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Originally Posted by Budda648
My house is infested with these extremely creepy spiders.
They crawl out of every possible nook and cranny. The other day I had one on my desk next to my elbow and I cushed it with my big book. There was probably nearly 100 pounds of force or so crushing it. The splatter went 3 inches every way. I cleaned up the mess with my sister's work shirt. Heh... |
That looks like a jumping spider (Phidippus sp. ?) . They are amazing little spiders that are very vision oriented and dance and signal to each other with their front legs.
All true spiders have fangs with venom glands. But few can bite and penetrate the skin. The ones that do generally sting like a wasp does. But a few (even small ones) inject a venom that liquifies flesh and makes growing necrotic wounds.
Supposedly sleeping people
swallow 10-15 small spiders during their lifetime. From personal experience I say they are a little crunchy and taste peppery....
BTW- the spider above with the hand for scale is an "Argiope" (silk spider)- Some like that really common in the US in fields. The tropical one in my attachment is 3x the size and I found it by walking into it at face level on a trail in Brazil.
Spiders- you gotta love em'
WC
