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yeah, my wife has some irrational fear of lizards (she grew up in puerto rico). i asked her if i could just get rid of it and she said no, it must die. it was probably 2am and i wanted to sleep so it had to be done.
my wife made me kill a lizard once when we were visiting her friend in puerto rico. she couldnt sleep knowing it was alive. it was different than killing a standard insect. i slapped him with a shoe and he fell to the ground and kind of arched his back like "why did you do that? i am harmless." then i finished him off.
Poor lizard . I love the lizards here (as do my cats ), they keep the insect population waaaaaaay down (for being florida).
i'm thinking i need to give it a name and get a leash and collar. seriously, this spider was about four inches long and hairy!!!!! i had to take a picture then i knocked it down and sent it out onto the driveway. luckily i had already scheduled the exterminator due to crickets. he said it was a wolf spider and it would probably come back (oh joy). anyone else in jersey have spiders this big?
I had tons of them in a storage room in the house I rented in River Vale. N.J. years ago. There was an old storage room closed off next to the basement. It gave me the creeps. It was cold, dark and damp in there. Those huge things were in that room! Freaked me out. I think they live forever too! Just the thought of them is making me itchy again...yuk!
They are down here in Florida too! I think I am sleeping with the lights on tonight!
i'm thinking i need to give it a name and get a leash and collar. seriously, this spider was about four inches long and hairy!!!!! i had to take a picture then i knocked it down and sent it out onto the driveway. luckily i had already scheduled the exterminator due to crickets. he said it was a wolf spider and it would probably come back (oh joy). anyone else in jersey have spiders this big?
one thing to remember -- ALL spiders are poisonous (to varying degrees)...
so although they are "beneficial" you might accidentally get bitten, and if you're one of the lucky ones who are allergic, you'll wish you had killed the thing.
AMEN! I loathe loathe loathe spiders. Always have. But I thought it was an unfounded fear. Until 1997. I woke up and my face was practically paralyzed. It was a spider bite. Now I kill the little b@stards anytime I see one.
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. I love the lizards here (as do my cats 
), they keep the insect population waaaaaaay down (for being florida).
. anyone else in jersey have spiders this big?
Freaked me out. 
