Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Spiders and Beetles and Gary - OH MY!

I don't mean to make this blog all about Australian insects but the way the creatures are introducing themselves just begs for a write-up.

My latest run-in with an arachnid happened two mornings ago. This time the furry (yes, FURRY) invertebrate was IN THE HOUSE walking down the doorframe of Kaia's bathroom. Measurements? Not including the legs, the body was a good inch long.

EWWWWWWW!

I know spiders are predators and eat insects and all but when a large fuzzy crawler is in your house, you are not thinking about all the mosquitoes it will eat.

You are thinking the spider will eat you.

Alas, Ben was home and to the rescue -

(Side note: What am I going to do when Ben is at work and one of these things decides to show up????? Am I courageous enough to do battle with the underworld?)

Things are getting creepy enough that I've bookmarked this reference site on my computer:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/Spiders/index.aspx

It has a handy search and classify function that lets you input what you know about your eight-legged friend so you can determine what type of spider has been traipsing around your house.

How convenient.

Additionally, Kaia's bathroom seems to be a party place for all things animal as this morning we found a 2-inch gecko on the floor. Ben was home and the gecko is now outside roaming our courtyard.

I've named the gecko Gary. Kaia has named her Jenna.

2 comments:

Beth said...

Did it look anything like the Geico mascot?

Anonymous said...

The Geico mascot is actually english. While to an American ear, the English and Australians have similar accents, the English gecko community takes great offense when being compared to their brethren who were evicted to Australia in the 1780's.