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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on July 23, 2016 at 4:36

Charles .... not a brown recluse.  I lived in Texas for about 7 years and there are plenty of brown recluse spiders throughout the state.  While not an authority on spiders, I do like them!  This one looks like a wolf spider.  So, no worries!

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Permalink Reply by John Bamford on July 23, 2016 at 5:36

Dennis you didn't say you liked spiders !

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on July 23, 2016 at 6:39

He he .. makes me think of my sister.
Grew up on a farm .. very rural .. 4 siblings .. my sister was right in the middle. She's one impressively tuff little girl.

e.g. She'd capture a snake (small adolescent black snake .. garter snake ....), centipedes, spiders, crayfish, etc .. would place them in a glass jar & take to school for science class. Even "freaked out" some of the guys.

She developed a love of all lifeforms .. became a Registered Nurse .. has jumped out of 2 perfectly good airplanes ..... an amazing girl.

John Bamford said:

Dennis you didn't say you liked spiders !

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on July 23, 2016 at 8:28

Thanks Dennis!  I didn't think it was but just wanted to be sure.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on July 23, 2016 at 9:06

Yes, I do like them!  More fascinating to watch than a cat stalking its prey!

John Bamford said:

Dennis you didn't say you liked spiders !

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on July 23, 2016 at 9:41

Sounds like quite a girl Dale!

D ale said:

He he .. makes me think of my sister.
Grew up on a farm .. very rural .. 4 siblings .. my sister was right in the middle. She's one impressively tuff little girl.

e.g. She'd capture a snake (small adolescent black snake .. garter snake ....), centipedes, spiders, crayfish, etc .. would place them in a glass jar & take to school for science class. Even "freaked out" some of the guys.

She developed a love of all lifeforms .. became a Registered Nurse .. has jumped out of 2 perfectly good airplanes ..... an amazing girl.

John Bamford said:

Dennis you didn't say you liked spiders !

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Permalink Reply by John Bamford on July 23, 2016 at 9:42

I don't like spiders and we only have little ones , I don't mind snakes but there again none of ours are dangerous .

I like cats though they are cruel at times , but then they are just being cats and can't really be anything else I guess .

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on July 23, 2016 at 10:05

All cats are natural born predators.  The larger the cat, the larger the game they go after.  It reminds me of an incident that happened when I was a kid growing up on the farm.  We had a cat that had kittens on the back porch of our farm house.  One day I heard a ruckus on the porch.  When I went to see what was happening I saw a dead rat.  I don't know if the rat attacked the kittens but apparently one of the kittens had killed the rat which was nearly as big as the kitten.  The mother cat didn't arrive on the scene until after I did.

John Bamford said:.

I like cats though they are cruel at times , but then they are just being cats and can't really be anything else I guess .

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Permalink Reply by Michael D. on July 23, 2016 at 11:07

Yeah I don't bother them either...basically leave them alone. Won't kill them in the house (tan long bodied ones upstairs; dk. brown chubby ones in the cellar). Haven't seen "Isabella" in the kitchen for a week now. Wonder where she went?

John Bamford said:

Dennis you didn't say you liked spiders !

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on July 23, 2016 at 14:40

Nice photography.

I do agree w/ Leo .. pretty sure it's dead.
:)

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on July 23, 2016 at 15:10

Yep, it is definitely dead!  I have two women in this house (wife and daughter) who do not do bugs of any kind!  To quote my wife, "It is now a good spider."

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hibar on July 23, 2016 at 15:25

The sound you just heard, was a tear hitting the floor!!  Actually, that is my daughter's sentiment exactly!

Charles Sample said:

To quote my wife, "It is now a good spider."

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