fall bugs

[lebhuntfish]

This evening me and my neighbor took down our little swimming pool. (16' round above ground) About 10 min into the project these giant misquotes started attacking us. They are some of the biggest one's I've ever seen in south west Missouri.
We were almost done, all we had to do was pull the tarp out that was under the pool and hose it off. We slid it off the sand and while straightening it out we saw a lot of spiders of all shapes and sizes.  Including this nasty little creature.

 

[Knoll]

Yep, that's a mean lookin' spider.  I enjoy watching spiders go about their business ... them & praying mantis'.  I know, bit weird.   

[Dharma]

Looks like a Black Widow---and not the bow...

[osage outlaw]

The brown stink bugs are swarming our area right now.

[mullet]

Everyday walk in the Park down here in Florida, but Lot's more mosquito's.

[Dharma]

The living spider in the photo is the female. The dead one below was the male...her "date", so to speak. Life's tough in the insect world.

[Zuma]

To bad the darn spiders don't eat the skeeters!
Fruit flies and stink bugs are getting bad here with
our Indian Summer.

[Dharma]

Too bad they can't invent a micro-drone that flies around the house killing mosquitos and houseflies. Put a tiny camera in it and it could be as entertaining to watch as the gun camera footage from WW2 P-47 and P-51 strafing runs on Wehrmacht trains and convoys.

[Pat B]

Dharma, it's called a dragon fly. 

[wildman]

I was putting up some new storm doors for a guy last week , nice fat Brown recluse in the box. Then Sat went out to the barn to get the goats pack bag and clean it up to hit the trail , nice fat Brown Recluse again. Tis the season.

[lebhuntfish]

Looks like a Black Widow---and not the bow...

Yeah it's definitely a black widow and her date!
The bugs this fall are worst I've seen in years! Patrick

[JacksonCash]

Too bad they can't invent a micro-drone that flies around the house killing mosquitos and houseflies. Put a tiny camera in it and it could be as entertaining to watch as the gun camera footage from WW2 P-47 and P-51 strafing runs on Wehrmacht trains and convoys.

There is an excellent TED talk about using lasers to shoot down mosquitoes... Worth a look.

[BOWMAN53]

oh man i cant even begin to explain how much black widows freak me out. theyre the only spider i have a problem with.

[Dharma]

When we'd go see my granddad, he always said, "Look here, boy. You gotta check the seat and hole of the outhouse BEFORE you sit down. Got that? Come on out here, let me show you how it's done."  He then showed how to use an L-shaped stick to run around under the rim of the hole to make sure no Black Widows or Brown Recluse spiders were hiding out under there. Where's the toilet paper, grampa? "It's right there, boy! Ain't you got eyes?" All I see is an old Sears catalog, grampa. "Yeah, like I said. The toilet paper is right there in front of ya, son!" Nothing went to waste in his house.

[lebhuntfish]

Dharma, that sounds like my grandpa!  Patrick