Spiders can be friends

[Shadow]

Last year I had the most beautiful Garden Spiders-scared the kids to bits at first but we got fond of a couple of regulars

I was gutted when they died but Ive got the daughter now-shes gorgeous

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And my son who was petrified of them took the shot

[Ann1]

Shot this this morning, it's a bit blurred, Jazz will try and post a better one later. It's hundreds of baby spiders, they must have just "hatched" (or whatever they do!) They are no bigger than small seeds - with legs!! Fascinating to watch, if they fell off the web, they spun a bit of web and climbed back up!!!

[skintagain]

im thinking of breeding bird eating spiders then letting them loose in my garden, it would sort those bloody pigeons out ;D.

[Jazz]

But then people would start breeding pigeons that ate bird eating spiders! Let battle commence! A new video game!?

[patsie]

Spiders - friends - no way. I kill those little (sometimes big) things, every chance I get. Further up the chain are centipedes - you have to be really quick to get them.

[Shadow]

Just saw this and it sent a shudder down my spine.

I have real thing about centipedes.

It comes from years back-I am not some wuss by the way-I grew up with a family who had a large garden and small centipedes along with woodlice etc were par for the course.

But nothing prepared me for the monster that came up out of the lino when I was living in Surrey Docks.

I was scrubbing the lino on my hands and knees in our rented student accomodation bathroom then this bloody massive orange centipede ran out-Im not kidding I screamed-and Ive been petrified of them ever since-even little ones-I'd take a spider any time of the day.

[patsie]

Just recently enountered a different spider in our basement. It has large spindly legs and a tiny little black "body". Easily killed - just remove slipper - and slap it. Wow - gone - no problem.

[daveygravey]

OIOI spiders are MINT! Pyea 8 legs nd that!