Dangerous insects encountered during inspections

[Paul Pendley]

Love running into these mamas...NOT!!!!!

[Paul Pendley]

And really glad that I didnt run into what ever made this nice hole and left bird feathers behind...

[Erby Crofutt]

Poisonous critters in the crawl space!






BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!

I'd buy 10 feet on the snake but you can almost see his tail in the first picture. The second picture is an optical illusion. The guy is a lot further back than it looks. Used to make my fish look bigger the same way. Hold them way out in front of me. Big fish, small Erby. Hey, it was bragging rights at stake.

[Paul Pendley]

This one greeted me as I entered the attic access.....She was a fat one.

[Paul Pendley]

I would be more worried about this kind of spider....

[Andrew Shick]

Originally Posted by jbushart

Brown recluse are common in Missouri attics.

Yep - from yesterday

[Dale Duffy]

Javalina's are the biggest issue here, if you feed them---

[Dale Duffy]

Oh..and Brian Kellys too----

[Stephen W. Stanczyk]

Ah yes. The gray haired BK. Known to inhabit the darkness of bars and taverns that are frequented by older women. Will eat about anything. Or there is the lake version, identified by the pasty white skin. Scary stuff out there..

[Scott A. Hand]

Originally Posted by dedwards

We live in FL. WE got everything under the sun here that can and will bite you if given half a chance. This little fella was caught at a Outlet Mall in St. Augustine last month. Some say it was over 10 ft but at least a couple said it was over 15 ft which is a new world record for Eastern Diamond back. I hate snakes.

HOLY SNAKE SH$T! That is a huge rattlesnake!

[Doug Edwards, CMI]

Yeah, I know. How would you to come face to face with that bubba in a crawl space? I recently run up on a Black Widow (spider variety) that was the size of a marble. Biggest one I had ever seen. Most of time they are smaller in pretty obvious places. This one was inside a sprinkler manifold box in the ground. I never, ever stick a finger in the holes provided for such stuff. I have seen too many unsavory critters hiding in them. Once had a large salamander slither under me in a dark crawl. In the dark I could not see what it was. He did not make it out alive and I just threw them skivvies away.

[Rob London]

thanks for the responses guys, article should be up today for you to squirm over

[Paul Pendley]

Originally Posted by dedwards

Yeah, I know. How would you to come face to face with that bubba in a crawl space? I recently run up on a Black Widow (spider variety) that was the size of a marble. Biggest one I had ever seen. Most of time they are smaller in pretty obvious places. This one was inside a sprinkler manifold box in the ground. I never, ever stick a finger in the holes provided for such stuff. I have seen too many unsavory critters hiding in them. Once had a large salamander slither under me in a dark crawl. In the dark I could not see what it was. He did not make it out alive and I just threw them skivvies away.

So how big was the bump on your head???? haha

[mnahrgang]

Originally Posted by rlondon

thanks for the responses guys, article should be up today for you to squirm over

I made a pvc "hook" for pulling sump pump lids, and lifting floats for this very reason. Of course, I never liked sticking my hand in the sump water to lift the float anyway.

[Paul Pendley]

Learned the hardway one time by sticking my hand over the dam for the attic access panel....felt something not right and once I was able to poke my head in.....Rat traps on all 4 sides....I just so happen to be touching one that was already tripped with a carcus in it...but 2 were still set and ready to snap.....OUCH!!!!