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hghclsswhitetrsh
10-08-2012, 22:47
Need help identifying this spider... Recluse maybe?
http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a441/RamboZuki84/IMAG0544.jpg
Should've placed something in the picture to show size.
Thanks
Did you smash it after you took that picture? [Coffee]
hghclsswhitetrsh
10-08-2012, 22:51
Did you smash it after you took that picture? [Coffee]
Hell yeah. What's crazy is I just bombed a couple months ago.
Dude thats the first thing I noticed when i moved out to Brighton, sheer volume of the little bastards. I had eco first come out for about 2 years, and didn't this year....Funny I have seen barley any this year.
Lex_Luthor
10-08-2012, 22:58
Ewww. I just know that the Recluse has a violin shaped coloring on its thorax, not on its abdomen. The nest creeps me out though.
jackthewall81
10-08-2012, 23:00
It's not a brown recluse.
I don't think...
http://spiders.ucr.edu/recluseid.html
hghclsswhitetrsh
10-08-2012, 23:01
It's not a brown recluse.
That's what I'm thinking now after looking at some pics of em. Thing looks evil, wtf is it...
hghclsswhitetrsh
10-08-2012, 23:02
Mexican jumping spider! Yeah I dunno, just wanna put the wife at ease by positively identifying this thing.
jackthewall81
10-08-2012, 23:03
That's what I'm thinking now after looking at some pics of em. Thing looks evil, wtf is it...
Maybe some sort of wolf spider?
Does it have 6 or 8 eyes?
Supposedly Colorado does not have the Recluse. That doesn't stop everyone I know from identifying every single spider they see as one though.
Lex, that isn't a nest, it is just white carpet. heh.
Lex_Luthor
10-08-2012, 23:05
Just tell her it's a wolf spider and be done with it. I always say that to my wife. [ifshesawthisshe'dkillme] But it helps her relax and I can dispatch it quickly and move on.
Lex_Luthor
10-08-2012, 23:06
Lex, that isn't a nest, it is just white carpet. heh.
Ha. Got me on that. Must be my contacts getting dry at the end of the night.
Can't see the head, but probably just a wolf spider or common brown house spider.
dwalker460
10-08-2012, 23:13
athere have been a lot of black widows out, so there must be a fair number of recluses around.
according to this site the recluse is *very* rare in Colorado but not unheard of.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05607.html
A friend of my wife was bitten (in Colorado) by a brown recluse. So, rare or not, they are around here.
When I first met here she was still recovering. She got bit in the calf and it had eaten away most of the flesh and muscle. It was pretty gruesome looking. She was wheelchair bound for a while.
possibly a recluse, it is close, but the legs appear too dark. never know though.
all I know is I kill spiders, all of them. kill it with fire if possible!
Here in Trinidad, our local catch phrase is: Transvestites, Spiders, and Bears Oh MY!
Since it was in the side yard, I couldn't shoot it... I dropped a 45 round next to it though so it knew what it was up against if it made any sudden movements... [Tooth]
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/asrspyder/untitledjhp.png
Here in Trinidad, our local catch phrase is: Transvestites, Spiders, and Bears Oh MY!
Since it was in the side yard, I couldn't shoot it... I dropped a 45 round next to it though so it knew what it was up against if it made any sudden movements... [Tooth]
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/asrspyder/untitledjhp.png
holy shit, it would probably take a few .45s to drop that thing!
theGinsue
10-08-2012, 23:46
Hell yeah. What's crazy is I just bombed a couple months ago.
Not sure how true it is, but I was told in HS biology that most poisons don't work on arachnids (spiders). Something about hollow legs or something.
Maybe some sort of wolf spider?
That'd be my guess as well.
Definitely not a recluse though, not without the violin. This admin has been bitten by one of those, when I was a young toddler. Put a big hole in my belly. When I got older, I made it my goal to learn as much as I could about those things.
Now, I've got black widows in my sprinkler valve box. Clearly see the red hourglass on them. first ones I've ever seen in real life. I have to clear the webs out of the way every time to need to get into the box. Spooks the heck out of me - worried one of 'em is gonna go out of their way to bite me. So far, they just scurry away.
all I know is I kill spiders, all of them. kill it with fire if possible!
Amen to that. Same here.
dwalker460
10-09-2012, 00:08
Black widows should spook you, they are one of the few spiders that will go out of thier way to bite you. I have noticed a lot of them lately. Had a friend in college who used to catch and keep the things in jars for some odd reason. I just kill every one I come across.
Teufelhund
10-09-2012, 00:11
Here in Trinidad, our local catch phrase is: Transvestites, Spiders, and Bears Oh MY!
