So far I've killed 2 big brown spiders in my home this evening. The weather is unusually warm so they seem to be appearing early. Later in the Spring, I can usually find 1 or 2 Copperhead snakes in my yard. If I travel a little further South in the Fall, I've even seen "herds" of migrating Tarantulas (no I wasn't drinking at the time and a wildlife expert said these herds are all males looking for females). What types of wildlife are in your area?

We've had a rather warm winter in West Tennessee. I'm afraid it's not going to be a
very nice Spring and Summer in regards to snakes and bugs. I'm also afraid the rabies
may be more prominent in some animals, as it seems to be the case after warm winters.

Last summer I thought I would go nuts listening to the cicadas. I live in the woods so
the sound was more than annoying.

I hate the wasps and it never seems to fail, getting stung every summer more than once.
Last year, I was outside on the balcony and grabbed the door handle to go back in, and
a wasp stung my hand. I didn't notice there was a wasp on the door handle.

I seem to see more snakes when the weather is hotter. The copperheads/cottonmouths
like to swim in my pond when it's real hot. I can sit on my balcony and watch the snakes
swim. Ya, mighty crazy.

Funny because I have watched youtube videos stating copperheads are good snakes. Well,
I have never known of a good snake and the copperheads here, are very aggressive.

I go for walks and In the summer I have to wear boots because I am afraid a copperhead
or other such snake may be in my path. No matter what anyone tells me, I know for a
fact that copperhead will chase you. So I wear boots to be on the safe side and so I can
stomp them if need be.

My plans are to put out a veggie garden this year. I haven't noticed herds of spiders and
hope I don't. YIKES!

Now that's interesting. I've never heard of a Copperhead being considered a good snake. They're venomous so that's not good. One time I was walking with my dog in a nearby park and stepped over what appeared to be a big black limb on the ground. Then it moved and I realized it was a black snake. I know they're not venomous but they can get incredibly big.

Sounds like your pond is not a good place to go swimming!

You are NOT kidding that black snakes can get big!

When I was back in Texas, we lived on the last street of the subdivision. Behind us was an old ranch (the old lady there was barely hanging in and let it go to brush and weed), next to that was a riding academy, a huge drainage ditch, and more country. So snakes were just about everywhere.

I was HUGELY pregnant, had just walked out the back door with my two dogs. I saw a movement off to the side of the fence, started to check it out ... a very large black snake stuck his head up and literally flew towards me. I got the dogs and myself inside and the door shut JUST as that thing was coming up close. And of course, started in with the Braxton Hicks contractions. LOL

Then about an hour later, my first husband came home from work. I was heading into the kitchen as he came in the door, he grabbed me and lifted me off my feet, and almost threw me into the kitchen! I was barefoot, and had just missed stepping on a scorpion. And the false contractions started again. (Too bad they weren't real, my daughter wound up being over a month late.)

We used to get what they call blind snakes in our bathroom a lot. Those things really weirded me out. Wormy, white in color, and looked like they didn't have eyes at all.

In our big ol' live oak tree right in the middle of our yard, we had rattlesnakes that had managed to crawl around the notches in our back fence and get on the tree. My ex had to wear a hard hat mowing the lawn (and he kept the 22 handy). Those things would actually hang down to strike.

Love it here in Colorado, the snakes don't get down around where we live much unless it's really flooding or something. I totally enjoy barefoot now. LOL We do have a lot of really odd spiders and worms that sneak in from time to time. But at least where I live, I don't feel the need to carry my gun any longer. The miller moths here drive us nuts, though.

Oh, I almost forgot...we have a turkey that visits from time to time. A fox comes around for several weeks. A young cougar (we think it was) came around for a bit, but I think they finally caught it. Luckily, we don't get bears, elk, or moose in my area. But wolves and coyotes seem to be closing in a lot of the subdivisions.

No, wouldn't be a good idea to go swimming in my pond. There is a Heron or similar such bird that
visits often and eats the frogs in it or probably anything else it sees.

