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[Hectonkhyres]

Seriously, how can anyone not find that spider adorable. To plagiarize from Futurama, its what you would get if puppies and kittens had puppies and kittens. Baby seals combust just from being in that thing's presence, its just that cute.

[Neoskel]

That's a whip scorpion, and it is neither a spider nor a scorpion. They're also called vinegaroons because they can secrete a vinegary smelling chemical. And they are freakin' awesom

But aren't whip scorpions the one with the whip like appendage for a tail? Also, whip scorpions are smaller then the average whip spider, but i wound't like to meet any of them to prove it.

Oh my bad, they're both pretty awesome though. I just looked them up. That's not an actual spider either, but i'm sure you knew that.

I got confused because they also call whip spiders 'tailless whip scorpions'.

[madrain]

Interestingly enough, jumping spiders are one of the few types of spiders with good vision.  They are curious spiders, and if you chase them with a fingertip, they will often back away slowly while watching, as opposed to just fleeing like normal spiders will.

Also, very few spiders eat dead prey.  If you kill a fly and offer it to a jumping spider, it may take the free meal.

Jumping spiders are some of the only spiders to also have what passes for lungs in spiders.  Which makes me wonder if GCS has lungs.  I think I'll look.

Anyways, jumping spiders are pure awesome.  I don't really like spiders, but I can't help but adore those fuzzy little guys.

[Astus Ater]

Interestingly enough, jumping spiders are one of the few types of spiders with good vision.  They are curious spiders, and if you chase them with a fingertip, they will often back away slowly while watching, as opposed to just fleeing like normal spiders will.

Also, very few spiders eat dead prey.  If you kill a fly and offer it to a jumping spider, it may take the free meal.

Jumping spiders are some of the only spiders to also have what passes for lungs in spiders.  Which makes me wonder if GCS has lungs.  I think I'll look.

Anyways, jumping spiders are pure awesome.  I don't really like spiders, but I can't help but adore those fuzzy little guys.

...Great. Now I'm going to go and see if I can find a jumping spider as a pet.

[Yanlin]

Interestingly enough, jumping spiders are one of the few types of spiders with good vision.  They are curious spiders, and if you chase them with a fingertip, they will often back away slowly while watching, as opposed to just fleeing like normal spiders will.

Also, very few spiders eat dead prey.  If you kill a fly and offer it to a jumping spider, it may take the free meal.

Jumping spiders are some of the only spiders to also have what passes for lungs in spiders.  Which makes me wonder if GCS has lungs.  I think I'll look.

Anyways, jumping spiders are pure awesome.  I don't really like spiders, but I can't help but adore those fuzzy little guys.

...Great. Now I'm going to go and see if I can find a jumping spider as a pet.

You can. Make sure the animal caretaker tames it first. Or else your family will eat it.

[WorkerDrone]

Ha.

Okay, okay. I'll say something other then that.

Erm...well, hell. I don't really like spiders at all. Though honestly, the things hardly ever go out of there way to bother you. Now ants, those things think they can eat anything cause they have force in numbers. The tiny little bastards all try an' eat ya if you give 'em a chance.

Trust No-one. *Shifty eyes*

[Cthulhu]

Yeah, I have several colonies(Or possibly one supercolony) of pavement ants, with entrances completely surrounding my house.  Every summer they invade the house, and literally nothing can stop them.  If someone by mistake leaves a food item on the counter, there will be literally hundreds of ants on said counter.  If you drink pop, you have to hold it.  If you set it down it will have ants in it within minutes.  It's disgusting, but as I said before, nothing stops them.  Traps, spray, we even ant-bombed it once while on vacation.  They were still everywhere when we came back.  I personally think gasoline+nest will do nicely to suffocate them, or maybe even M80+nest, if I'm feeling daring.  I haven't tried yet, though.

They're savage.  If they climb on you, they bite and sting until you kill them.  I once saw them kill one of those gigantic black crickets(You know, the ones that are like twice as big as the normal ones?), when it was literally about 20 times larger than them.


Spiders:  Meh, I used to catch grasshoppers and throw them into the webs of the yellow garden spiders that always made nests in my back yard.  They don't show up anymore, kind of sad.  As the "Meh" suggested, though, I don't really care much for spiders anymore.  I'll watch them if I see them, but it's not like I follow them around.

Speaking of adorable spiders, look at this li'l guy.

  It turns out there's a whole species of them, and they all have different expressions on their faces.

[LegoLord]

That would be cute if I couldn't see the spider face just next to the fake face.

