http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0lfprZ5iU&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div
As an arochnophile from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />....Kansas...., who recently moved to ....NJ-.... I have to take issue with the vid, however.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />....
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As you know - all a species needs to survive is food, shelter and water. As all can be found in almost any house, and so here is my story.....
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We moved to NJ from KS and MO - depending on times and person. About 2 years ago.
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Since when I was a kid and caught my little brother eating a (Salticidae)- I have wanted to learn about spiders.....
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My children now read books on the arachnids with me- as well as other scientific fact books. My wife is the writer/ Language scholar of the house; I am the historian/scientist.....
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Well, recently, I discovered a brown recluse right here in my basement! A female, large and very with eggs, she was crawling on my teacup when I saw her peripherally! She was crawling all over my cup exploring. I had thought I had killed one at my in-laws house about a year before, but could not be certain as the spidey was crawling on the ceiling! After the slaughter it was not too hard to see the fiddle on her back BUT- always a skeptic, I was not sure.....
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To be honest, I use the basement as my office, it is unfinished and there are still boxes from the move, so it makes sense that there would be such creatures in my house. But the incident from above was a couple years ago- I guess they traveled with us.
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As a kid (teenager) I remember reading before bed and seeing them crawl out of air vents.
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Also, in college in the south of MO I watched the Tarantula migrate across the roads while driving- looking like mice crossing the highway.
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My point is, as an arochnophile, living in NJ, I have Brown Recluse in my house- with 3 young kids I have killed at least five in the past four years, and we have lived here only 2.
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I have many more stories if you would like to share, and pics too!
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Your friend in SPIDERS!
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JZ