It's over. I'm done. Worst possible thing has happened.

[PhotoKirk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqWj9gbwVvs

My truck would have numerous .45ACP holes in it if I saw one of these crawling around.

 

[Road Bull]

https://goo.gl/images/HkzHlp

This made me laugh. I can't count how many spiders I catch and release outside. I find the most spiders when I'm about to get into the shower and they're still hanging out there at the local watering hole.

 

[TeamLord]

Reminds me of this one time- I was driving on the turnpike and watched a giant big bellied spider crawl up my legs under my dress. I was mortified!! I could do nothing but clench the wheel and find the closest exit. I went another 5 minutes before pulling off and finding a gas station to stop at. Felt like an eternity. Once I stopped I jumped out and immediately starting jumping, dancing, screaming... and I am more than certain I freaked out a bunch of onlookers. LOL

 

[atalarico]

Lol. What are you gonna do when one day you're 30 feet out on an old 1/4" bolt and you see a big ass spider on your next hold? It'll make the whole "there's a spider in my runner" thing seem like it was child's play. Invest in a fly swatter and keep your head on a swivel.:thumb3:

That's assuming that hasn't already happened! I lived in Belo Horizonte, Brazil for a while in the mid 00's and went climbing at Cerro do Cipo NP a bit while I was there. The hardware there was decent, but certainly not any fancy stainless 5pc rawls expansion bolts. Threw my hand up onto a ledge after a slight run-out...and there was a big nasty spider about 3 feet away from it. Luckily for me, I hate taking whippers about as much as I hate spiders...

Same thing will happen when there are wasps around on a climb, I'll decide which I hate worse and either dance around or keep moving up. However, there are a lot of spiders in boulder fields above tree-line, and I've had a few try and hang out on the bug net of my bivy sack about a foot away from my face. Oh, and they really like setting up webs in scree fields, and I always make my partners go first to walk through them.

Annnnnyway, so what do I do about my current inhabitants in the 4Runner? Bug bombs no good then?

 

[SpidermanGeek]

no one in this thread would be able to live in hawaii

Yeah, probably, lol. Gotta say, I do love living in Canada. I don't know that any venomous insects or reptiles live here, so when I come across one they don't tend to scare me (since they're not dangerous).

The thing that scares me the most here are hornets, wasps or potentially rabies infected rodents like Raccoons, Skunks or Squirrels.

Oh, and of course, having a Moose or a Bear hanging out in your yard (Moose are pretty dangerous when spooked because they have poor eyesight and will just charge if they feel threatened)

 

[mizzouxc]

You two aren't helping at all haha.



I like your confidence, but the bolded part is where you're wrong. ANY spider living in my 4runner is a dangerous spider, as I'm likely to wreck it while I frantically swat at the bastard if I suddenly feel it crawling on me.



Good to know about the plastic part. I've never heard of dryer sheets as a possible solution, but I'm definitely going to do some research on that. I like that option a lot more than bug bombing the truck, assuming it works.



Mental note, don't park it in garage and set off multiple bug bombs, got it! Thanks for the heads up.



Exactly!

I think Putin can help you with that.

 

[mizzouxc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqWj9gbwVvs

My truck would have numerous .45ACP holes in it if I saw one of these crawling around.

I'd have taken a sledge hammer to that thing.

 

[mizzouxc]

My wife kills spiders for me....maybe I've said too much

I need a wife to kill spiders for me. Any takers? I have a 4runner; paid off even. Total hunk.

 

[PWD4R]

Yeah, probably, lol. Gotta say, I do love living in Canada. I don't know that any venomous insects or reptiles live here, so when I come across one they don't tend to scare me (since they're not dangerous).



The thing that scares me the most here are hornets, wasps or potentially rabies infected rodents like Raccoons, Skunks or Squirrels.



Oh, and of course, having a Moose or a Bear hanging out in your yard (Moose are pretty dangerous when spooked because they have poor eyesight and will just charge if they feel threatened)

I'd rather deal with a spider than a damn bear. God bless Texas. Bear population is probably negative 4


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[PWD4R]

I'd rather deal with a spider than a damn bear. God bless Texas. Bear population is probably negative 4


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Editing to add that I guess there are bears here but just black bears and they're endangered so in a few years there won't be.


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[1985taylor1925]

I lived in okinawa, japan when I was a kid, and we had these spiders everywhere. Theyre called giant wood spiders, or golden orb weavers and they literally make the strongest spider web of any spider in the world. We used to walk on a trail to go fishing, and we would walk right underneath these guys with their webs stretched across the trees above us. Their webs can be over 6 feet in diameter. We would frequently see small birds and bats stuck in their webs, no lie. Apparently theyre not very aggressive OUTSIDE of their webs as theyre kinda clumsy. But in their webs they are HIGHLY aggressive. There were a few kids on my street who stumbled into their webs and had been bitten by them. These things like like something right out of an alien movie with their long shiny black legs. Fortunately for me, I never had a fear of spiders or bugs. I was the kid that wanted to catch them and make them fight in a jar.

 

[amalik]

I lived in okinawa, japan when I was a kid, and we had these spiders everywhere. Theyre called giant wood spiders, or golden orb weavers and they literally make the strongest spider web of any spider in the world. We used to walk on a trail to go fishing, and we would walk right underneath these guys with their webs stretched across the trees above us. Their webs can be over 6 feet in diameter. We would frequently see small birds and bats stuck in their webs, no lie. Apparently theyre not very aggressive OUTSIDE of their webs as theyre kinda clumsy. But in their webs they are HIGHLY aggressive. There were a few kids on my street who stumbled into their webs and had been bitten by them. These things like like something right out of an alien movie with their long shiny black legs. Fortunately for me, I never had a fear of spiders or bugs. I was the kid that wanted to catch them and make them fight in a jar.

