I went to go shower earlier and a silly spider almost landed on my head!
I'm really trying to get over the whole fear of spiders issue. I have a tarantula I care for. I also have found webs in and out of the house that I leave alone. As long as I can see them on the web I'm fine.
What I'm NOT ok with is them dropping in for a surprise visit. It missed my head by about an inch and rested on the tub. The first thing I did was squeal lol. Then I tried running, but the door was closed and I couldn't turn the handle to open it before I calmed myself down haha. Next I crept over to it to get a closer look. It's kind of reddish with a bubble butt (abdomen) and its legs are short, not long like an orb weaver or cellar spider. It's body was a bout the size of a dime with it's legs making it appear as large as a nickel, although I don't think they were fully stretched out.
I ran to get my cell phone for a quick pic but when I returned it had went back up it's silk to the ceiling. I tried to get a better pic, but that was impossible. The two I managed to take came out too blurry to attempt to post. I guess I was shaking that bad.... lol
So I had a talk with my new sort of unwanted friend. I told him he had to stay up there or one of us was going to get hurt, possibly both of us because if he dropped down again, I'd probably try to run and wet feet on the bathroom floor spells disaster! lol
So he sat and stared at me the whole time I showered, the freaky little thing. I rushed my shower in order to get out of his way if he decided to drop by again.
Months ago I would have begged the boyfriend to either catch it and put it outside or put it out of my misery...he wasn't miserable where he was...I was!
I just checked again and he's still hanging around in there. Literally. As long as he stays in there and doesn't decide to join me in bed...EVER...I'll be fine with him.
I didn't see a web so I'm assuming I have a new housemate. I hope he cleans up after himself or he'll get evicted.....
For the record, I live in southwest Oklahoma if anyone wants to attempt to figure out what he is. I looked and he looks more along the lines of a sac spider from pictures I found, but I'm not positive.
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