wildsnowllama: GungFu: I'm on your keyboards typing 8 letters at once.

Ah, a picture of unalivezombie at his/her computer.

unalivezombie: Compared to the problems cause by ticks, fleas, mosquitos and other pests, spiders are not only harmless but benefitial in reducing the populations of actual pests.

Your ruse will no longer fool anyone into not looking over their shoulder while walking through "spiderless" areas.


Doh, you found me out. I'm the one that gave your mom spider-aids. :P

ApeShaft: Could be some sort of larva?


Yeah, this is what I thought too, even before opening the link. The pictures don't look like spider webs ... the silk-wrapped trees look exactly like ermine moth (Yponomeutidae) communal webs spun by the larvae.

DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

When I read this
FTA: One such giant spiderweb site was found near Lake Tawakoni in Texas. Webs of long-jawed orb spiders stretched out over several trees. The superindendent of the park had this to say, "At first, it was so white it looked like fairyland. Now it's filled with so many mosquitoes it's turned a little brown...you can hear the screech of millions of mosquitoes caught in those webs."

I thought this:


Well, or something along those lines (had to post it; one of the first few GIS results for "white nose.") Bats in Texas must be damned near extinct. At least somebody is sticking in for them.

Meatzilla: When is the last time you checked that upper dark corner way in the back of your bedroom closet?

Actually, that was on my to-do list for today. Going to give it a pass. Thanks for freaking me out.

mirazh1976: DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

I think I know the film you are talking about, I and pretty sure Adrienne (big boobs) Barbeau was in it, but she was in a lot of low budget horror films in the 70's and 80's. Off the top of my head, I'll say it may be "Creepshow".

Paging Mr. Wyndham. Mr. Wyndham to the white courtesy phone.

Jamieboy: Meatzilla: When is the last time you checked that upper dark corner way in the back of your bedroom closet?

Actually, that was on my to-do list for today. Going to give it a pass. Thanks for freaking me out.

mirazh1976: DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

I think I know the film you are talking about, I and pretty sure Adrienne (big boobs) Barbeau was in it, but she was in a lot of low budget horror films in the 70's and 80's. Off the top of my head, I'll say it may be "Creepshow".

I have the creepshow dvds and the tales from the darkside ones as well. Defiantly not those movies.

twfeline: At least once a year, we have a thread about giant spider webs.

Can we skip next year. Please?

This.

Makh: I don't care what you look like if you are going to get rid of that many mosquitos at once. We need more of these spiders.

So farking THIS.

I love spiders in my home. The way I look at it, either they eat things that get on my nerves a hell of a lot more than a spider on the wall does, or they starve and just disappear. Either way, I win.

mirazh1976 DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

I remember that episode. It was the Twilight Zone, from the 1985 season, an episode called, "The Elevator". (New Window)

/You're welcome.

lobotomy survivor: I love spiders in my home. The way I look at it, either they eat things that get on my nerves a hell of a lot more than a spider on the wall does, or they starve and just disappear. Either way, I win.

Agree, however those that lurk on the ceiling above the shower and that may fall off onto me during a steamy session usually get vacumed out of precaution. All others may abide.

/Little dudes, abide.

io9 link?

Yeah, won't be clicking on that, sorry Drew.

Those people couldn't design a website to save themselves.

When I was a kid in Michigan, every once in a while, I saw something similar. It was not spiders, it was tent caterpillars. You still don't want to get too close because they have spines with a substance that is very irritating and can cause a rash.

FarkYourLife: mirazh1976 DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

I remember that episode. It was the Twilight Zone, from the 1985 season, an episode called, "The Elevator". (New Window)

/You're welcome.

OMG, so many years, Thank You!

The farking link is no good!

mirazh1976: FarkYourLife: mirazh1976 DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

I remember that episode. It was the Twilight Zone, from the 1985 season, an episode called, "The Elevator". (New Window)

/You're welcome.

OMG, so many years, Thank You!

Damn this is even on Youtube.

Twilight Zone - The Elevator (new window)

Thanks again.

Makh: I don't care what you look like if you are going to get rid of that many mosquitos at once. We need more of these spiders.

If they'd just grow some farking bones I wouldn't be so disgusted, but I hate anything with an exoskeleton. Spiders are like small (or large, depending on your experiences) crabs.

Meatzilla: When is the last time you checked that upper dark corner way in the back of your bedroom closet?

Perfect. I'd love to see that.


All together for a nice bit of

mirazh1976: mirazh1976: FarkYourLife: mirazh1976 DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

I remember that episode. It was the Twilight Zone, from the 1985 season, an episode called, "The Elevator". (New Window)

/You're welcome.

OMG, so many years, Thank You!

Damn this is even on Youtube.

Twilight Zone - The Elevator (new window)

Thanks again.

IMDB shows that Stephen Geoffreys, one of the stars of that episode went on to star in a bit of gay porn. The other dude appears to have made it to every version of Law & Order you can find on TV.

It was written by Ray Bradbury, so it has that going for it. Which is nice.

"What a fun way to spend a night! A bottle of wine, a picnic blanket, your sweetheart, and the panicked death-screams of millions of insects."

This sentence is just pure awesome.

Found this fellow behind my wall calendar one January. He got kinda cranky when I took down the calendar. Anyway, for judging size, simply compare to the bricks on the adjoining wall. Yeah, those are standard sized bricks. He was a big spidey!

/Thank goodness Huntsman spiders aren't venomous!

I have a deal with spiders in my home (deal is on an individual basis):

1. If I find you I will catch you and release you outside.
2. If you charge me, the deal is off and you will die.
3. I am not my cats. Make your own deal with them.

