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Originally posted by love_child

That's a camel spider isn't it?
My boss got bit by one at the pyramids, when we were in Egypt this past August. He didn't even know he got bit till later that day, he thought a cat had brushed past him.

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I hate winter but I haaaaate spiders....so i'm happy that the cold weather is on its way.....

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Originally posted by love_child

Looks like a spider with severe gingevitis to me.

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Originally posted by Intangible I have a huge fear of a spider laying an egg sac in one of my pillows, and then one morning I will up and there will be trillions of baby spiders all over me! EEK (Think of the ending of Charlotte's Web when all the baby spiders are flying away)

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Live spider flushed from boy's earBy staff writers May 07, 2007 03:48pm A NINE-year-old American boy who was suspicious of a "Rice Krispie" sound in his ear, was found to have a couple of spiders living in there. What began as a faint popping turned into ear ache for Jesse Courtney from Albany in the state of Oregon. Jesse's mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a faint popping in his ear - "like Rice Krispies''. "They were walking on my eardrums,'' Jesse said, according to the Associated Press. Dr David Irvine said it looked like the boy had something in his ear when he examined him. When he irrigated the ear, the first spider came out, dead. The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were about the size of a pencil eraser. Jesse has kept the spiders as a souvenir.

Here's another angle of my new pet;



I think I'm going to call her... Spidonkadonk


I did some googling and found my species...

Araneus diadematus
Feeding Guild:† orb weavers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): Thrive in shrubs and trees around buildings, urban parks and gardens.

Life & Natural History: Adults appear in late summer and autumn, and spend the winter either in the egg or the juvenile stage, depending on latitude. The adult web has 30 radii and the catching area about 30 cm in diameter. Mature females lay their eggs before winter in protected places away from the web and deposit a golden yellow covering over yellow eggs.

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def because its been more moist.

when i was at brookgreen gardens (which i highly recommend anyone going to, fuking gorgeous) at this one shelter these guys were everywhere. the female is the big one and the male is the size of a dime. when the female is done mating with the male, she eats him.

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Damn, she kills him after? That's rough.

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That's pretty much par for the course in the Arachnid world, isn't it?

OMG i am like a little girl when it comes to spiders .... i'm such a wuss my ex had to kill them all the time for me *blushes* ....there just soooooo creepy!!!!

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Originally posted by Djsketchbag OMG i am like a little girl when it comes to spiders .... i'm such a wuss my ex had to kill them all the time for me *blushes* ....there just soooooo creepy!!!!

but your'e a giant! just goes to show size doesnt matter

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Originally posted by Djsketchbag OMG i am like a little girl when it comes to spiders .... i'm such a wuss my ex had to kill them all the time for me *blushes* ....there just soooooo creepy!!!!

My gf is the same way. she'll start yelling and hide in the corner curled up in a ball. It's hilarious.

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