Saw 2 spiders literally the size of a quarter...

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#1  Edited By danyopizzle
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They were both the size of quarters, chillin on my door on my way out, I could not pass till someone killed them, thank god they dead. I live on the west coast, I don't understand how spiders are so big this year, ive never ever ever in all my life seen spiders this size! its America not Australia! wth is going on? If your wondering how I survived, my gf's brother had to kill them since he was in Iraq and has seen camel spiders, and if your wondering what those are, they are basically the biggest spiders in the world.

FYI when I say a quarter, I mean a solid size, not just the legs, but the body and legs, in fact the legs were thicker than normal to compensate for there body size, it was disgusting, I don't know what there eating this year but its crazy.

Anyone else noticing a rise in spider sizes in your area?

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#2  Edited By danyopizzle
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wow sorry for the double post! my bad! why cant we delete our posts! ?

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Just send a message to the mods and ask them to delete your other thread. You can see the "contact the moderators" on the right side under the list of GS boards =)

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@korvus:

thank you!

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I have some HUGE ones this year - and I live in the midwest. Never saw webs that big - and one spider was about the size of a 50 cent piece! There's 3 of them living in my front yard bushes. I've named them Larry, Moe and Curly. I figure I leave them alone and let them get on with their work - eating bugs. They'll die off this winter anyway.

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@danyopizzle: No problem. Happy to help =)

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@Detroit222: wow and that's what I mean man, maybe the bugs the spiders are eating eat at mcdonalds, who the F knows

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done :)

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woah. that's pretty cool. Where do you live? in the woods?

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#10 danyopizzle
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@pyro1245: No I live in a quite neighborhood next to "downtown" but near a park

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@danyopizzle said:

@pyro1245: No I live in a quite neighborhood next to "downtown" but near a park

crazy. I used to get lots of big spiders when I lived in the mountains.

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@pyro1245: when you mentioned that it made me think that the climate here has really changed, maybe this has made them move around, or something is making them run from the mountains? im just baffled by there sizes, I have arachnophobia, and never in my life has a spider terrified me more to the point of feeling traumatized

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#13  Edited By pyro1245
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@danyopizzle:

well if it makes you feel better spiders usually aren't concerned with humans. They just want to eat bugs.

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@pyro1245: well thank you, that is true

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@danyopizzle

How in this day in age you didn't take a picture?

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@PSP107 said:

@danyopizzle

How in this day in age you didn't take a picture?

when I saw them I naturally ran to the nuclear bomb shelter that locks itself until I solve the rubik's cube that randomizes itself upon closing.... soooooo I couldn't

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#17  Edited By danyopizzle
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@PSP107 said:

@danyopizzle

How in this day in age you didn't take a picture?

no seriously though, I was scared, plus I wud not want to see the spider on my tablet, it wud be nasty and id probably fling the dang thing, which I just purchased last night lol. I thought that was a silly question so I gave out a silly answer

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Spiders are great, sorry to hear you killed them. But if they are in the house, that means you have a problem with bad guy insects, as spiders hang out in areas where prey is available.

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That's.....not actually that big.

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Spiders that big occasionally appear in my basement. Fortunately I notice them fairly quickly and then kill them.

I don't get though how people live with the really huge ones lurking around....

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@danyopizzle said:

They were both the size of quarters, chillin on my door on my way out, I could not pass till someone killed them, thank god they dead. I live on the west coast, I don't understand how spiders are so big this year, ive never ever ever in all my life seen spiders this size! its America not Australia! wth is going on? If your wondering how I survived, my gf's brother had to kill them since he was in Iraq and has seen camel spiders, and if your wondering what those are, they are basically the biggest spiders in the world.

FYI when I say a quarter, I mean a solid size, not just the legs, but the body and legs, in fact the legs were thicker than normal to compensate for there body size, it was disgusting, I don't know what there eating this year but its crazy.

Anyone else noticing a rise in spider sizes in your area?

lmaoo. Dude, somehow you manage to be funny through text. Bravo.

And to answer your question, I haven't seen any larger-than-normal spiders recently here in NJ...

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#22 Boddicker
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Come to the South.

I see spiders the size of quarters all the time not counting daddy long legs (which are technically not spiders). Banana spiders routinely get much bigger and are probably the most common "big" spider I see.

The biggest spider I have seen was in my yard. I'm trying to think of something to compare it to and the best I can come up with his 1.5X the circumference of a silver dollar. It wasn't in my house so I let it live. It had fangs I would estimate .5 inch long. It was grey and furry.

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#23  Edited By JohnF111
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Yeah in Scotland were already getting bigger spiders due to the mild and long summer, now they're all coming into house looking to mate, saw a little girl bitten by one was hospitalized and was only a house spider that bit her. Looms like spiders are a growing(hah!) problem everywhere.

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#24  Edited By Bikouchu35
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Yup, west coast here too. Hot and dry here. Plenty of moths and other insects popping out. Crickets keep popping on the stairway outside, but I didn't both killing those.

Theres also a tiny spider outside and it looks like it isn't doing its job :\

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#25  Edited By Wilfred_Owen
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Dat camel spider.

