WTF is this spider?

[Zundfolge]

I can't get the idea of the swamp cooler spreading eggs throughout the house out of my head.

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[JohnnyDrama]

I've always known those guys as Wind Scorpions. I was taught a long time ago they are beneficial to have around. As others have stated they are harmless to humans and usually hide when approached. Plus, they eat a lot of other less beneficial critters.

While they are not uncommon out west I'll always associate them with the summer I spent at Twenty-nine Palms. It was hilarious watching guys scream like girls and scramble for whatever elevation they could get when someone shook one of those out of a boot.

[HoneyBadger]

I've always known those guys as Wind Scorpions. I was taught a long time ago they are beneficial to have around. As others have stated they are harmless to humans and usually hide when approached. Plus, they eat a lot of other less beneficial critters.

While they are not uncommon out west I'll always associate them with the summer I spent at Twenty-nine Palms. It was hilarious watching guys scream like girls and scramble for whatever elevation they could get when someone shook one of those out of a boot.

Last summer, I put on my pair of old running shoes from out in the garage and the feeling of something down in the toe-area was unsettling. I ripped that shoe off and pounded it upside down on the driveway and lo-and-behold, one of these suckers about 1.25" long fell out and ran away. Now I always shake my shoes out before putting them on.

[OctopusHighball]

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Okay, I know this is an emotional moment for all of us, okay? I know that. But let's not make snap judgments, please. This is clearly... clearly an important species we're dealing with and I don't think that you or I, or *anybody*, has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them.

[Gman]

Okay, I know this is an emotional moment for all of us, okay? I know that. But let's not make snap judgments, please. This is clearly... clearly an important species we're dealing with and I don't think that you or I, or *anybody*, has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them.

Wrong.

[hollohas]

Okay, I know this is an emotional moment for all of us, okay? I know that. But let's not make snap judgments, please. This is clearly... clearly an important species we're dealing with and I don't think that you or I, or *anybody*, has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them.

Hippie.