How FOUR cops rushed to kill spider in wheelchair-bound teen's home.....

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[Hot Tabasco]

Which FReeper is the arachnoid specialist

Little Miss Muffett?

[wintertime]

My friend was bitten on the hand. She came close to needing an amputation and has permanently lost the use of some of the fingers.

She lived on the Upper Eastern Shore in Maryland.

[wintertime]

Please read my post #102.

[goat granny]

Hitchhiking is a possibility, but we have had warning over the years, expecially any shoes/boots left in the garage, and shoes and slippers....Have a happy labor day weekend...:O)

[TigersEye]

OK, I read it. Now what?

[a fool in paradise]

Did the police shoot at the barking spider?

[Daffynition]

While not quite the critter in my boat.....I’d make him a land-lubber fer sure. :)

[MissNomer]

“I had a wolf spider about 5 inches long in my garage” _________________________________________________________ Yes, they do get quite large. To catch and release I use a large plastic bowl to slap over him. Then slide a piece of cardboard under the bowl. I then take it some 100 ft or so outdoors and toss it into a bush.

Black Widows and Brown Recluse, are the only bad spiders that I know of throughout the US, but I do see mention of the Hobo Spider in the Pacific northwest.

Alex@, your courage is something I can only dream of. The idea of even getting close enough to slap a plastic bowl over it . . . and slide cardboard under it . . . and actually CARRY it . . . ! I think it would be easier just to sell the house and move to another state, leaving all of my possessions behind.