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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Papaya" data-source="post: 225892" data-attributes="member: 38317">So heres an interesting update on this thread. A few weeks ago my wife goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night a lets out glass breaking scream. I jumped out of a dead sleep and ran into the bathroom. Now  i need to point out that Im in the middle of a remodel  of that bathroom. Right next to the corner of the bathtub there was a hole in the plaster ( yes. plaster1940s cottage hence the remodel) and my wife claimed that she saw a tarantula peeking out at her. I told her she had to be mistaken ( which made her even more mad as one might imagine) .  In the interim we went to Europe and came back and this past weekend I went back to installation some new hardie backer on the walls. As I was sweeping some  large debris I noticed something that looked like …no it cant be…a little molt. I pick it up and sure enough. So I carefully cut out a bit more of the plaster at the corner where my wife had ”imagined” seeing a tarantula. And inside the stud bay was a few scattered water bug wings and assorted leg parts. And another slightly larger molt. When i shone my light a little higher up on the back wall the it was: a now 2 1/2” very healthy looking B smithi.So it turns out that this escapee had crawled through the gap next to the outlet on the living room side in the wall  that backed to the bathroom where it had A) access to water on the floor, B ) a steady supply of the common water bugs that are plentiful here along the coast, C ) perfect little hideaway to hole up.  I dont know if its male or female yet but for now I named  “ him  “ Osama</blockquote>

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