*SQUASH!!*

Nope, let him go.

I'd of squashed him! hehe

I'm not scared of um I just feel creepy crawlies are best squashed, I leave um alone if they are smart enough to not be seen.

Well I did sprawl out under his tree and accidentally tore through his web, the whole time he was on my hand he was prolly going, 'WTF!?!'

most likely a she, the females are smaller. :P

Ah, my mistake.

Still woulda squashed it :P

DDD: Oh god.

just make sure the lil bastard doesn't bite ya

Seems a lot of you are deathly afraid of these little guys.

i was taught that spiders that "jump" are generaly not to be messed with. somethin about skin rotting off when they bite you.. or somethin

its a hybrid of a flee and a spider!!!

Interesting fact: tape doesn't stick to them. I found this out in an elaborate attempt to get rid of one on my ceiling a few years back.

I always call them teleport spiders, since they just jump so fast it seems like they are really teleporting.

Kinda annoying to get rid of when they 'bug' me.

whats cool is if you wile and look at them, they will stare you in the eye for a little bit.

This is likely a young one, being so small. Common over here in eastern Washington, they are usually grey with black stripes and kinda fuzzy. They do bite if they get rolled on in bed, but generally no more irritating than a moquito bite. We prized these on our farm because they did so much to control the housefly population. It's fascinating to watch them hunt, where a spider would sneak up behind a fly and catch it pouncing from behind. These are pretty visually oriented spiders and will hop and skip away when you poke a finger towards them.

i find it silly how people are so terrified of these little spiders.

Yeah, its a spider smaller than a fingernail. I'm especially sick of girls screaming their heads off when they see one too. Irritating sound. XD

aye. especially since these spiders are pretty harmless and a joy to handle

QT!

I was working.. and a spider about the size of a quarter, well, his body not legs, came crawling down my friends head. We laughed and put him outside, but a lady working with us screamed so fucking loud... like brandon had been shot in the head.

spiders need love, like everything does folks.