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TatumsMom · 05-23-2006, 09:32 AM

Okay, so I was just posting a reply to the "Butterflies" thread and didn't want to ruin it with tarantula talk but....

Anyone else have those boogers where they live? My daughter ran into the house last night hollering about a tarantula in the yard and that it was crawling on one of the cats! She said Patches was laying in the grass sunning herself and this tarantula was crawling across her face. The poor baby (the cat) jumped up pretty quick when my daughter hollered at her. So I took a jar outside to capture it to get a closer look. They're pretty creepy looking but for the most part... harmless. I'm just not crazy about them running around in my yard! Last summer my other daughter was playing ball with her grandma in the yard and one crawled UP her leg!! EEWWW! But yes, my darling husband took the poor creature way out into the pasture and released it. He told the girls that he had a long talk with "Freddie" and told him he better not come back in the yard and scare the poor kitty and his girls. Then he said he broke two legs and told him if he came back he would break three more. He was kidding but it was funny the way he told the story. We really do value the "good bugs" we have out in the country. If it weren't for those, we'd be overtaken by the "bad bugs" BUT tarantulas are still creepy!!

rrosenberry · 05-23-2006, 09:36 AM

EWWWW! I would freak out! I don't know how you do it.
Saw this show not too long ago about these people who have all these scorpions and they have to do all this stuff to their houses to keep em out, yet they still get in....

EWWWW, I would MOVE!! I'd be on edge 24/7.

kristalk2006 · 05-23-2006, 09:37 AM

All I can say is I would die.

I HATE spiders, bees you name it...I hate it!
About 6 years ago I was on the roof putting Christmas lights up (in NOVEMBER) and a wasp came at me, I ran...right off the roof!
broke my rist and ancle.

TatumsMom · 05-23-2006, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by rrosenberry

EWWWW! I would freak out! I don't know how you do it.
Saw this show not too long ago about these people who have all these scorpions and they have to do all this stuff to their houses to keep em out, yet they still get in....

EWWWW, I would MOVE!! I'd be on edge 24/7.

A friend of mine has scorpions pretty bad at her house. They do exterminate quite often to keep them under control but we all know to check our shoes before putting them on if they've been laying around. They also come up the bathtub drain somehow! I agree.... EWWW! I've been stung by one before and I will NEVER forget that pain.

sneri13 · 05-23-2006, 09:43 AM

Tatumsmom, How considerate of you not going off topic on the butterfly thread. LOL.

I would absolutly die if I saw one of those. I hate spiders, well I hate any bug, insect, snakes, worms, crawly, creepy thing.

Guess I can add TX to my list of places to never live.

TatumsMom · 05-23-2006, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kristalk2006

All I can say is I would die.

I HATE spiders, bees you name it...I hate it!
About 6 years ago I was on the roof putting Christmas lights up (in NOVEMBER) and a wasp came at me, I ran...right off the roof!
broke my rist and ancle.

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry but I actually laughed out loud at that!! Not that it's funny you hurt yourself but that's pretty much how I react to wasps and bees and such. Not even paying attention to where I'm running to, just gotta get the hell out of there!! I do the same with mud-dobbers (sp?) although my husband tells me all the time they are harmless. I don't care... it flies, it has a stinger, I'm gone!

kristalk2006 · 05-23-2006, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TatumsMom

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry but I actually laughed out loud at that!! Not that it's funny you hurt yourself but that's pretty much how I react to wasps and bees and such. Not even paying attention to where I'm running to, just gotta get the hell out of there!! I do the same with mud-dobbers (sp?) although my husband tells me all the time they are harmless. I don't care... it flies, it has a stinger, I'm gone!

It is pure reaction, and don't worry about laughing...EVERYONE laughs at me when it comes up, and it comes up a lot with my friends and family

Everytime a bug comes near me! If you can't laugh at your friends who can you laugh at

BTW, What is a mud-dobber?

