Spiders
I found this guy in our garge this morning. I think it was probably dead as it didn't move when I put the yard stick next to it.
We also have black widows and brown recluses as well. I don't know what is worse. The black widows pretty much stay out of the way in the garage and shed. Maybe I should get some lizards or something.
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June 24th, 2005 12:46:59 PM | becky |
Looks like it could be a Agelenopsis pennsylvanica or a Schizocosa ocreata. I'm no expert, just online trying to figure out the spider on my own porch screen. It's pretty big!
August 8th, 2005 09:41:16 PM | Kaytlin |
I would like to know what this is because we found one in our basement an it really scared my daughters because they dont know if it is posionious or not.
August 9th, 2005 05:07:54 AM | Jared |
I found one of those tonight in my laundry room. I though it was a camel cricket from way off. Then I came up on it and realized it was a spider. I managed to kill it. I always had one in my room last summer. It was aparently on a pair of shorts i was about to put on but when I took them off the bed the spider fell out. Talk about scarey. Anyways, I gotta know what they are. Both times they were on the ground basically. Not in webs.
August 19th, 2005 07:15:55 AM | amber | www.xanga.com/ambesmi
i've spotted three of these in the last week--two at home and one at work. no webs. have you had any input as to what they are? the term "wolf spider" keeps coming up when i search, but they all seem a lot hairier than your guy and my little family.
August 25th, 2005 12:40:45 PM | bethany |
I have found 3 of these suckers in my home. One was in my 21 month old daughter's bed. I found one today in my bath tub. I am searching to find out what species it is. If anyone else cracks this code, please post it on the website!!!
August 25th, 2005 01:28:39 PM | randy | www.reames.org
I believe it is a non-poisonus borrowing spider. We had some small holes in the backyard. Once our cat pulled one out and used it for a toy.
September 3rd, 2005 09:28:09 PM | Bassel |
yeah, i just killed one of these suckers right now. Thing was HUGE!! I've been trying to kill it for three days. Whenever I see it, i look for something to hit it with, but by the time i find something solid that is not valuable to me, like a slipper or shoe, it disappears. I finally killed it, but had to use my movie cover. I can sleep bettr tonight. I was afraid that it was a brown recluse, but, the pix say it is not.
September 27th, 2005 11:37:41 PM | Thank the Lord! |
I've been searching for over two weeks on what type of spider was in my house oll of a sudden. This is the exact picture of what the spiders we have look like. They've come out of no where and I've been scared to death it might be a brown recluse (common to our area). I sure hope not.
September 28th, 2005 12:11:32 PM | Debbie |
My 2 year old just brought me one and said "look Mommy I found a cricket". Doing some research it does appear to be a wolf spider to me. A now DEAD wolf spider!!
October 5th, 2005 03:17:22 PM | Spencer | www.webcrawler.com
I found a live one under a dog dish in my house.
October 5th, 2005 03:19:43 PM | Cassidy | www.webcrawler.com
I found one in my room, but it was already dead.
October 11th, 2005 09:03:12 AM | Bethany |
After hours of research I found out that this spider is a wolf spider. The website that talked about this specific spider did not mention anything about it being poisonous but it does bite. It doesn't look like any wolf spiders I have seen before. I used to live in California and the wolf spiders there never got as big as these fellas'. I say happy killing!!!
November 6th, 2005 04:24:02 PM | Sam |
I went outside to get some laundry and I ran into a spider that looks like this. My dad went to investigate and we put it in a bag. We were looking on google for some pictures, because we want to know what it is and if its dangerous. The spider in the picture, do you know what it is? Please email me - bout2rock@aol.com Thanks
March 6th, 2006 10:45:04 AM | Ace Tyler |
Actually...here in South Texas, those spiders are common....they RESEMBLE a wolf spider somewhat...but they aren't. Construction sites are a good place to find these because of all the excavation taking place brings these guys out. As far as this guy not moving when the yardstick was placed next to it.....I've seen this happen....they shed their skin as they grow, leaving a perfectly intact shell, so this is probably just it's shell, and he is still out and about someplace. I know they bite, but they aren't poisonous. They are most likely to run away from you. A friend of mine had a tarantula as a pet, and one day he woke up, and he thought there were two of them, only to find out that one was just its shell. I touched it, and it crumbled. Don't mean to alarm you though but I'd spray!!!
