Hehe the only time I really got freaked out by a spider was when I was on the computer and I blurry speck appeared right in the center of my vision. I focused on the blur and it turned out to be this big ass spider, startled I moved away from it and it was smaller than a comma.
The ones in my yard haven't figured out how to do purple. Actually they can only change between white and yellow. Nevertheless, they are very effective predators - this individual caught at least 5 bees last summer.
Also - Whipscorpion FTW! (harmless, but I don't think I'd appreciate one on my head).
As I recall from one of the many documentary films I spend my life watching, it's not important whether or not we can distinguish them from the purple of the flowers but how they look in the visible spectrum of the bees they hunt. In fact, viewed in the visible spectrum of the bees they are actually really bright and stand out, which may draw the bees to them as they look like flowers which bees like and which have also adapted to stand out in the bee's visible spectrum.
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Scolopendra gigantea (also known as Peruvian giant yellowleg centipede and Amazonian giant centipede) is the largest representative of the genus Scolopendra, regularly reaching lengths of 26 cm (10 in) and can exceed 30 cm (12 in).
This may give you nightmares, but I have to tell you something important.
All adult cockroaches can fly. They generally only do it in the dark, and they often bump into things, much like junebugs or cicadas.
Look closely: those are wings.
Not exactly true, Most Cockroach species can fly but the most prominent coackroach of all is the German Roach and it can NOT fly. Nor can the Oriental Cockroach which is also quite common.
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I had quite a bit of experience with these in Guyana (or at least a related species of similar size).
They are really not that intidmidating in real life. They are pretty delicate given their size and don't really move that quickly.
Apparently the bites are awful and venomous, causing fevers etc... the centipedes themselves are very non-aggresive though. They will run away and/or curl up as soon as you become aware of them.
Despite the fact they were all over, you'd have to be pretty unlucky to actually get bit.
A much greater worry was the snakes in the area. Accidentally encoutering one of them in the grass was pretty easy to do.
make sure no insects are nesting inside your warm computer!
Oh fug, that's creepy as hell.
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I've killed probably 10 black widows so far outside the house this summer. If I leave them be they can grow pretty nasty but I kill them when they're babies.
First one I saw I almost sharted my pants but now it's just like killing ants. Get a flashlight, and a hockey stick and it's GO TIME!
