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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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Post by exoticimports on Oct 11, 2020 15:18:28 GMT -8
That’s an impressive centipede. I got one in Solomon Islands, the only centipede purportedly to kill a human. Injected it with alcohol several times and an hour later it was still moving.
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Post by kevinkk on Oct 11, 2020 16:46:55 GMT -8
I was lucky enough to be at a reptile show and someone had a giant centipede, at least as large or larger than the one trehopr1 captured. The price tag- 1000.00 I took a picture of it, but it has no context. The DR was my only out of country collecting trip in the mid 80's, exciting for a 16 year old. I actually brought back livestock of papilio pupa and sphinx I found around the lodge. I think things are different now.
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Post by trehopr1 on Oct 12, 2020 9:04:31 GMT -8
Nomihoudai, I always carried along a (spare) large size bottle and a quart of 70% alcohol (purchased there); in case I may encounter scorpions on the trip which a friend asked me to bring back preserved. Once I had it in the bottle I added most of the quart and it was all good !
I worked on pinning it out the day after I arrived home...
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Post by anthony on Oct 13, 2020 7:19:20 GMT -8
Quite a specimen and you did a excellent job of mounting.
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Post by nomihoudai on Oct 13, 2020 8:15:33 GMT -8
The bottle of alcohol makes sense. It is completely intact and not damaged from any killing process.
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