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Posted: 2/27/2021 10:17:27 PM EDT
The biggest spiders we have up here are the wolf spider, grass spider, barn spider.
I hate them enough. What states do the really big nasty ones start? |
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We get tarantulas, black windows, and brown recluse around here south of the mason dixon.
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Ive seen black widows in northern Ontario so really, nowhere is safe.
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Far as I can tell, the "Giant bugs there" thing is mostly mythological. The insect world isn't all that different place to place in the US.
In SC we have big orb weaver spiders but they're not dangerous at all. Tarantulas aren't either. Mosquitos are worse in the PNW than in the south. |
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I once read that cockroaches will eat the eyelashes of infants.
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So dusty around here, the roaches ride around in dune buggies.
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I have one that attacks passing cars.
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Quoted: Far as I can tell, the "Giant bugs there" thing is mostly mythological. The insect world isn't all that different place to place in the US. In SC we have big orb weaver spiders but they're not dangerous at all. Tarantulas aren't either. Mosquitos are worse in the PNW than in the south. View Quote Big cockroaches are bad pretty much over the south, I would imagine. One plus of living in an area with fire ants is a drastic reduction of tick populations compared to the north. |
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Quoted: The really big ones here in Texas start about the Red River and go down into Mexico. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-OQ_-KQnbHLA%2FUbYxt-8VddI%2FAAAAAAAAFJc%2F7P9jT3mYfSA%2Fs1600%2Fspider.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fhorrorcultfilms.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2Fgiant-spider.png&f=1&nofb=1 View Quote They're north of the Red River as well. |
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Quoted: Big cockroaches are bad pretty much over the south, I would imagine. One plus of living in an area with fire ants is a drastic reduction of tick populations compared to the north. View Quote Oh, yeah. Fuck fire ants. They're little, but fuck them anyway. We don't have the FL cockroaches here, just the common roaches they call palmetto bugs. I haven't seen any in the house since we got a cat, but I know they're living in my jelly palms. |
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I'm not putting up with baldfaced aholes this year. A plan is being developed.
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Quoted: Uh... you oughta get out of the house more Fishing spider https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fo0Ri4bgNInQ%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 View Quote |
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I've lived in the Amazon before. We're all big pussies in comparison.
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We have wolf spiders (I leave the alone) as well as walking sticks. The latter are pretty neat.
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There’s a lot more creepy crawly shit in Kansas than one might think. Tarantulas, brown recluses, black widows, scorpions, lizards, 87 different kinds of wasps, copperheads, timber, prairie, and diamondback rattlesnakes...among other things.
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Quoted: Far as I can tell, the "Giant bugs there" thing is mostly mythological. The insect world isn't all that different place to place in the US. In SC we have big orb weaver spiders but they're not dangerous at all. Tarantulas aren't either. Mosquitos are worse in the PNW than in the south. View Quote That was never my experience. Goddamn mosquitos down here are brutal. I spent some time in Washington and Oregon and never really had any issues with them. |
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The tarantulas and scorpions are really bad in Texas, but the rattlesnakes are definitely the worst.
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I'm in Daytona and I don't really see very big bugs/spiders that often. Keyword being see, I know they're there.
It's also been a while since I've seen roaches. I think there's a decent sized Huntsman spider in the house and I know there are some big wolf spiders running around. As creepy as they are, I leave them alone. I don't kill creatures unless I absolutely have to. |
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Quoted: I once read that cockroaches will eat the eyelashes of infants. View Quote That's just the baby cockroaches in Texas, like this one... Attached File |
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I remember some big ass June Bugs in Idaho Falls when I was a kid.
Other than the Japanese Hornets that recently made their way into northern WA, there's really no big bugs around here. |
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The southwest has a wasp that's big enough to kill and drag tarantulas to their nest.
