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09-10-2005, 04:21 AM
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Spiders in Vancouver, Canada.
I'm currently in the process of moving, and to my suprise - there are a whole TON of spiders running around... but that isn't what suprises me. The surprising part is that they're all quite big compared to anything i've seen before; other than tarantulas and whatnot, of course. These suckers are at least 1/2" to a full inch in length not including the legs. If the legs are included, they could be something like 2.5"-3" long or so. I'm afraid they could be poisonous - anyone in Vancouver that knows a few things to look out for?
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09-10-2005, 05:05 AM
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touch them and find out, most spiders just want to be your friend, especially the poisonous ones.
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09-10-2005, 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Apoc
touch them and find out, most spiders just want to be your friend, especially the poisonous ones.
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Is there any kinds of colourful snakes living there?
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09-10-2005, 06:31 AM
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Other spiders, however, pass by frequently. At least 20 arachnid species reside down here--giant and common house spiders, dwarf spiders, cobweb and funnel weavers... Most of B.C.'s spiders are harmless to humans, and I try not to kill them.
The vast number of spiders that can sometimes be found in one small area fascinates zoologists. In Spiders of the World (Facts on File, 1984), Rod and Ken Preston-Mafham estimate that, at certain times of year, a typical hectare of undisturbed grassland could easily contain five million spiders, each one capable of eating an insect a day. In October 2002, scientists investigated a mysterious web covering a 25-hectare field east of McBride in B.C.'s Robson Valley. The top of the huge veil supported approximately five billion silk-laying spiders (two per square centimetre). Who knows what lurked beneath the surface? Brian Thair, a biology professor at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, suggested to the local media that the spiders had found an unusual quantity of some nutritious prey. Residents speculated that the arachnid horde was trying to trap a flock of sheep.
According to Richard and Sydney Cannings in British Columbia: A Natural History (Greystone Books, 1996), there are at least 600 spider species in this province... The western black widow, especially in the Okanagan Valley, is about the only spider in the province poisonous enough to really endanger a person.
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From: http://www.straight.com/content.cfm?id=1602
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09-10-2005, 06:33 AM
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09-10-2005, 06:33 AM
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I'll ask the tough question....
5 billion silk-laying spiders vs. silverback gorilla?
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09-10-2005, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ellipticer
5 billion silk-laying spiders vs. silverback gorilla?
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bruce lee would win.
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09-10-2005, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Boogie2
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We call these spiders here "cross spiders" if you look on the back of her abdomen you know why.
The spider was that big because she was female, they are absolutly harmless and should be encuraged to life in your area since they are excellent to keep **** away the you don't want like flys and mosquitos and so on.
i have a female just like this at my workspace in a plastic bowl, i keep feeding her little crickets i buy for my tarantulas at home.
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09-10-2005, 07:39 AM
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actually I was thinking of catching it and bringing it home myself. Now Im pretty sure its prego, and the last thing I want is 600 of these things in a jar.
Last edited by Boogie2; 09-11-2005 at 12:32 AM.
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09-10-2005, 09:12 AM
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When I lived there I had tons of those black ones just a little bigger than a thumbnail running around my house. I dont think they're poisonous but it still scared the **** out of me seeing one of those chilling out a foot away from me while watching tv.
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