March 9th, 2006 06:47:30 PM | kate |
is anyone real sure what these spiders are i live in north louisiana and i kill at least 5 a week inside my house my house it real clean so what are they attracted to where do they hide are they poisonous i have a one year old daughter that im worried about every time i see one it just stays in the same spot so to me they are real easy to kill but i know for every one that i see there are more
July 5th, 2006 12:09:42 AM | chris |
i just killed one of those right now in Utah, and i believe it's the same one i sprayed yesterday..... except it was aggresive when i went and sprayed it, it jumped right at me! SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!!!!! I sure hope those of you are right about these spiders not being poisonous! Email me if there happens to be other spiders that look the same and are lethal!
July 13th, 2006 09:17:58 AM | ashlie |
I just found one of these, and it's HUGE!!!!!!We have a 7 month old daughter and now I'm scared to death to let her be out of my sight, let alone on the floor to crawl around.(Everything goes straight to her mouth) I was just wondering if anyone actually found out for sure what kind of spider this is.Do you think I have more in my home???What is the best way to get rid of them?Thanks Ashlie
July 29th, 2006 05:57:20 PM | Al |
My wife just killed one about a half hour ago. I can't believe she even got close enough to it......LOL. But I would like to know what it is myself. Its looks nasty what ever it is. If any one finds out please e-mail me thank you. EagleTat2@GodzChozen.com
August 13th, 2006 10:20:32 PM | chris |
We just found two of these with in five minutes of the other. In my house. The first one was at least the size of a fifty cent piece the other the size of a quarter. The same colors and striping as the on one here. I just started my search to see what this thing is and if it's poisonous. If anyone finds out before I do please let me know at charrett74@yahoo.com. If I find anything out I'll post it on here.
August 14th, 2006 08:21:29 AM | jenny |
we found one in our back yard on a plant eating something if apeared to be dead but wasnt email back if u have more info on them
thanks jenny
August 14th, 2006 09:11:31 PM | jow jow |
spider is fuggin uglyeee man.. got one also.. what the shiznick is this mon???? i spit hot fire???
August 14th, 2006 09:15:19 PM | jow jow |
hi my name is christy barajas tejedas i ate one of these in spider soup.. mmmm. delicious.. hahahh hmmm
August 15th, 2006 04:45:03 PM | Taylor |
yeah so I just blasted one of these arachnids with my airsoft gun, blew his rear clean off, well not so clean on the wall. I'm not so worried about dying or being mamed as I am waking up in the night scraping one off my face that bit me. Spiders are naturally nasty to us but the can be very helpfull. I advise evryone to let the daddy long legs live because they do not creep in on you, they do however have a knack for killing unsightly bugs and will mind their own.
August 15th, 2006 05:00:02 PM | Taylor |
ok so I did some more research about it and it looks like a Wolf spider, common found throughout the world in different variations. IT IS poisonous and aggresive very painfull bite however not lethal. It catches prey by running after it, no web, kill these bitches at all cost
August 30th, 2006 08:44:38 PM | scott |
I just killed one of these in north dakota. It was alittle darker brown, but had same markings and was bigger then a quarter.
September 17th, 2006 08:42:58 AM | Hannah |
I don't know it's scientific name, but the picture taken is certainly what we call a "wolf spider," though also referre to (I think) a "ground spider." And that's the main reason for why you're not seeing them in webs and usually on the ground. They hunt and feed by buroughing. They're extremely agile and fast, a bit hairy (hence the name) and prefer to be outside. As I've found, they aren't harmful but will "nip" if their personal space is compromised. I live in lower-west Michigan, and they're extremely common here, much to my mother's dismay.