"I'll squash your shoe under ME!"

InferiousX: Put them around this car

Okay, what in all of hades is that? I know part of that picture is a car but what is the rest of it?

No Dr. Loveless?

I am disappoint.

IronTom: you know, with the new Firefox, I can't figure out how to close a window as fast as I used to.

Control-W doesn't work?

I've not upgraded yet.

Reminded me of this:

Imagine loosing control while parachuting and landing in one of those trees.

IronTom: doglover: Bagworms look like this.

NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW (new window)

you know, with the new Firefox, I can't figure out how to close a window as fast as I used to.

ctrl+W

IronTom: Happy Hours: IronTom: you know, with the new Firefox, I can't figure out how to close a window as fast as I used to.

Control-W doesn't work?

I've not upgraded yet.

Oh thank you, Happy Hours. It does work, and I'm sure gonna remember that, for spider threads particularly.

thats what I get for reading whole thread and then responding to the nearly last one posted before refreshing to see if others have responded...

Not bad for a modern B-film.

Fun thing to try:

Get yourself one of those LED headlamps and put it on your head. Turn it on and walk around your yard. Look for little bright points of light. The light reflects off spiders' eyes and you can see them, even from like 30-40ft away. Did this the other night and my yard lit up like a Christmas tree.

The only time I really freak out over spiders is when I walk into a web. I spend the rest of the day obsessing over little creepy crawlies nesting in my hair, to pay me back for wrecking their pantry.

KILL IT ALL, INCLUDING THIS THREAD, IN SWEET SWEET NUCLEAR FIRE!!!!

davidphogan:


mirazh1976: mirazh1976: FarkYourLife: mirazh1976 DAMMIT!

Every time I read about spiders I recall some mini series /movie/tv movie I don't know what though I remember watching it in the mid 80's at home.

There was this scene where some people were either in a industrial warehouse or barn or something and there was an elevator. They went in this elevator, going down or up and when they exited the elevator they were met by some huge spider. I seem to recall maybe an old man and up to 2-3 people involved.

It was some damn horror film from the late 70's - 80's and I want to know what it was called. Maybe a part of a miniseries like Tales From the Darkside or The 80's Twilight Zone, idk.

Anyone recall this scene.
It's been over 20 years and no one seems to know.

I remember that episode. It was the Twilight Zone, from the 1985 season, an episode called, "The Elevator". (New Window)

/You're welcome.

OMG, so many years, Thank You!

Damn this is even on Youtube.

Twilight Zone - The Elevator (new window)

Thanks again.

IMDB shows that Stephen Geoffreys, one of the stars of that episode went on to star in a bit of gay porn. The other dude appears to have made it to every version of Law & Order you can find on TV.

It was written by Ray Bradbury, so it has that going for it. Which is nice.

Bradbury has a bit of arachnophobia I suspect... Monstrous spiders figure in a couple of his more obscure short stories. I'm pretty sure he wrote the only murder mystery that used a trap-door spider the size of a Buick as a murder weapon.

RealFarknMcCoy2: Found this fellow behind my wall calendar one January. He got kinda cranky when I took down the calendar. Anyway, for judging size, simply compare to the bricks on the adjoining wall. Yeah, those are standard sized bricks. He was a big spidey!

/Thank goodness Huntsman spiders aren't venomous!

I found what I think was a wolf spider about that size in my in-law's bathroom one night. Had to get an empty yogurt tub to trap him so I could fling him outside. Got him in, lid on, no problem, took him outside... and he was skittering around inside the thing like crazy. I don't mind them being around as long as they're not directly around where I'm hanging out, but it was just freaky to hear his body thumping around inside the plastic. He was too big for comfort.

Flung him into the darkness where hopefully he went on to eat many skeeters and produce littler spiders for future death campaigns.

/felt like sharing

/This part of the movie scared the snot outta me.

PACKERS!

/we can't go hunting, we're not drunk enough yet

Ah, this is a perfect thread to read through before I go up in to my attic today. Thanks, Fark!

Nuke the entire site from orbit, its the only way to be sure.

doglover: I think you mean "tent worms"

GAH yes that is what I meant!!!

/that other pic is just... wow. How would you even live?

gozar_the_destroyer: Falconae: InferiousX: Put them around this car

is that a bee hive?

My guess would be hornet or maybe wasp.

\either way, if I found that I would quietly leave and return with nerve gas/flame throwers

It's Yellow Jackets (new window)

They would find those spiders REALLY tasty, and just the thing for their kids...

jimmyjackfunk: I love it when they build webs up on the front porch. Wife isn't too keen on it but when the bugs would fly in because of the porch light, it was a massacre. Then the wife had to go and put in one of those yellow bug lights and now we see the occasional spider but not like before.

Yeah, I have normal spiders constantly building webs all over my basement and the front porch. I don't really MIND spiders, but the webs can start to be annoying. I go to sweep them away from the porch and they stick to the broom, they cause leaves to stick to the house, etc.

Last summer an enterprising spider made a big web on the outside of the house in front of the window where my desk lamp is. Bugs will fly around there (happily on the OUTSIDE) and get caught in the web.

But it caught a huge cicada, which was buzzing and buzzing around, I had to go outside and free that one because it was making too damn much noise and it was big enough that I didn't really feel like watching it get dismembered and eaten in front of my face.

As for brown recluse, ages ago there was a great series of posts on alt.tasteless by a guy who got bit and kept delightfully detailed chronicles of the whole rotten process.