Ho Ho Ho

Our weather has been lovely, with temps in the high 70's and into the 80's (except for tomorrow!)


Who would even know or guess....
that you can find a spider this BIG this time of the year?! But with spring like weather, nothing has really gone into hibernation.

*WARNING* if you have a spider phobia click away now!


Really.

I mean I am giving you a chance to not see the biggest spider you ever saw that wasn't a tarantula or a banana spider.

Click away.

Seriously.

He doesn't look so big and scary here, does he?

You would not believe how difficult it was to put my hand that close to that huge spider. If I could have gotten just a little closer.....he probably would have jumped on me EEEEEEK! And you could see even better just how HUGE it is!

I know this isn't very Christmasy, but this was YESTERDAY right outside the garage back door. I knew I had to share this with you, and grabbed my camera. Oh yeah, and it's a wolf spider.

Hopefully I will be back soon with something pleasant to share with you!

Happy Ho Ho Holidays!

Freaky Friday

If you have an aversion to bugs, creepy crawly things, and big spiders....then Florida isn't for you. And this post may make you squirm. My grown daughters frequently scream MOMMMMMMMMMMMM! It isn't unusual to find spiders nearly as big as my hand. That's what makes the girls scream! LOL!

Oh, and this little guy...

This scorpion was in the garage! He's not the only one we've found.

We see this kind of spider outside all the time.

From what I've researched, this is a banana spider.. and this is maybe a male banana spider. It's similar, but just a little different. It's actually pretty...in a spider kind of way.

 Isn't he beautiful?!

Now these are just ugly...and big.

These are wolf spiders, and they get as big as my hand! I took this one with my phone early one morning. I didn't want to turn on the light and freak him out. Sorry the quality is so bad. When these big guys walk across the inside of the garage door you can HEAR them! These guys are ugly, scary, and will COME AT YOU! They are NOT afraid.

And then there's the BIG weird stick bugs!

 These will spit at you.

The big female carries the little male around on her back. When I first saw them I thought it was a momma and her baby. Hahaha!

EEEWWWWWW! I do not like these bugs. As Kandi would say...I LOATHE THEM!

And then there's the millipedes.

These get to be a few inches long. I have even seen some that look like they came right out of the rain forest, or the jungle. HUGE I'm tellin' ya!

Centipedes move too fast to get a picture. They creep me out big time!

And then we have our seasonal LOVE BUGS.

 Usually twice a year these come along to make a mess of every vehicle in Florida.

This is mild in comparison...but the love bugs are early this year.

They have to be scrubbed off with the "Green" cleaners. The mean one, and the simple one. The guts will eat the paint off your car, so you better get to scrubbin' real quick.

There is a myth that love bugs were created at the University of Florida. It isn't true.

This a just a fraction of the weird and freaky creepy crawlers in Florida.

Do bugs give you the willies?