Spiders (generally): Eight legs (unless bitten by a radioactive one); lots of eyes; eats bugs, spiders, and the occasional mouse or hobbit; not known for its flying skills; sometimes toxic bites but doesn’t sting; builds world-wide webs.
Wasps (generally): Six legs; etc., etc.; usually stings rather bites (except when eating you, usually after paralyzing you with its sting); over-friendly, tending to drown in your beer.
If still unsure of the difference, try the drunken Hobbit test: If it wraps the Hobbit up in a silken cocoon and then eats the Hobbit, it’s a spider; or If it drowns in the dregs of the Hobbit’s beer, the Hobbit isn’t sufficiently drunk. Other results are inconclusive, albeit often indicate nearby Orcs.
@davidc1 #1, it does look a bit like one of those spider hunting wasps.
davidc1says
@2 Wasps don’t sit on your pillow during the night ,so when you can’t sleep and turn the TV on ,you turn your head slowly to the left , and you realise who is watching with you .
Don’t Wasps help to pollinate flowers ?
@4 Yes it does .One of the true heroes of the Natural world .
birgerjohanssonsays
Do spider-hunting wasps go super-Sayan or do they use some oriental fighting technique? “Ka-me-ha-me-ha, motherfucker!”
davidc1 says
On the hunt for spiders ,one hopes .
blf says
Spiders (generally): Eight legs (unless bitten by a radioactive one); lots of eyes; eats bugs, spiders, and the occasional mouse or hobbit; not known for its flying skills; sometimes toxic bites but doesn’t sting; builds world-wide webs.
Wasps (generally): Six legs; etc., etc.; usually stings rather bites (except when eating you, usually after paralyzing you with its sting); over-friendly, tending to drown in your beer.
If still unsure of the difference, try the drunken Hobbit test: If it wraps the Hobbit up in a silken cocoon and then eats the Hobbit, it’s a spider; or If it drowns in the dregs of the Hobbit’s beer, the Hobbit isn’t sufficiently drunk. Other results are inconclusive, albeit often indicate nearby Orcs.
kome says
Wasps are all the buzz now.
Charly says
@davidc1 #1, it does look a bit like one of those spider hunting wasps.
davidc1 says
@2 Wasps don’t sit on your pillow during the night ,so when you can’t sleep and turn the TV on ,you turn your head slowly to the left , and you realise who is watching with you .
Don’t Wasps help to pollinate flowers ?
@4 Yes it does .One of the true heroes of the Natural world .
birgerjohansson says
Do spider-hunting wasps go super-Sayan or do they use some oriental fighting technique? “Ka-me-ha-me-ha, motherfucker!”