07-15-2010, 10:21 PM
I know this is drifting away from the layout topic, but you're the one who posted a picture of a spider on here after all...
The wolf spiders I knew in Ocala (Florida) were anywhere up to 4 or 5" in diameter leg-span and yes, they were fast and could indeed jump. But where they liked to hide was in your shoes. I learned to carefully knock out a shoe I hadn't worn in a while in order to scare them out, but only occasionally could I knock one out of the shoe then squish it. Most of the time they were too fast.
Once I got in the shower - not a tub length, just a small cubby shower - and didn't notice until I was half-way through that a big one was sitting directly above me on the ceiling. Needless to say I hurried to finish then got the heck out of there! But that one, if memory serves me right, actually stayed there while I went to fetch a broom in order to kill it. Perhaps the steam from the shower lulled it into a false sense of security? We always hesitated to kill them, though, since they went after the roaches. Big roaches. Palmetto bugs, actually. The kind that stink when you step on them, and the crunch can be heard down the hall and around the corner.
Galen
The wolf spiders I knew in Ocala (Florida) were anywhere up to 4 or 5" in diameter leg-span and yes, they were fast and could indeed jump. But where they liked to hide was in your shoes. I learned to carefully knock out a shoe I hadn't worn in a while in order to scare them out, but only occasionally could I knock one out of the shoe then squish it. Most of the time they were too fast.
Once I got in the shower - not a tub length, just a small cubby shower - and didn't notice until I was half-way through that a big one was sitting directly above me on the ceiling. Needless to say I hurried to finish then got the heck out of there! But that one, if memory serves me right, actually stayed there while I went to fetch a broom in order to kill it. Perhaps the steam from the shower lulled it into a false sense of security? We always hesitated to kill them, though, since they went after the roaches. Big roaches. Palmetto bugs, actually. The kind that stink when you step on them, and the crunch can be heard down the hall and around the corner.
Galen
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