Need a name for my new pet spider

[wolram]

He/or she lives in my pan cupboard, he or she is about 2 1/2 inches across with a long fat body, she has been lucky a couple of times when she occupied one of my pans and i nearly drowned her, she hasn't made a web, so as long as she behaves i will let stay put.

[Pythagorean]

Rutherford

[Jimmy Snyder]

Jimmy is a nice name.

[GregJ]

Charlotte ;)

[wolram]

By the way, how do you sex a spider? i would hate to call it jimmy if it was a female.

[Pythagorean]

Wait till it has babies

[Topher925]

Can you post a pic, or provide us with some time of reference to its character? Is your spider the social outgoing type or the strong and silent type?

[turbo]

You could call it Sam. That works for boys and girls.

[Borek]

This one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica ?

[KrisOhn]

Spiders are the worst things on the planet.

If you must name it, call it Death.

http://files.sharenator.com/kill_it_with_fire_RE_Some_funnies-s670x394-151259.jpg

[wolram]

This one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica ?

That looks like him/her Borek.

[wolram]

Spiders are the worst things on the planet.

If you must name it, call it Death.

http://files.sharenator.com/kill_it_with_fire_RE_Some_funnies-s670x394-151259.jpg

If i did that all the spiders would gang up on me and invade my property, and considering how many spiders there are i would drown in them.

[wolram]

Can you post a pic, or provide us with some time of reference to its character? Is your spider the social outgoing type or the strong and silent type?

I think its the strong silent type, just like me :biggrin:

[QuarkCharmer]

I thought with spiders, that generally, if they are larger they are the female.

[KrisOhn]

If i did that all the spiders would gang up on me and invade my property, and considering how many spiders there are i would drown in them.

The mental image of drowning in spiders produces such terror in my mind I can not put it into words.

I was looking at the spider page that Borek linked... Now I'm jumpy and itchy...:mad::eek:

[estro]

He/or she lives in my pan cupboard, he or she is about 2 1/2 inches across with a long fat body, she has been lucky a couple of times when she occupied one of my pans and i nearly drowned her, she hasn't made a web, so as long as she behaves i will let stay put.

Maybe Spidy Gonzales? [It's a unisex name...=)]

[AlephZero]

By the way, how do you sex a spider? i would hate to call it jimmy if it was a female.

The females are usually bigger than the males, but that doesn't help much unless you know what species it is.

We used to have a pet spider at work which lived on one of the pillars in the office, called Diogenes for the obvious reason (welll, it's obvious unless you never had a proper Classical education!).

[dlgoff]

i would hate to call it jimmy if it was a female.
Why? Evo named her hen Roger.

[wolram]

Why? Evo named her hen Roger.

Well Evo has been known bless her sole to be a bit cranky:!!)

[Evo]

Well Evo has been known bless her sole to be a bit cranky:!!):biggrin:

[phinds]

There are rules about these things. If you have a white cat, you have to call it whitey and if you have a black cat you have to call it blackie, and if you have a spider, you have to call it spidey. It's in the manual somewhere.

[Borg]

Of course there's a web site for that.

Spider Names (http://www.petnames.net/spider-pet-names.html)

[nucleargirl]

hahaha call it David Beckham! (someone did on Borg's list)

[Evo]

The spider should be named Boris, after the song by Who.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dSBWysmnM

o8dSBWysmnM

[KrisOhn]

This is a terrible thread, should be locked and deleted immediately.

[lisab]

This is a terrible thread, should be locked and deleted immediately.

I agree. I'm creeped out.

[Evo]

This one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica ?OMG, that's the spider I caught yesterday!! It was too big to kill, so I trapped it and carried it outside.

[in-a-box]

He/or she lives in my pan cupboard, he or she is about 2 1/2 inches across with a long fat body, she has been lucky a couple of times when she occupied one of my pans and i nearly drowned her, she hasn't made a web, so as long as she behaves i will let stay put.

Hubert Cumberdale, of course.

[Functor97]

Shelob?

[Drakkith]

OMG, that's the spider I caught yesterday!! It was too big to kill, so I trapped it and carried it outside.

Too big to kill? I would think it would be too big to trap and take outside!

