Originally Posted by Rick Lee (Post 3472821)

I think we had a thread here a while back about Black Widows. That stuff scares the $hit of out me. I was watching Survivorman the other night when he said a BW's bite can be up to 15x as powerful as that of a Rattlesnake. Snakes don't scare me in the least. But spiders give me the heebegebees.

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts (Post 3472609)

That's exactly what I did - dropped it in my neighbor's yard - he's got way more plants to keep that sucker happy than I do. I don't kill spiders, I think it's bad luck. Me and my son capture them when they are in the house, and toss them elsewhere...

-Wayne

Originally Posted by Aerkuld (Post 3472665)

Why are people so afraid of spiders? Out of all the species of spider in the world I would think that only a very small number pose any risk to humans, yet even grown men are terrified of the things. I have to admit that they're pretty cool but I'm not keen on them. I will normally pick up reasonable sized ones with my hands to throw outside, but anything bigger than a quarter and I'm a little reluctant. Anything the size of this one is definitely going to be a 'catch it in a glass' job.
There must be some reason people find them so threatening, I wonder what it is?

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts (Post 3472609)

That's exactly what I did - dropped it in my neighbor's yard - he's got way more plants to keep that sucker happy than I do. I don't kill spiders, I think it's bad luck. Me and my son capture them when they are in the house, and toss them elsewhere...

-Wayne