These mega-spider stories reminded me of one other story I gotta share. My fiancée works at Michael’s Art store, and he told me about one day he was opening a box of glass votive holders. As he opened the top flaps of the box, he saw a big, shiny, black spider about the size of a large daisy crouched in the bottom of one of the holders. He calmly closed the box and took it back to the manager’s office, where he explained there was a spider in it, “Awww, is oo afwaid of a lil’ spider?” teased the manager, and opened the box to have a look. In a split second he yelled “Oh my God!!” and shoved the lid closed. Someone outside the office hearing his yell asked what was going on. They both explained the spider in the box. “Geez, it’s just a spider, I’ll take care of it,” she says, going to open the box. This is when the spider decides to make good its escape and springs out, skittering across the floor among shouts of “Kill it!” “No, you kill it!” Finally the manager grabs a broom and whacks it. My fiancée says it took 3 good hits to kill it, because it had some kind of …shudder… crunchy exoskeleton.
Around here, if you kill a Daddy Longlegs spider, it’s supposed to rain. 
I seem to see more Daddy Longlegs before and after it rains. Maybe this has something to do with that bit of folklore. (Although we tended to follow that rule when we were children, we convinced ourselves that any Daddy Longlegs found in the house didn’t count.)
A friend of mine was sitting beneath a tree and some kind of larvae-like bug fell onto the back of her neck. She didn’t notice until it had buried itself into her neck. Her parents used a needle to pry it out of her. (I’m always commenting on the need for more emoticons, but here’s another one. We need a :barf: one. Maybe a cross between 
and :eek: and 
)
What are those small, brown, hard-shelled millipede-like bugs that roll up into a spiral called? At the local hospital, where my father worked as an EMT, there was a single-door exit tucked into a corner of an addition at the back of the hospital and the ambulance ramp. Right in the corner there, was a half-foot deep pile of those things. :barf:
Anyhoo…
Pill bugs? Believe it or not, they’re crustaceons. Wacky.
No, that’s not them. The ones I’m talking about have cylindrical bodies - longer and round like a tube…
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What are those small, brown, hard-shelled millipede-like bugs that roll up into a spiral called? At the local hospital, where my father worked as an EMT, there was a single-door exit tucked into a corner of an addition at the back of the hospital and the ambulance ramp. Right in the corner there, was a half-foot deep pile of those things. :barf:Anyhoo…[/QUOTE]
I believe you call them Pill bugs, we call them Slaters and in Britain they are known as Woodlice.
While performing a window replacement project, I had taken out the sashes, and was working on the exterior trim. A mighty tug with my pry bar loosened not only the exterior trim but a hundred thousand carpenter ants! :eek:
I threw the window trim, was spitting ants, dropped my tool belt at full run and began undressing. Smacking them and their baby sacs out of my hair, I observed my friend’s sister-the customer, pulling into the driveway. Her expression said, “Why are you jumping around in my back yard in your underwear?”
Once she was apprised of the insect attack, she understood.