Comments on: Shower buddy http://solitary-elegance.com/gimletblog/2006/06/10/shower-buddy More fun than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: HML http://solitary-elegance.com/gimletblog/2006/06/10/shower-buddy/comment-page-1#comment-193 HML Sun, 11 Jun 2006 04:57:17 +0000 http://solitary-elegance.com/gimletblog/2006/06/10/shower-buddy/#comment-193 <p>Uncle B thinks it's a hobo spider, which happens to be a <em>Tegenaria</em>, too. I found an <a href="http://www.nps.gov/public_health/intra/info/factsheets/fs_hobo.htm" rel="nofollow">NPS guide to Hobo Spiders</a> which has some pictures and mentions that another name for the Hobo Spider is the "Aggressive House Spider". No kidding! However, one of the Hobo Spider sites in the links disapproves of this pejorative and unscientific moniker. Maybe "The Peaceful Farmer Spider" or "Spider with Good Self-Esteem" might be more positive alternatives?</p> <p>Judging from their pictures, it looks like GimletBlog HQ is home to a female <em>Tegenaria</em> hobo spider. Everybody was right! Your prize will arrive in a little box with tiny holes in it. Better put it in the basement; I understand that's where they like to live. :)</p> Uncle B thinks it’s a hobo spider, which happens to be a Tegenaria, too. I found an NPS guide to Hobo Spiders which has some pictures and mentions that another name for the Hobo Spider is the “Aggressive House Spider”. No kidding! However, one of the Hobo Spider sites in the links disapproves of this pejorative and unscientific moniker. Maybe “The Peaceful Farmer Spider” or “Spider with Good Self-Esteem” might be more positive alternatives?

Judging from their pictures, it looks like GimletBlog HQ is home to a female Tegenaria hobo spider. Everybody was right! Your prize will arrive in a little box with tiny holes in it. Better put it in the basement; I understand that’s where they like to live. :)

]]> By: Grandpa http://solitary-elegance.com/gimletblog/2006/06/10/shower-buddy/comment-page-1#comment-192 Grandpa Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:04:23 +0000 http://solitary-elegance.com/gimletblog/2006/06/10/shower-buddy/#comment-192 <p>A medium-sized <em>Tegenaria</em>. A big one won't stay in your bathtub.</p> A medium-sized Tegenaria. A big one won’t stay in your bathtub.

]]> By: bestemor http://solitary-elegance.com/gimletblog/2006/06/10/shower-buddy/comment-page-1#comment-191 bestemor Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:33:57 +0000 http://solitary-elegance.com/gimletblog/2006/06/10/shower-buddy/#comment-191 <p>Looks like it might be a <em>Tegenaria saeva</em> (European house spider).</p> Looks like it might be a Tegenaria saeva (European house spider).

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