[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by whip

Just be cautious, I have more problems from the grass spiders than anything. Man I hate them things! You have been told about grass spiders right?

I have a really good close-up pic of a Grass Spider! Wanna see?

And the only way you are going to get hurt by a Grass Spider is if you trip over that tire in your front yard trying to run from it.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by jessaka

Never heard of a grass spider.

Well, I am taking poison ivy stuff to prevent poison ivy. I hope it really works.

I had a good and bad dream last night. I dreamed we won a million dollars in the lotto. My idea was to buy a farm in the country around Tahlequah but in the hills, and then I could hire someone to take me to town and back when I got too old to drive/ We could also hire people to work on the farm. My DH had another idea, he wasn't so happy with Oklahoma, he wanted to check out Arizona and New Mexico. Yipes, of all places. But of course I wouldn't be battling spiders, chiggers, and ticks; instead it would be scorpians, rattlesnakes, and whatever else those lovely States have to offer.

.........and Black Widow spiders. They're notorious in the desert out west. Mostly found in dark,cool places, a just take my thumb and smashed em'. I met a guy at the ER once who had a big chunk of the lower part of his arm missing from a black widow bite.
When I first moved to OK. and the first time I went camping, I was fishing off the bank and I noticed my dog was excited about something, he likes to play with small critter. I looked down and there was this "black" tranchilla(?) spider. Not counting the legs, this thing was close to the size of a silver dollar. And hard,,,I had to use a hammer handle to kill it.

Jessaka, do you hope your dream comes true?

[whip]

Originally Posted by LadyRobyn

I have a really good close-up pic of a Grass Spider! Wanna see?

And the only way you are going to get hurt by a Grass Spider is if you trip over that tire in your front yard trying to run from it.

Uh no thanks! And I know tha they are harmless but oh man they just really freak me out, I don't have a problem with the jumping spiders it them superfast grass ones. They just look really mean.

/me shudders

[mkfarnam]

The way to find out if a Recluse spider is an adult is, see if they're wearing 3 pairs of glasses They have 3 sets of eyes.

[peggydavis]

Kansas City is in the brown recluse area too.

I have lived in OK most of my life and I have never been bitten by a brown recluse spider. I am not the greatest housekeeper in the world either. If I do see one, I kill it and then spray.

I took those poison ivy pills, Jessaka, and I think they reallly worked for me.

[whip]

My son found this in an old log, It died shortly after this picture.

[Mattie Jo]

What kind of spider is that black one? It looks like an upside down black widow.

I want to see a photo of the grass spider.


I hope the poison ivy works too. I want rocky mountains, lyme, etc. shots as well as brown recluse. Where or what are our wonderful scientists doing these days? They have to create anti-chigger itch, etc.

[LadyRobyn]

Originally Posted by jessaka

What kind of spider is that black one? It looks like an upside down black widow..

Jessaka, it pretty much is! That is a Red-Back spider, a cousin of our Black-Widow spider and they are native (only) to Australia. We have friends who live there and we used to joke that their spiders were upside down because they live "down-under"

I want to see a photo of the grass spider.

Here he is:

Grass Spider

Grass Spider closer

Grass spider FACE!

The pics make him look bigger than he really was. You probably see them anytime you are working in the yard, and you turn something over... they like to hide under stuff and avoid people.

[nocoldiron]

Someone told me to get guinea's to control the bug population but they were laughing hysterically when they said it,could someone tell me why? I happen to LIKE chickens-in small quantities.

[mkfarnam]

Originally Posted by jessaka

What kind of spider is that black one? It looks like an upside down black widow.

I want to see a photo of the grass spider.


I hope the poison ivy works too. I want rocky mountains, lyme, etc. shots as well as brown recluse. Where or what are our wonderful scientists doing these days? They have to create anti-chigger itch, etc.

It's a "Dislexic Black Widower"