What kind of spider is this?

[Scanker19]

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.

[rondog]

Spiders must die. 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.

[rondog]

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]

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.

[DFBrews]

[BlasterBob]

"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]

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.

[BPTactical]

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

[DD977GM2]

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

[dwalker460]

Just think of it, a spider the size of a lab or rottie running around eating everything in its path

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.