Wife says it's a nope bug

Freaked out my X brother inlaw and his buddies out on his ranch one night, one of them was walking up the wall and they said kill it. I went over laid my hand down flat palm side up let it crawl on my arm and walked it over to them

Tarantulas are beneficial spiders they always get a pass

My son loves tarantulas. He's had some pretty exotic ones, and a few of them were a-holes. The Texas browns have always been real docile though. Cool pic, Hetman.

They must populate in cycles, for a few years we won't see any, then they are like an invasion of them.

I just read a few days ago that this is supposed to be a big year for them

We were at the lease one night and one of the members was at the bbq grill and one came crawling up behind him. We got his attention to turn around and you should have seen him bolt I think he left his shoes behind

Rat shot will take care of them.

Don't have many around here, but they get a pass when I do see them.

FIFY

They won't hurt you.

Or y'all can just smother them with your panties.

I found a huge one outside the house last week. First one I’ve seen in20 years. They used to be thick around Bowie.

We used to have them in East Texas when I lived in Marshall. We would let them crawl up our arms and play with them, guess we were lucky to never have one bite us. Haven't seen one in many years around here.

I'd rather be bitten by 40 Texas brown tarantulas than get stung by 1 red wasp. No chit. And happy birthday.

I found one in a box I had in a pile of boxes leftover from some engine parts on a drilling rig I had just built. I let it crawl up my arm and the welder (a good friend from HS) saw it and his eyes got huge. I walked over to him and he lost it and took off running. He always was pudgy and slow, and I am the opposite. He ran and got short of breath and when he got over by the gin trucks he grabbed a cheater off of one, and told me that was enough, he had severe arachnophobia. I nearly passed out from laughing so hard.

treat it like your first date, won't get to first base, but won't get bitten

Very cool!

I had one by beside my house in Waco area the other day. I've actually never seen one not in a pet store cage. Startled me, to say the least.

Camping at Joe Pool this weekend my boy saw several. I have never seen one.

Benbrook a few weeks ago. Settle down after a few seconds of crawling up and down my arm. Released unharmed....

They’re one of my favorites

Same here....

Most of the time you see a Tarantula out is when the males mature, takes about 3 years, females can live to be thirty. They are also the most aggressive.

We have been seeing a lot of them the past week or so, saw 4 yesterday crossing the road in between here and San Angelo. Must be mating season or something.

This.

Saw one in the yard today

Hetman, I told your wife to give it a pass! They won't harm you if handled right. Just let em go about their business. Now a brown recluse or a black widow is another story.

I had one early last year hanging out in the back yard. It was neat to see it come out at night of a hole about the size of a dime.

Hate ALL spiders...all of them.

I can't offer good rationale for the fear of them. Don't know why they give me the heebie-jeebies....but they do.

I freely admit to killing every spider I see, anyplace I see them.

It is because of spiders, creepy-a$$ spiders... that I am able to understand other folk's phobias (snakes, heights, etc).

I really can't think of anything else that I am particularly afraid of.

Well....OK, just came up with another one. Nuns. I went to Catholic Schools growing up...so I'm still afraid of Nuns, but who isn't.