Yesterday we spent the day at Ft. Desoto Park beach
We saw dolphins playing offshore, a stray sting ray or two, and a few friendly grouper who seemed very comfortable around groups of humans in the water.
Then I found this innocuous bivalve shell in the water and set it on our blanket to keep the two sides attached until it was time to go home.
Later, I picked it up and saw a bunch of long legs in it...
Turns out a large spider taken refuge inside the shell presumably to get away from the heat.
Yikes!
Talk about heebie jeebies. Yeah, it wasn't all fun at our day at the beach.
8 comments:
Spiders are our friends. They are carnivorous and eat harmful insects but don't compete with us by eating plants.
I agree with you about spiders... up to a point. That point is crossed when I pick them up or they come into up close & personal contact with me, then all bets are off.
I do tolerate spiders better than I tolerate the ginormous cockroaches we get here in Florida. IMO those are the worst.
Had that been me, there would have been a dance and screaming! Shaking of hands too. uuuuugggghhhh
i want to be at the beach - but i want to avoid spiders!
That sounded darned near like paradise until the whole spider thing happened. I HATE spiders! If I kill one in the house, then I feel like something is crawling on me for the next few hours. I can't rest and certainly would not be able to sleep after killing a spider. They are hitonious!!!!!
Other than that, I'm glad you had a nice time at the beach.
:-)
I see your heebie and raise you a jeebie - I was dealing with trash day when we had crab cadavers in the trash. Our can was filled with larval flies - one of which I found crawling on my leg about 10 minutes later.
I still shiver.
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Ananda Girl: Oh, there were
screams. I don't pick up a large spider and bring it close to my face without invloving some screaming . My youngest went into scream mode too because I scared her.
I'm just glad the spider hid in the shell and didn't decide to crawl on me while I was reading on the blanket.
Crazy4coens: You and me both.
Jamie Dawn: Other than the spider incident, it was a super nice day at the beach.
birdwoman: Ewwwwww. I've never heard about hitchhiking maggots before.
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