Recluse's new Nemesis?

[Scarlet Shocker]

Meet Carl

 

[Go0gleplex]

Carl eats his (irradiated) veggies and grew big and strong. Nobody messes with Carl...they give a big NOPE! So be like Carl keeping his (irradiated) veggies safe!  (lol)

 

(on a more serious note: Oh HECK NO! ><  Kaiju JR size. -shudder-)

[Techwright]

"Carl" is probably "Carla".  While eating the venomous spiders is a huge plus, I suspect "Carl" is a jumping wolf spider, which is a big NOPE in my book.  As I live in one of the two states they're named for, I think I'd rather stock the house with Carolina mantises instead.  Those bad girls eat the venomous spiders, and are considered good luck to have around.  I used to have one living on our porch at the bachelor pad I lived at 30 years ago, and we kept it near the door to deal with pests.

[TalynDerre]

My wife squashed a big female wolf spider back when before we got married, about Carl-sized.  (She used a textbook, and then piled a few other books on top of it to be sure, and then called me, on my cell phone, to come home and rescue her while she stood on the couch.)  That spider was so big that when I peeled all the books off, its body had left a dent in the carpet.

 

When I told her afterwards that it was capable of jumping up to three meters, she told me that if she had known that, she would have just fled the house and let me deal with it when I came home.