I would be too scared to kill.....I would be running down the street screaming....neighbors would be wondering " Why is that big guy screaming like that" I saw Arachnophobia I know what happens
My wife killed one once. With her bare foot. Granted she didn't know it was there until it squished between her toes...
Tarantulas are pretty common in North Texas. You generally only see them out in the open in late summer, early autumn. I catch them, and set them free at a ranch near me. They are really very beautiful to look at, IMO, and the ones we have here are harmless. This one was about four inches. He was in my garage. CD
Nuthin' a 17HMR couldn't handle. :nonod: I'm with Minidave's wife "All spiders must die". :deadhorse: There was probably a spider on that horse.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je3EiwKArlQ"]Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes (1974) - YouTube[/ame] CD
Once I moved out to the sticks I had to learn what was good to keep around and what must go, trial and error along with neighborly advise. My boxer found a copperhead this weekend, it went.
The bigger the spider the better. An HVAC guy told me recently that when you see spider web around rafters in your basement it means you have an air leak to the outside. They always build where the air is moving. I tracked them all down and foamed the leaks closed.
Hey, when my parents lived in San Antonio, my dad used to find dead scorpions in the pool all the time. They are not likely to kill you, but they can ruin your day. When I was in High School, I used to go duck hunting at a camp in Sabine Pass owned by the oil company my dad worked for. I remember sitting on the bank of the marsh with the sons and daughters of executives from other places with some cold beers, and telling them to sit very quietly. After about ten minutes, the eyes and nostrils of alligators would emerge from the water about 30 feet or so from us. The reactions varied, but people's eyeballs definitely grew. To get to the duck camp, you had to drive a few miles on a dirt road through a cattle grazing area. Every once in a while, a bull would decide to challenge you. Lucky for me, I was taught by an old-timer how to deal with that. Never stop -- or he owns you. Move slow and steady towards him. Slow enough that he can get out of the way, but constant, so he knows he isn't going to win. Worked every time (impressed a pretty girl once, too). :wink: I learned a lot about how to deal with nature down there. Now, I don't feel a need to kill everything that seems frightening. Fire ants? Oh, yeah, they gotta' die. If you live in the South, it only takes one time stepping in fire ants to convince you they all need to die. I generally use Amdro, but I have gotten revenge with gasoline and a match on a couple of occasions. CD
I feel the same way about ground bees. One of our houses had a septic tank that wasn't to far from the back of the house. One day I opened the toilet lid to find a small black snake in the bowl. I flushed him back down with a few extra to move him along. A couple of days later he was back. Sorry but he had to go. If I didn't and my mom or sister found him there would have been another door in the bathroom in their shape. I've always lived near or in the woods so I'm use to critters being around.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xvsxarw-J0"]Largest Aluminum Fire Ant Colony Cast So Far (Cast #072) - YouTube[/ame]