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Mammoth backyard spider devours bird
- Thread starter bassrique
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Trapdoor spider?
those things really amaze me...
they string out a special web where they can hide under a rock and feel when an insect walks across.
if he is small enough to where the spider can handle him, the spider attacks!
if he is too big, the spider doesnt bother.
These freak me out...Spider Crickets....My friend killed a huge one..looked like a cricket stuck its head up a spiders ***.
Those, Centipedes are ****** fast btw...and then can get in between stuff...chased one around my living room/ bathrrom for a good 5 minutes once with a shoe.
Those, Centipedes are ****** fast btw...and then can get in between stuff...chased one around my living room/ bathrrom for a good 5 minutes once with a shoe.
Then there's this famous pic of a "Camel Spider":
Technically not a spider, but they can run fast as hell.
Technically not a spider, but they can run fast as hell.
Then there's this famous pic of a "Camel Spider":
Technically not a spider, but they can run fast as hell.
I encountered those at an Air Force base in the Saudi Arabian desert. They are wicked looking "in the wild" because they hold their two frontmost legs up at a 45 degree angle when they walk and they look like horns. Also, they move very quickly. Just a glimpse will get your adrenalin pumping, for sure! The ones I saw were not as large as the ones in the pictures though, maybe 3-4" across. I also used to dodge scorpions regularly on the running track.
Wow, amazing creatures in this thread.
Luckily I don't live in a part of the world were things like this creep around.
Wow, amazing creatures in this thread.
Luckily I don't live in a part of the world were things like this creep around.
From the wikipedia page on the house centipede:
"S. coleoptrata is indigenous to the Mediterranean region, but it has spread through much of Europe, Asia, and North America."
mwahahahahaaa, it's watching you while you sleep...sweet dreams
From the wikipedia page on the house centipede:
"S. coleoptrata is indigenous to the Mediterranean region, but it has spread through much of Europe, Asia, and North America."
mwahahahahaaa, it's watching you while you sleep...sweet dreams
The sight of those centipedes creeps me out a little.
I never seen one of those in real life, and I assume house centipedes aren't so big over here due to climate.
Luckily I keep spiders around, I hope they deal with all the bugs.
Not spiders as in pets, I mean if I see a spider I would not kill it.
I co-exist with them, they can walk around my house.
What, this?
House Centipede. We have lots of 'em here in Jersey. My cat loves them
HOUSE? I don't want to know about the jungle version of it.
Poor bird btw,I'd try to save it if I had a shotgun.
ps:I let the nature happen when I see an animal killing the other,but this?Come on,Its a bird...
this thread makes me hungry!!!
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i remember once when i was little there was a spider a big spider close to as big as the one in the first post in the shed, my dad hit i with a shoe five times, but i didn't die till he kicked it. Australia is fun.
.i remember once when i was little there was a spider a big spider close to as big as the one in the first post in the shed, my dad hit i with a shoe five times, but i didn't die till he kicked it. Australia is fun.
a Dobsonfly?
Scary but those big ol' pinchers are for da luv-makin'. The one in the pic is a male. They're harmless but creepy.
that's awesome, cause I was figuring that a large stomping boot was too good for those things. awesome.
I know, they just creep me out. They are all over the place here in the summer and fall after dusk...can't walk outside barefoot...(crunch crunch ) and practically cover the screen sections on my house's doors. (I live near water)
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I absolutely hate those house centipedes. I have gotten very creative with my methods of killing them, when I can actually catch them that is. Anything from spraying them with a can of air duster turned upside down (insta freeze) to a spray product called Wire Dryer to good old fashioned golf clubs and crowbars.
