Springtime is here! There are spiders in my bushes, spiders in my car, tiny spiders parachuting from my ceiling fan, and this mommy spider was carrying her babies on her back across my living room floor. I thought I'd better rescue her before the kitten worked up the nerve to try to eat her. She's in a dirty orange juice cup, since I needed to catch her quickly, sorry 'bout that.
Apparently this is what is called a Giant Wolf Spider. Yeah, she is pretty giant, I'll give her that. According to the website I read, these are tame enough that you can pick them up in your bare hand and they won't bite. I didn't test this theory - they aren't very poisonous but those fangs look pretty big - I bet if this gal bit you, you would know you'd been bitten.
Mommy spider and most of her babies made it safely outside. I put her under the crepe myrtle out back, since she's a ground dwelling spider. Hopefully she and her brood will be happy there.
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Just as I was reading this Arachnophobia came on TV. I don't really have a fear of spiders but that scene where they're trapped in the bathroom gives me the creeps.
Spring is here in New Orleans, and the GIANT cockroaches have arrived. (Not that they ever really go away, just that they come out in force the next six months.) The other night I killed one that was easily 2.5 inches long, not counting antenna, which added another 2 inches. I killed it because it was making noise while I was trying to sleep. Really. On the floor I had a frisbee from a Mardi Gras parade, and the cockroach WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH IT ACROSS THE FLOOR, making an awful scraping noise, and my birds were going apeshit with fear.
A shame he/she had to die. I would have named the roach Gregor Samsa.