how adorable :3

Neat spider, don't you think?

You're braver than I am. I love spiders to bits, but I don't know how wild I'd be about having one crawling up my arm like that! But she looks pretty cool, all the same.

It was really odd. I don't normally like spiders (I got bit by a brown recluse once and almost lost my thumb as a result), but she needed rescuing. I hate seeing tarantulas run over in the road. They are always crossing them in October and November around here. So I stuck my foot out in front of her to try to turn her around but she just crawled up on my foot and headed right up my leg. Then I stuck my hand down and...well you see what she did. I finally stuck my other hand in front of her and when she got on it I took her off the road where she wouldn't get back on it and got her to get off me. She headed off away from the road, so I felt really good about it.

Yea-no. Just no. I don't like spiders crawling near me, much less on me.

Yesssss....just keep telling yourself that it only wanted to give you a kiss......

He he....yes...a kiss....

I'm not a spider lover anymore. See what I said to VeloxFox above about being bitten. But tarantulas are a whole different thing. The ones around here won't bite unless you get too rowdy with them. And they don't mind crawling on you at all. So I kinda like them. ;3

Yeeeeah...I'm sure they wanna give you a kiss, just not the kinda kiss you'd like. As a vampire you should know that there's a difference between a kiss and a 'kiss'.

Yeeeeah......I will leave them to their own devices, but if they get near me, I try to shoo them away. If that doesn't work, I try to get them to climb on something to transport them....preferably something with a very long handle. If that don't work, I have to relocate myself.

Ha ha...yes....there is a bunny kiss and a vampire bunny kiss, and they are 2 different things.

Yes, yes they are.

Though sometimes the vampire one is just as pleasurable to both parties as the other kind.

Yeah, sorry to disappoint though, I don't feel like becoming a donor anytime soon.

She looks a wee bit hungry with how small that rump is, or it could be a male where their rumps are rather tiny to begin with XD either way that was a very nice thing you did, too many would simply crush the little critters all for the fact they are 'creepy' when really they are simply misunderstood.

I've always liked tarantulas and the ones around here are very tame in that they won't bite unless you get too messing with them too much. They'll climb up on you without hesitation sometimes, like this one did.

I think its a crying shame the way I've seen people go out of their way to run over them on the road. They're only crossing it because it's in their migration route. So I always try to help them if I can.

It truly is a pity so many do go out of their way to simply kill arachnids, be it from the tarantulas to even the common orb weaver who rarely goes very far from their webs to begin with. I admire arachnids, from scorpions to spiders, and try my damnedest to show people they really not at all as bad as they have been made out to be in novels as well as movies. We arachnid lovers need to stick together and show this world that even the creepies need some proper tlc XD

Ohhh she's beautiful <3 <3

Isn't she though? Here is another picture of her. http://puppetdog.deviantart.com/gal.....t=120#/d1odpqu

Once they relax they can be quite cuddly :3
Just love to hang out...izwhy I like them. ^^

Usually when I meet up with them they seem to have a destination in mind. Or at least want to keep on traveling anyway. I've followed them in the forest for a while to see where they'd go, but they always just kept on truckin till I ran out of patience and went back to doing whatever I was doing before I saw them. =p

Ohh these are wild ones?
I've only handled tame ones a friend has.

Oh yeah. It was crossing the road and would have been hit if I hadn't gotten it to crawl up on me and carried it to the side. I was out on a motorcycle ride up in the mountains when I saw it.

Biggest ones around my are Wolf spiders.
Those one's I don't want to get near ^^;

the wolf spiders around here are only about 3/4 of an inch long. They act pretty aggressive though. They'll run right at you if they're on the ground sometimes. freaky!

The ones around here are about 2 inches long..and yeah, aggressive :x

better you than i dont like spiders i would of left it !! ^v^

I thought birdies liked to eat spiders !!

not this birdie XD !! ^v^

OH GOD!

*giggle*

*plays tarantula by pendulum*
always found spiders cutes, wolfspiders and and tarantulas mainly

Tarantulas are the only ones I really know well enough to play with. The rest I try to avoid if possible.

