Which spider are you most afraid of..?

Scariest spider?


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AlteredEgo

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I chose brown recluse. The idea of their bite is terrifying. I think they are all kind of scary, though I have affection for these kind of spiders. Florida also has these huge yellow spiders that live in the tops of trees and in the mangroves. I still have nightmares about them even though I moved to Virginia, where my garage is full of black widows.

I don't worry about black widows so much. Don't mess with them, they don't mess with you. We store lumber, fire wood, and homemade paper briquettes in the garage, and since the black widows love to live amongst those things, we wear gloves and use a log tool to pick up and inspect those items before bringing them into the house. Not that it matters as far as the firewood and briquettes go. Those things are immediately set on fire when we move them.

My house also hosts jumping spiders and wolf spiders. My policy is, don't touch me, and stay smaller than a nickel and you can be my arachnid roommate. If they get too big, I scream until my ex comes to relocate them; if he isn't home, they die. If they touch me, or my grandma, they die. One exception. There was a huge spider, looked kind of like a mini version of a daddy long legs. She was about to be relocated, but when she saw me, she turned into an eight-legged commando, doing somersaults and cartwheels. Anything THAT cool is welcome to live in my home with me.
 

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Everyone is (or should be) a little afraid of venomous spiders, for obvious reasons. But, I have an irrational fear of house spiders. If I see spiders in a forest, or anywhere outside - I'm fine. But there's something about having them inside my house, that really bothers me. In fact, I prefer big tarantulas to small house spiders - purely because they're easier to spot and I don't need to worry about them hiding in my trousers etc. I'm eternally grateful that the UK is relatively danger-free, when it comes to spiders.
 
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In Viet Nam,we were in a deserted ville checking out the area for the enemy,this huge spider, [the size of my big outstretched hand,and just as heavy] popped out in front of my face. My 1911 .45 Auto ate it.
 

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That freakishly deadly one in Australia. The white tail, or something like that. It lives around people and will fucking kill you if you give it the chance.

O.k. Wikipedia doesn't mention the deadliness of it. Supposedly you won't die. But I read an article about it on the Internet once and that was enough. I'm never going to Australia, that's for sure. Between the spiders, the great white sharks, and those blue octopuses that are so deadly their poison can drop a man in two steps....no way.
 

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Actually, I'm most afraid of yellow sac spiders. They're the greenish yellowish brownish spiders that hide in the corners where walls meet ceilings. Those suckers'll bite. The bite is like a pinchy mosquito bite, itchy, and prone to infection. Those I dispatch with extreme prejudice. Because one bit me once.

All the others I find are given a free pass.
 

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... I'm never going to Australia, that's for sure. Between the spiders, the great white sharks, and those blue octopuses that are so deadly their poison can drop a man in two steps....no way.

You know, TwoTon, you could go to Australia and just stay out of the water... lol

Now I want to know more about this Aussie spider... What is it?... "The White Tail"?... Gonna google it!

Edit: Found it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_spider

Sounds much less dangerous than a Brown or Desert Recluse, or a female Black Widow.

A/B
 
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A friend had to be hospitalized from a Brown Recluse bite on his scrotum. He lost part of his scrotum, almost lost his balls, and came close to dying. Check the sheets before you climb in naked.
 

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That freakishly deadly one in Australia. The white tail, or something like that. It lives around people and will fucking kill you if you give it the chance.

O.k. Wikipedia doesn't mention the deadliness of it. Supposedly you won't die. But I read an article about it on the Internet once and that was enough. I'm never going to Australia, that's for sure. Between the spiders, the great white sharks, and those blue octopuses that are so deadly their poison can drop a man in two steps....no way.

But vibesy lives in Australia! It can't be that bad! He'll protect us from all the evil deadly things that live there!
 

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Don't count on that, LaFemme!... lol

Ok. He won't protect twoton, but I'm sure he'd protect me. I'm pretty sure he adores me! Right? I'm pretty frickin' adorable, right? Except when I'm not..., but mostly, I am. :tongue:
 

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I think I'd be more afraid of an encounter with Vibesy, than one with a White-tailed spider, if I visited there... :)

I like him a great deal. Weird and wonderful humans fascinate me. He is full of interesting facts, history and stories and devoted to his love.

I might sleep with one eye open, though....:wink:
 

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Those who can jump, because when you want to reach them for kill or put them out the house, they can jump on you !
But well, im more disgusted by spiders than affraid... I just dont want them to touch me :p

but im affraid by wasp or hornet, because i fear the pain, but they are not disguting, they can "walk" on me i wouldnt mind if they didnt have a sting :)

Edit: Btw Daisy, you should put an image for see what they look like and for aracnophobia people ;)
I think the camel one is from the desert ? and very ugly ><
 

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Redbacks would be more common in Aus A/B, i think?
Whitetails are prevelant in NZ (distant cousin to the reback i think)
people i know have suffered some nasty ongoing pain and swelling with a whitetail bite
we only have the 2 here in NZ Katipo and more recently the whitetail

Wolf spiders from Sydney Huge but harmless apparetly
think they were used in that Aracna movie'
did hear that daddy long legs are potentially quiet dangerous,
long spindly legged things? maybe just dangerous to other spiders?
 

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did hear that daddy long legs are potentially quiet dangerous,
long spindly legged things? maybe just dangerous to other spiders?

I read somewhere -- and am too lazy to verify it online at the moment --
that daddy long legs spiders *are* indeed quite poisonous, however their jaws/fangs/mouths/etc. aren't strong enough to break human skin so they are no threat to us. My mom was quite shocked to hear that as she said she used to let me play with those spiders at our cottage when I was a toddler.

As for ones that I am afraid of, I can't say I am really afraid of any -- we don't have black widows where I live and while there are supposedly brown recluses around, I haven't ever seen one -- but I sure don't like sharing quarters with them. Sorry spidey, but if you're in my crib, you're history. Outside doing your thing, we're cool.