Comments on: Spider shoulder voyeur

By: Make You Go Hmm: » Hmmcast #1: spiders, faces, groups, ++jury_duty, –hearing

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:44:22 +0000

[…] Most hmm-worthy posts from March 23 - March 31, 2006 - Live chat on a blog not really for me, is it for you? (6) [mar 23] - Slingbox Mobile available for download, hurry before they start charging (1) [mar 24] - Spider Shoulder Voyeur (4) [mar 26] - Facebook jumps the $750 million shark (0) [mar 28] - Loren’s Perry Mason moment (4) [mar 28] - Blending FeedBlendr and Alertbear shows common weakness (4) [mar 29] - *Yahoo Groups weakness obvious and embarassing (1) [mar 29] - Huh? What? I can’t hear you, Apple (2) [mar 30] - Amazon CTO’s naked conversation over blogging value (0) [mar 31] […]

By: Sterling Camden

Sterling Camden — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:47:22 +0000

Looks like the aggressive house spider, or hobo spider: http://www.srv.net/~dkv/hobospider/
They’re very common up here in the northwest. Unlike you in your earlier post, though, I make a daily ritual of crushing and flushing them. These things will bite you, especially in your sleep, and they can leave a pretty nasty red mark.

By: TDavid

TDavid — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:43:48 +0000

Janine, this isn’t the first time I’ve encountered a spider in my work area, check out this post: http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20040504/730/ from the Blogathon 2003.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:26:19 +0000

Spiders are actually arachnids, with eight legs, not bugs, which have six. Whether you can take a good closueup of the spider really depends on the limitations of your digital camera. Some have good macro capabilities, others do not. Good lighting helps a lot too.

By: Janine

Janine — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:24:10 +0000

You are much more brave than I would be. I wouldn’t be reaching for a camera to take photos of the spider, I would be reaching in my underwear drawer for a fresh pair. I hate bugs.