Posted on 10/15/2022 3:41:23 PM PDT by libh8er
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Things are already getting spooky this October. The word is going around that spiders are invading the Tucson area.
Many of you have shared on social media that you’ve recently started seeing more spiders.
Just around Matt Dunkel’s home he’s found five spiders. Around his Oro Valley neighborhood, he’s found three.
“It’s been crazy! It’s been awesome! There’s been spiders all over the place,” he said.
He's been seeing them pop up over the past few weeks.
“Now we’ve just been seeing them everywhere so it’s been really kind of neat to see all the little friends just kind of hanging out in all the little different hotspots of the neighborhood,” said Dunkel.
He hasn’t got rid of the spiders for many reasons.
Things are already getting spooky this October. The word is going around that spiders are invading the Tucson area.
Spiders in Tucson By: Reyna PreciadoPosted at 5:32 PM, Oct 13, 2022 and last updated 5:32 PM, Oct 13, 2022 TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Things are already getting spooky this October. The word is going around that spiders are invading the Tucson area.
Many of you have shared on social media that you’ve recently started seeing more spiders.
Just around Matt Dunkel’s home he’s found five spiders. Around his Oro Valley neighborhood, he’s found three.
“It’s been crazy! It’s been awesome! There’s been spiders all over the place,” he said.
He's been seeing them pop up over the past few weeks.
“Now we’ve just been seeing them everywhere so it’s been really kind of neat to see all the little friends just kind of hanging out in all the little different hotspots of the neighborhood,” said Dunkel.
He hasn’t got rid of the spiders for many reasons.
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“They’re doing a job, they’re taking care of all the little bugs that can bother us and get icky. And what’s been cool is I’ve been able to take not only our daughter, but our son, who’s almost going to be five, and show him all the little cool things about how they build this web,” he said.
Dunkel has seen some black widows, but for the most part he’s seen orb weavers.
These spiders are the most common here around Tucson. Isaiah Vague with Arizona Pest Control said most like to build their webs around plants.
“The reason you’re going to see it that way is because they like to catch flying insects that aren’t going to be aware of their web as they’re passing through,” said Vague.
He’s seen an increase in spiders around Tucson.
“Some of the different storm systems that we’ve had has actually caused an increase in the population of things that they would feed on, things that spiders would normally prey. And with that being said, anytime you have an increase food source and an increase water source, you’re going to produce more. It’s much easier to provide for your offspring if you have something to feed them,” he said.
If you’ve recently started seeing spiders like orb weavers, Vague said there’s no need to worry because they’re actually harmless. But many spiders could mean it’s time to call pest control, because they tend to go where they can find the most food.
It’s how they move, just freaks me out.
What movie is that from?
“What wife?...”
LOL!!!
There used to be a short on Mtv called Joe’s Apartment.
He lived with singing and dancing cockroaches...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj3ra_B1PVU
That's when I see them. On occasion, I will walk right into a web and having your face covered in spider web is one of the most disconcerting experiences ever.
Usually I end up flailing my arms and smacking myself all over my head in case there is a spider in my hair. I can only imagine what other hikers that can see me from a distance must be thinking.
"Hey, check out that dude over there, he's having a nervous breakdown...he just SNAPPED!"
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
Amen
5.56mm
Same here. Lived in Mexico for 7 years and seen some almost the size of a dinner plate. Had an outhouse in one of my apartments down there and had one looked like a alien facehugger. Too bad I left my M41A/flamethrower combo back home in Louisiana
I would have burned the outhouse to the ground.
:)
All the structures in Mexico are concrete and cinder block or I would have LOL
In my backyard, gecko’s and spiders co-exist happily together.
And ants have been more noticeable this year inside the house than previous 3 years. I keep finding those tiny pin holes in the wall trim and sealing them. That helps.
Claymores on all sides.
If thermo-nuclear will kill all the fire-ants in Florida, I would be rooting for Biden’s nuclear war with Russia.
Nah just nuke the site from orbit.
It’s the only way to be sure
Yeah. Poor Hudson just wanted out. He came off like a chicken sh!t but when it’s time to throw down he was one hell of a Marine
One morning, in the dark, I put on my BDU pants. (Camo for USAF)
All of the sudden I felt pain. Turned the lights on and dropped my pants.
I had hundreds and hundreds of fire ants all over my legs.
I think I used my pants as a napkin the day previous...
That sucked...
He redeemed himself and went out like a boss.
Now that was a weird short. But the beautiful young woman that was Joe’s date made it worth seeing, cockroaches notwithstanding.
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