cascadiabound
MrTs barmaid
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Full moon obscured.
A soul penetrating chill wind blows.
Fearful creatures lurk in my imagination.
A soul penetrating chill wind blows.
Fearful creatures lurk in my imagination.
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Dark night, spiders, webs, chasing you, captured, hung like a fly, sharp mandibles cutting you
A good one... but as an arachnologist, a part of me is screaming! Arachnids, like spiders, are part of a group of animals known as Chelicerata, and have mouthparts called chelicerae. Insects, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes have mandibles, as part of an unofficial group sometimes referred to as " mandiblata."
Dark night, spiders, webs, chasing you, captured like prey, sharp chelicerae cutting you
A good one... but as an arachnologist, a part of me is screaming! Arachnids, like spiders, are part of a group of animals known as Chelicerata, and have mouthparts called chelicerae. Insects, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes have mandibles, as part of an unofficial group sometimes referred to as " mandiblata."
Dave? You're an arachnologist??? Wow! How cool is that?
I just learned something new today... actually 2 things.
Dave? You're an arachnologist??? Wow! How cool is that?
I am indeed! And hooray for learning stuff. I work at an invertebrate zoo and hold a position with the zoology department at a nature and science museum. The research I conduct involves solifuges.... camel spiders! ~ dun dun duuuuun~
So yes, ever since I was little I have been fascinated by those things that are considered creepy crawlies! Gribblies! That which scuttles in the night!
Me looking at your Facebook profile. Preparing a package. I hate you. Happy Halloween surprise.
A good one... but as an arachnologist, a part of me is screaming! Arachnids, like spiders, are part of a group of animals known as Chelicerata, and have mouthparts called chelicerae. Insects, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes have mandibles, as part of an unofficial group sometimes referred to as " mandiblata."
it constitutes as a scary story... but otherwise your normal weekday hobbies wouldn't normally count towards that.
Has a spider ever laid eggs on you or have you ever gotten an egg on your clothes? And have you ever found spiders in your house from work?
Spiders fuck no way I could handle that with out being sedated
frightening enough, with 6 words to spare!
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who's ready for the LED festooned procession of ghoulish kiddies tonight....
(not me)
As far as spiders laying eggs "on" me, no. Most spiders create what's called an egg sack. So they usually wrap them up in silken balls. Some stow the egg sacks somewhere, others will carry it around with them. But most don't just drop an egg somewhere like, say, a butterfly does on the leaf of its host plant.
As far as work ones coming home with me, not so much. Many I work with in the zoo are tarantulas or giant crab spiders. They would all be very obvious hitchhikers. Hehe
Although I currently have a pet black widow. Caught her as she was hiding in a plant pot I was cleaning outside the front of my house. After putting her in her current cage, she did actually make an egg sack. Sadly I snuffed that one out. I can deal with one or two widows. Not hundreds of almost microscopic ones.
I'd like to add my pet peeve related to spiders...
I personally rather like spiders and am loathe to kill them generally.
In my patient population "spiders" are always blamed by patients for mysterious bites or bite like blemishes that appear in the night.
I am convinced that 99.9% spiders are blameless. I have learned however it is futile to argue with people about this.
cb
As far as spiders laying eggs "on" me, no. Most spiders create what's called an egg sack. So they usually wrap them up in silken balls. Some stow the egg sacks somewhere, others will carry it around with them. But most don't just drop an egg somewhere like, say, a butterfly does on the leaf of its host plant.
As far as work ones coming home with me, not so much. Many I work with in the zoo are tarantulas or giant crab spiders. They would all be very obvious hitchhikers. Hehe
Although I currently have a pet black widow. Caught her as she was hiding in a plant pot I was cleaning outside the front of my house. After putting her in her current cage, she did actually make an egg sack. Sadly I snuffed that one out. I can deal with one or two widows. Not hundreds of almost microscopic ones.
Happy All Saints everyone!