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Post by tv on Sept 18, 2020 6:36:29 GMT -8
Richard Vetter, a retired arachnologist won an IgNobel prize for his article on entomologists that are arachnophobic. It turns out that there are quite a few folks that work with "gross" bugs all day long but still can't deal with spiders.
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Post by nomihoudai on Sept 18, 2020 7:10:23 GMT -8
I would want to add that arachnophobic is not just about loving or hating them, when you are arachnophobic they literally scare you and can induce panic.
I fit the stereotype then. But it's not related to all spider families. I do like Salticidae and have no fear in handling them. I think for me the trigger are pointy legs. The pointier the worse. I hate crab spiders. I have never seen a huntsman spider in my life, but I guess I might get a heart attack when doing so. Lol.
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Post by Paul K on Sept 18, 2020 9:39:05 GMT -8
I’m arachnophobic too. I don’t know what triggers the fear. Small spiders I can handle to look at or get close to them but anything bigger than a quarter (25cents) including legs I better turn around and run.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 18, 2020 12:06:10 GMT -8
I don't like spiders, but living in Thailand I have got used to them being EVERYWHERE, and some are huge. We have spiders that come into the house that scurry around with legs about 5 inches across. Elsehere I mentioned how baby tarantulas also come inside from time to time.
I don't much like the ones that make webs strung across paths or between bushes which you don't notice until you walk through them. It's the webs that I don't like more than the spiders themselves.
Adam.
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Post by exoticimports on Sept 18, 2020 15:44:07 GMT -8
Only thing that scares me is people.
Spider is cool thing with potential for specimens in web.
Sharks are food.
Snakes are food.
Urchins are food.
Dogs are food.
I think I see a trend.
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Post by bandrow on Sept 30, 2020 6:15:06 GMT -8
Exoticimports,
I think your trend ends with Charlton Heston yelling "Soylent Green is...."
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by Adam Cotton on Sept 30, 2020 6:45:33 GMT -8
Only thing that scares me is people. Spider is cool thing with potential for specimens in web. Sharks are food. Snakes are food. Urchins are food. Dogs are food. I think I see a trend. Here in SE Asia tarantulas are definitely FOOD. Adam. |
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Post by exoticimports on Sept 30, 2020 11:45:20 GMT -8
I don’t know why they eat tarantulas, I think they taste like sawdust.
Grasshoppers with soy though, they are awesome.
It still strikes me as odd that entomologists could suffer arachnophobia. I suppose though they suffer less than most people because entomologists can actually identify what is NOT a spider.
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Post by Paul K on Sept 30, 2020 13:19:56 GMT -8
I never tried tarantula or see someone else eating it, but I suppose after adding all the spices and a lot of chilly they must taste ok.
I will never know as being scared of spider I won’t eat one too.
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Post by kevinkk on Sept 30, 2020 19:09:05 GMT -8
this is a great topic!
Tarantulas I can handle, literally,it's the soft fuzzy legs that make the difference. Pointy legs are too creepy, as a kid, I had a tarantula,
and found a big orb weaver, it was all I could do to let the thing crawl over my arm while I said "it's just a spider" while I kept my arm
glued to the concrete patio. It's one of those weird things I guess. I bought an orb weaver egg case last season but nothing hatched, I thought
it would be fun to raise at least one, I still have the frame cage I made. Webs, are great for pictures though,and I've got 2 clocks I've made
with orb weaver webs, easy to do.
No way am I going to find out what any spider or insect tastes like, at least knowingly.
They don't scare me, but they do pop up when they're not welcome, I have a 50/50 smush to capture and release ratio when they appear on the wall, the bed,
but in the sink, well, they go down with Boris.
Knowledge is power, I am not the least bit concerned about being stung by a hoverfly...or sawtail
I can appreciate jumping spiders, and the crab spiders, perhaps it's the coloration that is my "trigger"
Aren't spiders competition for entomologists?
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Post by leptraps on Oct 1, 2020 5:37:37 GMT -8
In 2010 there was a terrible earth quake in Haiti. I volunteered through my church to go to Haiti and help with the recovery. I was in Haiti 17 days.
I saw people digging in a landfill in search of something to eat. Now I have been hungry a time or two in my life time, but I have never been that desperate.
We should thank God every day that we live in the USA.
After consuming a couple of MRE (Meals Ready to Eat.), the Landfill option did not look too bad.
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Post by leptraps on Oct 1, 2020 5:48:23 GMT -8
One more thing, if any you are into eating Insects, including spiders, Scorpions, Cockroaches, and I will include Snakes and Lizards, I do not want to hear another word about Waffle House's.
I forgot a couple more for my list. Liver & Onions, Dogs, and Rats.
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Post by joachim on Oct 4, 2020 18:30:13 GMT -8
I voted neutral. When I was young I had much fear but i studied biology and then, okay I respect them and sometimes the spiders have fantastic technics . and they have no mercy when the have an insect or a differnt spider.Some eat theis husbands. No good idea.
anyway I heard that 99.9 % of all spiders are afraid of::::::::::::::: humans.
