Calling All Arachnologists: Help Me Identify This Spider

[Inferno0032]

DISCLOSURE: If you hate spiders the images below might (most likely will) cause you discomfort, nightmares, etc.


I saw this while mowing yesterday and watched for a few minutes:

The little guy struggled to hold on as he tried to carry the spider and eventually fell in the grass. After dragging his 8-legged payload he left it. I haven't seen one of these so I snapped some pics so I could identify it, but so far I have failed to come up with anything definitive. That's where I'm hoping ATOT can help out.

And just for extra creep material:

Thanks, this has been bugging me.

 

[Conscript]

Thanks for the pending nightmares...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Closeup pics of bugs are pretty cool. There are so many details, such as hair, that you don't really notice that much with the naked eye.

 

[WiseUp216]

Closest I could find is the Corinnidae family. Is Seattle your current location?

 

[iamwiz82]

Hey a plug for Michigan!

 

[WelshBloke]

Closeup pics of bugs are pretty cool. There are so many details, such as hair, that you don't really notice that much with the naked eye.

My son found this in the garden. Its a fairly common type of weevil but I took a snap of it with my phone.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Kill it with fire.

Let God identify it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

My son found this in the garden. Its a fairly common type of weevil but I took a snap of it with my phone.

That makes me wonder, if there are aliens out there, could they possibly be insects, but much bigger, like our size? That would be freaky!

Spiders especially look like something from an alien movie when you get very up close. They have so many eyes! They see everything, and they WILL eat you in your sleep. :biggrin:

 

[busydude]

That makes me wonder, if there are aliens out there, could they possibly be insects, but much bigger, like our size? That would be freaky!

Spiders especially look like something from an alien movie when you get very up close. They have so many eyes! They see everything, and they WILL eat you in your sleep. :biggrin:

Our earth had insects the size of humans millions of years ago.

 

[Hugh Jass]

The kind that comes in your house at night to rape your wife and eat your face off.

 

[BrokenVisage]

SPlDER!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Our earth had insects the size of humans millions of years ago.

Not even close

http://pnf-primeval.wikispaces.com/Meganeura

 

[DaTT]

Be thankful is not this little guy

 

[Jeff7]

Not even close

http://pnf-primeval.wikispaces.com/Meganeura

Well humans were also much smaller millions of years ago.


And quite a lot less human, too.
:sneaky:

 

[mikeymikec]

Larry the spider is dead? <sniff>

 

[Murloc]

My son found this in the garden. Its a fairly common type of weevil but I took a snap of it with my phone.

that's great for a phone.

 

[Inferno0032]

Closest I could find is the Corinnidae family. Is Seattle your current location?

It is indeed.

Larry the spider is dead? <sniff>

I feel ya buddy, we all miss him already.

 

[DnetMHZ]

I caught these 2 "in the act' a few months ago while at the playground with my daughter.

 

[superccs]

The wasp looking thing is a T-Hawk or tarantula hawk, the spider is essentially a baby tarantula.

Both are mostly harmless but equally badass.

 

[BudAshes]

looks similar to this one I found on my foundation.

 

[WelshBloke]

that's great for a phone.

Galaxy s3, photos cropped a bit and uploaded through Google+. The original is a bit sharper.
Theres better phone cameras out there, but with good lighting it takes some pretty good pics.

 

[fralexandr]

looks like it might be a Callobius
http://bugguide.net/node/view/554637
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Callobius_sp._on_redwood_(Marshal_Hedin).jpg

D: took this picture of a carpet beetle using an HTC droid incredible 4g

digital zoom sucks 😛, to be honest, it's not too bad considering the thing is ~1-2mm long