JUst CREEPY!!!

Many people in our neck of the woods have been complaining of an over-abundance of bugs of all kinds including crickets and spiders.  Recently, we've noticed a huge amount of wolf spiders around here.  I am assuming that this is a sign of the winter that we will be having very soon.

Today, a Wichita County business discovered a spider in one of their offices.  Before the office manager saw the spider, she reached for a flyswatter to kill it as soon as a co-worker mentioned that there was a spider on her floor.  She walked around her desk, swatter in hand......and stopped instantly when she discovered a HUGE spider on the floor.  Believe me, I think that it is doubtful that her swatter could have done much harm to this lil fellar.  You see, the two employees laid the swatter next to the spider along with a tape measure that showed exactly how big this little guy was.  Instead of a flyswatter, the employees would have been better off calling 9-1-1 and asking for the sheriff to come over and SHOOT it!  LOL!!!

It literally measured between 4 and 4 1/2 INCHES wide.  The spider then tried to get between the floor and the door to the adjoining office.  I would say that the gap is anywhere between 1/2 and 1 inch high.  There was no go.  This spider was actually too TALL to squeeze under the door!!!

Eventually, this spider was scooped into a plastic cup.  A few minutes later, the business' pesticide company came in for his monthly work.  As soon as he saw the spider, he confirmed that this was a wolf spider and that many spiders this size and larger were being spotted all over the place in our area.  Not only are they in our yards and gardens, they're also in OUR HOUSES!!!

If you have not contacted a pesticide company already, you may want to purchase some spider spray and spray it along your baseboards, etc.  Follow the instructions on the can.

Well, after seeing the pictures of this nasty varment, it is doubtful that I will have bug-free dreams tonight.  LOL!

VLE-B