Big Big Wolf Spider
While moving everything out of the basement for our big project, our friend Shaun was startled by a HUGE wolf spider on the wall of our bilco. It happened to be right by his face when we have making a trip back down into the basement. As you can see, she was a pretty big spider, she was carrying her egg sac with her (that’s how we know she’s a she).
They collected her in a pint jar and saved her for me to see when I got home. This is a big spider for here in NE Ohio, but since I grew up in South America with tarantulas she really doesn’t seem all that big. We let her go in the in the woods, where she’ll be right at home. I don’t mind seeing spiders around the gardens, I know they’re beneficial insects. If I see them in the house and they’re little jumping spiders they get to stay. If they’re big wolf spiders like her I usually catch them and put them outside.
What about you, do spiders freak you out or do you not mind them?
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Big spiders like that totally freak me out. I don’t kill them though. I make my husband rescue them and release them outside.
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…Gosh I am so glad to hear someone else does that too! My friends and family think I am nuts with saving spiders. I have a jar under the kitchen sink that is there just for that purpose, when a spider has made its way into the house I just capture it in the jar and take it outside. Happy me – happy spider – happy garden… :o)
…Thanks for posting this!
…Blessings… :o)
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I have to admit, I freak – especially if they are THAT big…the bad thing is, Charlie does too!
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Spiders totally give me the heebee jeebees. I think they play an important role in nature and weirdly don’t mind them outside as much. As long as they aren’t on me and they aren’t too big. Inside I just get totally freaked out. I’m a tosser and turner in bed. If a spider gets there I get all bit up. My husband thinks I’m insane and spiders never get in the bed. HA! Any spider that is found inside my husband must dispatch. I can take care of the bees and wasps that freak him out. Of course I don’t kill those. I just let them outside.
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I don’t mind them at all. There are all kinds of spiders here. It must be the weather.
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I get pretty freaked out by spiders. When we were staying at the house where you grew up your dad said I could sleep in Alex’s old room. I think that room has just become Martins storage closet. It was pretty rough in there, I don’t think it was touched since Alex slept in it last. I started cleaning it then I got paranoid thinking I might upset some creepy crawlers. I just chickened out and slept in Sasha’s room instead. Your dad thought that was pretty funny.
to Kim French's comment
they generally don’t bother me… but i might freak out if i saw one of those in my house!
to deedee's comment
My older sister was terrified of spiders, and since she liked to pick on me, I knew I could get her back by chasing her with a spider. Until my next-door neighbor was bitten by either a Hobo or Brown Recluse while she was working in her garden, I could tolerate spiders and didn’t have a problem picking them up. Now, I’m a bit more nervous around them.
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Spiders (and bugs in general) inside the house freak me out. I’m more than willing to let them be outside (unless they’re eating my garden), but I just cannot stand them inside. I typically ask my hubby to dispatch them for me. Sometimes he gently moves them outside and other times they’re squashed.
I do have to say, though, that spiders freak me out a whole lot less than the earwig – since it’s shady and cool here we’re in constant battle with their intruding numbers.
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I don’t like earwigs either. I find them around here often being a shady wooded area.
to Susy's comment
Just last night I put out a fairly large running wolfy-looking spider. I generally just shoo them out.
Lately, I’ve been killing the widows in the yard, just because there’s so many little children around. I feel badly when I do. I don’t mind them, but I’d prefer not to host them physically.
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big enough to make me run screaming.
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They are fine out of doors. Not a big fan of them inside my house though.
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