[commondragon]

All this talk of spiders...

I cant put my feet on the ground anymore....

CURSE YOU SIM ANT!

[JoshuaFH]

All this talk of spiders...

I cant put my feet on the ground anymore....

CURSE YOU SIM ANT!

Man, i remember playing Sim ant when i was like 10 years old. That game scared the BAJEEBUS out of me.

[commondragon]

All this talk of spiders...

I cant put my feet on the ground anymore....

CURSE YOU SIM ANT!

Man, i remember playing Sim ant when i was like 10 years old. That game scared the BAJEEBUS out of me.

It didnt have to make loud death crys/scary sounds whenever you died tho,,,,

[WorkerDrone]

Its cause of the ants man! If they had nukes, did you know, the would conquer the world within twentyfour hours or less! The things are already planning our downfall! Just give it a few million years...if we don't destroy ourselves, super intelligent ants will enslave us all!!!

*WorkerDrone slips back into the shadows, saying,* Trust no one.

[CJ1145]

Yeah, I have several colonies(Or possibly one supercolony) of pavement ants, with entrances completely surrounding my house.  Every summer they invade the house, and literally nothing can stop them.  If someone by mistake leaves a food item on the counter, there will be literally hundreds of ants on said counter.  If you drink pop, you have to hold it.  If you set it down it will have ants in it within minutes.  It's disgusting, but as I said before, nothing stops them.  Traps, spray, we even ant-bombed it once while on vacation.  They were still everywhere when we came back.  I personally think gasoline+nest will do nicely to suffocate them, or maybe even M80+nest, if I'm feeling daring.  I haven't tried yet, though.

They're savage.  If they climb on you, they bite and sting until you kill them.  I once saw them kill one of those gigantic black crickets(You know, the ones that are like twice as big as the normal ones?), when it was literally about 20 times larger than them.

I know, I've actually documented the different colonies on my street just because they were so interesting. This one colony became ridiculously huge, and was basically owned two blocks. But there was this one little colony right outside my house that would always fight it, and it would always survive. Eventually, though, some redneck drove up onto the grass, and collapsed the tunnels, killing (I assume) the queen and all the nearby males, because the colony declined sharply. That, and we keep sending the Harvester ants from mail-order to fight them...

[Duke 2.0]

Yeah, I have several colonies(Or possibly one supercolony) of pavement ants, with entrances completely surrounding my house.  Every summer they invade the house, and literally nothing can stop them.  If someone by mistake leaves a food item on the counter, there will be literally hundreds of ants on said counter.  If you drink pop, you have to hold it.  If you set it down it will have ants in it within minutes.  It's disgusting, but as I said before, nothing stops them.  Traps, spray, we even ant-bombed it once while on vacation.  They were still everywhere when we came back.  I personally think gasoline+nest will do nicely to suffocate them, or maybe even M80+nest, if I'm feeling daring.  I haven't tried yet, though.

They're savage.  If they climb on you, they bite and sting until you kill them.  I once saw them kill one of those gigantic black crickets(You know, the ones that are like twice as big as the normal ones?), when it was literally about 20 times larger than them.

I know, I've actually documented the different colonies on my street just because they were so interesting. This one colony became ridiculously huge, and was basically owned two blocks. But there was this one little colony right outside my house that would always fight it, and it would always survive. Eventually, though, some redneck drove up onto the grass, and collapsed the tunnels, killing (I assume) the queen and all the nearby males, because the colony declined sharply. That, and we keep sending the Harvester ants from mail-order to fight them...

 I would like to think they had little cage traps which they trapped them in, only to release into a little ant arena for deathfights with scorpions, spiders and even a frog.

[JoshuaFH]

Yeah, I have several colonies(Or possibly one supercolony) of pavement ants, with entrances completely surrounding my house.  Every summer they invade the house, and literally nothing can stop them.  If someone by mistake leaves a food item on the counter, there will be literally hundreds of ants on said counter.  If you drink pop, you have to hold it.  If you set it down it will have ants in it within minutes.  It's disgusting, but as I said before, nothing stops them.  Traps, spray, we even ant-bombed it once while on vacation.  They were still everywhere when we came back.  I personally think gasoline+nest will do nicely to suffocate them, or maybe even M80+nest, if I'm feeling daring.  I haven't tried yet, though.

JESUS CHRIST cthulhu, i just bothered to read your post, and i gotta say, move.

I wouldn't tolerate that shit for a heartbeat, i'd move. i'd pawn the house off on the first sucker that'd take it and move where such a problem doesn't exist.