Where do bugs go in the wintertime?

[GooseBear]

I have spiders in my house still. In particular one huge one that lives under the stairs and his smaller cousin who lives behind the bookcase
I quite like spiders.

CUTE
I have some Daddy long legged friends in my basement at my house. Did you know they are a venemous spider but way to small for it to effect a human!

GooseBear Reviewed by GooseBear on 12-15-2004. Where do bugs go in the wintertime? ?? :confused: Rating: 5

[Icey]

Thanks for all that information, it was all very... informative. Euphoric, great site! And I thought I was the ONLY one to ever ask the question.

As far as my bug preference, I'm going to have to say that spiders scare the shit out of me. I'm a big outdoorsman, and I can handle most of the nasty, icky things that you run in to. But spiders bite me a lot, I have had several big and painful spider bites.

I dont think there is any consistency with who eats how many bugs in their sleep. I sleep face down, usually with my face stuffed in my pillow. I dont think spiders can really make it in there to my mouth, perhaps that is why they bite me instead. I have a friend who always sleeps on his back with his mouth hanging open, I'm sure his diet is high in protein and fibers.

-Icey-

[Icey]

Here's a funny story regarding eating bugs.

I was taking a biology class back in highschool, and one day we had to take all kinds of samples of things to view under a high-powered microscope. A girl in my group agreed to scrape the inside of her cheek, because the teacher told us that the skin in your mouth is very interesting. What we found under the microscope, was a fully intact insect leg. You could see the different parts of the leg all the way down to the little foot. The girl freaked out, and we asked her what she's eaten.. we just got back from lunch, and all she ate was french fries from the cafeteria.

Yum.
-Icey-

[DrGonzo]

daddylonglegs are technically not spiders, they only have 2 body sections instead of 3 like arachnids

but I think most bugs just die when winter hits...the eggs hatch in springtime maybe? or they hibernate, that would do it

when I find an insect in my home I give it the old "WOH-PAH!" ninja strike technique. apparently my ninja skills are interesting to watch, because I actually do battle with the insect in question...they fly around my head as I do strange yelling and manouvres with my hands, chopping desperately at the air around me in hopes to destroy the winged invaders!

[hempheadjack]

my step daughter told me they studied in school we eat spiders in our sleep,,if you take a microscope and look at bed and pillows,,you would never sleep again,,back,side,down,so much skin mites and what nots we dont even see,,just if you scratch your skin,,look at all the flakes ,,there are bugs in that,with that said,,sleep tight,,,