http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/st-john-usvi/the-ghost-catches-a-tarantula/ All about St John, Virgin Islands (USVI) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/st-john-usvi/the-ghost-catches-a-tarantula/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Erika Baker Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:25:30 +0000 http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/?p=1802#comment-422 Very interesting...so this is a tranantula! I had an encounter with such a spider last spring while vacationing on St. John. Had I not had my flashlight on while going down a flight of outdoor steps I may have stepped on it! It had a leg missing & was as big as the palm of my hand. I took a bunch of photos of it while it slept (?) on the stair. It scurried off when I accidentally touched it's leg with a flower bloom. The next morning I found what I'm sure was it's hole. The villa manager said it was only a harmless 'ground spider' and descibed how to catch it with a blade of grass! I suppose it's not PC to call them tarantulas, at least not to us tourists! We are visiting the island again in a couple of weeks & I'll be checking to see if that spider still lives in the hole by the stairs! Very interesting…so this is a tranantula! I had an encounter with such a spider last spring while vacationing on St. John. Had I not had my flashlight on while going down a flight of outdoor steps I may have stepped on it! It had a leg missing & was as big as the palm of my hand. I took a bunch of photos of it while it slept (?) on the stair. It scurried off when I accidentally touched it’s leg with a flower bloom. The next morning I found what I’m sure was it’s hole. The villa manager said it was only a harmless ‘ground spider’ and descibed how to catch it with a blade of grass! I suppose it’s not PC to call them tarantulas, at least not to us tourists! We are visiting the island again in a couple of weeks & I’ll be checking to see if that spider still lives in the hole by the stairs!

]]> http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/st-john-usvi/the-ghost-catches-a-tarantula/comment-page-1/#comment-396 David Barnas Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:57:09 +0000 http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/?p=1802#comment-396 Ha! I very much enjoyed that video! Neat! Ha! I very much enjoyed that video! Neat!

]]> http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/st-john-usvi/the-ghost-catches-a-tarantula/comment-page-1/#comment-393 gerald Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:20:49 +0000 http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/?p=1802#comment-393 He used a blade of spider grass. It has a small flower on the end, which serves as the bait He used a blade of spider grass. It has a small flower on the end, which serves as the bait

]]> http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/st-john-usvi/the-ghost-catches-a-tarantula/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Cid Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:58:37 +0000 http://seestjohn.com/st_john_life/?p=1802#comment-392 Cool video....What was the Ghost using to bait that tarantula? Cool video….What was the Ghost using to bait that tarantula?

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