Who Lives in YOUR Mailbox?

[Kwings]

Went to check the mail today and i got quite a surprise when a jumping spider who lives in my mailbox tried to prevent me from getting my netflix out of the mail. Here is hat i posted on FB:

"There was a very angry Jumping Spider, about the size of a nickel, in my mailbox today, it was trying to prevent me from getting my Netflix out of the mailbox! I think thats a felony, so someone should please come and arrest this felon spider who lives in my mailbox, because he gives me the willies."

Now you would have laughed your rear off if you could of heard me out there saying "Eeek! I just want my mail!, get off the Netflix!, Give me my mail!" all this while reaching in the mail box and quickly pulling my hand out over and over trying to grab the mail.

Husband wants to kill it but I've named him Felon and he can live in my mailbox if he wants to.

Have any of you had strange things take up residence in your mailboxes? I've lived here for 4 years and this is my first tenant,, maybe i should charge him rent.

[Molly Mckee]

Every spring the mail lady asks us to put a fabric softener sheet in the mail box to discourage wasps and it seems to work.

We had a blue bird build a nest in our paper box one year and raise 4 babies.

[AR Cattails]

That's a cute story. I hope Felon enjoys his home and the the mail deliverer doesn't plop something heavy like a book a top of him. Yikes!

[ghmerrill]

Since we started using a post office box, I have not gone up to the mail box. Who knows what might be in there- the door its bent, and does not close fully. since its been around 5 yearssince I've opened it, might be something interesting!

[Kris in MI]

I get a spider taking up residence in my mail box every summer too. Not sure where 'he' goes in the winter, but he's appeared for the last two years. Usually he stays in the far back, so doesn't seem to bother the mailman at all.

Since he's moved in, I haven't had the ant problem I used to have in there.

[7thswan]

We had a road kill possum put in our mail box one time. Better than getting it smashed.

[arcticow]

Live possums do not take kindly to spending th' nite in a mail box, so I hear.....

[mare]

Originally Posted by Wind in Her Hair

Up here, a spider in the mailbox is one of the first signs of official "spring" and I heard yesterday of several reports of spider sin mailboxes.

We're in the middle of a blizzard and we'll have temps down tonite forecast between 5ºF and -5ºF -so...not so much!

ooooooh no. you need to keep that below zero stuff up there--i bet some one that we were done with the below zero stuff for the season---its not so much losing my money as it is that i will never hear the end of it.

[BlueberryChick]

We sometimes get spiders in our mailbox. I don't like it, but they keep the roaches out.

[newfieannie]

i've never seen one in my box but i will put a bounce in when i go up later.there could have been one though. mine is on the side of the house and i just lift the top and reach in. never see in there. ~Georgia.

[DamnearaFarm]

Our driveway is flanked by four stone pillars. There are holes in the top of them where a previous owner had carriage type lights installed. The post with the mailbox in it is home to a mama grackle and her brood. EVERY year, without fail, mama raises a family in there. I have to warn the kids if they go get the mail, as she's known to fly out of the hole when someone opens the mailbox door

[GeorgiaGirl]

I found fire ants in mine once. Needless to say, the mail stayed there that day and the next day , they were all gone. Those little devils can bite something fierce!

[Gregg Alexander]

Bill's the more I take out ---The more that comes in----

[fordson major]

i found the remains of a baseball bat stuffed in the pipe that holds our mail box to the post. guess some one tried playing mail box base ball and my welds held!! have had the sucker for 18 years since i built it !! (outa 1/4 plate!!)

[KIT.S]

Between one day and the next, an entire hoard of little black ants moved into the mailbox with all their kids, eggs and everyone! I guess it wasn't very environmentally respectable, but I sprayed the heck out of them, and they haven't come back.
Kit

[highlands]

I painted a pig in the back inside of our mailbox. It's looking straight out at you. I just did this and haven't mounted the mailbox yet or told anyone. We'll see who notices first - postman or kids or wife...

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop

[watcher]

At one time or another (but not all at the same time) in my mail box I have found; lizards, ants, spiders, wasps, tree frogs, regular sized roaches, giant roaches and a bird. But the about the scarest thing I have ever found in there was:
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a letter from the IRS!

[highlandview]

Maybe your spider should meet the angry wasp living in the skylight above my bed.

[HermitJohn]

Darn I thought this was going to be another one of those "Who can build and live in the smallest house?" threads.

[MNBobcat]

I have a genie living in my mailbox. I think she is a bit of a prankster though. Every time I throw some mail in the box it disappears and gets replaced with new mail. One day I tried to catch her in the act. Thought I would outsmart her. I put some mail in the box...waited a couple of minutes and then flung the door open thinking I would catch her in the act! Nope...nada...couldn't catch her -- apparently she is way too smart for me. I tried like 10 times. After the 3rd time...I did notice some neighbors snickering. No idea why. Think maybe they have a genie in their box, too?