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Reply #560 on: April 06, 2013, 04:47:14 AM

Not to mention the latin name is awesome; Poecilotheria Metallica.  Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?

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Reply #561 on: April 27, 2013, 06:13:45 PM

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Reply #562 on: April 27, 2013, 08:41:31 PM

Bull fucking shit. I would put that thing on a spike outside my front door as a warning to his kind and all like him. Then when I thought there might be more watching, I would light his corpse with a blow torch and dance around it singing praises to whatever passes for an anti spider god. And I'm not even arachnophobic. Spiders just aren't from this planet.

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Reply #563 on: April 28, 2013, 08:05:52 AM

Aww come on, how could you say no to these eyes.


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Reply #564 on: April 28, 2013, 09:54:06 AM


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Reply #565 on: April 28, 2013, 11:48:26 AM


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Reply #566 on: April 28, 2013, 08:14:38 PM

Ah, I just remembered this video about the Huntsman Spider.
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Reply #567 on: April 28, 2013, 11:12:22 PM


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Reply #568 on: May 01, 2013, 08:09:35 AM

And now for something completely different! 



I put it here because I figure the same people who are terrified of cute little spideys will be even more terrified of cute little scorpions so putting it in the awesome thread might make they cry real tears.  Also, I think that scorpion just ate a spider.

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Reply #569 on: May 01, 2013, 03:39:45 PM

That's cool. Wonder if the blue is nicely iridescent.

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Reply #570 on: May 01, 2013, 03:42:46 PM

NO. BAD. 


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Reply #571 on: May 01, 2013, 04:37:32 PM

Remember: Scorpions glow green in UV light. It's weird.

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Reply #572 on: May 01, 2013, 04:44:29 PM

Yes, I suggested that to my in-laws, whose house has a problem with scorpions.   

"We don't want to know just how many there are.  Really."

I'm pretty sure they have a nest somewhere in their backyard.  Just thinking about using a black light out there gives me the willies.

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Reply #573 on: May 02, 2013, 10:14:42 PM

Just you writing those sentences gives me the willies.  Spiders....I mean, I don't really like big nasty spiders, but one or two of the small ones can kinda be considered cute if you squint a little.  SCORPIONS CAN JUST GO FUCK THEMSELVES, EVERY GODDAMNED ONE OF THEM. 

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Reply #574 on: May 03, 2013, 03:40:56 AM


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Reply #575 on: May 03, 2013, 03:39:31 PM


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Reply #576 on: May 03, 2013, 04:08:55 PM

Yes, I suggested that to my in-laws, whose house has a problem with scorpions.   

"We don't want to know just how many there are.  Really."

I'm pretty sure they have a nest somewhere in their backyard.  Just thinking about using a black light out there gives me the willies.

A scorpion problem!? Fuck no.

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Reply #577 on: May 03, 2013, 06:03:11 PM


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Reply #578 on: May 03, 2013, 07:42:41 PM

That green one is crazy looking.  I bet it's extra special poisonous.  I don't really understand the one that seems to be made of sauerkraut. 

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Reply #579 on: May 03, 2013, 08:12:37 PM

Sometimes I wonder what Australia did to piss Gaia off so much.

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Reply #580 on: May 03, 2013, 08:25:33 PM



I had totally forgotten about those toys.  I think I had one or two, awesome!
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Reply #581 on: May 03, 2013, 10:00:28 PM

That green one is crazy looking.  I bet it's extra special poisonous.  I don't really understand the one that seems to be made of sauerkraut.  

Scorpions glow bright green under a blacklight bulb. Just like those crazy stoner posters from the 70's. It's an easy way to find them if you want to catch them to keep or sell. The sauerkrauty ones look likes it's a big wad of babies on their mother's back. Or possibly a wad of freshly molted ones. I've decided that a group of scorpions should be called a wad.

For extra irony I bet that none of the scorpions native to Australia are medically significant, contain every nutrient you need for a healthy diet, and taste splendid with pleasant texture after cooking them over a campfire.
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Reply #582 on: May 04, 2013, 06:41:34 AM

Oh, that's right.  Someone else mentioned why they glow.  I think "wad" is perfect.  I never ate a scorpion but I did eat a big black beetle once.  It was right in front of me and didn't move.  You'd think it would move if it didn't want to be eaten.  When I picked it up, it started flapping it's arms and legs about as if to say, "eat me! eat me!"  So I did.  Yum.  Anyway, once you've been picked up and you're headed for a four year old mouth, it's just too late.  Good times.

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Reply #583 on: May 04, 2013, 11:49:36 AM


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Reply #584 on: May 09, 2013, 02:02:31 PM

Scorpions are completely non aggressive and want nothing to do with people.  Seriously, scorpions are giant pussies.  In those weird Japanese bug fight videos, the scorpions spent the whole time trying to run away, only pausing occasionally to flail their tails at the other bug before running some more.  As long as you aren't stepping on one or trying to grab it or something else similarly stupid there's just about no chance that it'll sting you, and even if it does only a tiny fraction of scorpions are actually a threat to a human.
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Reply #585 on: May 09, 2013, 02:11:27 PM

Luckily we have bark scorpions in Arizona.  They are poisonous.  

I've known several people that were stung.  Mostly when a scorpion crawled on them while sleeping.  Plus, they have the inconvenient tendency to crawl out of drains, surprising you while you're washing your hands or taking a shit.l Of course they aren't going to charge you like some sort of rabid bulldog, but it doesn't make me feel great having a venomous creature around that stings you because "well shit, I'm already here.  huehuehuehue".  Plus, cats can be allergic and cats will try to kill anything smaller than they are.

So, yah, fuck em.

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Reply #586 on: May 09, 2013, 03:04:24 PM

I found more black widow nests.  And my house has cellar spiders all over it that I'm discovering while I'm packing to move.  While I'm thankful that the spiders are taking care of (aka eating) the crane flies and mosquitoes while allowing me a chance to view all the carnage, I'm really glad to be leaving this spider house.  Fortunately there hasn't been any spider sex with 1000 babies crawling all over the wall like last year...

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Reply #587 on: May 09, 2013, 05:50:05 PM


I'd post pictures but people get mad when I do.

This is the damn spider thread, post the carnage.

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Reply #588 on: May 09, 2013, 09:03:22 PM

Yeah, no shit. I hate em but observing the nasty things is therapeutic.

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Reply #589 on: May 10, 2013, 09:46:45 PM

Pics. Naow.

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Reply #590 on: May 10, 2013, 10:11:44 PM

I think I posted some of these a while back, but whatever.  Black widows in the spider thread are what everyone wants to see!















Video of said widow killing June Bug.

I'm sure I'll find more when I go through the photo collection again.  And I'll probably take some more in the next few weeks.

2 more I forgot!

This was one huge and fast little guy:



My arm 1 week after a black widow bit me:

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Reply #591 on: May 12, 2013, 02:37:14 AM

Australia has such awesome things.

I give you, the Peacock Spider:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgAbyYDFeg

advance to 2:40 or so in the video where the real show begins.

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Reply #592 on: May 12, 2013, 07:24:32 AM

Ok, that's a cute lil fucker.

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Reply #593 on: May 12, 2013, 09:17:15 AM

Holy shit. Try to get a date and the crazy bitch eats you instead.

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Reply #594 on: May 12, 2013, 08:53:30 PM

Sounds like the kind of women I keep meeting...

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