And just so you spider haters know, I refuse to kill spiders. I actually schedule them for massages at the local spa and play pleasant music to help them get to sleep. I regularly have spider only parties and hook the single spiders up with each other so there will be even MORE spiders in the world!! Soon my plan will come to fruition...and it involves Evo. Even though she doesn't know it yet.

[Dembadon]

Name it KrisOhn.



:devil:

[FredericGos]

In my family, all spiders are called Jules.

[wolram]

The spider should be named Boris, after the song by Who.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dSBWysmnM

o8dSBWysmnM

He murdered Boris :cry:

[KrisOhn]

Name it KrisOhn.



:devil:

"The spider who once lived in my cupboard, but then I killed." <- This should be its name.

[Evo]

Too big to kill? I would think it would be too big to trap and take outside!I had to use a bowl, a glass would have been too small. I'll post a picture.

And just so you spider haters know, I refuse to kill spiders. I actually schedule them for massages at the local spa and play pleasant music to help them get to sleep. I regularly have spider only parties and hook the single spiders up with each other so there will be even MORE spiders in the world!! Soon my plan will come to fruition...and it involves Evo. Even though she doesn't know it yet.
:uhh: :eek:

[edward]

How about Octavian for a male and Octaviette for a female.

[Drakkith]

I had to use a bowl, a glass would have been too small. I'll post a picture.


:uhh: :eek:

That one's a keeper!

[Borg]

I had to use a bowl, a glass would have been too small. I'll post a picture.

:uhh: :eek:

That one's a keeper!
It's hard to tell how big it is. Could you put it on your hand for reference? o:)

[turbo]

I had a huge orb-weaver near my computer-desk one summer. Luckily, she was on the outside of my window. Her abdomen was almost as big as a mothball. I called her Bugsy, not because she was a bug, but because our biggest, heaviest ferret was Bugsy, and she was certainly a stand-out in the size arena.

[Dembadon]

I had to use a bowl, a glass would have been too small. I'll post a picture.


:uhh: :eek:

Is that a wolf spider?

http://www.bugabug.net/PESTID/images/wolf_spider.jpg

[Evo]

Is that a wolf spider?

http://www.bugabug.net/PESTID/images/wolf_spider.jpgYes, that's it!

[jobyts]

Since spiders have 8 legs, I would like to call her Octomom or Nadya Suleman...

[Evo]

Here is my Boris.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5994/009olo.jpg

This is how I caught him and set him free. I forgot that I took pictures of his emancipation.

[turbo]

Nice-looking guy!

[kcajrenreb]

Name your spider Reginald, Archibald, or Clarence.

[turbo]

Not Archibald. That name was poisoned in Rob Roy.

[lisab]

here is my boris.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5994/009olo.jpg

this is how i caught him and set him free. I forgot that i took pictures of his emancipation.

GOOD GOD!!!!

I could never eat cereal out of that bowl again.

[lisab]

Not Archibald. That name was poisoned in Rob Roy.

I don't know...Archibald the Arachnid sounds pretty cool.

[kcajrenreb]

Well fine then, do Reginald!

[KrisOhn]

Here is my Boris.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5994/009olo.jpg

This is how I caught him and set him free. I forgot that I took pictures of his emancipation.

Seriously...
That spider is big enough that if I were to see it I probably would resort to irrational ways of killing it. Like throwing my copy of Moby Dick from across the room.




GOOD GOD!!!!

I could never eat cereal out of that bowl again.

That bowl would never come into my house again.



I once had to kill a spider roughly the size of a loonie (eh?) on my bathroom wall. I was shaky for about an hour afterwards. I do wish I could get over my arachnophobia, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

[physics girl phd]

Here is my Boris.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5994/009olo.jpg

This is how I caught him and set him free. I forgot that I took pictures of his emancipation.

This is how we used to catch the cockroaches in our college shack and take them to the catercorner neighboring house's porch (after they offended us with loud parties with highly annoying music and trash).

[TheStatutoryApe]

Parker? Or maybe Anansi? I was trying to think of a good wolramism for a name, maybe something like Skitchy.

[Dembadon]

Parker? Or maybe Anansi? I was trying to think of a good wolramism for a name, maybe something like Skitchy.

Anansi the Spider was one of my favorite stories when I was little. I think it's an excellent name for a spider.

