"THE BIGGEST SPIDER I'VE EVER SEEN IS ON MY BED!!" (KJ) I put my arms around her and feel her shake uncontrollably. Goosebumps raise up on her skin as she begins to go into shock. At this point I wonder if one of the humonginormous man-eating "fishing spiders" (like the one we fished out of the swimming pool last month) made it's way into our house.
"IT WAS CLIMBING ON MY SIDE OF THE BED, IN THE BED! HOW IN THE H$!! DID IT GET IN HERE?!" (KJ) I kicked Kiley out of the room to prevent further profanities but knew she wouldn't be appeased until the thing was dead and in the toilet. Fortunately, I noticed movement at my feet and saw this friendly lil' guy, which isn't a spider at all:
Having passed my entomology course with an A, I was able to identify this as a harvestman, of the order: Opiliones. Most of you probably call it a "daddy-long-leg." To learn more about the MYTH that these are the most poisonous "spiders" in the world, check out:
spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
Like scorpions, ticks, and spiders, harvestmen belong to the class: Arachnid, but they aren't spiders (only 1 body segme
of a fishing spider, but it's
a bit smaller
found in our swimming pool.
So, our pet harvestman is now outside,
3 comments:
You think a spider is bad--read our blog and see what we found in our house last night. I think we win!
I'm with you Kiley, either one of those spiders would have freaked me out. Lucky for you though, Eric sent you out of the room in order to kill it...Ty made me destroy a cockroach that he found in one of our boxes that had been in storage. I still have not let him live it down and throw it in his face consistently. Sorry Eric, a daddy long leg is still considered a spider in my book and should not be anywhere near bed that you sleep in.
Kiley, I would have reacted the exact same way...in fact, I do every day. Spiders are definitely infesting our house these days and I can't come within 10 feet of them! And Daddy long legs are still super creepy!
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