visitors

[miriam_e]

I've had a few old and new critters at my place recently.

Froggy has become a regular visitor to my kitchen. Actually he/she is on the outside of my kitchen window. Froggy is actually bigger than the comparison picture would make you think. My hand was on this side of the glass, froggy was on that side, and the camera's lens makes closer things appear much much bigger. To get a good idea of froggy's size, think tennis ball... that would be about right.



And spidey was frolicking in my bedroom. He (I'm pretty sure it's a 'he' considering the large pedipalps) was scampering about at amazing speeds. I think he was hungry; his abdomen is quite small. Haven't seen him since he posed so politely for these shots.

Also, this morning Mrs Wallaby was browsing just the other side of the garden with her new joey who was clowning around, hopping and leaping with feet too large. Sooo cute! It is nice to see mummy has a new baby. Last year a dead joey was found under one of the sheds. I don't know why it died -- spider bite, snake bite, local dogs... there are plenty dangers.

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[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

I'll try to take a picture of froggy from the other side if it visits again tonight. It is gorgeous. I think frogs look so sweet.

:) These spiders are far more scared of us than we are of them. It must have been really worried with me putting my hand and camera that close.
You mean we'd get rain if I squished it??? Well, there's the answer to our drought problems right there. :)

[gothxxangel.livejournal.com]

Frogs' eyes are so cute!

In Canada we never got frogs or spiders etc in sizes larger than "small". But then again, nothing was poinsonous either so we could catch snakes and and have them scoot up our jacket sleeves without having to worry about being bitten. My dad actually got bitten once by a garter snake and it left these really tiny cute little "teef" marks. He's a biologist and is always going on about the "they're more scared of you tha you are of them" and yeah, that's true in a logical way but unfortunately humans tend to favour the illogic. Especially with bugs and creepy-crawlies. (/rambling old story)

I don't know why the spider thing got started--maybe because they sense the rain is coming and go into hiding--often ending up inside some person's house. I never squish spiders but will not hesitate to eliminate skeeters or any other flying thing in my room. Hey, it's me versus them!! I'm just heloing Darwin along, is all. :P

[gothxxangel.livejournal.com]

*helping

aaah

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

A programmer friend visited a while back and we were talking while standing outside. He was a little freaked out by spiders and worried that a spider could run about a meter across the ground to him and run up his leg. I laughed and tried to explain how scared of us they are. I told him of how many times panicked people have got me to remove huntsman spiders from inside buildings. It is really difficult to persuade the huntsman to walk onto your arm so that you can take it outside. If the spider senses that you are a human it jumps clear and runs away. They're terrified of touching people. The trick is to get it to walk onto your sleeve, then quickly go outside before it realises its mistake.

I'm with you on killing mosquitoes. It is them or us. Mosquitoes are one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet. Dengue, Yellow Fever, Malaria, meningitis, Ross-River Fever... the list goes on and on. And the itch! -- it just about drives me crazy when they score a bite and I accidentally scratch it, starting off that horrid itch.