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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 549064, member: 5833"]I think your new arachnid friend is glorious. It looks to me more like a beautiful orb spider I once watched as she methodically built her web outside the window of the sun porch of a home where I was staying the night. The critters we called daddy long legs when I was growing up have very small bodies relative to their extremely long, slender legs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is this a particular kind of moth? I would only want to get a moth out of my house because I know it could not survive there, but think they are all beautiful & not at all scary. I used to be very frightened of spiders. I still don't want them walking on me, but no longer go into a tizzy, & can calmly redirect it if one does get onto my hand. My mother told me that when I was still young enough to have a mandatory nap in the afternoon, I used to insist on taking it to bed with me, if I happened to have a ladybug on my finger when summoned in. For some reason, they were always gone when I woke up. I am not bothered by any reptile or amphibian. Was at a seminar today that included a presentation on efforts to preserve the hellbender salamander.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.smliv.com/downloads/1021/download/hellbender01.jpg?cb=fe413fe0659a458c1d1b23df72847a9f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 549064, member: 5833"]I think your new arachnid friend is glorious. It looks to me more like a beautiful orb spider I once watched as she methodically built her web outside the window of the sun porch of a home where I was staying the night. The critters we called daddy long legs when I was growing up have very small bodies relative to their extremely long, slender legs. Is this a particular kind of moth? I would only want to get a moth out of my house because I know it could not survive there, but think they are all beautiful & not at all scary. I used to be very frightened of spiders. I still don't want them walking on me, but no longer go into a tizzy, & can calmly redirect it if one does get onto my hand. My mother told me that when I was still young enough to have a mandatory nap in the afternoon, I used to insist on taking it to bed with me, if I happened to have a ladybug on my finger when summoned in. For some reason, they were always gone when I woke up. I am not bothered by any reptile or amphibian. Was at a seminar today that included a presentation on efforts to preserve the hellbender salamander. [IMG]http://www.smliv.com/downloads/1021/download/hellbender01.jpg?cb=fe413fe0659a458c1d1b23df72847a9f[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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