(OT) I'm being hunted by a spider.

[Femerus the Gnecro]

I think you're going about this all wrong.

You must respect the spider, for it is the slayer of bugs in your house.

Bugs are evil. They deserve to die.

Spiders are the slayers of evil.

So, I say that you should woo the spider, maybe make it breakfast.

Of course, I come from Texas, where not only are the spiders big, but the bugs the feed on are as well.

-F

 

[Creamsteak]

LOL

Err, I don't mean to laugh at your obviously harrowing plight, but I can't help but notice your comment that the creature is smarter than you.

Either that says a lot about the spider or it says very little about you...



Edit: fixed a really really bad spelling error. I'll leave the other one in though for good measure

I say smarter because the bugger has avoided every object with the least movement possible, then disappeared only to reapear on the next thing I need. I threw an Iron at it, and I think I broke the IRON. Then, I'm going to grab a magazine off the coffee table and it was waiting for me. Seriously, I've been after it for like 20 minutes now, and it's playing with me. I'm afraid that if I did let down my guard it could bite...

Anyone know of 4 inch brown spiders that live in the Midwest?

This this is the 3rd one I've encountered, but this one is faster and smarter (the other two sat still till after they were hit with what must have felt like 9 tons of force would feel like on me). This one is also about 50% larger, and it jumps... for a little while I wasn't trying to kill it out of respect for it's insane agility, but it keeps crawliing on my stuff... thank god for REALLY thick socks...

 

[fba827]

I say smarter because the bugger has avoided every object with the least movement possible, then disappeared only to reapear on the next thing I need. I threw an Iron at it, and I think I broke the IRON. Then, I'm going to grab a magazine off the coffee table and it was waiting for me. Seriously, I've been after it for like 20 minutes now, and it's playing with me. I'm afraid that if I did let down my guard it could bite...

Anyone know of 4 inch brown spiders that live in the Midwest?

This this is the 3rd one I've encountered, but this one is faster and smarter (the other two sat still till after they were hit with what must have felt like 9 tons of force would feel like on me). This one is also about 50% larger, and it jumps... for a little while I wasn't trying to kill it out of respect for it's insane agility, but it keeps crawliing on my stuff... thank god for REALLY thick socks...

Reminds me of those movies: arachnephobia and what not....

err, not that I am implying the spiders at your home are genetically advanced killing machines...

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Midwest? 4 inch brown? That's a wolf spider my friend.

Good news - they're not toxic to humans.

Bad news - if they bite you, it will hurt, and it might scar.

More good news - Here's a link to some natural spider-repelling techniques.

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/02/02jul01a.cfm

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

I thought wolf spiders were all hairy...

The only other brown spider I know of in the midwest is the brown recluse...though I'm not sure if they get that big. I do know that my grandpa had a rather sizeable hole in his leg from their fun venom which sort of eats away your skin...

 

[Creamsteak]

Midwest? 4 inch brown? That's a wolf spider my friend.

Good news - they're not toxic to humans.

Bad news - if they bite you, it will hurt, and it might scar.

More good news - Here's a link to some natural spider-repelling techniques.

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/02/02jul01a.cfm

Well according to your link:

Wolf spiders are active hunters that are like miniature tigers.

And It went missing, and I can't find it anymore, but I know it's not dead yet. I don't care if they help with pests, I do the evil slaying in my house, and don't rely on any spiders or paladin's.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Then I suggest heavily toxic bug spray. Good luck!

 

[Creamsteak]

I thought wolf spiders were all hairy...

The only other brown spider I know of in the midwest is the brown recluse...though I'm not sure if they get that big. I do know that my grandpa had a rather sizeable hole in his leg from their fun venom which sort of eats away your skin...

For all I know it's a fricken bio-engineered menace, paragon wolf or brown recluse, evil wizard/time mage that sent his minion back in time to prevent me from ruining his plans, or just a wickedly fast normal spider.

It's gone now... but it's like a ninja, it could just drop out of nowhere and kill me. All in all, if it was just "playing" it sure was fun chasing it around the house... but I don't want to go into my room down in the basement...

 

[JDragon]

I say break out the paintball gun!!!!

Just chase it in to the bath room or other non carpeted area and then unload a hopper full of Marbs on it and see how it like being a green spider.

JDragon

 

[Renshai]

I had this exact same experience! Except I'm quite certain mine was some kind of a mutant. I had this hard exo skeleton with strange curves on it. I eventually chased it out of my apartment after spraying it down with bug spray. This still didn't kill it ( I prayed half the bottle on it!)... it spun a web and escaped to the ground. Guess I showed him!

Oh, if you think that it might be brown recluse, look for a white fiddle shaped marking on it's back. If it has one, then he is a recluse... I've had a couple of those in my house... scary stuff.

Ren
From the spider infested south...