orleans at three in the morning and the sidewalk was covered with huge bugs, may have been roaches. I was not drunk. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 06:28:46 -0500 Not a fun experience. Though I did read an article a few weeks ago that said that brown recluses might not be as deadly as is commonly thought. If anyone wants to play with black widows, visit our area. When we first moved in, there was an old Dogloo doghouse out back. I flipped it on its side to roll it to the side of the house and backed off very, very fast because there were so many crawly things under it. What I saw were some kind of water bugs... and *then* I saw the dozen or so black widows. Now we are vey careful about reaching into dark spaces, such as the sprinkler system valves. Just saw the new H. Potter movie and spiders are on my mind. Nick Yet another reason that any move I make will be farther north. I can take snow and ice and polar bears, but spiders and snakes and other bugs the size of your hand forget it. Kevin T. Was in New Orleans at three in the morning and the sidewalk was covered with huge bugs, may have been roaches. I was not drunk. *shudder* Ugh. Yuck. Awful. If there are brown recluse spiders in my area, they have thus far not introduced themselves. The worst problems that I'm aware of other people in NYC having are roaches and rats. I run a vermin-free home and have to date avoided taking any on as unwanted roommates. The NYC subway system is infested with rodents, but they do tend to leave people alone and stick to living in and amongst the tracks. I now have this mental image of a freakishly huge brown recluse spider with fangs as long as your arm etc. Just how large do they get? Jon *Twitch* Is Right, Maru _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmailxAPID=42PS=47575PI=7324DI=7474SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsgHL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamprotection_3mf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I now have this mental image of a freakishly huge brown recluse spider with fangs as long as your arm etc. Just how large do they get? Generally not that big. Most of the ones we saw were usually about the size of a quarter or so with legs fully extended. A few smaller. A few bigger. I think the biggest one I ever saw was about 3 inches across. That one came inside after a huge rainstorm had flooded the lawn in front of our apartment. It came under the front door somehow and walked down the hallway like he owned the place. I thought for just a second about trying to catch it before hammering him out of existence with a shoe. The most distinctive thing about the recluse is the violin marking on their back. It really does look like one. And once you see it, there's no doubt about it. As a friend said, if you have any doubt that it's a violin, it's not a recluse. (I understand there are some spiders in the recluse family in the southwest that don't have that marking on them...) - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Tarr ... Yet another reason that any move I make will be farther north. I can take snow and ice and polar bears, but spiders and snakes and other bugs the size of your hand forget it. Kevin T. Was in New Orleans at three in the morning and the sidewalk was covered with huge bugs, may have been roaches. I was not drunk. It's not like that here... You have to go farther south to get the large quantities and sizes of bugs. I spent most of a summer in San Diego a few years ago, at my father-in-law's house. At night, if you walked on the sidewalk, you'd feel and hear a crunch, crunch, crunch from the bugs. Even further south, at my sister's apartment in St. Thomas, USVI, she used to check for lizards on the walls when arriving home. If there were no lizards on the walls, she'd go get a brave friend to check her apartment for tarantulas. She didn't particularly like the lizards, but she certainly appreciated the implication of their presence! Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Yet another reason that any move I make will be farther north. I can take snow and ice and polar bears, but spiders and snakes and other bugs the size of your hand forget it. Kevin T. Was in New Orleans at three in the morning and the sidewalk was covered with huge bugs, may have been roaches. I was not drunk. They were roaches, called by some locals 'water bugs.' When we lived in Baton Rouge, I remember pulling the sheet over my head to keep the ones crawling on the ceiling from dropping onto me. They can fly, too; their natural high-rise towers are the water oaks (hence the moniker, I guess), but in the winter they find houses more cosy. Mom used gallons of Raid before discovering Roach-Pruf, which is boric acid with an attractant (dessicates the creepies from the inside out, as they ingest it while grooming). shudder Cats Find Them Delightfully Crunchy Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 05:11:55PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: They were roaches, called by some locals 'water bugs.' When we lived in Baton Rouge, I remember pulling the sheet over my head to keep the ones crawling on the ceiling from dropping onto me. They can fly, too; their natural high-rise towers are the water oaks (hence the moniker, I guess), but in the winter they find houses more cosy. Mom used gallons of Raid before discovering Roach-Pruf, which is boric acid with an attractant (dessicates the creepies from the inside out, as they ingest it while grooming). shudder Have you seen that ad for Expedia, every bed equipped with mosquitoe nets and the image that invokes in the mind of the lady reading it? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
- Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 7:11 PM Subject: Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn) --- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Yet another reason that any move I make will be farther north. I can take snow and ice and polar bears, but spiders and snakes and other bugs the size of your hand forget it. Kevin T. Was in New Orleans at three in the morning and the sidewalk was covered with huge bugs, may have been roaches. I was not drunk. They were roaches, called by some locals 'water bugs.' When we lived in Baton Rouge, I remember pulling the sheet over my head to keep the ones crawling on the ceiling from dropping onto me. They can fly, too; their natural high-rise towers are the water oaks (hence the moniker, I guess), but in the winter they find houses more cosy. Mom used gallons of Raid before discovering Roach-Pruf, which is boric acid with an attractant (dessicates the creepies from the inside out, as they ingest it while grooming). shudder Cats Find Them Delightfully Crunchy Maru They also breathe the boric acid dust through their spiricules or what-ever-you-call-them in their legs. This is the best method I know of to control roaches. xponent Master Of Roach Life And Death Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Have you seen that ad for Expedia, every bed equipped with mosquitoe nets and the image that invokes in the mind of the lady reading it? No, but I shudder to think on it...and I don't know if mosquito netting would be noisy as the roaches ran up and down... Still, we had lots of mosquitoes in Louisiana, so that netting might not be a bad idea. Debbi who is now recalling a horrible PBS program about roaches, with close-ups and slow-mo and Aauugh! those gnawing mandibles... __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)
Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Horn, John Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 1:46 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: advice for the lovelorn ... Not a fun experience. Though I did read an article a few weeks ago that said that brown recluses might not be as deadly as is commonly thought. If anyone wants to play with black widows, visit our area. When we first moved in, there was an old Dogloo doghouse out back. I flipped it on its side to roll it to the side of the house and backed off very, very fast because there were so many crawly things under it. What I saw were some kind of water bugs... and *then* I saw the dozen or so black widows. Now we are vey careful about reaching into dark spaces, such as the sprinkler system valves. How about that most delightful of things, black widows in the outhouse? Julia who grew up hearing stories of same from the part of her father's boyhood where they didn't have indoor plumbing in SC ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
