This Is Who Sleeps With Me In My Basement

The picture doesn't come close to doing it justice.
 
It’s dem fishing spiders from the stone porch.

Yep. This one, as big as it is, is a pee wee compared to the ones I've posted about on here in the past.

Fortunately, he let me scoop him up in one of those standing dust pans. He moved around a bit but eventually hopped right into the pan. I took him outside and let him go.

Those things are unbelievably fast. He could've ran right up my pants and been on top of my head before I could have blinked.:D
 
Why you wanna mess with Leroy on his evening patrol? He’s doing his part to keep your house bug free.
Totally agree. If they aren't dangerous to kids, I leave them be. Im the same way with snakes. Nature's pest control does a great job and I don't even have to pay them.

Have to wonder if the black plague could've been prevented if ol St. Patrick would've left the snakes alone to kept the rat population in check.

Nature is full of checks and balances.
 
Might want to fix that water problem or you're gonna have a lot more to deal with than a single recluse (if that is one).
 
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A buddy of mine is 6'2" and 250lbs of red blooded, deer hunting, gun toting, beer drinking American. He's not a guy you'd want to cross...... he screams like a girl when he sees a spider in the house until his wife comes to slay the beast and save him.
 
Nice pet! When we took the boy scout troop to summer camp this year, my fellow assistant scoutmaster woke up at oh-dark-thirty, put on his Merrell hiking boots and walked to the latrine. When he got back he said he felt like he had a rock in his boot ON TOP OF HIS TOES. He sat down and pulled off the boot, and this wolf spider crawled out.
 

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Nice pet! When we took the boy scout troop to summer camp this year, my fellow assistant scoutmaster woke up at oh-dark-thirty, put on his Merrell hiking boots and walked to the latrine. When he got back he said he felt like he had a rock in his boot ON TOP OF HIS TOES. He sat down and pulled off the boot, and this wolf spider crawled out.
You'd be surprised how many of those actually reside in a typical yard. I can spot at least 100 at night while they are hunting.
 
30 years ago I was fishing with some friends on family property along the Little Walker Creek (bigger than a creek, smaller than a river) in Virginia. We were more or less wading upstream while fly fishing for trout and smallies. We decided to take a break on shore and one of us nearly sat on the biggest spider I'd seen up to that point in my life. One guy fishing with worms dangled a worm on a hook near the spider and that big summabitch made the 8" jump to the worm and latched on with it's fangs. It freaked us all out pretty effectively - 5 young adults screaming like little girls effectively. I took the fishing pole from the buddy and launched the spider out into the stream thinking I'd end the problem. Nope. That big ass spider did light speed across the surface of the water back to shore where we were and we lost it when it hit shore among the leaves and debris.

I finished my break on a rock in the middle of the creek and never set foot on shore for the rest of the day until I was within feet of my car.
 
Browns have a bad rep, but we have had them for years. I can't recall anyone losing a limb, or getting necrosis like the BS pics going around on the interwebs. They're so fragile, that if you blow at them from 30ft a leg will drop off.
If they bother you, put out glue traps because spray for them won't kill them. We've tried everything and now I have gotten to the point of they will be here when we are gone (which will be soon).
 
Here's a picture of my boy holding a jumping spider. This was just before his 4th birthday. He catches rather large wolf spiders all by himself and puts them in his spider jar. Of course I showed him which ones were good to catch and how to pick them up.

We also catch snakes, lizards, and all manner of creatures. Second photo is what he brought up to the deck. He ain't scared at all, but that centipede that tagged him the other day made him think twice about messing with those.
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The night I posted this thread, I caught it and took it outside and let it go.

I don't hate big spiders, just don't want them in bed with me.:)
 
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