Does anything phase them? They're nasty! There seems to be a lot of wolf spiders around here and some other one that I see alot (black with brown marking on its back) - do you know what type of spiders those are? Sure love livin in the country!!
I always called them grass spiders, fat and fast, with babies on their back...
Ahh, the things I've learned about the great outdoors since we moved down here!
I knew that moving to a house surrounded by woods would force me to confront my biggest fear - spiders! I never knew that they could float & breathe underwater. I just looked in the pool. There were about 10 spiders in there, most of them under water, and one of them looked like a big wolf spider. He appeared to be swimming, not even touching the walls, about 3 feet from the surface.
I caught a wolf spider once on my front porch. I thought it would be funny to throw it into my huge fish aquarium and let the bass eat it. Wasn't I surprised when it swam right across the surface of the water and was out on my living room floor within seconds. Luckily I was able to re-catch it.
So when's the forum pool party.......
I grabbed a towel once, and wrapped it around me, quickly feeling a slight sting near my arm pit. I opened the towel and found a spider. TG it was nothing poisionous.
(albeit...I'm quick as a whip when I am defending myself from a 1/4-1/2 inch long spider 
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how fast are those suckers? I have only seen one before (that I know of) but I think I just killed one last night....but he sorta just stood there and took it
bastage was in my laundry...luckily I dropped it on the floor before walking to the washer or he probably would have gotten me while I walked instead of falling out on the floor
Great, now my husband's gonna have to do the laundry. He may have to do all the cleaning too, in case any of them are "waiting for me" in a closet or under towels/sheets/blankets. JK, I may have gotten him to take care of the pool but cleaning the house, laundry? That's where he'll draw the line!
I still need to finish weeding our garden beds. I always wear gloves when working outside but you can bet I'll be wearing long sleeves from now on. No more farmer's tan for me!!!
