It does make me wonder how fat the birds and small mammal predators in the new range are going to get from these things. That's a fair bit of protein on stilts.
It does make me wonder how fat the birds and small mammal predators in the new range are going to get from these things. That's a fair bit of protein on stilts.
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If I’d have found that, then the mower would have been his. I would have noped my way straight to the lawnmower buying place and had me a new one…..Originally Posted by entropy
We get those behind our shop every year. I think they're cool, and leave 'em alone. Kinda neat to see em get bigger and bigger all summer.
We get a few snakes too. They're not interested in me, and I just let them go on about their business.
In Nashville we had a barn built. Day after starting to move stuff in this unwelcome visitor appeared. Wife still checks her bike seat before riding.
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That is one big ass spider. We get the garden spiders in the yard from time to time and they seem big but they're only an inch or so long in the body. Tarantula occasionally come in the yard too, but they're very docile.
The scorpians are no good as they come inside. Oh, and these things
Texas big red headed centapede. That's the first one of those I ever saw, and on my daughter's play house on our deck. It may play an important part in the food chain, but not in my yard, hell no!
My favorite spider moment was driving down a dirt road in Arizona and clearly seeing a spider in the road from the driver’s seat. That doesn’t happen it the northeast. :-)
Stopped, got out, walked up to take a look. Big grey tarantula. Very cool.
Spotted this cousin of joro's a few months back:
Yes, that's my finger.
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I’ll take snakes all day over scorpions or centipedes.
#RESIST
Not a spider, but this guy (seen frequently here in AZ) tops my list for creepiest.
Vinegaroon (Thelyphonida)
"Whip Scorpion"
Non venomous, but you don't want to get bit by one anyway.
These little bastards have caused me to run into more fences, walls, and trees and contributed to my ability to do a 36" standing vertical leap than any rattlesnake I have ever encountered.
My theory is that the person in the photo holding it in his hand is deceased. I know I would have to be in order to hold one.
Anything smart enough to operate that many legs should be considered a serious threat.
The scorpians are no good as they come inside. Oh, and these things
Texas big red headed centapede. That's the first one of those I ever saw, and on my daughter's play house on our deck. It may play an important part in the food chain, but not in my yard, hell no!
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