We get lots of spiders in the spring, ours are usually random brown ones. As a matter of fact, the kitty caught a really big one in the kitchen this afternoon. 
I don't know how long they live, but I wouldn't mind seeing it again this year.
Nickel said:I do.
We had a banana spider (I think that's what it was) in our backyard last year, it built a big web and just kinda hung out. It was huge!
Edit to add that I googled banana spider, and ours wasn't a banana spider. Whatever it was, Dustin said it was harmless, and it was big with a little yellow squiggly on it's back.
One of my boys came in and said..."come look at the BIG bug mommy." I wanted a new cottage right away. 
Yep, coastal NC. Spiders don't generally bother me, but when they start invading in spring I get a little weirded out.meangirl said:You're in NC right? I saw one of those huge things when I was on vacation there one time.
**After your edit, that is *exactly* what I saw. The weird ass ugly yellow thing on it's back. ugh.
I don't like being surprised by a spider skittering across the bathroom floor. 
The huge spider outside freaked me out for a second, but it never seemed to leave it's web so it was okay. 
Nickel said:I do.
We had a banana spider (I think that's what it was) in our backyard last year, it built a big web and just kinda hung out. It was huge!
Edit to add that I googled banana spider, and ours wasn't a banana spider. Whatever it was, Dustin said it was harmless, and it was big with a little yellow squiggly on it's back.
Golden silk orb-weaver! Also called banana spider, which is weird because when you google banana spider, it tells you about the Brazilian Wandering spider, which is supposed to be dangerous. Very confusing, those spiders.Nickel said:Yep, coastal NC. Spiders don't generally bother me, but when they start invading in spring I get a little weirded out.
Nickel said:Yep, coastal NC. Spiders don't generally bother me, but when they start invading in spring I get a little weirded out.
meangirl said:Yeah, this one never left its web either. Believe me, I kept an eye on it the whole time. You guys also have those nasty ass palmetto bugs or whatever that look like HUGE roaches. One came out of a cabinet one year while I vacationed there...and got on my arm, I was pregnant and flipped over the table because I was so freaked out. Then a few years later, one crawled on my FACE while I was sleeping.
Luckily none of those have gotten in the house, but we did have some beetles last summer. When Dustin replaced the floors he sealed the floor pretty well, so hopefully they won't be coming back. 
desertrat said:While we're waiting for BCP I'll try to fill the void. Some buddies and I were camping out in the desert in SoCal near Ocotillo. We were riding dirt bikes around on the dirt roads just checking different places out when I spotted a tarantula. We stopped and I let the little guy walk up on my hand. We were just checking him out when along come a van with a bunch of kids in it. For some reason they stopped, I think they were lost, and started talking to us. It didn't take long to realize they were all stoned. One chick was standing near me and she just happened to glance over at me (probably checking out my huge shoulders) and saw the spider whuch by now had worked his way up to my upper arm. They tend to go up. This girl FREAKED! Off she goes running through the desert, which, in that area was thick with cholla. You couldn't go 20 feet in a straight line without running into one. Now, cholla are better known as jumping cactus. If you so much as brush into one a golf ball sized segment will break off and attach itself to you. Painfully! It kind of reminded me of a cartoon where the character goes running off into the distance jumping and yelling "YOW!" every two seconds.
Dutch6 said:Wolf Spiders
Habitat: Common household pest in the fall when they are looking for a warm place to overwinter. They are commonly found around doors, windows, house plants, basements, garages, and in almost all terrestrial habitats. They do not spin a web but roam at night to hunt for food. Wolf spiders are often confused with the brown recluse, but they lack the unmistakable violin-shaped marking behind the head. The wolf spider is shy and seeks to run away when disturbed.
Description: Wolf spiders range from about 1/2 inch to 2 inches in length, hairy, and are typically brown to gray in color with various markings or lines. Wolf spider mothers carry their large egg sacs around with them. When the young spiderlings hatch they climb onto their mother's back and ride around until partially grown. Wolf spiders are not poisonous, though as with all spiders, bites may cause reactions in certain individuals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wolf_spider_white_bg.jpg
Cool spiders as long as they are not in my house.
I bomb the house and the shed every now and then because it gets overrun by them. When I first moved into my house the shed had one of them that was at least two inches long.virgovictoria said:They suck and they seem to like our house/storage unit. Good thing I have shoes and tissues everywhere!
I left him alone until he was seen no more then I bombed. It was amazing how I could see the hair on his legs. Oh and I have bad eyes.... 
Dutch6 said:I bomb the house and the shed every now and then because it gets overrun by them. When I first moved into my house the shed had one of them that was at least two inches long.
Those wolf spiders scare the hell out of me. I would probably DIE if one was in my house. 