JCarlson2004 · 05-23-2006, 09:50 AM

I'm soooooooo afraid of bugs -- I HATE them!! Anything that crawls or creeps ... gross!

txshopper73 · 05-23-2006, 09:51 AM

OMG! I'm absolutely terrified of spiders and the bigger they are, the faster my heart pounds!

Something VERY unnatural about how they look with those 8 long hairy legs and those beady little eyeballls!

They are disgusting!

Then in the Amazon, they have those HUUUUUUGE ones that freaking jump in the air to catch birds! HOLY MOSES! There just ain't NOOOO freaking way!!!!

I remember being 7 years old one Saturday morning climing on the counter to get a bowl for my cereal. Went to jump down and there was a huge hairy light brown tarantula on the floor! OMG!!!! I woke up EVERYONE in the house. My uncle captured it and took it outside!

TatumsMom · 05-23-2006, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kristalk2006

It is pure reaction, and don't worry about laughing...EVERYONE laughs at me when it comes up, and it comes up a lot with my friends and family

Everytime a bug comes near me! If you can't laugh at your friends who can you laugh at

BTW, What is a mud-dobber?

You poor thing... to have to be the butt of the jokes in the family. It's okay, we all have those things that even our lovely family can't let go!!

You know what, I don't know what a mud-dobber is really. They are called that because they build little hut looking "nests" out of mud. Usually on an outside wall of your house or inside an old tire or box laying around. I'm sure there is a more official name for them..... anyone?? A little help??

chachi · 05-23-2006, 09:54 AM

Yuck! I hate all ceepy crawlies but i would die if i saw one of those things.

bigdog · 05-23-2006, 10:01 AM

We have them here in Missouri but I rarely see one. I have made my hubby stop the car so i could get as closer look at one crossing the road. I think they are interesting and harmless. I never kill spiders unless they are poisonious and inside my house. We have wolf spiders coming inside all the time. I try to get tissue and get them back outside. I don't like killing spiders or snakes as long as they aren't harming anyone. Misquitoes, ticks, chiggers and flies are a different story!Oh Yeah, mice have to go also.

stinky · 05-23-2006, 10:05 AM

I have seen two in my entire life here in NM. One was at the “lake” and we were camping in tents…I didn’t sleep too well that night. lol

Rem&Silkmom · 05-23-2006, 10:30 AM

I swear...I think I have that phobia of spiders...I can't spell it. My husband was joking around once...there was a HUGE corn spider that made a web in our yard. HUGE yellow and black thing...

he was acting like gonna push me into it...I just about clawed his eyes out. Reading your post has my heart racing. If one of those things crawled on my I think I would go into cardiac arrest.

I am VERY afraid of big spider...I can handle the little ones.

simonandhallie · 05-23-2006, 10:57 AM

My old roomie Joe and I had a pet tarantula, his name was Dexter! We used to let him crawl around on the couch with us. He was very calm.

05-23-2006, 09:32 AM	#1
TatumsMom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: TX Posts: 2,799	Tarantulas!! Okay, so I was just posting a reply to the "Butterflies" thread and didn't want to ruin it with tarantula talk but.... Anyone else have those boogers where they live? My daughter ran into the house last night hollering about a tarantula in the yard and that it was crawling on one of the cats! She said Patches was laying in the grass sunning herself and this tarantula was crawling across her face. The poor baby (the cat) jumped up pretty quick when my daughter hollered at her. So I took a jar outside to capture it to get a closer look. They're pretty creepy looking but for the most part... harmless. I'm just not crazy about them running around in my yard! Last summer my other daughter was playing ball with her grandma in the yard and one crawled UP her leg!! EEWWW! But yes, my darling husband took the poor creature way out into the pasture and released it. He told the girls that he had a long talk with "Freddie" and told him he better not come back in the yard and scare the poor kitty and his girls. Then he said he broke two legs and told him if he came back he would break three more. He was kidding but it was funny the way he told the story. We really do value the "good bugs" we have out in the country. If it weren't for those, we'd be overtaken by the "bad bugs" BUT tarantulas are still creepy!! __________________ ~ Angie

