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[create_destiny]

The Mister found this spider in our bathroom. It's a Bold Jumping Spider.

As you can tell by the scale, the spider is approximately 600 meters long. (Ha! Actually, that's part of a topographical map in the background.)



According to a field guide we have, Bold Jumping Spiders have elaborate courtship rituals that you can stimulate by holding a mirror in front of one. Fucking narcissists! Too bad we didn't know this before the Mister shook him out in the yard. That would have been interesting to see.

If I had found that spider I'd be in a padded room right now.

Comments

[derekfz.livejournal.com]

I saw more than one of those in my old house, but they were always fairly brief glimpses. Every time I locked an eye on it, it darted away. For whatever reason, it really never freaked me out. My girlfriend is more the type to think any spider of any size is "fucking huge", because she has a weird thing about crawly things (big baby.)

[agaitis-byrjun.livejournal.com]

I have a phobia of all insects, bugs, arachnids, etc. (though funny enough, there is a ranking when it comes to it all. I have a friend who has a complete phobia of scorpions, and they don't bug me as much as other things), so really, anything to me is terrifying, or causes me anxiety. Damn you childhood trauma!

[createdestiny.livejournal.com]

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