Spider Trees.

[JAYTRON]

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-03/30/pakistan-tree-spiders

Amazingly this curbs the mosquito population, also curbing the spread of malaria.

Think this is part of "our" plan?

[theicecreamdan]

I guess HARP does have some benevolent intentions after all.

[hessianben]

I guess HARP does have some benevolent intentions after all.


riiiiiight. :dead:

[BOROSUN]

damn i hate spiders

[towlie]

^same, but not as much as I hate malaria carrying Mosquitos

[silviaguy240]

trees around me get like that every once in a while with all the caterpillars.

[JAYTRON]

^same, but not as much as I hate malaria carrying Mosquitos

lol qft.

but seriously though, doesn't anybody feel like this is a +1 to all the evolutionists out there?

[gearhead55]

lol qft.

but seriously though, doesn't anybody feel like this is a +1 to all the evolutionists out there?

"evolutionists" lol. But yea i know what you mean. The world is a beautiful place sometimes.

[s14tan]

"evolutionists" lol. But yea i know what you mean. The world is a beautiful place sometimes.

A sunset is beautiful, a tree covered in silk and thousands of spiders that scares the sh!t outta me is not.

[soreballz]

I wonder if the webs being so thick affects the health of the trees at all...

[Gnnr]

lol qft.

but seriously though, doesn't anybody feel like this is a +1 to all the evolutionists out there?

Acclimatization is not equal to Adaptation.

Anyways, the pics are awesome!

[WERDdabuilder]

damn i hate spiders

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/thumb/e/e1/Kill_it_with_fire_scorpio.gif/180px-Kill_it_with_fire_scorpio.gif

[DS562]

imagine how loud the hissing would be if you did set fire to it?

[exitspeed]

That tree scares the crab out of me.

[ZilviaKid]

theres another place i can add to my "DO NOT VISIT" list.

next thing you know theres gonna be a centipede tree..

[Mikey213]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!! Scary!! but unbelievable! Millions of fucken' spiders building a Communal web! WTF! ZERGS!

[silviaguy240]

you guys never seen a tree with a ton of caterpillars cocooning? it looks the same

http://www.critterzone.com/animal-pictures-nature/stock-photos/tent-caterpillar-tree-damage-AWIN08200625-69.jpg
http://www.wildflorida.com/wildlife/insects/images/tentcaterpillar2.jpg
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ipXlxjsSYYE/s/750/750/Eastern-Tent-Caterpillar-G010850.jpg

[MikeisNissan]

But, those are fucking spiders, man.

[axiomatik]

Same thing happened down in Texas a few years ago. Straight outta arachnophobia. But it beats tons of mosquitoes. With all that water sitting around, mosquitoes would normally be laying eggs like crazy. But mosquitoes also like to hang out on bushes during the day when they aren't active. This way, the only bushes they have to hang out on are covered in voracious predators.

edit: found pics

http://www.texasento.net/Social_Sp_lrg.jpg

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2007/0830/20070830__20070831_A2_ND31SPIDERS~p1.JPG

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ERGrznxTIwo/Rtb96HMX9JI/AAAAAAAAHdc/ky47luNwR0I/s1600/Spider%2BWeb%2BEngulfs%2BTexas%2BPark%2BTrail.jpg

[BoostSlideWayz]

Dam i bet when a bug flies into one of those things like a ton of spiders are like MINE !

[HalveBlue]

Spiders are sweet as!

They're amazing hunters and engineers.

It's a pity so many people fear them as they tend to be beneficial "pests".

Spiders deserve more respect than what humans give them!

http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/easpider122.jpg

[SmogSUX]

Spiders are sweet as!

They're amazing hunters and engineers.

It's a pity so many people fear them as they tend to be beneficial "pests".

Spiders deserve more respect than what humans give them!

http://michaelscomments.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/easpider122.jpg
QFT! Spiders don't bother me and they eat all the damn flies/mosquitoes/crane flies and other shit that's buzzing around buggin the hell outta me. I had a spider with web next to my toilet and I let it chill there and kept feeding it flies and shit that was in my room haha it was fun.

[BoostSlideWayz]

The ones that dont completely send me through hell n back of pain i dont mind.

[iROYAL]

That's wild! That's even crazier than the picture I saw earlier today.

http://i.imgur.com/ooiiB.jpg


"Would you be a gentleman and open the door for her?" lol

[BoostSlideWayz]

^ or what about closing that gas tank door ha.. i would wanna see a person from jackass attempt it.

[MikeisNissan]

Anyone ever been bit by a brown recluse? I have, it hurt. bicep swoled up into a baseball in about 3 days. It was a baby one too..

[WanganRunner]

Anyone ever been bit by a brown recluse?

Thankfully no.

Generally I like spiders, just like most common snakes. Both are good pest controllers.

Obviously, anything poisonous notwithstanding.

[anton1o]

Kill it... Kill it all.. just imagine that came up in a dare!

[Felipe]

strait out Halloween!

[gearhead55]

http://i.imgur.com/ooiiB.jpg


"Would you be a gentleman and open the door for her?" lol

FUCK. THAT.



seriously as much as i agree with halveblue about spiders being beneficial to us and good engineers and shit, i still have a biological negative reaction to them. I mean logically i understand that its just a tiny little spider and can't do anything to me, but they still creep me the fuck out.

Similarly i have a buddy that i scared shitless of snakes, but snakes don't bother me in the least, i think they are awesome. I guess genetically passed down fears of poisonous things are a good thing for human survival in the long run, thats why so many people are arachnophobic...