Note to our arthropod friends

[lederhosen]

If you happen to be inside the house and are not a funnelweb, white-tail, or redback, I will generally try to relocate you rather than smushing you. Usually this will be done by means of a drinking glass and a bit of card.

Ways you can assist this process and retain your optimal number of limbs:

(1) Do not huddle in awkward, hard-to-reach places.
(2) Do not run around all over the bedroom. I am not interested in eating you.
(3) Do not be larger across than, say, the palm of my hand, because then I need to go and get something larger than a glass.

(Impressively large huntsman, eventually removed with the help of a mid-sized mixing bowl after a considerable chase. I've never seen a huntsman give a threat display before!)

Got to see new bits of Australia today, and met up with asagwe and shadow_5tails again, rather sooner than I'd expected... sleepy now. Should I iron shirts for tomorrow? Probably.

Comments

[mr-figgy.livejournal.com]

If Huntsman spiders get big enough, is there a clearly audible whispering-like sound when they move some of their mouth-parts?

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

Not that I've ever heard, but depending on where they're walking they might rustle as they move.