Farking banana spiders!!!!!!!!!!!!!

neebelung · 09-14-2009, 12:02 PM

If there's one thing I could change about Florida (well, other than hurricanes

) it's the fuckin banana spiders! :nilly: Holy shit!!!!! In the last couple weeks, our yard is chock-full of them! One particularly massive bitch has built her web-of-steel just outside our 3rd bedroom/office window (which is where I spend the better part of my day these days). She's been there for a week now, and she's literally getting bigger by the day! We had a huge storm the other night, and I was suuuuuuure it would dislodge her web, and I'd be free of my little 8-legged-voyeur, but nooooooo - she's still there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right now, she's trying to incorporate a partcicularly long blade of grass into her web - an arachnid tiki hut in the plans maybe?

At press time, one of our cats is sitting on the windowsill, MESMERIZED by the huge yellow and black beast from hell.

FAAACCKKKKKKK!!!!!!

AquaPython · 09-14-2009, 12:37 PM

at least its not a camel spider...

btw banana's may be freaky looking, but coming across 3 black widow's and there egg sacks (about to pop out 100+ each) on your patio is an even scarier arachnid encounter here in the sunshine state.

neebelung · 09-14-2009, 12:44 PM

Are camel spiders those humongous things you see pics of from out in the desert in the middle east? In that case, YES, at least it's not one of those.

I can't say I've ever run across a black widow (let alone a triad of them) and their spawn... so yes, again, glad it's not one of those either.

STILL, Um, less than thrilled at this spider the size of a friggin... well... big ass spider just outside my window all day long.

BobTheBiker · 09-14-2009, 12:46 PM

starting fluid+blowtorch=black widow death. spiders freak me the fuck out. to the point where if I see a large one, I'll find the largest and most likely to kill it object I can just to make sure I kill when I heave it.

neebelung · 09-14-2009, 12:49 PM

I'm right there with ya... the last massive one we had in the yard (in an area where it just had to die, cus she was stringing up her web across the front of our house

), took an entire can of spider spray AND a swift beating with a broom handle before she finally died. Stubborn ass things!! If this one wasn't mere inches from the house, I'd try to light her (but I don't wanna burn the house down in the process

)

unknownroad · 09-14-2009, 12:54 PM

I'll take a yardfull of banana spiders over fire ants

neebelung · 09-14-2009, 12:56 PM

Hmmm... tough choice there. Fireants seem easier to kill (mind you, I'm nursin a nasty fireant bite on my foot from last week, but it's better than the heart attack I'd have had if I walked into a banana spider web

)

HurricaneHeather · 09-14-2009, 01:09 PM

Pics?

We had a brown recluse spider set up shop on the Honda this weekend. It got sprayed with a lot of WD-40 and we can only hope he died somewhere we can find him later. He climbed down in the spark plug hole, the little fugger.

Trip · 09-14-2009, 01:15 PM

This thread is worthless without pics...

azoomm · 09-14-2009, 01:25 PM

Banana Spiders are cool as hell... the webs are incredible!!

Brown Recluse and Black Widows freak me the hell out - we have found a bunch of them down at the track. Enough that I don't want to walk around without watching where I step *willies*

09-14-2009, 12:02 PM	#1
neebelung Ornery, scandalous & evil Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1 Posts: 5,962	Farking banana spiders!!!!!!!!!!!!! If there's one thing I could change about Florida (well, other than hurricanes ) it's the fuckin banana spiders! :nilly: Holy shit!!!!! In the last couple weeks, our yard is chock-full of them! One particularly massive bitch has built her web-of-steel just outside our 3rd bedroom/office window (which is where I spend the better part of my day these days). She's been there for a week now, and she's literally getting bigger by the day! We had a huge storm the other night, and I was suuuuuuure it would dislodge her web, and I'd be free of my little 8-legged-voyeur, but nooooooo - she's still there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right now, she's trying to incorporate a partcicularly long blade of grass into her web - an arachnid tiki hut in the plans maybe? At press time, one of our cats is sitting on the windowsill, MESMERIZED by the huge yellow and black beast from hell. FAAACCKKKKKKK!!!!!!

09-14-2009, 12:54 PM	#6
unknownroad Guys... where are we? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Carolina Moto: SV650 Interstate, CX500 rat-bobber, whatever else runs. Posts: 784	I'll take a yardfull of banana spiders over fire ants __________________ Considering Verizon Business service? Perhaps you'd like to consider a nice drain cleaner enema instead?

09-14-2009, 01:25 PM	#10
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	Banana Spiders are cool as hell... the webs are incredible!! Brown Recluse and Black Widows freak me the hell out - we have found a bunch of them down at the track. Enough that I don't want to walk around without watching where I step willies __________________ We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "smart"? Come Play at the Track!! http://www.elitetrackdays.com

09-14-2009, 12:44 PM	#3
neebelung Ornery, scandalous & evil Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1 Posts: 5,962	Are camel spiders those humongous things you see pics of from out in the desert in the middle east? In that case, YES, at least it's not one of those. I can't say I've ever run across a black widow (let alone a triad of them) and their spawn... so yes, again, glad it's not one of those either. STILL, Um, less than thrilled at this spider the size of a friggin... well... big ass spider just outside my window all day long.

09-14-2009, 12:46 PM	#4
BobTheBiker too much time on my hands Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the northern district of god damn Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now. Posts: 1,802	starting fluid+blowtorch=black widow death. spiders freak me the fuck out. to the point where if I see a large one, I'll find the largest and most likely to kill it object I can just to make sure I kill when I heave it.

09-14-2009, 12:49 PM	#5
neebelung Ornery, scandalous & evil Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1 Posts: 5,962	I'm right there with ya... the last massive one we had in the yard (in an area where it just had to die, cus she was stringing up her web across the front of our house ), took an entire can of spider spray AND a swift beating with a broom handle before she finally died. Stubborn ass things!! If this one wasn't mere inches from the house, I'd try to light her (but I don't wanna burn the house down in the process )

09-14-2009, 12:56 PM	#7
neebelung Ornery, scandalous & evil Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1 Posts: 5,962	Hmmm... tough choice there. Fireants seem easier to kill (mind you, I'm nursin a nasty fireant bite on my foot from last week, but it's better than the heart attack I'd have had if I walked into a banana spider web )

09-14-2009, 01:09 PM	#8
HurricaneHeather AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Moto: '98 Honda Fireblade Posts: 3,696	Pics? We had a brown recluse spider set up shop on the Honda this weekend. It got sprayed with a lot of WD-40 and we can only hope he died somewhere we can find him later. He climbed down in the spark plug hole, the little fugger.