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spider discovery

gueribo - 6-29-2017 at 04:51 PM

Softball-sized spider identified in a sierra cave east of La Paz. . . Califorctenus cacachilensis.



http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-big-spider-20170406...


[Edited on 6-30-2017 by gueribo]

elgatoloco - 6-29-2017 at 10:22 PM

Way cool. :coolup:

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=86218#pid1074...

basautter - 6-30-2017 at 04:56 AM

Yikes! Cool find though.

BajaBlanca - 6-30-2017 at 06:48 AM

I am so glad that spiders don't upset me. That spider is really big.

The Brazilian cousin kills - no bueno!

Martyman - 6-30-2017 at 08:18 AM

Looks like the ones that hang out on my Pila ceiling.

gueribo - 6-30-2017 at 10:25 AM

Cool from a distance--hopefully the photo now appears.

David K - 6-30-2017 at 10:52 AM

Quote: Originally posted by gueribo  
Cool from a distance--hopefully the photo now appears.


From StuckSucks:


chuckie - 6-30-2017 at 02:56 PM

I lived in the Old Convict Labor Jail, between Bisbee and Tombstone Az. for a good while. I shared the facility with a HUGE Tarantula, who became quite friendly. It would come out to visit often, and would crawl up my arm and sit on my head. It would eat hamburger off the back of my hand when it was offered. Spooked lady guests...neat critter!

AKgringo - 6-30-2017 at 03:13 PM

I gotta ask.....were the lady guests also former convicts? :o

chuckie - 6-30-2017 at 03:17 PM

Nah...Most of them were Army officers...

ELINVESTIG8R - 6-30-2017 at 04:17 PM

Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  
Nah...Most of them were Army officers...


That leaves Jihad out. He never served!

CampfiresAndConcierges - 6-30-2017 at 08:11 PM

So much for that camping trip I was dreaming of...eek! I'm not usually bothered by spiders but that's too big!