Since it was in the side yard, I couldn't shoot it... I dropped a 45 round next to it though so it knew what it was up against if it made any sudden movements... [Tooth]
[IMG]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/asrspyder/untitledjhp.png
Surely when you threw the .45 round at it you told it, "The next one is coming faster."
blackford76
10-09-2012, 00:17
Common brown house spider.
There are lots of brown recluse spiders where I work, I caught the Queen Black Widow last week. Biggest one I've ever seen. Caught a decent sized wolf spider the same night, he was a little bigger than the widow, but she ate him anyways. I'll see about getting pics of her tomorrow, she is our shop mascot.
Think the widow would win against the trantula? Big and bulky vs small and fast...
blackford76
10-09-2012, 00:24
Think the widow would win against the trantula? Big and bulky vs small and fast...
I'd put money on the Tarantula.
Spyder.. Rob.... Both you guys are sick... Nuke and pave
Spiders give me the heeby's. Found a black widow nest at the shop last year
blackford76
10-09-2012, 00:52
Spyder.. Rob.... Both you guys are sick... Nuke and pave
Spiders give me the heeby's. Found a black widow nest at the shop last year
Spiders ate lots of other bugs, as long as they don't sneak up on me, I'm ok with them.
nisils14
10-09-2012, 03:11
I'm sure this was already said but....
http://cdn.motinetwork.net/motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0902/kill-it-with-fire-demotivational-poster-1235695993.jpg
Preferably with the illustrated method above.
BPTactical
10-09-2012, 05:57
Its the kind that has thousands of baby spiders to crawl across you and the Mrs as you sleep.
Feel better now?
brokenscout
10-09-2012, 07:24
A friend of my wife was bitten (in Colorado) by a brown recluse. So, rare or not, they are around here.
When I first met here she was still recovering. She got bit in the calf and it had eaten away most of the flesh and muscle. It was pretty gruesome looking. She was wheelchair bound for a while.
Same thing happend to me, left calf....they suck....
JM Ver. 2.0
10-09-2012, 07:27
I used to work with an exterminator. Bug bombs won't kill spiders. But it will kill every other bug out there.
Also, look up the Hobo Spider. Same venom as the Brown, but all over Colorado.
It looks like one of the funnel spiders I see when I go hiking around here. I drop grasshoppers in their webs and wait for the spider to come out. They are really quick and some of them are big.
When spiders come in my house I catch them and put them outside, they are good to have around because they keep the other bugs in check.
Had a friend in college who used to catch and keep the things in jars for some odd reason.
Me too. Wouldn't have happened to be Cal Poly back in the late 70s, would it?
O2
http://whatsthatbug.com
lotsa pictures and more
When spiders come in my house I catch them and put them outside, they are good to have around because they keep the other bugs in check.
^
I used to do this but with more and more black and brown widow spiders showing up I had to start killing them because I have 2 small children running around. I have noticed an increase in bugs in one summer, pretty crazy.
OP I would be willing to bet that is not a recluse, they have a different body shape without the bulbous abdomen. Looks more like a black house spider or something.
http://www.termite.com/images/blackhousespider150.gif
HoneyBadger
10-09-2012, 08:36
In July I had two wolf spider looking beasts in my house. They were both about an inch long, and were very aggressive. When you got within a few feet, they would raise their front two legs and hold their ground. I'll see if I can find the picture that my wife took.
My understanding is that the brown recluse has no web and uses speed to catch its prey. They run around at night. If they show up in Colorado they have hitched a ride. If you want to see whats running around at night glue traps are a must.
One of the things i have gotton real paranoid about is buying used monitors,, stereo equipment computers, ecetera off ebay. spiders and eggs. Bedbugs and eggs. Roaches and eggs. I buy new.
I've gotten to the point where I either put most spiders outside or leave them be. I figure the reduced fly/mosquito/bug population is worth putting up with some heebie jeebies, especially in these West Nile days.
The main exception is Black Widows. Haven't seen any hobos or recluses, though they tend to be confused with other harmless spiders. (The recluse looks a lot like the common funnel weaver house spider, including body shape and a fiddle-like pattern on the cephalothorax. The OP photo doesn't look like a recluse, as others have said - legs look too stubby and the abdomen looks too large.)
OK, the other exception to the let-live rule is if they are crawling on me or dangling at eye level. Then I have to be in a very forgiving mood for them to avoid the big squish.
A friend of my wife was bitten (in Colorado) by a brown recluse. So, rare or not, they are around here.
When I first met here she was still recovering. She got bit in the calf and it had eaten away most of the flesh and muscle. It was pretty gruesome looking. She was wheelchair bound for a while.
