Comments on: Arachnophobia http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/ Come in, sit for a spell and read a memoir of living smaller, happier and greener. New posts Monday, Wednesday and Fridays Tue, 22 May 2012 12:52:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:08:35 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-1477 Welcome, Elaine and I'm glad you enjoy the blog! I'm from Kansas as well. My husband and I are "Dottes," born and raised in Turner, which is part of Kansas City, Kansas now! Yes, we do have the brown recluse here and I agree, they can be dangerous, so I don't mess with trying to get those out of the house. Thanks for the tip with the soap, we do have an issue with spiders of all shapes and sizes crawling into our boxes in our storage building! Welcome, Elaine and I'm glad you enjoy the blog! I'm from Kansas as well. My husband and I are "Dottes," born and raised in Turner, which is part of Kansas City, Kansas now!
Yes, we do have the brown recluse here and I agree, they can be dangerous, so I don't mess with trying to get those out of the house.
Thanks for the tip with the soap, we do have an issue with spiders of all shapes and sizes crawling into our boxes in our storage building!

]]> By: Elaine http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Elaine Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:57:58 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-1473 Kerri, I wonder if you have a lot of brown recluse spiders there? We are in Kansas and we have a lot, especially in the storage shed. I have to admit, those I do kill if I find them in the house or in the storage shed. All other spiders, I usually leave or just remove. We don't have tarantulas here. I have found that running some bar soap around the boxes in the storage shed seems to deter them from getting in the boxes. I love your blog....gives me inspiration. We have a 900 or so sq foot house with 2 small children, and sometimes it feels like we HAVE to get more room, but I read other's blogs to remind myself that no, we can do it right here and be happy!!! Kerri, I wonder if you have a lot of brown recluse spiders there? We are in Kansas and we have a lot, especially in the storage shed. I have to admit, those I do kill if I find them in the house or in the storage shed. All other spiders, I usually leave or just remove. We don't have tarantulas here.

I have found that running some bar soap around the boxes in the storage shed seems to deter them from getting in the boxes.

I love your blog.…gives me inspiration. We have a 900 or so sq foot house with 2 small children, and sometimes it feels like we HAVE to get more room, but I read other's blogs to remind myself that no, we can do it right here and be happy!!!

]]> By: Kerri http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Kerri Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:22:01 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-142 Oh, Kim, I've seen the "eyebrow" guys too. I've wondered what they are also. My dogs eat the grasshoppers, saving me from accidentally crunching them. :) We only moved 300 miles to the south, but as far as insects and wild animals, this is a world away from where we're from. It's like stepping into Jurassic Park, everything is so big! Oh, Kim, I've seen the "eyebrow" guys too. I've wondered what they are also.
My dogs eat the grasshoppers, saving me from accidentally crunching them. :)
We only moved 300 miles to the south, but as far as insects and wild animals, this is a world away from where we're from. It's like stepping into Jurassic Park, everything is so big!

]]> By: Kim http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Kim Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:41:03 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-139 I get the oogies about grasshoppers. They're just too big, destructive to my plants, and crunchy when stepped on. Bleugh. We've got an insect here in our 1916 ozarks home, though, that I've never seen before. It's like a cross between a scorpion and a fuzzy catepillar. I call it the Eyebrow so that it doesn't completely freak me out. It seems to be nocturnal; I only see it at night on the front porch. I don't kill him, because he's outside, but he sure does give me the willies. I get the oogies about grasshoppers. They're just too big, destructive to my plants, and crunchy when stepped on. Bleugh.

We've got an insect here in our 1916 ozarks home, though, that I've never seen before. It's like a cross between a scorpion and a fuzzy catepillar. I call it the Eyebrow so that it doesn't completely freak me out. It seems to be nocturnal; I only see it at night on the front porch. I don't kill him, because he's outside, but he sure does give me the willies.

]]> By: Kerri http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Kerri Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:44:01 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-130 Thanks, Cyndi. I need a macro lens for the camera to take better photos of small critters. I hope to get one soon. Thanks for stopping by! Thanks, Cyndi. I need a macro lens for the camera to take better photos of small critters. I hope to get one soon.
Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Cyndi Lieske http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Cyndi Lieske Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:50:14 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-128 Good for you for looking out for the spiders. Those are really amazing pictures. I always trap and relase them, too. The biggest ones I've seen here in Michigan are the wolf spiders. Glad you told your neighbor you didn't like him killing the snake. People can be so stupid about killing harmless snakes. Good for you for looking out for the spiders. Those are really amazing pictures. I always trap and relase them, too. The biggest ones I've seen here in Michigan are the wolf spiders.
Glad you told your neighbor you didn't like him killing the snake. People can be so stupid about killing harmless snakes.

]]> By: Cyndi Lieske http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Cyndi Lieske Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:48:00 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-127 Those are some amazing I'm glad you are a friend to the creatures that share your home. Good for you for letting your neighbor know that he shouldn't have killed the snake. Sometimes people can be really stupid about the harmless snakes. Those are some amazing I'm glad you are a friend to the creatures that share your home. Good for you for letting your neighbor know that he shouldn't have killed the snake. Sometimes people can be really stupid about the harmless snakes.

]]> By: Kerri http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Kerri Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:29:59 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-125 I know, I think it's sad too. I can't quite identify with this idea that other living creatures don't have the right to keep living. Love your screen name, BTW - thanks for stopping by! I know, I think it's sad too. I can't quite identify with this idea that other living creatures don't have the right to keep living.

Love your screen name, BTW — thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Frugal Kiwi http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Frugal Kiwi Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:29:55 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-124 It is a shame that people feel they must kill things out of hand. We don't have many spiders here in New Zealand and the ones we do have are generally not poisonous. I'm always happy to see them around, but will relocate interior arachnids also. It is a shame that people feel they must kill things out of hand. We don't have many spiders here in New Zealand and the ones we do have are generally not poisonous. I'm always happy to see them around, but will relocate interior arachnids also.

]]> By: kerri http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/2009/09/arachnophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-123 kerri Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:57:44 +0000 http://livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com/?p=130#comment-123 Yes, they are pretty large in comparison to The Little House. Maybe we could film a scary spider movie here, ya think!? :) Yes, they are pretty large in comparison to The Little House. Maybe we could film a scary spider movie here, ya think!? :)

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