The Nature Photography Thread

[guidofatherof5]

I tolerate spiders so long as they stay in out-of-the-way corners. I'd rather have the spiders than whatever they are eating!

If they venture out into 'people space' they quickly get squished or relocated outdoors. My tolerance only extends so far.

Some spiders at my house get relocated to the basement. If they do their thing I don't have to spray poisons.
I avoid that at all costs. I'd rather have a few spiders that the poison.

[CelestiHel]

Ok, one word...EEEWwwww!!!!

I will not kill one but I will vaccuum one up

My BF does the same things with our spiders because he's grossed out by them. I have to prove they're useful on an individual basis for them to be spared. So they are judged based on productivity.

Although, I will tell you, I am terrified of wasps/bees/etc. and I suck them up in the machine. I had a couple hornet queens in my living room that were HUGE and I sucked them up after much theatrics and, I kid you not, one of them crawled back out of the bag 1/2 hour later...all covered in vac bag dust...I was horrified. I DID NOT know they could do that!

[Selkielass]

I'm a beekeeper- special vacuums are actually used to remove bees from where they aren't wanted and some are designed to harm the bees as little as possible so you can move the colony to a new hive.

Insects are pretty tough creatures.

[guidofatherof5]

I'm a beekeeper- special vacuums are actually used to remove bees from where they aren't wanted and some are designed to harm the bees as little as possible so you can move the colony to a new hive.

Insects are pretty tough creatures.

That is interesting.

[Mommy2many]

I don't use any poisons in my house. I'm afraid of what it may do to my snakes & frogs & fish. My husband will use them rarely outside if a nest is encountered (usually for bees, wasps or hornets).

Therefore, the vaccuum is my most powerful weapon of choice! Clean and effective. Spiders, I have caught on a piece of paper, slid under a container and then unceremoniously dumped outside. If they are the little kind that live in the corner of the ceiling, like in my bathroom, they can stay. It's the ones with the big hairy legs (that I can actually see the hairs on) that have to relocate quickly!

[kibakiba]

The smaller ones, I mean really tiny, usually are allowed to stay in my house mostly because we cant get them... The huge ones, however, have to go. I cant risk being bit again by one of those mutant spiders after how bad my last 3 bites were. I was lucky to not have an infection on any of them.

[Selkielass]

That is interesting.

Beesource Beekeeping » Bee Vac

[guidofatherof5]

Beesource Beekeeping » Bee Vac

Thanks for the link.

[CelestiHel]

I'm a beekeeper- special vacuums are actually used to remove bees from where they aren't wanted and some are designed to harm the bees as little as possible so you can move the colony to a new hive.

Insects are pretty tough creatures.

I've seen that done, it's amazing! Honeybees fascinate me; I'd love to be a bee keeper. Except I think paralyzing fear is prohibitive in most things!

[the_edsta]

When I lived in Boston, spiders were a nusance.

Here... in Florida,

Spiders aren't so neatly defined. Spiders are garments, they're cowboy neckties. Spiders are garters on a thigh... they are substantial, agressive. They are 3 inch across. They watch one another -- and you. They grow larger as the season progresss, establish territory, strengthen. Their webs become tensile like the strings on a tennis racket. They easily catch the light and become wide when the sun captures them. The spiders in this place intimidate you. When you walk to you car during dusk, you are sure to wave a stick in front of youself to make sure you don't walk in front of their webs.

The size of spiders is a game changer.

black and yellow garden spider

Golden Silk Spider [Nephila clavipes]