How many reasons do we need to not move to Texas?
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On the other hand, at least I better understand why Texans would want to carry sidearms.
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Oh, big deal. Cicada killers are great to impress the hoi polloi with, but they are such wusses. The males canāt sting, and the females, ya canāt hardly make em sting you if you tried. They donāt show up here until late summer for the annual cicadas. Theyād be shittin their pants(?) if they were here now for the Kansan Brood Magicicadas. Notwithstanding my comment to Ratel about being all sceered of hornets & such, I am fine with these guys.
Iām totally with you on yellowjackets. Bastards get in your beer and sting you right on the lip or tongue.
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when i lived in arizona a tarantula hawk and huntsman spider fought each other epiclly. i dumped muriactic acid on those suckers and they charged me. i scopped them up with the skimmer and sunk them to the bottom on the pool for two days.
shudder
Yeah, the key thing to remember is social wasps = protect the hive, be aggressive as hell. Solitary = build your nest, supply the larvae with live spider food or whatnot, and fuggedaboutit.
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Muriatic acid didnāt just kill them immediately? Woah, that shit is seriousā¦
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Japan laughs at your puny little Tarantula Hawk.
You may know me as the Head Chief First Researcher of Labs Z-9 and Z-14. There I fought valiantly to preserve rattlesnake DNA, and put it right where it belongs, in the husk of another feared predator. Oh, and the tarantula hawk. Canāt splice enough, I always say, especially if you can make a magnificent Cazador!
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At least you inherently know to stay TFA from a big stinger bug with wings.
If you are unlucky enough to come into contact with this furry little caterpillar, known as the asp, it causes intense throbbing pain, burning, and a rash with erythematous spots. More susceptible patients can experience swelling, nausea, abdominal pain, headache, lymphadenopathy, lymphadenitis, shock, and respiratory distress.
Perhaps it should be called The Ex
And then it runs for President.
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Huntsmans in AZ?! The clock sized ones? I thought those were Australianā¦
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They are all over the fucking place. You look at them funny and they jump on your face.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/phoenix-area/155796-phoenix-spiders.html
They arenāt the poisonous kind, BUT FUCK YOU SPUDER.
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Hmm, doesnāt sound nearly as big as the Aussie breed, which you should look up if you havenāt. But not until morning. Ugh!
NONONONONO
I am not afraid spiders, but one of those assholes jumped a foot and a half at my face.
I screamed like Finn from adventure time.
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Yup. My little Asian Mom caught one for my insect collection years and years ago. Apparently the kids at her preschool were freaking out, and Mom just walked up to it with a jar. It was pretty mellow going into the jar. Not so mellow once insideā¦ (canāt blame it for that one though).
Yeah, jumping facial attack spiders do sound worse than big ones that hide behind wall clocks. Even if the latter are so big that their legs still stick out.
Or erupt out of your leg or ankle, like a Guinea Worm.
With any luck thoseāll be extinct soon, thanks former president Carter.
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In our house, the Huntsmans are always named āSamā. They are a very nice spider in a place where there are a lot of real evil bastard spiders.
Itās my job to catch them in a jar and relocate them outside.
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Scary monsters! The comment thread there is full of people claiming to have crossed them in the US, hope to hell theyāre mistaking them for something else.
In a more benign vein, I love seeing these hummingbird moths, what a concept!
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