susan sent me this...
it was dead in the dog toy-box
what is it???
Bajagypsy - 2-7-2007 at 01:32 PM
Super yucky and scary, I would have peed my pantsFARASHA - 2-7-2007 at 01:39 PM
Looks like a SPIDER , but can't identify which one. SCARY? NAH!!Martyman - 2-7-2007 at 01:54 PM
Looks like some variety of Tarantulabajabound2005 - 2-7-2007 at 01:57 PM
Glad you found it dead!Taco de Baja - 2-7-2007 at 02:10 PM
Looks like a Nestle Chocolatus treasureii Minnow - 2-7-2007 at 02:29 PM
That is a Southwestern brown recluse. They grow to very large sizes in Mexico.DENNIS - 2-7-2007 at 02:34 PM
I'll tell you what it is.........it's ugly.Bob and Susan - 2-7-2007 at 04:00 PM
"Looks like a Nestle Chocolatus treasureii"
notice how she measures EVERYTHING based in chocolate candy
Brown recluse wound
Mike Supino - 2-7-2007 at 04:44 PM
Brown recluse wound
The Gull - 2-7-2007 at 04:50 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
"Looks like a Nestle Chocolatus treasureii"
notice how she measures EVERYTHING based in chocolate candy
Would you be happy if she compared you to a Big Hunk bar?Taco de Baja - 2-7-2007 at 04:58 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Minnow
That is a Southwestern brown recluse. They grow to very large sizes in Mexico.
Not a recluse. Too big, too fuzzy, and no violin patten on its cephalothorax...How to ID a brown recluseVon - 2-7-2007 at 04:59 PM
That and the black widow are the most dangerous of all here in south Cali.....I
bet that hurts just a little you think so?Bob and Susan - 2-7-2007 at 05:01 PM
i CAN"T show susan that picture...she'll freekvgabndo - 2-7-2007 at 07:15 PM
We get them all the time in San Nicolas.
My friends there, when asked specifically, have told me that they don't even know if they bite. That tells me that there is no history of them having
given anyone any problem. About 1.5" in diameter, very cute and fuzzy, and kind of fast.
Bajalover - 2-7-2007 at 07:54 PM
definitely something to check for and be aware of. Got to watch the dark areas and where you put your toes and fingers and where you
sit/sleep bajabound2005 - 2-7-2007 at 08:51 PM
cute and fuzzy? what kind of whack job are you? It'a a SPIDER!Frank - 2-7-2007 at 09:02 PM
Spiders are cool. Some of THE most wonderful animal art is the sun shining through the dew on a perfect spider web in the morning in the woods. Some
of them make a new web everyday by disassembling the old one and recycling the "silk". Part of my work is to carefully inspect the crawl spaces of
old houses. I spend a lot of time with Black Widows. Interestingly, I started out both claustrophobic and arachniphobic. (sp) I still get a little
freaked sometimes when the space is too small to turn over.
[Edited on 2-8-2007 by vgabndo]AmoPescar - 2-8-2007 at 12:30 AM
vgabndo
You must be a Home Inspector. I used to do that too. Never did like crawl spaces. Fortunately about 99.9% of all I did were cement slabs.
Amovgabndo - 2-8-2007 at 12:48 AM
Yeah Amo, I'm NACHI.
A construction injury sort of forced me into this. This is NOT an easy place to work. Three of the surrounding towns were either "mill" or
"railroad" towns. Most of the houses were built 80-90 years ago with minimal foundations and with knob and tube wiring. The railroad town was built in
a canyon with lots of seeping water everywhere. The plus side, if you are a builder or love wood is that when the mills built the towns they had only
the best materials. I recently saw a patch of roof sheathing in Sugar Pine, three pieces, 3/4" X 18" X 44 feet with eleven tiny knots.
Sheathing!!!!
The original kitchen backsplashes are CLEAR sugar pine 2x18x14 feet.
Oh, and they have spiders on them. (gotta stay on topic)
