Sorry .. couldn't get a decent picture. I've read that if the spider is very hungry, or it's just in a bad mood, it may rush you if you touch the net. So, I was forced to keep the camera about 2 feet away. At this range, it was dark enough that the flash would go off when I took a picture. This left a picture of a completely white background with a black blob in the middle of it. Whenever I would shine a bright light directly on it, the spider would turn and look at me for a few seconds and then start to retreat back to its hiding place. It's very weird being stared at by one of those things. Finaly the batteries in the digital cam crapped out and I didn't have any spares. It's a shame too .. it was a very pretty, shiney black with 2 bright red dots on the back of its abdomen and a barely seperated "hourgalss" on it's underside. The heck with technology .. I was wishing I had a good 35mm at that point. :)
We are experiencing drought conditions here in SC and Widows do sometimes come indoors if they can't find water. After reading what a bite from one of these things will do to you, I just couldn't take that chance. As much as I hated to do it, I had no choice by to spray it. Maybe if it dies out in the open, I will be able to get a better pic. Knowing my luck, the spray won't kill it, though and it will sneak in durring the night and have its revenge. =-/ I'm more worried about my roomate than I am me. If it bites me, at least I have a chance of feeling it and be able to get to the doc in a hurry. If it bites her in the wrong place, she won't even know anything is up until the symtoms start to kick in, which would mean she would have a rougher road to recovery .. yikes. I still want a Tarantula though :( But my roomie said if I got one, she would spray both of us. hehe P.T. ----- Tarantulas for everyone, for a better tomorrow. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: Re: nifty spiders > Yeah .. I'll get my sister's digital cam. I'll have to wait until it gets a > little darker though. It hides durring the day. ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
