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create_destiny ([personal profile] create_destiny) wrote2008-06-07 10:31 pm

Not Cool

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.)

bold jumping spider

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.

[identity profile] welfy.livejournal.com 2008-06-08 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
I found a black widow spider in my workplace this past week. Spiders usually don't scare me but I was pretty freaked out by this one. I should have killed it, but instead I trapped it in a cup and released it outside.

600 meters LONG?? HOW DID YOU GET OUT ALIVE??!