Supragal Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Eve said: I hate daddy long legs the most. I properly freak out and leg it. Can't help it although I know it is silly! . do you mean crane flies as in the spiders with wings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eve Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 That's the babies - does no one else call them daddy long legs?? Hate them. Shivering at the thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick001 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I was watching tv whilst living at my sisters once, in between wives, and i heard a strange tapping sound, thought nothing of it & returned to "chicks with dicks" showing on euro - aherm anyway, i heard it again and looked down onto the laminate floor where i thought it was coming from - "HOLY MOTHER OF FOOKIN SPIDERS" It was an 8 legged killer of Biblical proportions - like it had been trapped in a fookin egyptian pyramid for 3,000 years.... It was that big i could actually hear the fooka on the laminate floor Needless to say i have now moved out - still watch the Ladyboys though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I'll happily pick up a crane fly but I won't go near a spider, then again how many girls would, don't know what it is about them, the way they move with all those legs. There is something more scary than a spider.. thats a giant millipede type things with very long legs either side of their long body and they move at lightning speed. Never seen them in the country though thank god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Eve said: That's the babies - does no one else call them daddy long legs?? I do, wouldn't have a clue what a crane fly was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Eve said: That's the babies - does no one else call them daddy long legs?? Hate them. Shivering at the thought! I could be wrong, I'm no expert, but I thought that daddy long legs were spiders of a particular sort and crane flies had wings. In fact the daddy long legs looks the same just minus the wings. My point being that I can pick up crane flies no problem at all, but I can't go near spiders, even daddy long legs. Very odd. *edit* just read supragirlies post, apparently not that weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Supragal said: I could be wrong, I'm no expert, but I thought that daddy long legs were spiders of a particular sort and crane flies had wings. In fact the daddy long legs looks the same just minus the wings. My point being that I can pick up crane flies no problem at all, but I can't go near spiders, even daddy long legs. Very odd. *edit* just read supragirlies post, apparently not that weird! All you could ever want to know about Daddy Long legs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_longlegs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eve Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Supragal said: My point being that I can pick up crane flies no problem at all, but I can't go near spiders, even daddy long legs. Very odd. Wouldn't be picking one up! So many legs to take into account AND wings! You could be holding one leg and it would use its amazing manouverability to swing round and touch you with another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 I thought daddy long legs were the common type spider which are not so scary and crane flys are the same but with wings and minus 2 legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eve Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Stupidly followed that link and there are pictures, even that freaks me out; such a wuss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 The pic of the crane fly doesn't bother me at all but the other pics are SICK. Weird!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Our cats eat spiders and moths, they've been bringing in mammoth moths the last few days, they play with them for 20 mins or so, then eat them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 i think the urban myth to the crane fly is great tho that its venom is harmfull to humans but they cant penetrate our skin.. i would love to know who thought that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Spiders, moths, crane flies, daddies with very long legs ... they're all fair game. Me and my BB gun. STOP YER GRINNIN' AND DROP YER LINEN. IT'S A BUG HUNT!!! Eat plastic! It's what my pyschotherapist recommended as aversion therapy for my rehab into modern society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 tbourner said: Our cats eat spiders and moths, they've been bringing in mammoth moths the last few days, they play with them for 20 mins or so, then eat them!!! Why do cats do this? I hate it! They just love chewing half the legs off and must get pleasure out of watching them limping accross the room trying stay alive then pouncing on them again. Then again, I find it funny set fire to ants with a lighter so its no better haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 My dogs chase spiders too. Not very subtle about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 SupraGirlie said: Why do cats do this? I hate it! They just love chewing half the legs off and must get pleasure out of watching them limping accross the room trying stay alive then pouncing on them again. Then again, I find it funny set fire to ants with a lighter so its no better haha Or popping them with the sun and a magnifying glass. That's fun! Spiders, like 'em! Craneflies, hate 'em! Moth's, not bothered. We had hundreds of craneflies at home last autumn. Horrible creatures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Chewie said: I've learnt to love the huge spiders you get running into your house in Autumn. It's bug hunting season. I get my MP5 auto BB gun and mow them down in a hail of 6 mm plastic death. Once I had a near death moment when during a magazine change the spider turned round and decided attack was the best form of defence. But I rolled out of the way and nailed it with my manual Glock 17 sidearm. Never go gardening without it. That was brilliant... Just spent the last minute trying to stop myself from laughing too much at my desk, with my boss watching. I remember the exact moment when I started to fear spiders... I was 5 years old, in South Africa, we (my family) had just received our newly built house, and my old man was clearing out the back garden, port jacksons (worst weed of tree around). I was outside playing on the trees he cut down. When I saw this monster spider. Black in colour, red dots on its ass. It stood on its back legs and hissed at me And then I proceeded to run flat out back to the house, with this bloody spider in hot pursuit! I screamed all the way... Dont think I ever saw my father laugh so hard.... I could hear him in the house a minute later after I had closed and locked the door. Camel spiders is the reason the give you guns out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyknox Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 about this big: l________l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 rick001 said: I was watching tv whilst living at my sisters once, in between wives, and i heard a strange tapping sound, thought nothing of it & returned to "chicks with dicks" showing on euro - aherm anyway, i heard it again and looked down onto the laminate floor where i thought it was coming from - "HOLY MOTHER OF FOOKIN SPIDERS" It was an 8 legged killer of Biblical proportions - like it had been trapped in a fookin egyptian pyramid for 3,000 years.... It was that big i could actually hear the fooka on the laminate floor Can anyone remember which comedian it was did the tale about the big spider? IIRC he went on about how different sized ones needed bigger "cups" to put over them to take outside. His father-in-law found one that was soo big he needed a wheelie bin. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraGirlie Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 AndrewOW said: Or popping them with the sun and a magnifying glass. That's fun! Spiders, like 'em! Craneflies, hate 'em! Moth's, not bothered. We had hundreds of craneflies at home last autumn. Horrible creatures! haha thats worse as you have to go out your way to get a magnifying glass!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 ivan said: Can anyone remember which comedian it was did the tale about the big spider? IIRC he went on about how different sized ones needed bigger "cups" to put over them to take outside. His father-in-law found one that was soo big he needed a wheelie bin. Anyone? No I don't know who that was, but if anyone that's scared of spiders should try and watch Lee Evans describing spiders as some sort of Ninja wearing black, carrying a rope and if standing completely still will stop them being noticed. Really funny. You had to be there I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 AndrewOW said: No I don't know who that was, but if anyone that's scared of spiders should try and watch Lee Evans describing spiders as some sort of Ninja wearing black, carrying a rope and if standing completely still will stop them being noticed. Really funny. You had to be there I suppose!I think it may well have been him actually. Thanks. I'll go video hunting now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtgaz Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Haha ive finally found a use my old bb guns that i havnt used in years! thanks guys! Im gonna keep one locked and loaded cos i jump around like a nancy when these spiders show there face. If i see one i always imagine then crawling up my arse and i start clenching out of fear of arachnid penetration! Either that or the ears. I had a family of them behind my dartboard which is above my bed. Every time i got rid of one I sighed with relief and turned around to find another one in the same place, lol probably looking for the other one. This happened 4 times! I was shouting things like "what the fuck is this, some kind of sick joke". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 a couple of nites ago i couldent sleep and was watching a spider messing about on the wall, i totally forgot about it till last nite when it was on my misses bed side table! she proper shit it but it was absolutly tiny. i picked one up at work that must of has a leg span of about five inches (field spiders we call em down year) and i swear i could feel it trying to open my hand. i wont kill them, they only thing i will is flys as there dirty scum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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