Comments on: Need Spider Assistance…

By: Yaman Jacob

Yaman Jacob — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:36:41 +0000

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By: Sandy G

Sandy G — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:04:59 +0000

I live in southern Ohio, and I remember one time I picked up my sister from her house, and after she got in my car, she kept saying she thought there was a wad of paper stuck in the toe of her shoe, so she kept wiggling her toes and smooshing it. I told her to just take the thing off and pull it out… well… she pulled her shoe off, pulled out a HUGE smashed up wolf spider, and promptly threw her shoe out the window, while I almost threw up. (Luckily, I wasn’t driving yet.) It was by far one of the sickest things I’ve ever seen; especially because she wasn’t wearing socks. Ugh.

By: julie s.

julie s. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:23:00 +0000

i could come with my shop-vac. i killed a spider who was lurking on our stroller just waiting to launch itself on my 5 year old. i don’t really agree with violent acts, but when it comes to protect my loved ones….watch out.

By: MaLady

MaLady — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:22:00 +0000

Okay, Ryan. Yah, the Orkin guy told me there really isn’t a spray that works well. I clean buildings, though, and there seems to be a cause and effect with the food supply chain It seems that if they have nothing to eat they don’t stick around. It’s the places that open windows or leave food tainted trash inside overnight that have a constant spider presence.

Ma Lady

We have a spider story too but I’ll spare you. They were palm size…juicy and hairy…and quick.

By: kingcincinnati

kingcincinnati — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:17:00 +0000

Dude….I freakin love your blog!

By: Krista

Krista — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:03:00 +0000

That is indeed a picture of a rabid wolf spider. No word of a lie. “Rabid” really. But not really. See what I’m sayin’?
They are actually good to have around, they eat all the other nasty insects … We have them by the handful here in Texas.

By: Dana D

Dana D — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:32:00 +0000

We use Terminix for quarterly pest control. Last year we were having a problem with spiders around this time of year. When our Terminix guy was at our house, I mentioned it to him. He said that this time of year is just the season for spiders to become more abundant— thus the traditional Fall/Halloween association with spiders. I hadn’t ever thought of that, but it made sense! Either that or I’m really gullable! Hmmm…

By: melanie

melanie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Aren’t Steve and Dan and Ryan supposed to be working today? Carrie can do whatever she wants and I’m all totally in favor of the spider on Ryan’s pillow. Carrie, are the guys there really the ones afraid? I can picture those two freaking out, shaking and shriekin. Puh-lease.

By: carrie doan

carrie doan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:39:00 +0000

@ Dan – I believe Pastor Ryan made a typo. The corrected post should read *cough* Ryan & Ryan *cough* have been freaking out.

Snopes.com should confirm this for accuracy

By: Jeckie

Jeckie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:25:00 +0000

moncheopr, can you please point me to these amazing spider-killing cats? I have FOUR cats, and more spiders than I can kill… The cats look at them in amusement from their perch far, far away, the stupid animals…

I’m with Steve… nuke ‘em. (or, you know, move your lamps away from the windows. Spiders like light.)

By: DanThoms

DanThoms — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:19:00 +0000

I say keep them, its fun to watch Ryan and Carrie freak out.

By: Maleia - Senior Product Manager

Maleia - Senior Product Manager — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:24:00 +0000

That looks like a wolf spider to me. I’m pretty sure they feast on brown recluses, so you may want to keep them around.

By: Jennybean

Jennybean — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:13:00 +0000

We’re infested too. I got some hedge balls hoping they would help but there were webs right by them with in a couple days.

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