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We don't bother them if we are out in the wild, but if they come around our home that's another story. This one was in the hey barn, I my seen it when she was up to do chores. We carefully did a clean up until he was found, I trapped it with a shovel and my wife cut its head off with an axe.
We have a few Bull Snakes around here but not enough. I have rescued Bull snakes from the road and brought them home in hope of getting a bigger colony of them. I see more bull snakes but still see the occasional rattle snake.
We have a few Bull Snakes around here but not enough. I have rescued Bull snakes from the road and brought them home in hope of getting a bigger colony of them. I see more bull snakes but still see the occasional rattle snake.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
snakes dont bother me......
spiders do. i am allergic to wolf spider venom. if i get bit, i have around 5 minutes to get shot with epinephrine or my throat swells shut.
black widow bites are just an inconvenience. never got bit by a brown recluse, but don't want to try it either. luckily for me they are rare up here. .
spiders do. i am allergic to wolf spider venom. if i get bit, i have around 5 minutes to get shot with epinephrine or my throat swells shut.
black widow bites are just an inconvenience. never got bit by a brown recluse, but don't want to try it either. luckily for me they are rare up here. .
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We use to have a black widow infestation at our shop awhile back and you had to be careful with everything. We kill those things are sight because of how dangerous they can be. I'll have to see if I can find it later to share but I have a pic somewhere of a huge one I found while spreading out a tarp full of them. The abdomen itself was big as a quarter.
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Try walking out on your front porch early one am, coffee in one hand and walk face first into this thing.
Needless to say, I had to pour another cup of joe. Then I looked it up to find out it's a harmless garden spider or banana spider. The zig zag pattern in the the web (not seen) gave it away but when you're walking out on your front porch half asleep just wanting to take in some fresh country morning air and almost walk face first into that. Well. I wasn't wearing my brown robe.
That thing had to have at least a 5"-6" leg span.
Needless to say, I had to pour another cup of joe. Then I looked it up to find out it's a harmless garden spider or banana spider. The zig zag pattern in the the web (not seen) gave it away but when you're walking out on your front porch half asleep just wanting to take in some fresh country morning air and almost walk face first into that. Well. I wasn't wearing my brown robe.
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Try walking out on your front porch early one am, coffee in one hand and walk face first into this thing.
Needless to say, I had to pour another cup of joe. Then I looked it up to find out it's a harmless garden spider or banana spider. The zig zag pattern in the the web (not seen) gave it away but when you're walking out on your front porch half asleep just wanting to take in some fresh country morning air and almost walk face first into that. Well. I wasn't wearing my brown robe. That thing had to have at least a 5"-6" leg span.
Needless to say, I had to pour another cup of joe. Then I looked it up to find out it's a harmless garden spider or banana spider. The zig zag pattern in the the web (not seen) gave it away but when you're walking out on your front porch half asleep just wanting to take in some fresh country morning air and almost walk face first into that. Well. I wasn't wearing my brown robe.
That thing had to have at least a 5"-6" leg span.
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The entry door from our garage has long had a spider nested in the bottom of the door frame molding. It's harmless, and keeps certain pests away from the door.
My idiot nephew saw the spider this weekend and felt obligated to find a can of Raid and spray the spider, wall, my hand tools, the volt meter, and the visible wiring where I was replacing the electrical box near it.
Sigh....
My idiot nephew saw the spider this weekend and felt obligated to find a can of Raid and spray the spider, wall, my hand tools, the volt meter, and the visible wiring where I was replacing the electrical box near it.
Sigh....
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From: Sportsman's Paradise
Thought about going fishing last Saturday, then i decided to do something else.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watc...cid=hpmsn&t=28
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watc...cid=hpmsn&t=28
