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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: Apache jumping spiders |
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I know some people don't like spiders but these are kind of pretty. They are about 4mm in size so they aren't too big and they aren't poisonous. Dooley
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You may keep those spiders and name them as pets. I have a spider phobia, rats too.
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Those are marvellous photos for something that is 4mm. Makes it look a LOT bigger. The orange is quite striking.
How far/high can they jump Dooley?
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Boy am I glad they're only 4mm in size - any bigger and I'd be having nightmares about them. I do like spiders but only at a distance as I'm a bit of a coward where multi-legged creatures are concerned. 
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Nope, I'm not a spider fan either -- not much of a bug fan period.
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I amnot a fan but that is a pretty fellow nice pics
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| Quote: | | How far/high can they jump Dooley? |
A 1/4 inch Apache Jumping Spider can jump in the neighborhood of two feet.
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Dooley that is the wrong neighborhood if its jumping toward me.
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TWO FEET?? I'm glad we don't live too close.
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Two feet is WAY too close for comfort. I encountered a jumping spider in Malta also, it didn't half freak me out. One second it was on one side of the room and in a blink it was crawling on your foot.
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TWO FEET!!!!!  I'd jump MUCH higher than that if one leapt out at me!!!!!!!! 
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Thanks for a great picture. I unashamedly admit that I love bugs and I love spiders. 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Someone "unnamed" informed me I posted the same picture twice. OOPS!! Here is the other view. Dooley
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| dooley wrote: | | Someone "unnamed" informed me I posted the same picture twice. |
Was it Chance?
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No, it was deliberate...
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