A fellow soldier got bitten by one on the ass when we were going through field excercises in BNOC at Ft. Riley, KS. Poor guy didn't know what got him until the flesh started rotting. As I recall, they got him into the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, but since most treatments are ineffective, he still lost a sizable piece of his gluteus maximus and obviously had to be dropped from the course.
Also, look up the Hobo Spider. Same venom as the Brown, but all over Colorado.
I did look it up because I like to know about small things that crawl around that have the potential of killing me or causing a chunk of my body to rot off[Flower], From CSU ext.
"A special spider issue is the "hobo spider" and its purported danger to humans. This originated from an unfortunate study that suggested this spider could cause slow healing wounds similar to those known to be sometimes produced following a brown recluse bite. This report received extremely wide distribution in popular press and the internet. However, subsequent research has demonstrated that this original report was erroneous and based on unsupportable anecdotal evidence. The hobo spider is now recognized as >not< being a dangerous species. It is a harmless funnel weaver spider and is now found in many areas of the state."
Scanker19
10-09-2012, 09:43
I've gotten to the point where I either put most spiders outside or leave them be. I figure the reduced fly/mosquito/bug population is worth putting up with some heebie jeebies, especially in these West Nile days.
The main exception is Black Widows. Haven't seen any hobos or recluses, though they tend to be confused with other harmless spiders. (The recluse looks a lot like the common funnel weaver house spider, including body shape and a fiddle-like pattern on the cephalothorax. The OP photo doesn't look like a recluse, as others have said - legs look too stubby and the abdomen looks too large.)
OK, the other exception to the let-live rule is if they are crawling on me or dangling at eye level. Then I have to be in a very forgiving mood for them to avoid the big squish.
+1 The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I hate flies/mosquitos more than anything. However Black widow get an instant, almost immediate death, usually by poison then fire.
Wolf spiders I gladly escort to the door, and remind them they don't live here.
Treminx told me that spider walk higher than insects so they are less susceptible to poisons. I've also heard that Black widows can "close" their mouth so not to breath the poison. All hearsay of course.
Spiders must die. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/smilies/anim_pyro.gif We had fiddlebacks all over in OK, aggressive little bastards too. They scare the shit out of me. I found one trapped in a coffee cup in my parents house, and it was raring back at me with its front legs up in attack mode. He got lit up with lighter fluid.
Do a Google Images search for brown recluse bites, and you'll kill every spider you see.
My understanding is that the brown recluse has no web and uses speed to catch its prey. They run around at night. If they show up in Colorado they have hitched a ride. If you want to see whats running around at night glue traps are a must.
One of the things i have gotton real paranoid about is buying used monitors,, stereo equipment computers, ecetera off ebay. spiders and eggs. Bedbugs and eggs. Roaches and eggs. I buy new.
Heh, a long time ago back in OK, a buddy of mine bought a used microwave (when they were gigantic and heavy) and brought it home. His wife was thrilled until he set it down on the counter and cockroaches started shooting out from underneath it and hauling ass all over her kitchen!
BlasterBob
10-09-2012, 11:16
A friend of my wife was bitten (in Colorado) by a brown recluse. So, rare or not, they are around here.
When I first met here she was still recovering. She got bit in the calf and it had eaten away most of the flesh and muscle. It was pretty gruesome looking. She was wheelchair bound for a while.
A couple months ago, my 7 year old grandson got bitten by a damn brown recluse while up in Wisconsin on vacation. He got some immediate medical treatment and the Doc apparently recognized the bite and knew how to get treatment started. Here is a picture of the wound that is almost totally healed completely. He was given some really foul smelling/tasting medicine for this thing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/bobjan/August12Hartmans025.jpg
http://cdn.runt-of-the-web.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/misunderstood-spider-meme-read-paper.jpg
BlasterBob
10-09-2012, 11:53
http://cdn.runt-of-the-web.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/misunderstood-spider-meme-read-paper.jpg
"Read the paper"??
Reminds me of the grandma asking her grandson if she could borrow his newspaper for a minute. Grandson told her that hardly anyone uses the newspaper any more but she could sure borrow his iPad.
That damn fly didn't know what hit him.
buffalobo
10-09-2012, 12:16
Looks like Wolf spider. We see couple different kinds of them out here on the prairie.
Have helped the grandkids catch a couple of big ones for their bug collection. One we caught had nearly a 4 inch foot print(diameter that covers legs and body).
They kept him in a small terrarium til mom pitched a fit about pet spiders.[LOL]
BPTactical
10-09-2012, 12:23
My youngest had a "pet" Blue Singapore tarantula for a while. Cool looking thing but still a damn spider.
He got the hint when I told him if it ever got out it was going to get really, really, really loud and there would be birdshot sized holes in his bedroom walls.
He traded in for a Ball Python which is really a cool snake.
Kids[Bang]
DD977GM2
10-09-2012, 12:33
All spiders need to be exterminated.
