Shelob wanted to debate the issues further.

[CorpGovActivist]

"Will you walk into my parlour?"



Said the spider to the fly;



"'Tis the prettiest little parlour



That ever you did spy.



The way into my parlour



Is up a winding stair;



And I have many curious things



To show you when you're there."



Cry, "Attercop!" and be done with it. Onward!

[badgerpup]

1. Spiders are cool...

Was listening to a Tony Hillerman mystery- Shapeshifters and they talk a bit about techniques used in Navajo weaving.
Seems that you can get a really bright red dye from the egg sac of a certain desert spider...
and no, he didn't say which one...but who'da thunk it?

[CorpGovActivist]

7. They're cool ... from a distance, and thru a lens.

Do you ever wonder how tribal or folk knowledge - of whatever sort - is acquired in the first place on stuff like that?

I still think the first meal of a lobster must've been one VERY hungry person.

- Dave

[SallyMander]

2. OMG i have got to know

what that ginormous thing is (4th pic down)??? :wow:

[VenusRising]

4. ZI says it's a camel spider or wind scorpion.

But it is neither a spider nor a scorpion. It is in it's own group. So sayeth my entomologist. :)

http://www.americanarachnology.org/gallery_solfugae.html

[CorpGovActivist]

5. Camel spider is what the orirgal link says. My skin is crawling.

We have a resident entomologist? Cool!

:thumbsup:

:hi:

- Dave

[VenusRising]

6. My husband Zodiak Ironfist.

He's more of a GD/GDPer. Brave guy, that one. :)

:hi:

edit to add....mike c is also an entomologist.

[CorpGovActivist]

8. The Lounge is kinda like the cantina after a good blaster fight, sometimes.

:hi:

Nice to meet you.

- Dave

[VenusRising]

18. He takes his agression out on his bass after that.

:hi:

Nice to meet you, too.

I've actually been reading and enjoying your posts in GDP. :)


Oh, you're a Dave, huh? ;):P

[CorpGovActivist]

19. bass = guitar or bass = fish or bass = guitar + fish?

Where ya'll from?

Thanks! That's mighty nice of you to say.

Yup. Now you know.

And now you know why:

[VenusRising]

21. Another *proud* Dave alerted me to this fact.

:)

And it's mostly bass guitar. http://www.youtube.com/user/zodiakironfist

We haven't done much fishing in 2 years.

And we're in Ohio now by way of Texas.

[CorpGovActivist]

22. Walk softly. Yada, yada, yada. Master and commander of one's domain. My cup runneth over.

Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. Even if I have to walk stooped over ever damned day.

Amen.

Hey, he's pretty good!!!

Which part of Ohio? By way of which part of Texas?

- Dave

[VenusRising]

24. We're in Columbus right now.

We are from Wichita Falls, Texas. We came up here for his PhD from tOSU.

He's gets pretty nutty when he plays. It's part of the entertainment. Imagine living with the guy! :rofl:

[CorpGovActivist]

27. Get to Columbus area frequently for work!

Would love to meet up. What's he doing it in?

[VenusRising]

28. He got his PhD in Entomology last March.

There are a few DUers from Columbus. All great people. Let us know next time you're coming in.

:hi:

[SallyMander]

11. Yay! I should have thought to ask the two of you...

That thing is WILD! :o

Hope you're having a good night hon! :hug:

[VenusRising]

15. It is crazy looking.

It's been a normal night. I'm reading a book, ZI was playing bass, and now we're having some carrot cake. :9

Hope you are enjoying your evening as well. :hug:

[CorpGovActivist]

10. Found in Iraq...

... can you imagine finding one of those in your tent one morning?

:patriot:

The pic of the park rangers with all those webs in the trees freaks me out.

- Dave

[SallyMander]

12. Yoiks!

That thing is bigger than Paris Hilton's dog!

:rofl:

[CorpGovActivist]

13. Maybe a spider ate yo dingo.

[Dangerously Amused]

3. Spiders on Drugs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

[CorpGovActivist]

16. De-friggin-mented!

:thumbsup:

:rofl:

More, more!

:spank:

MORE!

- Dave

[skater314159]

9. Pic #8 is from a park in Tx...

... it's from back when I was a Park Ranger... they closed down a section of that particular park just so entimologists (sp?) could come and study the spider web shown in that pic. It was really awesome... I was from a park far away, but I traveled just to see it.

Spiders are reeally cool! Thanks for sharing!

[CorpGovActivist]

14. Thanks for the backstory on that!

We used to get those beautiful, fully-spun ones with dew in the mornings in West Virginia a lot.

Honestly, most kids I know treat spiders very differently than bees or ants. There's something inherently respect-commanding and distance-demanding about a web.

- Dave

[skater314159]

17. Well, the bug-dude

(since I can't spell ente... yeh, you know) said it was the largest web and web community he had ever seen. It was really amazing! Glad I could give you some info!

skater pi

[CorpGovActivist]

20. I remember seeing the story several months back, and that picture was jaw-dropping.

Couldn't get past it. I thought it was a movie set.

- Dave

[Shine]

23. OK, those webs in the trees really freaked me out

:scared:

otherwise, the rest of the shots were cool! :hi:

[CorpGovActivist]

25. I KNOW, RIGHT?!?

And then, you get that phantom feeling like something's crawling on your foot or neck or something.

Heeby. Jeebies.

- Dave

[badgerpup]

26. Got some spiders that have house priveleges...

...sorta.
Cute little things, as spiders go. Biggest ones are about three-eights of an inch long, dark grey, kind of fuzzy looking.
Their legs are short and 'muscular' rather than long and creepy in appearance, and they have the most beautiful (and impressive!) turquoise mandibles.
They don't seem to be much into web-spinning. :shrug:

House rule is "You don't bite me, I don't squish you...but you're on your own as far as the cats are concerned."
They mostly stay high on the walls or on the ceiling, but sometimes one will drop down and surprise me...
:wow:

The above detailed description is a subtle invitation for the resident entymologist to maybe put a name on the little guys? :hi:

Thanks!