What spider is that?

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Your awsome!!

Thank you very much! - You're all awesome here!
Never expected this thread to become so interesting!

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I HATE TICKS! I HATE TICKS!! I HATE TICKS!!!
Before we had the ducks i was swarmed with ticks after mowing the meadows around the house, fortunately i never got bitten, always found them before they would bite me.
Since ducks they are all gone! Converted into yummy eggs!

Blech! Ticks!
I have a distinct memory of finding one behind my ear when I was about... seven, maybe? Went to push some hair behind my ear, and -- oh, what's that? A little lump? Uh... Mom? Mom, what's behind my ear?
*Sits on the bathroom counter for five minutes, waiting patiently for my mother to pick the little snot off and dig its head out of my skin with tweezers.*
Blech. Every time I see one inside the house or -- eek! -- on me, I have an extremely strong urge to run to the bathroom and take a long, hot shower.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I don't like the idea of owning a spider, but I do like this one's colors
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That looks almost photo-shopped! - I know its not, but those colors are stunning.

 

[Starburst]

I won't. Japan is the only thing that is certainly on my list.
Unfortunately, they have massive hornets over there.

I don't have massive hornets, but I do have murder hornets where I am now.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I live in the Pacific NW

You definitely will find orb-weaver spiders there. I remember hiking through the forests in autumn early morning, right after the morning-fog had burned off and all the spider webs were covered in little water droplets, glittering in the sun.

 

[Crestcrazy2]

That looks almost photo-shopped! - I know its not, but those colors are stunning.

I know right ! My tarantula is not nearly as colorful but she's still awesome !

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I don't have massive hornets, but I do have murder hornets where I am now.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

I think that the murder hornets are the same things as the Asian giant hornets.
*Shudders,* keep them away from me... I can't even stand little wasps -- big hornets are terrifying!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Blech! Ticks!
I have a distinct memory of finding one behind my ear when I was about... seven, maybe? Went to push some hair behind my ear, and -- oh, what's that? A little lump? Uh... Mom? Mom, what's behind my ear?
*Sits on the bathroom counter for five minutes, waiting patiently for my mother to pick the little snot off and dig its head out of my skin with tweezers.*
Blech. Every time I see one inside the house or -- eek! -- on me, I have an extremely strong urge to run to the bathroom and take a long, hot shower.

I hear you! And the water under the shower must be hot enough to burn your skin!
Ticks - shudder!!!
Never had one really buried in my skin, but this summer one managed to bite me. I felt the sting, grabbed her and called in Blanca Duck. She loves ticks and eats them by the pound.

 

[Starburst]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

I think that the murder hornets are the same things as the Asian giant hornets.
*Shudders,* keep them away from me... I can't even stand little wasps -- big hornets are terrifying!

They've just begun to turn up in Washington. I've never been stung by a bee in my life, but I certainly don't want my first to be from a murder hornet. *Shudders*

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I hear you! And the water under the shower must be hot enough to burn your skin!
Ticks - shudder!!!
Never had one really buried in my skin, but this summer one managed to bite me. I felt the sting, grabbed her and called in Blanca Duck. She loves ticks and eats them by the pound.

Good Blanca Duck!