Anyone know if there were giant spiders back during the dinosaurs?
That would be some f***** sh** if that was the case.
Just think of it, a spider the size of a lab or rottie running around eating everything in its path [UZI][M2]
dwalker460
10-09-2012, 12:43
Just think of it, a spider the size of a lab or rottie running around eating everything in its path [UZI][M2]
So what would you use on those, Hornady .223 55gr Vmax? Maybe a Barnes 110gr XTP .300BLK? I think you would want to use the small fast mover to punch through the carapace and make the mushy parts mushier.
So what would you use on those, Hornady .223 55gr Vmax? Maybe a Barnes 110gr XTP .300BLK? I think you would want to use the small fast mover to punch through the carapace and make the mushy parts mushier.
DUH black talons.[Coffee]
OOHHH OHHH someone cal hornady and see about getting some spider max bullets made up. the kind that won't deflect off of webs
BPTactical
10-09-2012, 12:45
So what would you use on those, Hornady .223 55gr Vmax? Maybe a Barnes 110gr XTP .300BLK? I think you would want to use the small fast mover to punch through the carapace and make the mushy parts mushier.
RPG
Gee, we could make a movie about it, we could call it "Eight Legged Freaks", shit, never mind.
I just realized that's what you call 4 Obama supporters................
dwalker460
10-09-2012, 12:53
Still think you would only need the 55Gr V-max or similar for black lab sized crawlers. I am sure you would need a small game and varmint permit though, probably no limit...
blackford76
10-09-2012, 12:58
Jurrasic spider?
I'll take a M1A2 Abrams please.
SA Friday
10-09-2012, 14:35
Just think of it, a spider the size of a lab or rottie running around eating everything in its path [UZI][M2]
Nope, couldn't get that big. Without an internal framework to support organs, the organs would get compressed by the weight of the mass on top of them and the animal would die. Unlike plants with a rigid cell wall, all animals primarily have lipid membranes. Just wouldn't work without the internal framework to hang all the stuff off of.
BPTactical
10-09-2012, 14:40
Nope, couldn't get that big. Without an internal framework to support organs, the organs would get compressed by the weight of the mass on top of them and the animal would die. Unlike plants with a rigid cell wall, all animals primarily have lipid membranes. Just wouldn't work without the internal framework to hang all the stuff off of.
Whew! I feel better now........[Beer]
DD977GM2
10-09-2012, 14:46
Nope, couldn't get that big. Without an internal framework to support organs, the organs would get compressed by the weight of the mass on top of them and the animal would die. Unlike plants with a rigid cell wall, all animals primarily have lipid membranes. Just wouldn't work without the internal framework to hang all the stuff off of.
Well I was looking that up and the spiders of yester year were as big as cats, still that big is freaking insane.
Carboniferous era spiders size (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421210754.htm)
brokenscout
10-09-2012, 14:59
A fellow soldier got bitten by one on the ass when we were going through field excercises in BNOC at Ft. Riley, KS. Poor guy didn't know what got him until the flesh started rotting. As I recall, they got him into the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, but since most treatments are ineffective, he still lost a sizable piece of his gluteus maximus and obviously had to be dropped from the course.
I got bit at Fort Sill,OK. nickel size scar & they treated it quick..
SA Friday
10-09-2012, 15:09
Well I was looking that up and the spiders of yester year were as big as cats, still that big is freaking insane.
Carboniferous era spiders size (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421210754.htm)
Well, maybe as big as a rat based on the article. Still to Fn big for my taste. I can't stand spiders.
HoneyBadger
10-09-2012, 17:25
Nope, couldn't get that big. Without an internal framework to support organs, the organs would get compressed by the weight of the mass on top of them and the animal would die. Unlike plants with a rigid cell wall, all animals primarily have lipid membranes. Just wouldn't work without the internal framework to hang all the stuff off of.
There you go with your darned science! lol I was thinking the same thing but I didn't want to ruin everyone's fun.
I suppose if the spiders were aquatic they could get big like that, just like sharks. I guess thats what giant squid are, just big squishy spiders.
I suppose if the spiders were aquatic they could get big like that, just like sharks. I guess thats what giant squid are, just big squishy spiders.
that wrestle with whales for fun...
no thanks.
Supposedly Colorado does not have the Recluse. That doesn't stop everyone I know from identifying every single spider they see as one though.
Lex, that isn't a nest, it is just white carpet. heh.
Someone may have already said this, buy you are right... Brown Recluse Spiders are very rare in CO. What we have in Colorado is the Hobo Spider and they look very similar. I think their bite is similar too... causes the same sort of breakdown of skin tissue...
I don't think it's either a Recluse or a Hobo...
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