August 28, 2011

• My "Pet" Spider

  Anyone who knows me knows I have MAJOR arachnophobia.  About two weeks ago when entering the code to open my garage door, I noticed in the corner of the door up above me three Daddy Longlegs spiders, rather close to one another.  Two were bigger than the other.  Usually I kill or "shoo" spiders away.  Not that I want a Daddy Longlegs crawling on me, but I've read that their bite can't pierce human skin - which is a good thing since they have the most deadly venom of any spider!  The next day, when I came down to leave for work, the two big spiders were gone and only the small one was left - but he/she was missing three legs!  I guessed that he battled the other two and won, but lost the legs in the fight.  So I left him alone.  I started calling him "The Five-Legged Warrior".  He was there for a little over a week.  And then suddenly two days ago, he was gone.  No web either, so I'm wondering if one of the other residents in my building cleaned around the garage doors?  I was actually a little sad.

  And I never thought I would ever say that of any spider - ever!

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