Critter thread

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:13 pm

^ Sounds more like Hobo and Brown Recluse spiders. I have never heard of anyone bitten by a Black Widow, which generally seem to prefer life outdoors. As a friend commented, "The Black Widow's potential for lethality diminished markedly with the advent of indoor plumbing".

peter · Post by **peter** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:20 pm

GermanStar wrote:As a friend commented, "The Black Widow's potential for lethality diminished markedly with the advent of indoor plumbing".

This is maybe a case for the mythbusters!

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:00 pm

I've spent a considerable number of years residing in areas where they are fairly common, and have never heard of anyone bitten, even second or third hand. As I alluded to in a prior post, that does not apply to Hobo and Brown Recluse spiders, which inflict horrifying bites with some regularity.

*Barracuda_52* · Post by ***Barracuda_52*** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:06 pm

Mother nature at its finest

nothing better than motherhood.. LOL!! Cassie and i always pick the largest burrowing wolf spider hole to dig up in the summer to find a big female to keep as a pet. This one however already was outa her burrow due to ants invading it looking to cash in on her eggsack. She was just outside the burrow entrence, babies emerging from the eggsack and hitchin a ride onback till they have there first molt.

*Barracuda_52* · Post by ***Barracuda_52*** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:08 pm

GermanStar wrote:I've spent a considerable number of years residing in areas where they are fairly common, and have never heard of anyone bitten, even second or third hand. As I alluded to in a prior post, that does not apply to Hobo and Brown Recluse spiders, which inflict horrifying bites with some regularity.

Black Widows are very common around here some get real nice size. That female looks like she has either not eatin very well or she has already laid several egg sacks reason for the shrunkin abdomen.

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:16 pm

Yes, she's really small. So small that I could only make out the hourglass with the camera zoom. She's no more than an inch across toe to toe. I'm not sure what the egg sacks look like, but I'll have a look around.

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:53 am

GermanStar wrote:I've spent a considerable number of years residing in areas where they are fairly common, and have never heard of anyone bitten, even second or third hand. As I alluded to in a prior post, that does not apply to Hobo and Brown Recluse spiders, which inflict horrifying bites with some regularity.

Sorry, but a lady I know in Black Canyon City got bitten by a black widow last year in her ironically enough garage. They are out here and they will bite you and YOU probably won't die if you get bitten, but you might want too.

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:29 am

^ OK, well there's one.

Peterthecactusguy · Post by **Peterthecactusguy** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:53 pm

^ Just saying, because so far I have met two people that got bitten by spiders. One was from a Black Widow and the other wasn't sure what kind it was, but it didnt make them sick.
Just a little red dot that eventually disappeared (maybe one of the relatives of brown recluses?)

SnowFella · Post by **SnowFella** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:58 am

Pretty common to feel watched while out in the backyard down here, here's 2 photos from the old house.
Both thumbnails and links to larger ones.

Harmless little praying mantis found just above the backdoor

http://www.snowfella-modworks.com/files ... photo6.jpg

Harmless not so little Huntsman spider having a peek from the awning.

http://www.snowfella-modworks.com/files ... photo7.jpg

Harriet · Post by **Harriet** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:43 pm

Can anyone ID this little guy?

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He is very long and skinny (if he is more than a centimeter wide I would be surprised), maybe he is a youngster? I don't do snakes well...

GermanStar · Post by **GermanStar** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:52 pm

No idea, but I like him! Nice pic.

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:21 pm

the green vine snake found at my farm

Post by **daiv** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:50 am

Great pics! I don't know that one off hand Harriett.

John C · Post by **John C** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:27 am

Beautiful pics!

Harriet, Almost looks like a common cornsnake to me. But I'm not entirely sure. If it is, it is completely harmless and are very popular pets.