On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> I'll be a doody-head and take this off-topic a bit...I have had these big
> spiders in my house a couple times. They are scary mothers. I usually
> catch them and chuck them into the gutter drainage outside on my street (I
> don't want to kill them but then I don't want them easily finding their
Yes, I know what you mean; when I can catch them, and put them
outside, I prefer do the same; I don't like killing other creatures,
including arachnids and insects. The problem arises when there are
more than I can easily count or get to to put outside. :-(
> way back into my garage). One time I came across one that was big and
> hairy looking. I captured it in a cup, and then dumped her inside a jug
Neat! I've seen a few like that in the garden; very colorful too ,
and have seen a very few smaller hairy ones in the house over the
years... looked a bit like those little black jumping spiders.
> of some sort. All of a sudden she exploded apart and then there was a
> horde of tiny little spiders all over the jug. It turns out she was
> carrying all her babies who were clinging to every part of her body making
> her look big and scary. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen.
With some loud-mouthed neighbors with noisy offspring across the
street, I hope no humans can do that! :-/
> I don't mind the spiders so much but my wife hates them. But I do hate it
> when they leave webs every damn where, and then droppings of all sorts
> which I've been unable to identify (is it poop or the parts of the bugs
> they catch that they don't like to eat?)
I agree. It seems that it's a combination of both; makes a mess of
computers. The biggest problem area is just inside a roll-up garage
door. I've caulked, replaced the bottom door seal, etc. but there are
still areas where small insects and spiders get in and congregate
right near the door, with spiders (those big ones) dangling from the
door when I lift it up. They appear to like biting ankles.
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