Help me ID this spider

wiredspider

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Searching for brown spiders turns up recluses :Q, but I don't think this is a recluse. Think it might be a wolf spider. Anyone know? It's about the size of a quarter.

And then there is this one, it's the size of a penny. The bigger spider seems scared of it, maybe it's poisonous?

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Sorry that the pictures suck, the spiders are in a glass jar and I'm scared to let them out :eek:.
 

aidanjm

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looks nasty, so kill it.

(looks like a wolf spider to me, which have a nasty bite and rot your skin)
 

Mrvile

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Oct 16, 2004
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Jeez no one knows?

Well your pics are absolutely terrible, I can barely tell what part is what in the first pic, but the second one looks like an orbweaver of some kind.

Anyway I'll all about spider gladiators, let them rip each other apart, see who wins.
 

Excelsior

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That 2nd one is possibly a juvenile Brown Widow. I found one in my bathtub a month ago. While they are indeed posinous, they are fairly non-agressive. Also, they actually kill Brown Recluses and many other pests. If I were you, I'd let it go.
 

BrownTown

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Kinda looks like a wolf spider, but not sure about size, hard to tell in pick. On a note of dangerous spiders, I've run into 2 black widows before, maybe next time I find one I should post a pick on ATOT and be like "hey whats this little spider is it dangerous :p".