Ohhh... You mean a Tarantula. I had no idea what a Wolf Spider was, although
is sounded mean.
Glad it wasn't on my steering wheel. How do you folks work on cars in areas
where there are deadly
spiders? I stick my hands in the strangest (read darkest) places when working
on the cars. Easy
prey for a spider or other deadly animal (like scorpions).
I can read the orbituary now -> "Insisted on working on his cars himself. The
SO felt avenged."
Mike.....
The following is Bookshelf 98
"Tarantula, name applied to a species of European wolf spider (see Spider),
whose bite is not
dangerous. The name is generally applied in the United States to the so-called
American tarantulas.
These are large, hairy spiders occurring in the southwestern United States,
Central America, South
America, and other New World tropical regions. They feed on insects and a
variety of small animals.
A large species of this group has a bite that is painful but never, so far as
accurate records show,
fatal to humans.
Scientific classification: Tarantulas belong to the order Araneae. The European
wolf spider belongs
to the family Lycosidae. It is classified as Lycosa tarentula. American
tarantulas belong to the
family Theraphosidae. One large species of this group is classified as
Eurypelma californica.
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All rights reserved.
William M. Gilroy wrote:
>
> Neil_Oldfield@nag.national.com.au wrote:
> >
> > I know how you feel. I caused some amusment this morning. In the
> > middle of peak hour traffic, I had a Wolf Spider crawl up my steering
> > column sit on my streering wheel and rear up, baring its fangs at me.
> > lucky for me I was stopped , and decided that desretion waas the better
> > part of valour and bailed out of the car at a great rate of speed, (Not
> > easy withthe roof on....). I then proceed to cause great amusment to the
> > driver of the car behind me by taking of a shoe and trying to squash said
> > spider with it, unsuccessfully, I may add, in the process the hairy moster
> > ran across the dash, completly obscruring the radio at one point, (That
> > will give you an idea how big, this sucker was). IT the disapeared in the
> > back of the car. So off comes the roof, I now cause even more amusment to
> > the guy behind me by randomly thowing things out of my car to find this
> > thing. It finaly turns up sitting on the seat belt. Grabed handy wire
> > brush, One ex Spider. at this poit I tried to drive off with as much
> > dignity as possible, not easy with the guy behind me laughing so loud that
> > I could hear him, and he had the window closed.
> >
> > Neil (No need for coffee this morning)
> > 64 MGB
>
> If I had a spider as big as a wolf in my car I would just drop a match
> in the gas tank. Problem solved. Don't like spiders, never did, never
> will. If there was one big button I could push and get rid of all the
> bugs in the world, I would, and to h*ll with the food chain :-)
>
> --
> William M. Gilroy
> 77 Midget that came with hundreds of wasps in 10's of nests in different spots
>
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