05-11-2012, 10:50 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
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Looks like an Alberta Jewel Spider, but they can get much larger than a jellybean. If you have the right 'spot' for one, they can hunt there for a long time. Don't walk underneath, they seem to like to suddenly drop with a thread right at you. I had one on my face once, even though I have dealt with spiders of all sizes for many years, that will always freak me out.
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05-12-2012, 01:53 AM
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#82
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Franchise Player
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I picked my feet off the ground and i'm very itchy.......
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05-12-2012, 02:31 AM
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#83
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Here is a picture of a spider in my back yard from last summer.
It was HUGE for these parts. Sorry about my camera phone quality. The lens was pretty dirty.
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05-12-2012, 07:49 AM
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#84
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
Here is a picture of a spider in my back yard from last summer.It was HUGE for these parts. Sorry about my camera phone quality. The lens was pretty dirty.
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That also looks like a Jewel, but hard to tell from the film. Was it hunting under a light over a door or window? They usually like those spots.
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05-12-2012, 09:32 AM
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#85
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Where do these buggers come in to your house from? Soffit? Basement header? Tell me so I can permaweld it shut with some foam dammit! I'm tired of finding nickel sized spiders in my basement.
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05-12-2012, 12:11 PM
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#86
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Where do these buggers come in to your house from? Soffit? Basement header? Tell me so I can permaweld it shut with some foam dammit! I'm tired of finding nickel sized spiders in my basement.
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They can flatten themselves down and fit through the smallest of cracks.
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05-12-2012, 08:27 PM
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#87
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Where do these buggers come in to your house from? Soffit? Basement header? Tell me so I can permaweld it shut with some foam dammit! I'm tired of finding nickel sized spiders in my basement.
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On your clothes...
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05-12-2012, 09:06 PM
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#88
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Fort St. John, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
Here is a picture of a spider in my back yard from last summer.
It was HUGE for these parts. Sorry about my camera phone quality. The lens was pretty dirty.
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We get those every year. I had to get rid of a few nests with probably 5 of those in each, and about a few hundred babies
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05-12-2012, 11:12 PM
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#89
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Jayems
I've come to the great CP braintrust for ideas.
I live in Copperfield.
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You should move as soon as possible.
Not sure how to fix your spider problem though.
Seriously though, as long as they're not the very few dangerously poisonous species that exist in Canada, I personally wouldn't worry about it too much.
Last edited by frinkprof; 05-12-2012 at 11:22 PM.
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05-12-2012, 11:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Hopefully my neighbour having his campfire in the alley will ward them off for a while. Who has a campfire in an alley?
#CopperfieldProblems
On another note, I went out that day to get some photos, but it rained all night and was windy the next day, so there wasn't many. Supposed to be nice tomorrow, they should be out. I'll try again.
Last edited by Jayems; 05-12-2012 at 11:26 PM.
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05-13-2012, 12:30 AM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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Here's one of the two main kinds of eff-off big spiders we get here in Taiwan. These guys are the uglier but the less scary of the two. This one is about seven inches across, which is pretty big, but not the biggest I've seen.
They're less scary because they never go anywhere. They just sit in the middle of their webs all day.
These guys though:
The classic tropical huntsman spider, are god-awful. Like the name implies they're hunting spiders so they roam and they are FAST. They get to be about the same size as the web guys, so five to seven inches across and have I mentioned they're fast?
I found one of those suckers in my underwear drawer. That was awful. Canadian spiders no longer hold any fear for me.
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05-13-2012, 01:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nage Waza
That also looks like a Jewel, but hard to tell from the film. Was it hunting under a light over a door or window? They usually like those spots.
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No, it was attached to the corner of the fence right across the yard from the light.
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05-13-2012, 01:45 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
The classic tropical huntsman spider, are god-awful. Like the name implies they're hunting spiders so they roam and they are FAST. They get to be about the same size as the web guys, so five to seven inches across and have I mentioned they're fast?
I found one of those suckers in my underwear drawer. That was awful. Canadian spiders no longer hold any fear for me.
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I don't suppose you could air mail me one of those huntsman?
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05-13-2012, 05:03 AM
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#96
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayems
Hopefully my neighbour having his campfire in the alley will ward them off for a while. Who has a campfire in an alley?
#CopperfieldProblems
On another note, I went out that day to get some photos, but it rained all night and was windy the next day, so there wasn't many. Supposed to be nice tomorrow, they should be out. I'll try again.
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I have this strange feeling I live insanely close to you.
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05-13-2012, 07:09 AM
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#97
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Were you roasting weenies on a gravel road last night?
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05-13-2012, 02:18 PM
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#98
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Calgary
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No, but my dumb neighbors were.
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05-13-2012, 03:37 PM
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#99
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Doesn't fire and outdoor spraying drive spiders and insects to a safer area, i.e. your house?
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05-13-2012, 04:31 PM
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#100
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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If they are outside, I leave them alone but I won't stand for any bugs in the house.
I found the best way to contain and instantly capture any and all bugs (the most annoying for me are gnat infestations) is a powerful vacuum cleaner.
One summer I looked up at the wall beside my computer and saw that the entire top corner was full of hundreds of gnats crawling all over it. They must have just hatched. I was shocked at first and didn't know what to do but I grabbed the vacuum cleaner hose and just waved it all over the wall and sucked every single last bugger up without any effort or mess that might have been created by manually squishing them.
Doesn't matter how fast the spider is, how strong it's spider-man grip is, or how fast a fly's reflexes are. I've found a powerful vacuum will suck them up before they know what hits them. A vacuum hose is also the best tool to clean up pesky webs full of yucky bugs you don't want to think about. Point, close your eyes, hit the switch.
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