Nasty little stowaway

[nightwolf]

This little critter decided to hitch a ride with me back in the house, glad it didn't bite, I didn't even know it was on me until I came inside. Anyone know what kind of spider it is?

 

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[tymcmurray]

I don't know, but WHAT a Photo!!!!!!
My daughter just said that it's REALLY gross! LOL

 

[nightwolf]

haha agreed, I said a lot of bad words when I saw it fall off my shirt =)

 

[River Rat]

No, but it would be dead mighty quick, just like the unidentified snake I found. He got broken up rather quick.

RR

 

[BlueDiamonds]

Thats one nasty looking spider. Its kind of fat too, looks like its been eating really good! Now we know why it didn't bite you

 

[BADDOG]

Here's my guess

http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismde....html?RollID=roll03&FrameID=Neosconacrucifera


Good Luck and HH

Baddog

 

[wildrider]

Here's my guess

http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismde....html?RollID=roll03&FrameID=Neosconacrucifera

Good Luck and HH
Baddog

I believe you are probably right. I have those all over my house during the summer nights. They are on the porch and eat all the bugs that the light can attract.

Did I mention I hate spiders? If they stay out and eat my bugs, fine. If they are inside and I find them, they're history.

 

[nightwolf]

Here's my guess

http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismde....html?RollID=roll03&FrameID=Neosconacrucifera


Good Luck and HH

Baddog

Thanks for the help, looks like a winner to me.
Saw it fall off me, swore at it, photographed it, and then smushed it

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

hairy legs

 

[trikikiwi]

Spiders, which are arachnids and not insects, are probably the most helpful of all and any 'little' creatures that we humans live with, as well as being hugely fascinating creatures.
What other creature has 8 eyes and 8 legs?
I have a Love/Freak-Out type relationship with them, yet I see no reason to kill them.

Mike

 

[jimbob450]

triki, a few years ago eastern Washington got hit
with an infestation of hobo spiders. I got bit one
night while i was asleep. Didnt feel a thing. The
next morning my arm started swelling up. Two
days later i went to the hospital where they gave
me a big pill and a shot in the hip/ass.of antibiotic.
Thought i was done. Not to be. Had to go back in
two days and do it again. Therefore, any spider in
my house is dead. Outside, most of them are safe.
Jimbob

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Some spiders bite. Here is my recluse spider bite with pics. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,81988.0.html

 

[aa battery]

for a second i thought it was a brown recluse. the Warden got bit from a recluse and they had to carve a big chunk out of her leg.

 

[Monty]

That's what we call a common woods spider around here. They are the little turds that spin webs across footpaths that you are always running into when you go walking in the woods. I never heard of one biting someone, but I suppose it is possible if you should mash him against your bare skin accidentally or on purpose. They won't hurt you but they can make you hurt yourself! When I go 4-wheeling I always monunt a stick up higher than my head on the front of my 4-wheeler. The stick knocks down the spider webs before they hit me in the face. Monty

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

for a second i thought it was a brown recluse. the Warden got bite from a recluse and they had to carve a big chunk out of her leg.

I held out and with weeks of strong antibiotics didnt need to cut out the infected part of my leg. .. It left a scar however. They like to hide in folded clothes and unused bedsheets. You can be bitten in your sleep and not feel it.

 

[pookie-princess of rust]

nasty looking spiders. my sister found a black widow spider in a bunch of grapes we bought at the supermarket a long time ago... my mom trapped it and put it into a jar...

 

[GL]

Orb Weaver Spider.
Harmless and very plentiful around here.

 

[GL]

Around here the dirt dobbers fill their tunnels with these guys. Wasp eggs hatch and the grubs use the hapless spiders for food until they are grown and leave the tunnel.

 

[trikikiwi]

triki, a few years ago eastern Washington got hit
with an infestation of hobo spiders. I got bit one
night while i was asleep. Didnt feel a thing. The
next morning my arm started swelling up. Two
days later i went to the hospital where they gave
me a big pill and a shot in the hip/ass.of antibiotic.
Thought i was done. Not to be. Had to go back in
two days and do it again. Therefore, any spider in
my house is dead. Outside, most of them are safe.
Jimbob

Some spiders bite. Here is my recluse spider bite with pics. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,81988.0.html

for a second i thought it was a brown recluse. the Warden got bit from a recluse and they had to carve a big chunk out of her leg.

Dear Friends, I am aware of the dangerous species and the damage they can do. Some years ago, I have seen a workmate's hand looking like a baseball glove (the Dr's saved it) after a bite from our local Katipo spider, a relative to the Aussie RedBack (named after a bloody nice wheat beer from Western Aussie), also related to the BlackWidow spider.
We currently live with white-tailed spiders in our house. They've been blamed for some nasty bites.
What I say is, don't destroy indiscriminately.
Mike

 

[deepskyal]

I got bit by a brown recluse some years back reaching into a pile of mulch. Felt it immediately. Fortunately, with the exception of a swollen hand for several days and a sore spot, it healed on its own.

I was told by my doctor if you are allergic to bees, the bite would be much worse. I'm mildly allergic to bees if stung multiple times so I guess I got off lucky.

I have spiders in my basement. If they are living there, they must be eating something else to stay alive. I leave them be until there are too many of them...then I run the shop vac thru and suck em up.

Al