I don't see spiders here much. Of course I am sure there is gazillions of them outside in and around
old trees and such. I'll see a small spider in the house some times and after it like a ninja!

Several years ago at the end of the season Walmart had some shrubs outside that looked about
half dead but they were cheap so I bought some. All of them grew and did great. One was a
tree. I planted the little tree in my front yard not expecting it to even grow. It grew fast and
it's very pretty, especially in the Spring. I couldn't recall the name and went to search online
and I think it is some sort of 'plum cherry' tree. Probably not the type of fruit one eats but it
does look like dark cherries. Last year I noticed there wasn't any cherries on it so, don't know
if after it reaches a certain age it stops with the cherries or skips years or what. My point tho
is that more than once, I have noticed a snake in it. Just small garden snakes. I can only
guess they lay in it for the little shade and perhaps they must like the fruit or smell or something.

I've heard black snakes will chase you....the 'black racer' snakes.

The blind snakes sound awful Susy and I know I'd be terrified to see snakes in my bathroom!

I always carry a big cane type stick with me when I go for walks because I am walking in the
woods and never know what I might come upon. I also carry pepper spray. We don't have
bears here but we do have wild dogs and such.

LOL well the "blind snakes" I don't think are real snakes but what I was told they're called. They sort of look like worms, smallish, but act like snakes more. They're just creepy and ghoulish looking. And not easy to just smash. Kinda have to put some effort in it. Blech. And they're certainly not what you want to see in the bathroom!!

Yeah growing up in Texas, you learn to carry those sticks, too. I honestly don't remember snakes and creepies when we were in Europe (was pretty young when Daddy had tour of duty there). But every time we hit back in Texas, it's sticks, boots, and rifles (when necessary).

Dad's secretary had a place out in the country. Her husband had a man-made lake full of the best catfish you've ever eaten, and a still. We'd have to walk about 3 or 4 miles in to get to the lake to fish. There were wild hogs out there. Big, mean buggers. So we'd have our fishing gear, sticks, and Paul carried a shotgun. We'd pass that still and sometimes it would blow up. ROFL Then we'd have to shoo back the hogs. And the dang snakes were the last obstacle. But ohhhh boy, we'd get those catfish, take them back and have the best mesquite and moonshine grilled fish on his smoke pit.

I think I just made myself hungry...and wondering if the spiders will show soon, we're going to get some warm weather again. LOL

Not seeing as many rattlesnakes or hearing them now that this once rural area becoming urban.

Only plus side last year they upgraded DSL from 2 mb to6 mb. And come March 2nd I be going from 6 mb to 24 mb DSL. I might actually be able to upload sites to server in under minute instead of it taking hour.

One site took 8 hours upload as was few gb. 6 mb might sound fast but it only that fast if steaming most other sites I lucky if get 1 mb.

lotoole wrote: I've killed 2 big brown spiders

Kill, did u shoot them ?

It sound's that is time 2 send a bug report, bcoz i find bug's in my bedroom 2day...

Ask Microsoft about bug's.

They have plenty of em, They should know defenitely

Nikorj wrote: Ask Microsoft about bug's.

They have plenty of em, They should know defenitely

Yeah, Bill Gates want them all, so don't eat the bedbug's, send them 2 Microsoft... =BC)

zegon wrote:

lotoole wrote: I've killed 2 big brown spiders

Kill, did u shoot them ?

It sound's that is time 2 send a bug report, bcoz i find bug's in my bedroom 2day...

No, I swatted them with my latest issue of Discover magazine!

I live in Indiana and we've had these giant wolf spider's all winter. Nothing like waking up in the morning, rolling over and coming face to face with a spider as big as the palm of your hand lol.

zegon wrote:

Nikorj wrote: Ask Microsoft about bug's.

They have plenty of em, They should know defenitely

Yeah, Bill Gates want them all, so don't eat the bedbug's, send them 2 Microsoft... =BC)

Bill's new strategy is to throw all of em out of windows.

It's a damn good stratehy, I'll use it myself