Joachim
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Post by joachim on Oct 4, 2020 18:30:28 GMT -8
or even 99.98 %
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Post by joachim on Oct 4, 2020 18:30:41 GMT -8
or 99.99 %
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Post by kevinkk on Oct 4, 2020 22:33:20 GMT -8
I voted neutral. When I was young I had much fear but i studied biology and then, okay I respect them and sometimes the spiders have fantastic technics . and they have no mercy when the have an insect or a differnt spider.Some eat theis husbands. No good idea. anyway I heard that 99.9 % of all spiders are afraid of::::::::::::::: humans. Joachim Neutral, a reasonable position, I took this one as well. I think it's cultural, and upbringing that instills fear of most animals, mice, rats, snakes, crawlies. Many of us grow out of it, I used to be terrified of mice, but while I would keep a tarantula, I wouldn't have a mouse for a pet under any circumstances.. do hamsters count? Maybe it's the tail. A lot of people eat insects without a second thought, and they're certainly not afraid of them. |
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Post by 777 on Oct 5, 2020 6:26:59 GMT -8
I used to be afraid of spiders a long time ago, but now I like to hold them. The one fear of mine that will likely never change are big cockroaches found in houses. I hate how oily looking, bristly, and energetic they are.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 5, 2020 8:32:45 GMT -8
The one fear of mine that will likely never change are big cockroaches found in houses. I hate how oily looking, bristly, and energetic they are. I grab those, give them a squeeze and feed them to my fish! Adam. |
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Post by bandrow on Oct 7, 2020 19:23:43 GMT -8
Greetings,
I voted neutral. I definitely detest having a web wrap across my face while in the field, but I also think a lot of spiders are really cool to watch while wrapping prey in their webs. Not thrilled by a wolf spider scuttling across the living room floor, but have no issue with a salticid dancing around on the wall. I remove all the cellar spiders in the basement and garage, but leave the occasional big garden spiders in the rose bushes under our porch light.
However - I am no fan of centipedes. The house centipedes are too fast and leggy, and the scolopendrids outdoors are just plain unlikeable... especially those monsters in AZ and TX - 6 inches of pure repulsiveness...
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by Adam Cotton on Oct 8, 2020 0:18:52 GMT -8
However - I am no fan of centipedes. The house centipedes are too fast and leggy, and the scolopendrids outdoors are just plain unlikeable... especially those monsters in AZ and TX - 6 inches of pure repulsiveness... Cheers! Bandrow 6 inches is still small compared to the awful centipedes we have here, ours often reach more than 8 inches (please don't accuse me of boasting  ) and they sometimes get into the house. The bite of the large ones is very painful (apparently) and I suppose could be dangerous to children. Luckily usually only the immatures get in, and a whack with a shoe on the head is a good way to deal with them. Adam. |
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Post by bandrow on Oct 11, 2020 6:33:13 GMT -8
Hi Adam,
I remember seeing centipedes in the Cincinnati Zoo's insectarium that were nearly a foot long and an inch in diameter. Hideous crawling kielbasa's that were fed on pinky mice... I don't remember their native range, but thought it was SE Asia?
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by Paul K on Oct 11, 2020 8:10:07 GMT -8
Hi Adam, I remember seeing centipedes in the Cincinnati Zoo's insectarium that were nearly a foot long and an inch in diameter. Hideous crawling kielbasa's that were fed on pinky mice... I don't remember their native range, but thought it was SE Asia? Cheers! Bandrow Scolopendra subspinipes They are common in Bangkok, I have seen them crawling into dwellings. One of the most ugly creature. |
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 11, 2020 10:33:10 GMT -8
Hey fella's, since we are on the topic of centipedes I thought I would show you my 10(3/4) inch. monster (excluding antennae) which I personally collected in the Dominican Republic in early August (1990).  I actually sighted this beast at distance from a moving vehicle. Thought at first it was a snake crossing the desert road in early morning (as temps were rising quickly). It was moving pretty quickly and I only had time enough to scoop it up in my butterfly net before it would get lost in some roadside bushes. This beastie remains for me THE most memorable large capture of anything I have ever made... I did my very best in preparing it up and it took just over 200 insect pins to position it in an appealing manner. |
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Post by Paul K on Oct 11, 2020 10:55:07 GMT -8
I don’t use net but long stick or anything to smash it.
I don’t recommend to try foot for that purpose unless one is wearing a high rubber boots.
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 11, 2020 14:20:24 GMT -8
I get the creeps just looking at it. How did you kill it?
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) and they sometimes get into the house. The bite of the large ones is very painful (apparently) and I suppose could be dangerous to children. Luckily usually only the immatures get in, and a whack with a shoe on the head is a good way to deal with them.
