What kind of spider is this?

[Lex_Luthor]

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]

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.

[brutal]

Can't see the head, but probably just a wolf spider or common brown house spider.

[dwalker460]

athere have been a lot of black widows out, so there must be a fair number of recluses around.

[WETWRKS]

according to this site the recluse is *very* rare in Colorado but not unheard of.

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05607.html

[ray1970]

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.

[sniper7]

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!

[spyder]

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...

[sniper7]

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...

holy shit, it would probably take a few .45s to drop that thing!

[theGinsue]

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.