Be Careful When Working Around Top Rails and Caps

[MikeInTN]

Just a word of caution - My wife and I replaced the rusted top plates on our AGP this past weekend, which entailed taking the top rails and caps off. When I removed two of the plates, I looked down inside the post and found HUGE black widow spiders. So be careful where you poke your fingers when taking the winter covers off, etc.

 

[Casey]

And bees too!

I'm getting out of this thread now!

 

[gboulton]

Cleaned out 12+ years of "stuff" from under our old deck when I recently redid our deck.

The final count was :

4 Black Widows
1 suspected Brown Recluse
Too many wolf spiders to count
1 small rat snake

Gotta love Middle Tennessee! :lol:

 

[gtojohn]

I've seen wasp nests inside some pool legs. Kinda scary to discover when barefoot and shirtless! One might consider a good squirt of spray foam inside each leg.

 

[cramar]

Suddenly I love freezing cold winters....it's kills insects that could kill me....although 2 summers ago a black bear wandered right across our front lawn, so that's not so great.

 

[gboulton]

Suddenly I love freezing cold winters....it's kills insects that could kill me....although 2 summers ago a black bear wandered right across our front lawn, so that's not so great.

He's probably not likely to surprise you by hiding in a pool post though....

 

[mcoonan]

Suddenly I love freezing cold winters....it's kills insects that could kill me....although 2 summers ago a black bear wandered right across our front lawn, so that's not so great.

He's probably not likely to surprise you by hiding in a pool post though....

I don't know, some of those bears are very tricky! Yogi could hide behind a Pickink basket!

 

[MikeInTN]

Cleaned out 12+ years of "stuff" from under our old deck when I recently redid our deck.

The final count was :

4 Black Widows
1 suspected Brown Recluse
Too many wolf spiders to count
1 small rat snake

Gotta love Middle Tennessee! :lol:

Wolf spiders are actually kinda cool. I found one in my garage once and caught it in a jar. Felt like a kid again... :lol:

edit: Heard on the news the other night where a huge timber rattler was found and caught here in the neighborhood where I live. The news crew actually showed the street sign at the end of my street (4 houses away).

 

[gboulton]

Wolf spiders are actually kinda cool. I found one in my garage once and caught it in a jar. Felt like a kid again... :lol:

Yes indeed...love em. They consume zillions of bugs, all for free!

edit: Heard on the news the other night where a huge timber rattler was found and caught here in the neighborhood where I live. The news crew actually showed the street sign at the end of my street (4 houses away).

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat's no fun.

I love snakes...but the venomous ones I can do without!