What is the spider, and why was it in my bathroom sink?

[Shell Beau]

I don't recall seeing this type of spider before. It was an orange-red color and was a little smaller than a quarter.

[Jamastiene]

1. Ah, she was just brushing her teeth.

No biggie. :P

[Shell Beau]

2. But she was real scary looking!

x(

[HopeHoops]

3. We have those all over the house, but they are yellow.

They live on dust mites and other shit you don't want around the house. Treat them like GODS!!!

[Captain Hilts]

5. Remind me to NEVER visit you. nt

[HopeHoops]

27. LOL!!! No, you WANT them - they eat all the little nasties around the house!

[distantearlywarning]

28. The little nasties around the house ARE the spiders! n/t

[VenusRising]

4. It's a crab spider.

Not known to be harmful to humans.

So sayeth my entomologist. :)

[vard28]

6. So you're sayin'...

Shell's got crabs? :rofl:

[VenusRising]

7. I would NEVER say that

but you definitely can. :rofl:

[vard28]

10. I think I just did... LMAO

:hide:

Where's my partner in crime, Midlo, when I need her?

[Shell Beau]

9. Hey now!!

:spank:

:P

[vard28]

12. Awww...

I was just funnin' with ya! I promise! :pals:

[Shell Beau]

16. It is all fun and games until someone gets actual crabs!

:rofl: :P

:pals:

[vard28]

18. That's a good point!

But now that you have the spider for the job, you're all set! :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

8. THANKS!!! We were a little freaked out by it. It was scary looking.

But, now I know it just looks scary!! :)

[VenusRising]

11. No problem.

I make him tell me about every spider I see. I mean, he didn't get that PhD for free. :P

Besides, I like to know which spiders I have to run away from. :rofl:

[vard28]

13. I run from ALL spiders!

And scream like a girl usually. It's quite embarassing.

[VenusRising]

15. Insects are worse than spiders.

Spiders never come flying at you or buzz your head. I HATE that!

[vard28]

19. Confession Number 2

I run screaming like a girl from bees, wasps, and hornets.

[Shell Beau]

14. Well by googling this, I have found out that we now have

brown widows in my area!!! WTF? Wasn't the black one enough? Not to mention brown recluses! x(

[VenusRising]

17. At least the brown widow looks like the black widow.

It's not hard to spot that fat body and red hour glass. There are a lot of wolf spiders that look like they could be brown recluses. You have to get too close to tell those apart. I just throw a shoe. :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

21. I am never sure about the recluses!

The widow is obvious. I have seen more of the widows than I have recluse. Or at least I think I have. I have a really hard time with recluses. My husband was bit by one when he was younger. They are really aggressive spiders.

[VenusRising]

32. Recluses are very aggressive.

The good thing is that they usually stay away from human areas. When we lived in Texas, I was always on the look out for them. I almost put my hand on a doorknob where one was just sitting. My in-laws live out in the boondocks, so it's not shocking to see all kinds of wild critters around.

My favorite experience EVER :sarcasm: was sitting at the kitchen counter on a bar stool and having a scorpion drop in my lap from the second story loft above my head. I think I broke the Olympic record for 100 meter dash. It still gives me the oogies. :scared:

[Shell Beau]

33. Ick! That is one thing I don't have to worry about

around these parts. Scorpions are freaky.

[VenusRising]

34. They completely freak me out.

I had another incident with a scorpion on the inside of the shower curtain. I got in the shower and saw a weird shadow. I was out of that shower so fast! I yelled for my husband, and he came in and got the thing out of the shower. I made him sit in the bathroom with me while I took my shower. That was the fastest shower I ever took. :rofl:

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. Eeek! Most likely she was gettign a drink. But still, she is scary lookin!

[alphafemale]

22. I don't know what kind of spider she is, but I'm pretty sure she's full of eggs

:evilgrin:

[Shell Beau]

23. Oh no you di-in't?

:scared:



I thought the same thing! x(

[vard28]

24. Gently scoop her up on a piece of paper and put her outside

One of the kids squished a small spider like that at the beach last year and THOUSANDS of babies ran all OVER the damn bathroom at around 2:30 a.m. It was NOT a good scene.

[Duer 157099]

25. Looks like an orb weaver kind, the ones that make the cool webs

probably getting a drink of water in your sink

Spiders are our friends, long as they're not the agressive/deadly kind.

They give me the creeps but I force myself to tolerate and co-exist with them.

[Shell Beau]

26. I always try to catch and release.

Try is the key word. I usually do more harm while trying to catch and release because I get freaked out at times.

[NewJeffCT]

29. OMG - it's the Sydney Funnel Web spider - run

just kidding. I have no clue.

[Arugula Latte]

30. GAAAK!

F@#$, I hate hate hate spiders. Look at that horribly creepy round-ass body on that thing. Ugh.
x( :scared:

[Shell Beau]

31. The spider didn't make it. My husband flushed it down the toilet.

I didn't want him to since it isn't venomous.