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]

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.