Bug Identification

[TheSparkens]

My wife is from Lj and the kids learned that not all bugs are nasty after we got some tarantulas. The first time I saw a scorpion was in Lj. We get a very large wolf spider migration in Castle Rock about every 5 years. Some are large enough to hear hiss at you.

[JohnnyDrama]

This is a fun thread.

I caught a wind scorpion at work a couple weeks ago. I let it go outside. I think they're cool bugs. My fondest memories are of shaking them out of my boots at Twenty-Nine Palms. Those things would hit the deck and you could hear Marines scream like little girls.

Tarantulas are cool too. They kind of tickle when they crawl up your arm. I don't handle wind scorpions. Although not poisonous, I heard due to the size of their jaws, they still have a painful bite, and unlike tarantulas, are much more likely to do so.

[sometimesright]

Not that I get a cut from the Travel and Tourism folks but if you are into the tarantula thing, plenty of activities to do in that area on 10/7 and 10/8. I'm sure some of you will want to travel to enter the "hairy legs contest" and the "8 legged race." Seriously - its a thing. . I'd wager a bet that there are one or two folks on here who could probably walk away with that hairy legs contest...

[Joe_K]

Kid found this in the garage yesterday.

[WETWRKS]

Was pronghorn hunting down by La Junta this past weekend and I wasn't seeing any pronghorn so Saturday evening I drove down south of La Junta along 109 to see if I could find any of the tarantulas that are out this time of year.. I found a ton of them, they were everywhere and as it got dark it was hard to drive down the highway without hitting them..''

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Some random kid that was holding one..

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I held Rosie at the butterfly pavilion. Was a really cool experience. The feel of their feet was interesting.

As for the spider in the original post...I let it go outside. Ended up catching g a second about 2 nights later in the same area. It too went free outside.

[BPTactical]

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[Frac]

On the front porch this weekend. Hidden behind some frilly red shit that my wife decorated the front porch with.

[BPTactical]

Fuck you Black Bitch

[bellavite1]

Fuck you Black Bitch

That's racist!!!