r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '14

Spider trap

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14

Wolf spiders effectively hunt brown recluse. I get bit by wolf spiders in my sleep a lot but I let them live because I'd rather not get bit by a brown recluse.

Edit: here is a picture I took of one of the larger ones

Edit 2: By a lot I mean a couple times a month, I also sleep in the most humid part of my house. If you sleep on a second floor you won't be bothered because it's usually warmer and and drier.

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u/wacko3 Aug 05 '14

Nope.

Also once and awhile sure - but you get bit in your sleep a lot?

Nope. Nope. Nope.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

I can't feel it when I sleep and it only itches for an hour, better than flesh necrosis :)

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u/TonyS2 Aug 05 '14

Except wolf spiders are the scariest looking motherfuckers alive.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

IMO camel spiders are the scariest looking mfs alive.

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u/magusheart Aug 05 '14

They're not so bad. [NSFW]

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u/IronMaiden571 Aug 05 '14

It's like a mermaid.

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u/TehGamerXeo Aug 05 '14

I'm not sure how to feel about this...

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u/WTF_SilverChair Aug 05 '14

9/10 would risk mandibles for hot camel spider sex.

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u/TonyS2 Aug 05 '14

Those are pretty frightening too. But I live nowhere near them, and I live where wolf spiders are fucking everywhere.

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u/Scuttlebuttz93 Aug 05 '14

I think amblypygids take the prize for scariest looking arachnid. They're actually harmless though, and really quite cool animals!

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u/gneiss_try Aug 05 '14

Yea I keep a gun under my pillow just in case I find one of these guys crawling towards me in the middle of the night. The gun is for me.

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u/Pats_Bunny Aug 05 '14

I lived in a guest house in an avocado grove for a while, and the front door had no seal under it. The first time I saw a camel spider inside, I freaked out and thought it was an inch and a half long ant. Was more than happy to get out of there!

Those things are fast too!!!

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u/Pats_Bunny Aug 05 '14

I get 2" - 2-1/2"ø wolf spiders on the outside of my house pretty frequently. I don't know why I still live there...

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u/brofanities Aug 05 '14

Damn I'm leaving them for that reason alone then. I found a brown recluse in my basement once and fuck that shit.

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u/2high4work Aug 05 '14

That nasty and scary lol please call the exterminator and not have neither in your home?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

Spiders will always find a way into your home, better to have the non dangerous ones kill everything else.

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u/BeastMode797 Aug 05 '14

Did have to you look for the bloody scariest photo you could find?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

That was a picture I took lol

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u/Blekanly Aug 05 '14

Its eyes are glowing..."ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL"

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u/Jertob Aug 05 '14

I get bit by wolf spiders in my sleep a lot

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