October 1st, 2006 11:01:35 PM | lina |
I have what appears to be three bites. i live in asheville, north carolina and the day after i realized these bumps (one on my face, shoulder and next to my nipple, ya my freecking nipple!!!!) the day after noticing these bumps i found a spider just like this in my room. i am completely horrified that it is a brown recluse...if anyone has a solid answer please post it.
October 5th, 2006 07:46:23 PM | MAry |
Just made my dad kill one of these creepy things in my room... It was the size of a quarter but looked EXACTLY like this one...
October 10th, 2006 01:01:55 PM | Amber |
Hey yall, i live in north carolina and we get a bunch of brown recluse spiders, and i was walkin my lil heinz 57 mutt puppy out in the front yard this afternoon and she began chasin somethin, i first thought it was a frog, cause it HOPPED, and then i got closer and it was an effin huge ass spider that looked sorta like the one yall have up top in that picture, but it was skinnier and about the size of my hand,....i wanna know what the hell that thing is! im up here on the net tryin ta figure out what the hell im about to go outside and beat to death with my snake hook, so...lemme know.
October 10th, 2006 01:01:55 PM | Amber |
Hey yall, i live in north carolina and we get a bunch of brown recluse spiders, and i was walkin my lil heinz 57 mutt puppy out in the front yard this afternoon and she began chasin somethin, i first thought it was a frog, cause it HOPPED, and then i got closer and it was an effin huge ass spider that looked sorta like the one yall have up top in that picture, but it was skinnier and about the size of my hand,....i wanna know what the hell that thing is! im up here on the net tryin ta figure out what the hell im about to go outside and beat to death with my snake hook, so...lemme know.
October 11th, 2006 07:09:22 PM | Mike |
Also found one of these and was very interested in knowing what it was. It appears to be, Schizocosa mcooki, or a Wolf spider. Found this at kaweahoaks.com/html/spiders.html. good luck to all.
November 13th, 2006 04:44:30 PM | Iesha |
I just found one of these spiders today...i was cleaning and it was sitting on the flap of a box top. Oh!! boy did i get scared. I sprayed it,than i put it in a ziplock bag. what is it?
December 19th, 2006 10:13:53 AM | MALISSA |
Well I live here in Oklahoma, and where I lived right before i moved i saw those suckers everywhere.They like dark places.Like the attick, under the carpet, closets.They run along the edge of the wall fast until they get cover.
Another thing you should watch out for is picking up laundry, becouse they love laundry.
I still dont know what they are called,but they look like they have a fiddle on their back so i thought it was a fiddle back, but its not.What is it?
December 19th, 2006 10:24:48 AM | MALISSA |
Well I live here in Oklahoma, and where I lived right before i moved i saw those suckers everywhere.They like dark places.Like the attick, under the carpet, closets.They run along the edge of the wall fast until they get cover.
Another thing you should watch out for is picking up laundry, becouse they love laundry.
I still dont know what they are called,but they look like they have a fiddle on their back so i thought it was a fiddle back, but its not.What is it?
June 12th, 2009 11:02:50 PM | zeroease | kaweahoaks.com/html/schizocosa_mcooki.html
Looks like a Schizocosa mcooki, aka wolf spider. Check it out at http://kaweahoaks.com/html/schizocosa_mcooki.html
. Very common spider all over the world.
July 28th, 2010 06:50:44 PM | Tibbs |
Would just like to point out that there are a few jumping spiders with those kinda stripes. They don't make webs, they can jump really far to catch flies and ants and the like, and they have amazingly big eyes (for a spider). If you put something up close to one, it will turn to watch the strange item. They like to watch humans if they get close, too. They don't attack anything bigger than themselves, though, so as long as you don't go trying to squash one with your finger, you most likely have nothing to fear from them. I haven't heard of any poisonous bites from one, either. And if you try to move at it very quickly, it'll probably try to run away.
So . . if a spider is jumping at things, not just running them down, it might be a jumping spider instead of a wolf spider. And jumping spiders are very intelligent, very curious, but not very dangerous at all!