October 21, 2005
EIGHT LEGS OF DEATH
Dax of the Dax Files says he likes spiders, but hates the webs.
I'll agree to that.
Anything that kills bugs in my house is fine by me.
Back in my Navy days, I lived off-base (the Enterprise was in the yards for refueling, and officially uninhabitable) in a decent-looking, but roach infested apartment. One day I caught a jumping spider, stuck it in an old mayonnaise jar, and used it as my personal Roman Colisseum of exoskelatal carnage.
Scampering roach + pouncing spider = happy Harv
Besides, it was cheaper than renting a movie.
So, I *do* like spiders.
Except when they start getting a little TOO ambitious.
Like this unidentified arachnid
who built a web across the back doorway of my garage:
(click to enlarge)
I guess I'm tastier-looking than I thought.
Well, I had to knock that one down, but the plucky little bastard was smart enough to find an even BETTER location - right underneath the 300 Watt halogen light that's right next to the back door of the garage.
First night I saw him there, I rewarded his determination by turning on the light. Within 5 minutes, a small moth clumsily fluttered into the web, not one inch from where Mr. Spider was sitting.
Yeah, that was over with pretty quick.
I hope he develops a taste for Asian Beetles next. If he does, I may let blogdaughter/niece Sarah of That's Not Very Nice! borrow him for a while.
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Gah. The day I start "rewarding" spiders, I'll know for sure I've lost it. I'm glad he likes living at your house though.... ;)
I have a rule with spiders: they stay on their half of the world, and I stay on mine.
My half is anything I can see. Their half is the rest of the world. They come on my side, I get to squish them. I go on their side, they get to crawl on me.
As for the Japanese Beetles, do NOT buy one of those lure bags. If you do, I will slap you. Hard.
All those bags do is lure every Japanese Beetle for eight miles to YOUR house. If you don't like your neighbors, though, you can always talk them into buying them....
Or just throw them in their yard :-D
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