Large Spider

[WETWRKS]

So...was at my parents place tonight and took some things to their basement. Finished basement. There has been a bunch of workmen there today working on the heating system. I carry stuff down and put it on a shelf and turn around to find an exceptionally large spider sitting on the floor in the doorway.

Large as in considerably bigger than a silver dollar. I would say close to 2 silver dollars.

No...didn't burn the house down trying to kill it...I caught it and relocated it to one of the window wells.

[DenverGP]

EDIT: After additional research, looks more like a "hobo spider". One source says:

Causing necrosis in a similar but more mild fashion than the brown recluse, the hobo spider is generally referred to as an “aggressive house spider”. Bites are not known to be fatal to humans.

Could be a Brown Recluse, I wouldn't let one live anywhere near me or my family.

The brown recluse venom is extremely poisonous, even more potent than that of a rattlesnake. Yet recluse venom causes less disease than a rattlesnake bite because of the small quantities injected into its victims. The venom of the brown recluse is toxic to cells and tissues.

Bite victims may experience these symptoms:
- severe pain at bite site after about four hours,
- severe itching,
- nausea,
- vomiting,
- fever, and
- myalgias (muscle pain).

Occasionally results in a severe local reaction with signs that include:
- blistering (common)
- necrosis (death) of skin and subcutaneous fat (less common), and
severe destructive necrotic lesions with deep wide borders

If you think you or someone you know has been bitten by a brown recluse spider, then the individual should be seen by a doctor that day. If possible, bring the spider in question to the doctor's office. Identification of the spider is very helpful in making the correct diagnosis.
If the patient is unable to be seen by a doctor that day, he or she should seek care at a hospital's emergency department.

[WETWRKS]

I suspect it was a wolf spider. Definitely didn't look like brown recluse. Not really like the photos of the hobo spider I see either.

[GilpinGuy]

Any spider or insect in my house gets terminated immediately. It's MY house, not yours. The Bug-A-Salt has made this a bit of a fun family activity.



A couple of times a year I set off a "bug bomb" fogger as well. Usually when we leave to go camping for a few days.

[buffalobo]

I suspect it was a wolf spider. Definitely didn't look like brown recluse. Not really like the photos of the hobo spider I see either.

This^^^

If you're unarmed, you are a victim

[sigmanx]

Any spider or insect in my house gets terminated immediately. It's MY house, not yours. The Bug-A-Salt has made this a bit of a fun family activity.



A couple of times a year I set off a "bug bomb" fogger as well. Usually when we leave to go camping for a few days.

Ya that one would be getting a rat/snake shot round or something of that size from my G22. Plenty to dispatch that 8 legged creep and still safe.

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[Jer]

It looks like a Colorado Brown to me. Think larger wolf spider and completely harmless to humans.

[Mercula]

Yes found one of those F-ers in my garage last week , right near my damn face as I was pulling some stuff out.
I got cruel and unusual on his ass. Poison and a propane torch hehe. It's funny cuz I've removed 4 snakes from the yard ,
Every time it's " look a snake " with a weird smile on my face. I called it a wolf , never heard of the brown.

[Skip]

I can't really get the size in those pics. Can you put your finger next to it so we have some scale?

We are plagued with woodlouse hunter spiders in our basement/backyard. They are a little freaky looking and I was worried about them being brown recluse until I did some research (no "fiddle"). Harmless killers of other bugs. I still trap/kill in the basement but I don't have to burn my house down.

[WETWRKS]

I can't really get the size in those pics. Can you put your finger next to it so we have some scale?

I wasn't about to get my finger that close to it. Tried on the outside of the bowl but it magnified my finger so that didnt give proper perspective. Sitting on the floor it was about baseball to softball size. With the legs spread full it would have been a good softball.