Killing Wolf Spider with fire-Man sets apartment on fire....

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January 12, 2018, 07:14 AM

Mutiny

Killing Wolf Spider with fire-Man sets apartment on fire....

I guess he probably just wanted to be sure it was dead.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018...artment-on-fire.html

"A California man thought he nabbed a spider by setting it on fire on Sunday, but the eight-legged critter, while its body was engulfed in flames, ended up torching his apartment by scurrying on a mattress that quickly went ablaze.
An unidentified man who lived in a Redding apartment was trying to kill a “huge wolf spider” just before setting the apartment on fire, Lyndsey Wisegarver, who lived in the home, told Redding’s Record Searchlight. Wolf spiders are venomous insects that have hairy bodies and can be more than 1-inch long."

January 12, 2018, 07:25 AM

Elk Hunter

quote:
Originally posted by Mutiny:
I guess he probably just wanted to be sure it was dead.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018...artment-on-fire.html

"A California man thought he nabbed a spider by setting it on fire on Sunday, but the eight-legged critter, while its body was engulfed in flames, ended up torching his apartment by scurrying on a mattress that quickly went ablaze.
An unidentified man who lived in a Redding apartment was trying to kill a “huge wolf spider” just before setting the apartment on fire, Lyndsey Wisegarver, who lived in the home, told Redding’s Record Searchlight. Wolf spiders are venomous insects that have hairy bodies and can be more than 1-inch long."

Freaking idiot! should have captured it and released it outside.

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January 12, 2018, 07:28 AM

Eponym

Sadder but wiser, next time he'll use TNT.

January 12, 2018, 07:53 AM

Balzé Halzé

Totally reasonable.

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January 12, 2018, 07:55 AM

jsbcody

quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Totally reasonable.

Yep, totally agree. For any spider, all options are on the table: running from the apartment screaming, fire, nuking the site from orbit, even (gasp)...using a 10mm.

January 12, 2018, 08:23 AM

flashguy

I'm in the camp saying he should just have captured it and taken it outside. Wolf Spiders are not dangerous to adult humans, and they eat a lot of bugs.

flashguy

January 12, 2018, 09:10 AM

Bisleyblackhawk

Small juice glass put over spider...stiff thin cardboard slipped under glass...carefully pick up juice glass/offending spider/thin card board sheet as one unit...flip over so cardboard sheet is on top/spider is in bottom of glass...go to back door...release offending spider into the wild...

No fuss...no muss...no fire.

Note...it also works with scorpions as well

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January 12, 2018, 09:19 AM

Ozarkwoods

Should have captured it, then fried it up with his eggs in the morning.

January 12, 2018, 09:24 AM

honestlou

I'm not buying it. A spider, while on fire with enough flames to ignite a mattress, is still moving under it's own power? Nope. Dude just torched the mattress while going after the spider. Or just torched the mattress because they wanted to move.

January 12, 2018, 09:49 AM

45 Cal

That is crazy.
I have them all around my place.they love the greenhouses and lay egg balls on the rafters.
Do not see the need to harm such a beautiful thing.

January 12, 2018, 09:58 AM

Blue Dog

Freaking idiot! should have captured it and released it outside.[/QUOTE]

Yep, Good to have around

January 12, 2018, 10:07 AM

Balzé Halzé

quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
I'm in the camp saying he should just have captured it and taken it outside. Wolf Spiders are not dangerous to adult humans, and they eat a lot of bugs.

flashguy

Of course. Such is always my course of action with most little critters.

We are joking when we say fire bombing one's home is a reasonable response to seeing a spider.

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January 12, 2018, 11:36 AM

Infidel

quote:
Originally posted by Mutiny:
Wolf spiders are venomous insects ..

Spiders aren't insects. Who the hell wrote this story?
Also, like honestlou, I just don't buy it. The guy probably dropped his crack pipe or something.

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January 12, 2018, 12:12 PM

egregore

Even a big wolf spider is maybe a little over an inch from leg tip to leg tip. Real dangerous.

Why not just step on it? Setting it on fire is not just ridiculous, but could be considered cruelty, even if it doesn't possess a nervous system to feel pain.

January 12, 2018, 12:39 PM

Mr.Brooks

Ditto what honestlou said. Actually he probably was getting stoned in bed and fell asleep. Remember it was a" positive incident." Just the type of renters a landlord dreads.

January 12, 2018, 02:02 PM

Fenris

quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
I'm in the camp saying he should just have captured it and taken it outside. Wolf Spiders are not dangerous to adult humans, and they eat a lot of bugs.

flashguy

Of course. Such is always my course of action with most little critters.

We are joking when we say fire bombing one's home is a reasonable response to seeing a spider.

The Hell you say. Fire solves all problems. Especially bug problems.

January 12, 2018, 02:28 PM

flashguy

quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
Even a big wolf spider is maybe a little over an inch from leg tip to leg tip. Real dangerous.

Why not just step on it? Setting it on fire is not just ridiculous, but could be considered cruelty, even if it doesn't possess a nervous system to feel pain.

According to the Internet, a large Wolf Spider can have a body as long as 2 inches, which would mean the size across the legs would probably be up to 4 inches. That's pretty big, but one is still not particularly dangerous.

flashguy

January 12, 2018, 02:36 PM

Sigmanic

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Brooks:
Ditto what honestlou said. Actually he probably was getting stoned in bed and fell asleep. Remember it was a" positive incident." Just the type of renters a landlord dreads.

So then....maybe it was a roach?

January 12, 2018, 02:50 PM

joel9507

quote:
...venomous... hairy ... more than 1-inch long..."

Sounds like Michael Moore.

January 12, 2018, 02:55 PM

Bisleyblackhawk

This is the only wolf spider I would be concerned with...I might pass on the catch it in a glass trick and just offer it a piece of steak instead...