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107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
 

    11/05/2014
 

by Lori Zimmer   
 

If you’re afraid of spiders, avert your eyes – a nightmare straight out of Arachnophobia was just discovered in Baltimore’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. Researchers found spiderwebs covering 95% of the building’s interior – which spans a whopping four acres – and the plant is estimated to be the home of 107 million spiders!

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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2017, 02:05:48 pm »
Wow - they should set up some webcams there...
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« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2017, 04:20:01 pm »
Apparently the webs are so thick in some places that the weight has damaged parts of the structure. 

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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2017, 04:23:02 pm »
Wow - they should set up some webcams there...

Very cute idea!  (Better than the average joke on TBR, I think.)

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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2017, 04:36:25 pm »

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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2017, 05:11:06 pm »
I want to know who went in there and counted them all...
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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2017, 05:11:28 pm »
Wouldn't want the bill for that extermination job. If I was the guy tasked to do it, I'd be pretty much 'Yep, I'm out.'
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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2017, 05:12:21 pm »
Flamethrower...easy, peasy.
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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2017, 05:26:53 pm »
I want to know who went in there and counted them all...
And how much that cost....

Until the scars go away on my feet and legs (which will be never), spiders can expect no quarter from me.
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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2017, 05:45:51 pm »
Flamethrower...easy, peasy.

Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2017, 05:48:31 pm »
Unfortunately, AFSCME got to them and signed up all 107 million spiders with union membership and collective bargaining representation.

Now we'll never get rid of them.
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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2017, 06:31:32 pm »
Let it burn.

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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2017, 06:47:25 pm »
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Re: 107 Million Spiders Found in 4-Acre Nest at Baltimore Wastewater Plant
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2017, 07:29:29 pm »
Spiders are some of the most common critters on earth.  Most folks don't realize how prevalent they are.  The U of Kentucky's entomologists say that even a lovely, grassy field may contain more than a million spiders per acre.  That's more than 23 per square foot. 

And all spiders are venomous, even if most of them in the US are pretty innocuous for humans.

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« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2017, 07:29:42 pm »
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
If they kill their own with no conscience, there is nothing to stop them from killing you.
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« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2017, 07:38:55 pm »
Serious. I was listening to NPR and a group promoting the eating of bugs and insects was on. Their argument was that bugs are tasty, nutritious, cheap, gluten-free and eco friendly. Gag.
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« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2017, 07:59:50 pm »
Serious. I was listening to NPR and a group promoting the eating of bugs and insects was on. Their argument was that bugs are tasty, nutritious, cheap, gluten-free and eco friendly. Gag.

I will happily donate all of my share of bugs to them.

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« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2017, 08:02:58 pm »
I will happily donate all of my share of bugs to them.
Me, too.  They don't make good barbecue (but maybe a little better than tri-tip).

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« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2017, 08:57:56 pm »
Me, too.  They don't make good barbecue (but maybe a little better than tri-tip).

Keep falling through the slits in the grate.