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Quoted: That was never my experience. Goddamn mosquitos down here are brutal. I spent some time in Washington and Oregon and never really had any issues with them. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Far as I can tell, the "Giant bugs there" thing is mostly mythological. The insect world isn't all that different place to place in the US. In SC we have big orb weaver spiders but they're not dangerous at all. Tarantulas aren't either. Mosquitos are worse in the PNW than in the south. That was never my experience. Goddamn mosquitos down here are brutal. I spent some time in Washington and Oregon and never really had any issues with them. They definitely can be rough up north, but I can take you places in south Alabama that are pretty bad with mosquitoes. |
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can anyone recall the story that was posted here from the guy that was airforce(?) working in alaska conveying the size of the mosquitoes there. something about how one landed on the runway and they pumped x amount of jp1 in it before they realized it wasnt a friendly craft.
i still remember somewhat the story. had me cracking up with the mental picture! ETA: it was in a thread about mosquitoes. probably archived |
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Scorpions big enough to keep as pets and Roadrunners that put the Jurassic park raptors to shame but the scariest pests of all are the Californians
J/K californians |
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Quoted: They definitely can be rough up north, but I can take you places in south Alabama that are pretty bad with mosquitoes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Far as I can tell, the "Giant bugs there" thing is mostly mythological. The insect world isn't all that different place to place in the US. In SC we have big orb weaver spiders but they're not dangerous at all. Tarantulas aren't either. Mosquitos are worse in the PNW than in the south. That was never my experience. Goddamn mosquitos down here are brutal. I spent some time in Washington and Oregon and never really had any issues with them. They definitely can be rough up north, but I can take you places in south Alabama that are pretty bad with mosquitoes. Wherever there’s a lot of still water they will be thick. The worst I’ve ever seen was up in Canada, and I’ve spent a lot of time in the Deep South. |
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Quoted: Wherever there’s a lot of still water they will be thick. The worst I’ve ever seen was up in Canada (like fucking pterodactyls up there) and I’ve spent a lot of time in the Deep South. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Far as I can tell, the "Giant bugs there" thing is mostly mythological. The insect world isn't all that different place to place in the US. In SC we have big orb weaver spiders but they're not dangerous at all. Tarantulas aren't either. Mosquitos are worse in the PNW than in the south. That was never my experience. Goddamn mosquitos down here are brutal. I spent some time in Washington and Oregon and never really had any issues with them. They definitely can be rough up north, but I can take you places in south Alabama that are pretty bad with mosquitoes. Wherever there’s a lot of still water they will be thick. The worst I’ve ever seen was up in Canada (like fucking pterodactyls up there) and I’ve spent a lot of time in the Deep South. There are fewer natural predators for mosquitoes the further north you go. |
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Quoted: can anyone recall the story that was posted here from the guy that was airforce(?) working in alaska conveying the size of the mosquitoes there. something about how one landed on the runway and they pumped x amount of jp1 in it before they realized it wasnt a friendly craft. i still remember somewhat the story. had me cracking up with the mental picture! ETA: it was in a thread about mosquitoes. probably archived View Quote If they’re like the ones in Canada, they’re huge! Look like fucking pterodactyls flying around. It must be the moose blood. |
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Quoted: If they’re like the ones in Canada, they’re huge! Look like fucking pterodactyls flying around. It must be the moose blood. View Quote ours get pretty damn big here. probably different species. thank god the moose stay north...dont want our skeeters getting gain off that moose blood!!! |
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Unless your house is a complete shithole it’s not gonna full of bugs down here.
And outside, well, there are bugs everywhere since it’s kinda part of the “outdoors” deal anywhere. |
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The big ones start once you leave the piedmont of the Appalachians. It doesn't get cold enough, long enough, to kill the big ones off. I'm in the piedmont. I do a few spray barriers around my house three times a year and I'm good to go.
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We have trillions of fire ants and termites are all over the damn place.
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Many moons ago my ex wife and I moved to NC, south of Durham. We moved in when the house was done and I remember sitting on the back deck in the summer evening. The night was alive like I've never heard before. The eves and siding were crawling with creatures I've never imagined seeing. So many different insects, all together, just going about their business. Pretty freaky.
There was one day while I was clearing some dried, clumped up dirt from the foundation when I uncovered a black widow nest. I had never seen one before, having been raised in NY. I'm assuming a female. Marble sized body and a leg span the size of a silver dollar. I swear now, to God, that that bitch chased me half way across the front yard. The part that disturbed me the most was how smooth and shiny she was, with thick legs. I still won't let my arms or legs hang over the bed because of what she did to me. And that was 22 years and 400 miles away |
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