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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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 Posted - Sep 18 2006 : 4:10:48 PM
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Did I read someplace about why we have so many BIG BIG spiders this year? something to do with the weather? Anyone out there witch or not know anything?
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2006 : 4:46:58 PM
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Nancy Jo- My grandmother always said that many spiders meant an early Autumn and a cold Winter. I have seen some incredibly huge spiders the past few weeks. Especially the big black and yellow writers. (My personal favorite!) We'll see if her theory comes true! (My mom now says the same thing.)
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2006 : 4:47:59 PM
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2006 : 11:08:57 AM
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| The spiders are crazy around here too! I have a HUGE black and yellow writer out by my water spicket (sp?) and everytime I go into the woods I get tangled in dozens of webs. |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Sep 19 2006 : 11:14:09 AM
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read this:
http://www.kraftmstr.com/christmas/books/spider.html
I am terrified of spiders....to a dibilitating extent....but I always offer them harbor in my basement-and they stay there-and I dont go down there- in the Fall and Winter months. They are told through the faeries that if they are caught upstairs they get screamed at and squished....so they just stay downstairs.
We have a lot right now....mostly writing spiders.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
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garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Reidsville
NC
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Lynn B
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Lynn
Derry
NH
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2006 : 11:03:10 AM
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We've had a ton of spiders too! I've had some really big, nasty brown ones!! UGH!! I wish we had more spinning ones instead of the brown ones who seem to make themselves right at home inside my house! EEEK!
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2006 : 9:26:09 PM
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I just have to say that three days ago my parents' dog, a huge black lab named Angus (he bears a striking resemblance to the cow!) was bitten by a brown recluse spider - he has spent 3 days and nights in the doggie hospital on IVs and all sorts of things - he has this HUGE, like the size of your hand all the way spread open, lesion on his leg and is just SO lethargic - they still aren't sure he's going to be okay, and he'll probably need two skin (fur?!?!?) graft operations if he makes it through this craziness -- it just started me thinking that maybe I should be cleaning out the nooks and crannies around the house - this is the time of year that spiders like to come in from the cold!
XOXO, Libbie
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2006 : 10:29:07 PM
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well now .. ya'll are making me want to squish every spider i see ... even if i 'get' CHARLOTTE! those brown recluses' are truly nasty critters! i did actually see my very first black widow spider this summer .. at the bottom of a trash can. hank showed it to me and i was shocked at how small it was .. and how clearly marked!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
760 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 06:53:34 AM
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Libbie, I hope that Angus is recovering at home soon. I've seen photos of what can happen and it is a frightening thing. I do know a woman through another board who's puppy was bitten by a brown recluse and she did recover. As far as personal safety goes, I didn't think that recluse spiders came into houses very often. I think they are generally encountered on fallow land.
Wolf spiders though! My dog was barking at something the other day and I realized she had spotted a spider on the ceiling and it was just driving her nuts. Since it was a wolf spider I decided I'd squish it because they seem to like to get into my bed and chew on me. The dog seemed really sad after that though. She ran away and hid.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." -E. B. White
http://www.betweenthecities.com/blog/ljr/
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 09:45:53 AM
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I spoke with my mom this morning - she said that at least Angus is eating a bite or two and drinking some water - he just has such a massive wound that it's apparently hard for it to self-heal. I have heard that a plantain poultice can really help - anybody heard that same thing?
We just have so many spiders around here, too - just like you all do - I remember we had those lovely "writers" here a few years ago when we had a 9-acre pumpkin patch. I haven't seen any this year, but we seem to have plenty of others to make up for it. I'm on a run of being spider-paranoid right now because of Angus' bite - I have been catching all of the spiders I can see inside and taking them out to the garden area (they'll probably be back tonight!), but if I see anything poisonous, I'm committed to "dispatching" it to further its karmic journey (and probably affect mine, as well )!
XOXO, Libbie
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 11:03:23 AM
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My daughter let out a shriek a minute ago...seems there was a wolf spider under the dining table. Lordy, this thing was big enough to be caught in a mouse trap! Shiver!
Folks around these parts swear by putting chestnuts in corners of your house to repel spiders?? I haven't tried it, but if I see anymore of these monsters in the house I might hang them (the chestnuts) from the ceiling!
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Sep 25 2006 : 11:18:05 AM
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Lorij - thank you so much for the information - I spoke with my parents this morning and it looks like he's not doing so well right now - fever is back and they're taking him back to the "pet ER" today. I somehow am having trouble keeping my hopes high right now. I'll check online for the topics you mentioned.
How awful that someone you love was bitten (actually it's awful that ANYTHING is bitten!), and I am SO glad that they are okay - I'm really having to fight getting a spider paranoia now - I read online that BRs like to live in woodpiles, and we have an entire fence that is a woodpile!!! Yikes!!!
Thank you again so much for the information and for caring...
XOXO, Libbie
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