jumping spiders

Well. Today I killed a spider in my bedroom. It was a little one. But it moved fast. Which is why I was more determined to kill it. It wasn't very big, as I said, it was quite small. But, I don't like little bugs that can move fast towards me. Blech. So, I got a large wad of toilet paper, actually very large wad, quite overqualified for the job, and slowly moved towards the windowsill where it perched. It didn't even see me coming. I actually like I was part of a horror movie for a second, because I kept trying to squish it, and the first two times it almost ran away... And, while I was killing it, I swear it jumped at the window. (It also could be that I, while smashing it to death, flung it's carcass up in the air... but I think it jumped.) Which terrified me even more, because I could just see it all a sudden morphing into a spider that's the same size as my room and coming after me. (And this is why I can't watch scary movies anymore... my imagination runs away with itself. And comes back with the ability to frighten me in a moment's notice.)

SO! I killed it. And threw the wad of toilet paper with the dead spider carcass in the middle of it into the garbage can. But, then I got afraid that maybe spiders are like ants that when they die, their dead body lets out a chemical that brings the other ants to collect it's carcass. (The word carcass is really describing the situation right now... so leave it be. Oh gosh, the song "Let It Be" just popped in my head. Anyone from W.E.S. will understand that memory.) So, I took the dead spider entombed in the toilet paper and flushed him down the toilet. He cannot come back and haunt me now.

And to gross myself out more, I found a website about jumping spiders. I dare you to open this website and scroll through the whole page and look at ALL the pictures, from top to bottom. What grossed me out most was how big their eyes are. Well, 2 of them. Did you know most spiders have 8 eyes? (Have you seen Madasgascar?) Yup. 8. But 2 of them, on some spiders, are a lot bigger. As you'll see from the pictures if you dare to look at them. I had the creepy crawly feeling on my skin after about the 5th picture because his eyes were huge and he was just a little guy. But, good luck to you!

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Salticidae/Salticidae.htm