# Spiders. Hundreds of spiders. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328 "2011-06-04T20:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/21 "2011-06-06T22:17:07Z")
What is it with you and the spiders, **Johnny**? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/22 "2011-06-07T02:09:59Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > The hell they aren’t. Nah, if you want giant spiders, go to the [Southeast](http://davidmichaelkennedy.brownrice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/heather-banana-spider.jpg) or [Australia](http://www.ihatepeacocks.com/resources/Giant-huntsman-spider.jpg). > [@chela](#): > > So over this weekend we happened upon a teeming ball of baby spiders in the irises, we left them alone and the next day they were all gone… The Ball-O-Spiderlings is gone. They must have floated off today. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > What is it with you and the spiders, **Johnny**? What? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/23 "2011-06-07T06:45:53Z")
I’ve watched the spider balls. When the little babies start wiggling around, within a few moments they all just run off. It happens so fast, if you look away for a minute, you miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/24 "2011-06-07T06:56:08Z")
We had those in our garden when I was a kid in the Netherlands, too. At the time I was terrified of spiders, but those baby spiders were so tiny and helpless that I found them kind of cute. [Two](http://www.gardensafari.net/pics/spinnen/araneus_diadematus_ha3_1811.jpg) [pictures](http://www.afanja.nl/blog2011/110501-1402x.jpg). Nowadays, I even find those pearl-colored and sized spider egg sacs cute. So securely and carefully made by a caring mom, made to last a winter. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/25 "2011-06-07T18:49:02Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > [Two](http://www.gardensafari.net/pics/spinnen/araneus_diadematus_ha3_1811.jpg) [pictures](http://www.afanja.nl/blog2011/110501-1402x.jpg). Horrifying. I hate small clusters of things. I really hate spiders. Small clusters of spiders = PHOBIAFUCK ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/26 "2011-06-07T19:07:51Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > The only drag with the ball of baby spiders is when they decide to leave and hundreds of them float off with little webs trailing them and land all over you. :eek: oh, please, please, tell me this never actually happens outside of a nightmare! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/27 "2011-06-07T19:46:34Z")
> [@LilyoftheField](#): > > :eek: oh, please, please, tell me this never actually happens outside of a nightmare! Nope…happens all the time. Especially when you’re yawning. ---
**Author:** ![blueskiesfrompain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@blueskiesfrompain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueskiesfrompain)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/28 "2011-06-07T19:53:50Z")
> [@chela](#): > > So over this weekend we happened upon a teeming ball of baby spiders in the irises, we left them alone and the next day they were all gone… > [@](#): > > Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming. _Dr. Ian Malcolm_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/29 "2011-06-07T20:20:06Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > That’s my vote. A lighter and a can of Pledge…what could go wrong? As my husband discovered as a child, told by his father to go out and spray the wasp nest (!), lighter + wasp spray may make a neat flamethrower, but slightly-flaming wasps can still fly for a bit - not to mention the pissed-off ones that didn’t get burnt… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328/30 "2011-06-07T22:01:38Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > As my husband discovered as a child, told by his father to go out and spray the wasp nest (!), lighter + wasp spray may make a neat flamethrower, but slightly-flaming wasps can still fly for a bit - not to mention the pissed-off ones that didn’t get burnt… :eek: Need [bigger fire](http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2243176). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiders-hundreds-of-spiders/584328.md?page=1)