[Katybird]

I won't be fussing anymore about our big old wolf spiders and their 3 to 4 inch leg span.  I sure would not want to meet this mean fellow in a dark place.

 

This is a picture from IRAQ. This is what they call a camel spider.
Look at the size of these spiders; they run around in the desert at
about 10MPH. They are not poisonous, but their bite hurts, causes
shock, and can get infected.

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[SewCrafty]

ewwwww...... :yucky:

 

[qponfanatic]

OMGoodness! Yet another reason I could never be in the military and serve there!!!! I abhor spiders and snakes!!!! They'd have to wrap me up in a nice white jacket with lots of pretty buckles and send me home if any of those things came anywhere near me!!!!:yikes:

 

[Kimmomo3]

That looks like a small dog!!

 

[qponfanatic]

Ahhhhhh!!!!!:yikes: I have chills in my back....!

 

[fernykins]

that is so gross........they can keep their pets.gives me the willies.. lol

 

[homesteadmamma]

And I thought dustmites were bad. Those are gross. They can keep them in Iraq.

 

[Missy]

Yick, yick, yick, icky, icky

this is going to haunt my dreams. Actually i got that pic in an email a little back, and it bothered me before sleep a few nights, lol, had to sleep with dh's boot near the bed.

 

[frugalmel]

They can keep them there!!!!

The grossest spider I have ever seen in person is a vinegaroon. They are nowhere near that big, but any spider gives me the willies!!

 

[forestdale]

We have bird eating spiders here.

 

[Julia Kimber]

I think I can put your minds at rest ladies, I have heard that this is an 'Urban Legend'
Julia

 

[lucy979]

Dh didn't mention those from his trip. I'll ask him when he gets home if these are real.

 

[paelthom]

Ahhhhhh!!!!!:yikes: I have chills in my back....!

That is what nightmares are made of. Just one more reason why I think I'll stay here. Our spiders fit nicely under a shoe when you squish them.

 

[dz_blonde_girl]

Ew! I hope you're right Julia.

Bird eating SPIDERS? :yikes:

 

[frugalmel]

OK I have been informed that the vinegaroons I thought were spiders were actually baby SCORPIONS. EEWWWWW!!! I am not sure what's worse. Spiders or scorpions.

...Melody going off to do the heebie geebie dance.......

 

[frugalmel]

Hmmm.... I went to snopes.com and checked out the urban ledgend part. http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp


Sounds like something may have been done to make these things look bigger, or just the way the picture was taken. Thanks Julia Kimber.

Here's info on camel spiders
http://www.enhg.org/b/b16/16_25.htm

 

[Michele Annette]

I screamed when I saw this picture! :laugh: Spiders freak me out to no end! I would be crying if I had to move to Georgia, near my parents...Iraq...I think I would most definately pass out!

 

[slowtypinwoman]

anyway, Ick!

 

[mtjsmom]

They were talking about this on the radio this morning! yes they have info that this is just an Urban legend! Thank God those are GROSS!!


Carol

 

[baronmom]

If you look close at the picture, you can see that it is two of them. It looks like they took one and put the end of one and the head of the other and merged it to one.