No...on second thought, I like daddy long legs too. They are so inoffensive and pretty.

well, been bitten by a wolf spider, it hurt but nothing happened

Yeah...I don't think they're poisonous. The ones I've seen here act rather aggressive, though I understand the Australian ones aren't.

D'aw! Ya did yer good deed for the day!

I try to when I can.

Obviously, a couple of these signs are in order:

http://swellbugs.blogspot.com/2009/.....-crossing.html

That would be nice. Though maybe hard to decide where to put them. There is no set area where they cross in numbers. They're scattered all over the place, and you never see more than one at a time around here. They aren't really that common.

Oh my, I'd be crying and wailing and flailing my arms! Or stomping them with my hooves!

They really are very gentle and shy. They'd rather just walk away from you than anything else. No need to be afraid of them.

Spiders are scary!

Most of them are, I will agree. I'm terrified of being bitten by a venemous one again.

I have always disliked bugs, especially one's that can end up in your face. ;)

That would be most of them, huh?

More like suddenly. Got no problem with ants. Flies, mosquitos, etc... EEK!

Oh ugh! Ants are mean!! They'll always bite you if they manage to get on you.

I do not let them get close. :)

They're sneaky lil assbites though. They crawl up on you when you least expect it.

EEK!

My reaction exactly! Plus slap and shake....then stomp!

I'm not a fan of spiders.. >.> but I don't think anything should be put in danger like that. I've squished a few, mostly out of surprise.. >.>

I've squished plenty that were scaring me, but never would I harm a tarantula if I could avoid it.

Pretty tarantula. They're actually laid back as spiders go

Totally. Other than a daddy long legs, they're the only spider I could stand to allow to crawl on me. The rest freak me too much. I'm afraid of being bitten.

Same here. The smaller ones make me wig out. Must me a size thing like with dogs; the bigger they are, the more laid back they are

So many of the smaller ones are dangerous. I got bitten by a brown recluse once. Spent 3 days in the hospital and nearly had to have my thumb amputated. I still have it but it's noticeably smaller than the other due to having had the interior of it carved out cause it was being digested. Then the whole outside skin sloughed off. It was a mess and I missed a month of work till it healed. I still can't feel anything in the tip of it.

Could be. ;3

Yick. Spiders freak me out. Just don't like the look of them really x_x I don't like killing things, even cockroaches I prefer to capture them and let them go outside most times.

For some reason the whole fuzzyness on tarantulas puts me off. Along with their giant.... feelers. x_x

You know tarantulas use their hair as a weapon too? when something scares them they will flick their back rapidly with their hind legs which throws their hair off on their attacker. The hair is sharp and irritating and often distracts or discourages the other from bothering the spider anymore. Interesting huh?

So its a natural reaction for me to be scared of the fur! xD That is pretty interesting.

Isn't it though? ;3

I see you've found a tickle-monster. I've done the same thing, actually...except it was box turtle. Thankfully, we don't have things like this crawling around where I live.

You had a box turtle crawling up your arm!?

No, but I did spot one on a road and relocate it to safety.

Okay...I'll count that then.

I stopped while I was driving, the stupid lady behind me nearly hit me, mainly because she was tailgating, and spent her entire time bitching about it. I simply picked up the diminutive reptile and placed it in the grass on the side of the road, then continued on my way.

Another good deed done!

I am a former Scout, after all.

I tried to join the Scouts at 9. They didn't let me in though. I couldn't say the pledge without giggling at how funny it was.

I wonder why that was.

I cuoldn't say anymore. That was over 50 years ago.

How surprising, somebody older than I am.

There's more of us here than you might think.

Yes, it just doesn't seem that way to me. Seems like the majority around here are still in high school and can't be bothered to spell or write out complete sentences.

u noticed thet2

Yes. It is so damned annoying! Stop mixing everything with fake Japanese...fuckin' otaku...

yes Kalmchan

*hisses* I do know a few Japanese words. Mainly Mitutoyo, Shimano, Yaskawa, and Canon.

lol

YIPE! uh... it's nice and I do liked to see tarantulas but... they also sorta terrified me.

They are pretty scary looking.

Yeah, does it bit you?

It would if I really messed with it probably. But normally the ones around here a quite docile and shy. Usually they won't even walk on you but I guess this one was so happy I saved his life he decided to give me a break.