maize Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) When I went to unload my groceries at the checkout counter I spotted something large and many legged and hairy and very dead and falling apart (some legs were missing) on my bunch of bananas. I'm not usually easily spooked but apparently big dead tarantulas on my produce are an exception--next thing I knew I was about six feet away from the cart. Fortunately the check out clerk took care of them while I went and found a new bunch. Don't know how I missed that when picking out the bananas! Edited May 19, 2016 by maize 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4everHis Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 :scared: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 whoa... That's freaky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Ugh! Did you have all the kids with you or were you able to freak out in peace? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 At least it was dead! My DD will spend hours in the produce or garden section if I let her, checking for any introduced critters. She's read one too many articles where someone found something in a plant or bag of lettuce and wants to "rescue" a new pet. So far, no luck. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Ugh! Did you have all the kids with you or were you able to freak out in peace? :lol: I try very hard not to freak about bugs near my kids. My younger one especially freaks if I freak. One time several years ago he was screaming bloody murder. Seriously I thought something extremely awful happened. Turned out there was a bee in the house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Ugh! Did you have all the kids with you or were you able to freak out in peace? Just me! I haven't told the kids, don't want them to start checking all our produce for dead critters... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Bees in the house are no laughing matter, Sparkly. I'm trying to convince myself this is a good reason to put off grocery shopping today... it isn't working. DARN IT. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 The tarantula part of the Day-O song is now playing in my head. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 There is no way I would have returned to the banana display to get another bunch. You win an award for recovering so quickly. Kudos! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Truly impressed that you could go back to the banana display! *waddles away to scratch bananas off the shopping list. Forever.* . Edited May 19, 2016 by happi duck 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 . She's read one too many articles where someone found something in a plant or bag of lettuce and wants to "rescue" a new pet. So far, no luck. Try looking in hydroponic butter lettuce with roots, we had worms a few time :) We had worms in tomatoes and apples rarely, usually we see holes but no critter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Eeeeewww, eeeeewww,eeeewww! For tarantulas, worms, anything that doesn't belong in our food, or our house 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 This is why people avoid fruits and vegetables. It has nothing to do with how they taste...they just don't want to find something nightmare-inducing in their produce. I've never seen a tarantula in a bag of chips... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 At least it was dead! My DD will spend hours in the produce or garden section if I let her, checking for any introduced critters. She's read one too many articles where someone found something in a plant or bag of lettuce and wants to "rescue" a new pet. So far, no luck. While working at a nature center, I got a call from Home Depot asking if I could identify a frog from their garden center. It was a Cuban tree frog and I'm in Ohio. He became mine personally because the nature center only educated on native or local species. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I love tarantulas but not unexpectedly in fruit. Even when I do expect worms and slugs, it is still a surprise. I should have taken photos to share of preparing our morels to eat, totally worth it though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 :eek: :ack2: I probably would have left ALL the groceries right where they were and gone to another grocery store. I hate spiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Ahhhhhhhhh! This is why I wash my fruit and veggies really well when I get home. I will be more careful at the story. ( more reasons to hate grocery shopping, lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 When I interned at a small museum in Vermont, the grocery store gave us a "donation" of the black widow spider that had come in on some lettuce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 *scratches lettuce off the list* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2read Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 This is why I'm glad I don't like bananas! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 My DD will spend hours in the produce or garden section if I let her, checking for any introduced critters. She's read one too many articles where someone found something in a plant or bag of lettuce and wants to "rescue" a new pet. So far, no luck. I once found a slug in a bunch of mint. No, strike that, I found half a slug - the other half was in the part I'd already chopped! (And now I shake all bunched produce thoroughly when rinsing it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I can't eat unshelled edamame anymore. The first time I ever tried it, I squeezed out a bean and along with it came a big old larva of some kind. It was traumatizing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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