Man!

My biggest thing is... How the hell do they eat the trapped bird!?

 

[1985taylor1925]

And this was from our back yard here in WY. We literally have black widows everywhere. In our garage, shed, basement, porch . . . But they pretty much stay in their webs.

 

[AntleredRuin]

Man!

My biggest thing is... How the hell do they eat the trapped bird!?

Not sure with these particular spiders, but most spiders venom is a paralyzing agent. Paralyze the bird, then pretty much liquefy it from the inside out and drink the juices. They don't eat the entire body.

Man, I shouldn't have said that. I just had a few gas station hotdogs and I'm already nauseous...

 

[1985taylor1925]

Man!

My biggest thing is... How the hell do they eat the trapped bird!?

They wrap their silk around it. No lie, the japanese have studied ways to use their silk or try to replicate it for industrial applications, i.e. bridge suspensions. But you cant replicate nature

 

[AntleredRuin]

But you cant replicate nature

Spiderman can. And he was only a teenager when he did. So teenage Peter Parker was able to do in his basement what professional Japanese scientists with millions of dollars at their disposal have not yet accomplished: create artificial mass produced spider web.

I vote Peter Parker designs the 6th Gen 4Runner.

 

[StreetCreeper]

I love how this thread has become a respository for all the nasty shit we hope to never find in our trucks.

I humbly submit this little gem for your consideration:

( Spoken in the voice of Rod Serling )

Imagine if you will — traveling alone on a dark deserted highway. The constant pitter-patter of rain against the window plays gently in the back of your mind, as the hours of boredom slowly tick by.

Gradually you become aware of the creepy feeling that someone is watching you — "but how" you think? You are alone in the middle of nowhere! "Impossible" you say to yourself...

Yet still, this feeling of being watched is unshakable.

You laugh out loud and take a sip of that now cold gas station coffee you bought 250 miles back. “Pay attention” you say to yourself, as you believe that you are just tired and need some rest.

You notice the rain is starting to come down harder now as you navigate your way home through mile after empty mile. You turn on the radio to help drown out that incessant noise of the worsening storm — but only the eerie hum of static greets your ears. It dawns on you just how far away from civilization you truly are. No radio stations are strong enough reach you this far out. Uncharacteristically, you start to sweat.

It’s at this exact moment that you hear it...

Despite the rhythmic pounding of rain on your truck, an ominous clicking noise can be heard during a brief lull in the storm.

“WTF is that?!?" you think to yourself!

The feeling of being watched is so strong now -- you are convinced there is someone stowed away in your truck. The hair on the back of your neck stands on-end as you nervously reach up to turn on the overhead light.

With that one little click -- your nightmare becomes reality. YOU ARE NOT ALONE

As the feeble light from your overhead spreads across the back of the truck — in the rearview mirror you see it!

It's climbing up the back of your seat and its hungry. The clicking noise you heard is the massive pincher snapping furiously at you as it tries desperately to get a chunk of your ear...

​

 

[1985taylor1925]

I love how this thread has become a respository for all the nasty shit we hope to never find in our trucks.

I humbly submit this little gem for your consideration:

( Spoken in the voice of Rod Serling )

Imagine if you will — traveling alone on a dark deserted highway. The constant pitter-patter of rain against the window plays gently in the back of your mind, as the hours of boredom slowly tick by.

Gradually you become aware of the creepy feeling that someone is watching you — "but how" you think? You are alone in the middle of nowhere! "Impossible" you say to yourself...

Yet still, this feeling of being watched is unshakable.

You laugh out loud and take a sip of that now cold gas station coffee you bought 250 miles back. “Pay attention” you say to yourself, as you believe that you are just tired and need some rest.

You notice the rain is starting to come down harder now as you navigate your way home through mile after empty mile. You turn on the radio to help drown out that incessant noise of the worsening storm — but only the eerie hum of static greets your ears. It dawns on you just how far away from civilization you truly are. No radio stations are strong enough reach you this far out. Uncharacteristically, you start to sweat.

It’s at this exact moment that you hear it...

Despite the rhythmic pounding of rain on your truck, an ominous clicking noise can be heard during a brief lull in the storm.

“WTF is that?!?" you think to yourself!

The feeling of being watched is so strong now -- you are convinced there is someone stowed away in your truck. The hair on the back of your neck stands on-end as you nervously reach up to turn on the overhead light.

With that one little click -- your nightmare becomes reality. YOU ARE NOT ALONE

As the feeble light from your overhead spreads across the back of the truck — in the rearview mirror you see it!

It's climbing up the back of your seat and its hungry. The clicking noise you heard is the massive pincher snapping furiously at you as it tries desperately to get a chunk of your ear...

​

That was deep man. I was on the edge of my uncomfortable seat

 

[amalik]

They wrap their silk around it. No lie, the japanese have studied ways to use their silk or try to replicate it for industrial applications, i.e. bridge suspensions. But you cant replicate nature

I meant, do they eat it bite by bite? That would take a while.

And yes, it's amazing how engineers often try to model product designs after things found in nature. Yet, these days you are seen as some kind of lunatic if you believe in God and design. But let's not hijack the thread topic

 

[atalarico]

But let's not hijack the thread topic

:lmao: A bit late for that, no? All good, I've given up on figuring it out since I'll bet these ****ers don't make it through the winter here.

Carry on with all of this nightmare fuel.