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Wolfmarsh
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Can anyone help ID this spider? Is it dangerous?

7/10/2013 3:41:49 PM

Vulcan91
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sweet mother of god

7/10/2013 3:50:29 PM

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Wolf

7/10/2013 3:53:26 PM

Skack
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Definitely a spider.

It's probably a wolf spider. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider) No, it's not dangerous. It'll bite if you provoke it, but it's not much worse than a mosquito, horse fly, tick, etc. It was just eating bugs and killing other spiders in the area that you found it before you put it in that ziplock bag.

The dangerous spider you're looking for is the brown recluse...This is not one.

7/10/2013 3:59:04 PM

quagmire02
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Quote :
"Wolf"

7/10/2013 4:00:48 PM

BigHitSunday
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Yup, its a Wolf Spider

7/10/2013 4:12:38 PM

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DO NOT WANT!

7/10/2013 4:54:31 PM

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Pack!

7/10/2013 4:59:42 PM

Klatypus
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please refer to message_topic.aspx?topic=624898



and it is actually more beneficial for you to keep spiders like this around the house

7/10/2013 6:06:04 PM

Walter
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Wolf!

7/10/2013 6:20:04 PM

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Pack!

7/10/2013 6:35:24 PM

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7/10/2013 7:39:04 PM

justinh524
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black widow

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7/10/2013 7:41:16 PM

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7/10/2013 7:48:03 PM

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7/10/2013 8:45:44 PM

Wolfmarsh
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Thanks, it does look like a wolf spider.

I didn't kill it, my wife did. I was at work. It was in the house, my wife saw it crawl across my son.

7/10/2013 9:51:45 PM

Klatypus
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well I suppose that would be reason to be concerned

7/11/2013 8:44:47 AM

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"It was in the house, my wife saw it crawl across my son."


lol, this sentence is funnier than it should be. how old is your son?

7/11/2013 8:55:36 AM

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she should have killed it....with fire!

[Edited on July 11, 2013 at 11:02 AM. Reason : ]

7/11/2013 11:02:15 AM

Wolfmarsh
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Haha, I'm actually really glad I was at work, I can only imagine the screaming that went on.

4 and a half, but he is special needs.

7/11/2013 9:02:06 PM

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this appeared a lot bigger than it actually probably is, body (diameter) was probably about the size of a quarter.





[Edited on July 16, 2013 at 7:51 PM. Reason : .]

7/16/2013 7:48:02 PM

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Anyone know what this one is?

9/30/2013 12:37:56 PM

Klatypus
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^it is very difficult to really tell anything about it from this angle. A dorsal view that is not blurry as close up as possible is best.

what is the locality of the spider?

9/30/2013 12:41:16 PM

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Raleigh...unfortunately that's best I've got

[Edited on September 30, 2013 at 2:00 PM. Reason : ]

9/30/2013 1:59:28 PM

Klatypus
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well it is not poisonous, that much I can tell, but I am not sure if I can get very far with that picture. sorry

10/1/2013 9:21:39 AM

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"well it is not poisonous"

is there such a thing as a poisonous spider?

10/1/2013 9:37:00 AM

Klatypus
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oh for fucks sake, venomous .... that spider is not venomous

[Edited on October 1, 2013 at 9:54 AM. Reason : my bad everyone, my bad]

10/1/2013 9:50:51 AM

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mild pedantry

10/1/2013 10:19:59 AM

quagmire02
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no reason to perpetuate stupid...supposedly college-educated folks have a hard enough time with basic grammar that i think it's a bad idea for them to start (or continue, rather) saying things that are completely wrong

10/1/2013 6:10:34 PM

umop-apisdn
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If the spider is not venomous, does it just scare its prey to death?

I was under the impression that something like nearly all spiders were venomous, only a handful actually lack venom glands. I'm assuming what you mean is that their bite is harmless to humans?

