Spiders Anyone?

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Originally Posted by That Guy

My wife kills every spider she finds. I whimper every time. I take great care of them and release them into the garden.

A neighbor tried to rid me of my arachnophobia by buying me a T-shirt with dozens of spiders pictured all over it. I wore it occasionally to please her, but after getting bitten three times last summer, spiders of any size are no longer spared.

Like Bumble Bee stings (which are very rare), most Bumble Bees won't sting you without an obvious cause. But a dock spider has fangs, just like every other spider. I don't want to be a test-case for big spiders "that don't bite". (Especially as there may be more than one species of NH dock spiders, as shown below).

The numbers of Dock spiders can be controlled using hornet "jet" spray. They're wary, so you can't get close to them. Aim the spray downwind—important!—and let the spray gently descend down on them. One 1-second well-aimed shot will kill them in a few minutes.

Dock spiders like to come out after a rain, and can often be found within a coiled dock line. Like Dave R, I've had a dock spider race across my arm when picking up a line. The feeling is indescribable!

"SpiderDog" has a few YouTube copies, but this oldest one still gives me goose-bumps! (After short advertisement).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/new...ooky-cute.html