05-23-2006, 09:36 AM	#2
rrosenberry & Bailey & Bella Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,164	EWWWW! I would freak out! I don't know how you do it. Saw this show not too long ago about these people who have all these scorpions and they have to do all this stuff to their houses to keep em out, yet they still get in.... EWWWW, I would MOVE!! I'd be on edge 24/7. __________________ Rhonda, Bailey, Josie and my angel Bella Rue' "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~Anatole France~

05-23-2006, 09:37 AM	#3
kristalk2006 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 319	All I can say is I would die. I HATE spiders, bees you name it...I hate it! About 6 years ago I was on the roof putting Christmas lights up (in NOVEMBER) and a wasp came at me, I ran...right off the roof! broke my rist and ancle. __________________ Kristal Proud Mommie of Princess Peach She's FINALLY home, and doing great!

05-23-2006, 09:43 AM	#5
sneri13 Luv My Spoiled Babies Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,065	Tatumsmom, How considerate of you not going off topic on the butterfly thread. LOL. I would absolutly die if I saw one of those. I hate spiders, well I hate any bug, insect, snakes, worms, crawly, creepy thing. Guess I can add TX to my list of places to never live. __________________ Susan Mac Mellie & Manny Until we meet again at Rainbow Bridge

05-23-2006, 09:50 AM	#8
JCarlson2004 Mommy To 3 Poochies Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York Posts: 8,287	I'm soooooooo afraid of bugs -- I HATE them!! Anything that crawls or creeps ... gross! __________________ Mommy Loves Codie, Tia & Baby Cali RIP My Precious Katie - I Love You

05-23-2006, 09:51 AM	#9
txshopper73 Donating YT 14K Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 14,226 Blog Entries: 1	OMG! I'm absolutely terrified of spiders and the bigger they are, the faster my heart pounds! Something VERY unnatural about how they look with those 8 long hairy legs and those beady little eyeballls! They are disgusting! Then in the Amazon, they have those HUUUUUUGE ones that freaking jump in the air to catch birds! HOLY MOSES! There just ain't NOOOO freaking way!!!! I remember being 7 years old one Saturday morning climing on the counter to get a bowl for my cereal. Went to jump down and there was a huge hairy light brown tarantula on the floor! OMG!!!! I woke up EVERYONE in the house. My uncle captured it and took it outside! __________________ As always...JMO (Just My Opinion) Kimberley

05-23-2006, 09:54 AM	#11
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	Yuck! I hate all ceepy crawlies but i would die if i saw one of those things. __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

05-23-2006, 10:01 AM	#12
bigdog YT Addict Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 347 Blog Entries: 1	We have them here in Missouri but I rarely see one. I have made my hubby stop the car so i could get as closer look at one crossing the road. I think they are interesting and harmless. I never kill spiders unless they are poisonious and inside my house. We have wolf spiders coming inside all the time. I try to get tissue and get them back outside. I don't like killing spiders or snakes as long as they aren't harming anyone. Misquitoes, ticks, chiggers and flies are a different story!Oh Yeah, mice have to go also.

05-23-2006, 10:05 AM	#13
stinky YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 491	I have seen two in my entire life here in NM. One was at the “lake” and we were camping in tents…I didn’t sleep too well that night. lol __________________ Liz & Ginger

05-23-2006, 10:30 AM	#14
Rem&Silkmom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 833	OMG...I would FREAK I swear...I think I have that phobia of spiders...I can't spell it. My husband was joking around once...there was a HUGE corn spider that made a web in our yard. HUGE yellow and black thing... he was acting like gonna push me into it...I just about clawed his eyes out. Reading your post has my heart racing. If one of those things crawled on my I think I would go into cardiac arrest. I am VERY afraid of big spider...I can handle the little ones.

05-23-2006, 10:57 AM	#15
simonandhallie *I Love My Monkeys!* Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV Posts: 11,166	My old roomie Joe and I had a pet tarantula, his name was Dexter! We used to let him crawl around on the couch with us. He was very calm.