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  John Walliser

  Man, I hate spiders. I can take just about anything else, but spiders? No thanks.
  
  Not sure it's a brown recluse though. Looks more like the deadly Californian Jumping Spider. Nice of you to let it live by flinging it off the deck but be warned, the CJS acts like a homing pigeon, always finding its way back home.
  
  Anyway, have a great night! :)

  43 weeks ago
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  Stephen Blake

  I'm really freaked out by this huge spider I took out of the kitchen last night (see pics). Kristen found it up in the top corner inside a cabinet, and I think it is a giant man-eating brown recluse, though research suggests those dont live in CA. The house was uninhabited for two years before we moved in, so I think these things grew to unholy proportions and have developed deadly attacks.

  43 weeks ago
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    Stephen Blakereplied:

    Pretty sure this was a recluse after further investigation.

    43 weeks ago
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    Chaghig Walkerreplied:

    holy crap, for real? aren't those things deadly?

    43 weeks ago
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    Chaghig Walkerreplied:

    And I hope you smashed the frack out of it. I'm all for letting spiders live, circle of life, insect ecosystem and all that crap but kill the freaky ones!

    43 weeks ago
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    Stephen Blakereplied:

    Yeah, very dangerous, i cant find any other spider that looks like. I flung it off the deck in the front (I trapped it under a glass on a box of crackers, real professional style)... I killed a spider the night before outside and felt bad, now i wish I went full starship troopers on that thing.

    43 weeks ago
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  Noel Morrison

  That is one big bug! How bad are the mosquitoes in the East Bay in general? We never really had to worry about them in the city because it was so cold, but Thurston would get bites a few times a year.

  45 weeks ago
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    Stephen Blakereplied:

    not too bad. but probably worse than San Francisco. Then again, you don't spend too many evenings outside relaxing in yard with a glass of wine enjoying the warm summer nights in the city, so it's hard to compare!

    45 weeks ago
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  April Stevenson

  Ugh, those bugs creep me out, it's the long legs. Seriously bums me out. Been seeing way too many of those in our house this year.

  45 weeks ago
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  Scott Bedard

  those big ones eat the bad Mosquitoes. They are good to have around. We leave them alone when they come into the house. We haven't named them yet, but they are kinda like pets.

  45 weeks ago
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    Chaghig Walkerreplied:

    I don't know, that doesn't look like a mosquito hawk to me. We get lots of those too, and then find them flying all lame or dead all over the house, apparently not enough Mosquitos.

    45 weeks ago
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    Stephen Blakereplied:

    this was four times the size of a mosquito hawk, this was like the mothership... or an alien scout....I let it outside, i didn't want to piss it off.

    45 weeks ago
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  Ankarino Lara

  We need another scale to see just how big that blue train is!

  45 weeks ago
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    Chaghig Walkerreplied:

    Come on, everybody knows how big Thomas is.

    45 weeks ago