[wolram]

Parker? Or maybe Anansi? I was trying to think of a good wolramism for a name, maybe something like Skitchy.

I really do not follow your thinking, but as it must be better than mine Skitchy sounds fine :approve:

[wolram]

Here is my Boris.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5994/009olo.jpg

This is how I caught him and set him free. I forgot that I took pictures of his emancipation.



Now i am jealous, yous is bigger than mine. :rofl:

[BobG]

You could just step on him and call him Spot.

[turbo]

If your spider is clever, you could call him Algernon.

[Borg]

marlow

[KrisOhn]

You could just step on him and call him Spot.

:approve:

[GregJ]

Here is my Boris.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5994/009olo.jpg

This is how I caught him and set him free. I forgot that I took pictures of his emancipation.

Is that an A4?! Man that is one mean looking monster!

[Evo]

It's a wolf spider.

[GregJ]

It's a wolf spider.

Sorry my bad, I was referring to the size of the envelope and not the species of spider :)

But that is still one huge wolf spider. I would hate to wake up with one of those on my face :bugeye:

[BobG]

Is that an A4?! Man that is one mean looking monster!

It's a wolf spider.

Sorry my bad, I was referring to the size of the envelope and not the species of spider :)


:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Evo]

Sorry my bad, I was referring to the size of the envelope and not the species of spider :)

But that is still one huge wolf spider. I would hate to wake up with one of those on my face :bugeye:LOL!!! I thought maybe you were an arachnid person and A4 was some term you used.

Hey, I'm only operating on 2 neurons, I just woke up.

Anyway, it is a poisonous spider, the envelope tested negative for venom.

http://www.bugabug.net/PESTID/wolf_spiders.html

[dlgoff]

You could just step on him and call him Spot.
My grandmother was very superstitious and, if I remember correctly, though that killing a spider indoors would somehow keep money from you. But I guess she was wrong. :biggrin:

Finding a spider on your clothes means a letter, money or both.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6186537

[Borek]

In Poland we KNOW that killing spider brings rain.

[dlgoff]

In Poland we KNOW that killing spider brings rain.
Yea. That was in the link. I hope it will work here, as we need some rain.
:on a spider expedition:

[arildno]

Tetanus is a fitting, majestic name for a spider, I think!

[lisab]

Tetanus is a fitting, majestic name for a spider, I think!

"Staph Infection" works too.

[Andre]

In Poland we KNOW that killing spider brings rain.

But so do butterflies. :rolleyes:

[flyingpig]

Peter Parker

[arildno]

"Staph Infection" works too.
Staphylia if it is a she?

[MrNerd]

How about Arachnia?

Or Magnus(latin for big)?

[Evo]

Charlotte, as in Charlotte's web.

Nevermind, Charlotte's already been suggested.

How about Wilbur?

[BobG]

How about Wilbur?

Only if the spider owns a talking horse.

[DoggerDan]

Just call him Horse, the talking spider.

That'll at least confuse the heck out of people while you go make some tea.

[Loren Booda]

How about Harry?

[arildno]

Goobs or Beke, perhaps?

[Loren Booda]

Spiderbot.

[Evo]

Spiderbot.Oh, I like that!

[DoggerDan]

Pumpkinhead

[Loren Booda]

Eensy-Weensy

[TheStatutoryApe]

I really do not follow your thinking, but as it must be better than mine Skitchy sounds fine :approve:

I was thinking that a spider moving about in the cupboard might make a sound like "skitch skitch skitch". That was about it.

If you mean the others: Parker as in Peter Parker (Spiderman), and Anansi like the African trickster god (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi).

[twistedspark]

Lock the spider in the cupboard with a random timer released vial of poison and call him "Schrodinger."

[haael]

Call it "Flat Hairy Black Spot on the Wall After Thowing a Shoe".

[DoggerDan]

Smudge?

[Loren Booda]

"Crazy 8"

[QuarkCharmer]

I don't want to hijack this thread, but I also don't want to create one just for this and have Evo ban me!