10/1/2013 10:15:14 PM

quagmire02
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"I was under the impression that something like nearly all spiders were venomous, only a handful actually lack venom glands."

that was my understanding, as well

i would assume the ones without venom capture prey in silk, wrap it up, and eat it the same way (though perhaps with more mechanical actions than the venomous spiders)

10/2/2013 8:53:19 AM

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"no reason to perpetuate stupid...supposedly college-educated folks have a hard enough time with basic grammar that i think it's a bad idea for them to start (or continue, rather) saying things that are completely wrong"



go fuck yourself, condescending prick

10/2/2013 9:34:34 AM

quagmire02
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"go fuck yourself, condescending prick"

struck a nerve, eh?

it wasn't personal...i simply corrected a statement that was 100% incorrect

[Edited on October 2, 2013 at 9:39 AM. Reason : .]

10/2/2013 9:36:21 AM

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10/2/2013 9:47:00 AM

quagmire02
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i don't know what that means, but i like it

10/2/2013 12:59:03 PM

dmidkiff
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Holly Springs Chick-fila. My daughter almost touched it

10/2/2013 10:00:47 PM

umop-apisdn
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I remember seeing black widows all over the damn place while I was out at Lake Raleigh Woods. Seemed like they really liked the bases of the pine trees. It's not like they're rare, but everyone shits themselves when they encounter one, because it just so happens that whenever one is encountered, someone almost touched it. It's the same goddamn thing with snakes...they always look like a copperhead and it was slithering open-mouthed with venom oozing from the fangs, heading straight for the neighbor's baby, dog, goldfish, whatever...

10/2/2013 10:17:18 PM

quagmire02
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i had a male black widow in my mailbox a couple of weeks ago

i normally don't kill spiders, but i squished that one good

10/3/2013 8:16:01 AM

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^^^damn the females look badass. I'd wager it wouldn't have bitten her unless she squeezed it or laid on it or something. (not saying I would have taken that chance with my kids either though).

10/3/2013 8:47:05 AM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKws6mRQ4iA

10/3/2013 10:18:45 AM

Dr Pepper
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easy methods of spider identification & handling, dr. pepper edition:

- does it have 8-legs? (Y/N)
- if "Y", then kill.



I still have a hard time identifying the brown recluse; basically all somewhat spindly & brown spiders are recluse to me..... I know: Black widow, wolf spider, writing spider, brown spider, 'house spider'


but srsly, after seeing many webs, one can easily identify the mess of a widow's web even without the thing present. (note pic above)

[Edited on October 3, 2013 at 1:38 PM. Reason : =]

10/3/2013 1:37:34 PM

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10/3/2013 4:58:36 PM

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i was gonna post that picture of spiders on drugs and say that black widows are on some chloral hydrate or caffeine. but i got distracted by the fact that there is a tshirt with this image. and it's a fucking V neck.

10/4/2013 2:18:36 AM

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Saw this friendly looking spider on the outside of my shed. I'm presently thinking male Black Widow.

11/3/2013 10:20:58 PM

modlin
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My in-laws had some huge garden spider in their yard. I took a pic, but there's no scale to it. Body was prob 2.5" tip to tip.


Still tho, in my life, number of spiders bigger than my shoe=zero.

11/3/2013 10:44:12 PM

Klatypus
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^^ it would really help if you had taken the photo from the other side. My spider identifying relies on the number of eyes and markings on the dorsal side.

were you able to estimate the size? under an inch?

11/4/2013 10:17:48 AM

disco_stu
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I threw him over the fence last night but he didn't have much in the way of markings on the top side. With legs he was definitely bigger than an inch. I bet the body was an inch or so.

11/4/2013 11:18:39 AM

Klatypus
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with that info I would say that it is not a male or female black widow then. A male black widow is basically harmless except that it means that there is probably a female and babies, but again that does not appear to be a black widow.

I don't think it was venomous, but I could be wrong. Better safe than sorry I suppose! Beyond that I have no idea what that spider is.

[Edited on November 4, 2013 at 11:24 AM. Reason : .]

11/4/2013 11:22:33 AM

umop-apisdn
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^x5

Hentz's Orbweaver, Neoscona crucifera.

11/4/2013 12:30:52 PM

disco_stu
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Great call!

I looked at http://www.spiders.us/species/filter/north-carolina/ but the default pictures looked nothing like it. But many of the specimens in the More Pictures look exactly like it.

11/4/2013 12:41:13 PM

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