LOL, Hell yea, its got like, RPGerms and shit to keep other bugs out :3 _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:34 am Post subject:
That's a pill bug, though they're actually crustaceans, and I loved to play with them as a child.
Anyways this, the chilean recluse is the most common spider we get here, and yes it's capable of killing humans, though I have been never scared of them, or any other bug, besides slugs, which are horribly disgusting.
A long time ago, IIRC, I was probably 10-11 years old (so almost 11-10 years ago), I woke up feeling something itchy in my neck, I thought it was one of my pillows, so I just graved it and threw it away. Just after that I realized what I threw wasn't a pillow, since it was relatively small, in comparison. I turned the lights on, and examined my room on the direction I threw the object, and there was a big, or at least it seemed big to me at that time, tarantula (the native tarantulas are smaller though, probably just 5-6 cm counting the legs).
As you might guess I couldn't sleep well for the rest of that night, but I guess I was just asking for it since I had left my window open (it was a summer night), and there were constructing on the nearby hills, where those spiders where usually found (finding one was rare though).
Besides recluse spiders I usually find mosquitoes, flies, and Tiger Spiders (Scytodes globula) (Link's on Spanish BTW), the main characteristic of it, is that it's the only natural predator of said recluse spider, so, usually, when I find one of them I keep it, as they're harmless to humans.
Other rarer bugs, I've found on my house are jumping spiders, though they usually enter through windows on hot summer days, probably escaping from the direct sun. They're quite interesting specially since they don't escape instantly and will actually try to scare you, though being, at most, 1 cm big, it's not very effective. I tend to catch them and release them into my backyard. QUICK_EDIT
Other rarer bugs, I've found on my house are jumping spiders, though they usually enter through windows on hot summer days, probably escaping from the direct sun. They're quite interesting specially since they don't escape instantly and will actually try to scare you, though being, at most, 1 cm big, it's not very effective. I tend to catch them and release them into my backyard.
They're not very common in where you live? I have at least 3 or 4 wild jumping spiders guarding the front door of my house. They're common in in my country (and probably in other asian countries) and are pretty much peaceful. I always see some of them jumping about among my family's slippers. Old timers here in my country are fond of these spiders, catching them in matchboxes and then get two of them to fight. The losing spider will be set free. _________________ The future belongs to The Forgotten! QUICK_EDIT
the bug i see the most, after the common house spider, do let these live, they do no harm to anyone, unless your a bug, there like little guards keeping everything else out of the house, or out of your eye's way, and you mostly only see them if daddy is looking for mommy.
anyway, i have no idea how you call these in english so enlighten me...
Eww, that's a woodlouse. I hate those little bastards. QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Location: National Reference Laboratory for IPNV
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject:
freedom fighter wrote:
They're not very common in where you live?
Well, I live in Chile, and they are common, not as common as chilean recluse spiders, or tiger spiders. However I was pointing that I don't usually find them inside my house. QUICK_EDIT
the bug i see the most, after the common house spider, do let these live, they do no harm to anyone, unless your a bug, there like little guards keeping everything else out of the house, or out of your eyes way, and you mostly only see them if daddy is looking for mommy.
anyway, i have no idea how you call these in english so enlighten me...
Well, I live in Chile, and they are common, not as common as chilean recluse spiders, or tiger spiders. However I was pointing that I don't usually find them inside my house.
Gee, that ain't very lucky for you. They can be good house pets (and guards). _________________ The future belongs to The Forgotten! QUICK_EDIT
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