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its that time of year where the giant house spider (the fastest or second fastest spider in the world (there is some debate over whether the sun spider is actually a spider :P)) is looking for some action. at least it is in europe. they seem very rare in the US.

its been a good year for them so i have the napalm and high yield explosive ready for the impending battle ahead. i hope i dont lose another house :S.

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It's always been like that here in San Francisco. Where in the West Coast do you live? I am terrified of spiders too but, I gather the stomach to kill them after a good half hour of staring right at it, hahaha.

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#29  Edited By EnoshimaJunko
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@Wilfred_Owen: Those things are freaky.

@Motokid6 said:

@DaJuicyMan: I live in NJ too. Biggest spider I've ever seen was on a solar job in Manalapan. It was the size of my hand with its legs sprawled out. Not kidding. No idea what it was, but it had a thick, elongated body with a triangular thorax. And it was VERY colorful which probably means very poisonous. Just chilling in the middle of its web.

As we got near it... The spider started shaking its entire web. Saying get the hell away lol. After that nobody got within ten feet of it until my buddy picked up a dead cicada and threw it in its web. The following scene was one of the freakiest things I've ever seen.

I.....kinda wanna know what happened after your friend threw the bug at it.

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@Detroit222 said:

I have some HUGE ones this year - and I live in the midwest. Never saw webs that big - and one spider was about the size of a 50 cent piece! There's 3 of them living in my front yard bushes. I've named them Larry, Moe and Curly. I figure I leave them alone and let them get on with their work - eating bugs. They'll die off this winter anyway.

That's not a good idea. For all you know they could be planning to take over your house..

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Once when I was younger we had a dragonfly with the body the size of a large adult finger. My older brother though it was some kind of plastic/rubber toy of mine and went to go reach for it but then it flew away and it was real. Big sucker. Happens I guess. The other night I saw a moth outside the apartment door against the exterior wall, wings were folded up behind the body (which was smaller), but the wings draped down were at least 3 1/2 inches long, probably would have been 7-8 inches extended, didn't want to disturb it to find out, thing was nasty looking.

Once years back I was doing yard work when I picked up a rock to find a centipede that must have been well over a foot long, absolutely disgusting I dropped the rock back on it and ran inside and said "**** it I hate gardening".

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Thats one small ass spider. There used to be a tarantula nest right above the frame of my room's door. I wish I were kidding.

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#34  Edited By Kevlar101
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Seriously? You call that big?

Jesus Jenny, you West Coast folks are pussies. I know from personal experience with extended family from Cali who came here (to Tennessee) to visit.

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As I was taking a piss yesterday, in the library toilet room, a fucking huntsman started crawling up the wall right between the urinal I was using and the one to my left. Alas, I could not piss my pants. I'm from Canada and it was the first time I saw one. It started up slowly then sped all the way up to the ceiling.

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#36  Edited By Detroit222
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@harry_james_pot said:

@Detroit222 said:

I have some HUGE ones this year - and I live in the midwest. Never saw webs that big - and one spider was about the size of a 50 cent piece! There's 3 of them living in my front yard bushes. I've named them Larry, Moe and Curly. I figure I leave them alone and let them get on with their work - eating bugs. They'll die off this winter anyway.

That's not a good idea. For all you know they could be planning to take over your house..

I consider them my GUARD spiders. Anybody creeping around the front of MY HOUSE will get a nasty surprise!

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@danyopizzle said:

They were both the size of quarters, chillin on my door on my way out, I could not pass till someone killed them, thank god they dead. I live on the west coast, I don't understand how spiders are so big this year, ive never ever ever in all my life seen spiders this size! its America not Australia! wth is going on? If your wondering how I survived, my gf's brother had to kill them since he was in Iraq and has seen camel spiders, and if your wondering what those are, they are basically the biggest spiders in the world.

FYI when I say a quarter, I mean a solid size, not just the legs, but the body and legs, in fact the legs were thicker than normal to compensate for there body size, it was disgusting, I don't know what there eating this year but its crazy.

Anyone else noticing a rise in spider sizes in your area?

It aint that bad
You leave em alone
They'll leave you alone

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@Motokid6 said:

@DaJuicyMan: I live in NJ too. Biggest spider I've ever seen was on a solar job in Manalapan. It was the size of my hand with its legs sprawled out. Not kidding. No idea what it was, but it had a thick, elongated body with a triangular thorax. And it was VERY colorful which probably means very poisonous. Just chilling in the middle of its web.

As we got near it... The spider started shaking its entire web. Saying get the hell away lol. After that nobody got within ten feet of it until my buddy picked up a dead cicada and threw it in its web. The following scene was one of the freakiest things I've ever seen.

Did it look like this?

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@Detroit222 said:

I have some HUGE ones this year - and I live in the midwest. Never saw webs that big - and one spider was about the size of a 50 cent piece! There's 3 of them living in my front yard bushes. I've named them Larry, Moe and Curly. I figure I leave them alone and let them get on with their work - eating bugs. They'll die off this winter anyway.

Not necessarily. Most spiders can and do survive the winter months.

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That's ... that's not big at all.

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#42  Edited By sukraj
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I hate spiders especially the big ones.