So today, I was giving the lawn a good mow and I walked face first into the scariest looking spider I have ever seen. I have lived in Florida for nearly my whole live, save for some time spent abroad, and I have never seen this thing before. I managed to find a picture of it online.
http://www.spiderzrule.com/jewell.jpg

It looks just like that, except the one in my yard is yellow with white sides and black horns (or whatever those are). Wth is this? It was as large as a quarter!
:yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck:

[arildno]

I don't want to hijack this thread, but I also don't want to create one just for this and have Evo ban me!

So today, I was giving the lawn a good mow and I walked face first into the scariest looking spider I have ever seen. I have lived in Florida for nearly my whole live, save for some time spent abroad, and I have never seen this thing before. I managed to find a picture of it online.
http://www.spiderzrule.com/jewell.jpg

It looks just like that, except the one in my yard is yellow with white sides and black horns (or whatever those are). Wth is this? It was as large as a quarter!
:yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck:
Munch it before it munches you.
It is quite tasty.

[MrNerd]

I don't want to hijack this thread, but I also don't want to create one just for this and have Evo ban me!

So today, I was giving the lawn a good mow and I walked face first into the scariest looking spider I have ever seen. I have lived in Florida for nearly my whole live, save for some time spent abroad, and I have never seen this thing before. I managed to find a picture of it online.
http://www.spiderzrule.com/jewell.jpg

It looks just like that, except the one in my yard is yellow with white sides and black horns (or whatever those are). Wth is this? It was as large as a quarter!
:yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck:

Holy s@#$! It looks like one of those alien crab thingies that jump on your face in the movies and impregnate you with creepy alien eggs or control your mind.

Maybe you can call your spider Mini Evo, or Evo Jr.

[haael]

I found a mate for your friend.

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5135/20111002067.jpg

[Loren Booda]

Wow! A pink, 4-legged spider catching an 8-legger!

[ArcanaNoir]

So today, I was giving the lawn a good mow and I walked face first into the scariest looking spider I have ever seen. I have lived in Florida for nearly my whole live, save for some time spent abroad, and I have never seen this thing before. I managed to find a picture of it online.

It looks just like that, except the one in my yard is yellow with white sides and black horns (or whatever those are). Wth is this? It was as large as a quarter!
:yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: :yuck:

I see those all the time around the lanai, and unfortunately, on my car :cry: They float over from the tree next to the driveway...then when I go out to my car in the dark in the morning the lights under the side mirror illuminate the web...then I have to crawl in from the far side and drive straight to the car wash, even if it makes me late for work! (also in Florida)

But worse than that, my work location this year is in a heavily wooded patch (part of the location name is "glens"). I have seen the most frightening and exotic creatures crawling around there, including IN the building! banana spiders, wolf spiders, post nuclear apocalypse sized cockroaches, and in the spring: massive numbers of caterpillars with fuzzy white fuzz and orange horns. They fall on you at your desk from the ceiling!!! *screams* this is the stuff of nightmares..... I just wish they would trim the trees back in the parking lot so I didn't have to park UNDER the creatures. I'm terrified they are going to drop down from the tree and get comfy in my car, or worse, on my motorcycle. I've taken to getting to work 30 minutes early so I can have my choice of least under trees spaces, even though they are ALL under trees to some extent.

Evo, how did you get that bowl on it??? With my luck I would have dropped the bowl and broken it or I would have squished half the spider in and the other half out. EW EW EW EW EW EW EW screw the food contact surfaces get me the Raid!! (or a gun!)

[Loren Booda]

"Spinnerette"

[Evo]

Evo, how did you get that bowl on it??? With my luck I would have dropped the bowl and broken it or I would have squished half the spider in and the other half out. EW EW EW EW EW EW EW screw the food contact surfaces get me the Raid!! (or a gun!)I selected the clear glass bowl so I could make sure I wasn't going to hurt the spider. Also, one of the traits of this spider is that when it sees a human, it stops moving, or at least slows down, so it was easy to cover. Luckily I had that large, thin envelope.

[Borek]

one of the traits of this spider is that when it sees a human, it stops moving, or at least slows down

Perhaps it waits for petting.

[Drakkith]

Perhaps it waits for petting.

Wonder if it would sit in my lap and purr like my cats do.

[tiny-tim]

no web? :confused:

it's probably an investigative spider called Incy Wincy Quincy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_and_Nick:_The_Wildebeest_Years) :smile: