NEED HELP QUICK!!! if you know about spiders please look im freakin...

[Ameesh]

<< this will help in determining what it is:

"This is because of a characteristic fiddle-shaped pattern they have on their head region. The spider is golden brown with the fiddle being dark brown or black. This spider is not hairy and the fiddle pattern is often shiny. They are about 1/4 to 3/4 inch long."

can't tell by the photo-- do you see any pattern? >>



ok its hairy 4 sure, it looks like the hobo spider but i always see them climbing walls.


can you guys help me find a professor of etymology so i can email him/her and ask what the fvck this is.

 

[Jfur]

<<

<< this will help in determining what it is:

"This is because of a characteristic fiddle-shaped pattern they have on their head region. The spider is golden brown with the fiddle being dark brown or black. This spider is not hairy and the fiddle pattern is often shiny. They are about 1/4 to 3/4 inch long."

can't tell by the photo-- do you see any pattern? >>

You're very wise Wombat Woman. >>



is this my new nickname??? what on earth is wombat woman supposed to mean?

 

[RossMAN]

Ameesh - All joking aside I sincerely hope it's not one of those poisenous spiders and just a regular non-human-harming house spider, otherwise I'd be scared to sleep ever again.

 

[trmiv]

How big was that spider? There is no point of reference in the picture, so it's a bit hard to tell.

 

[Ameesh]

it was about 1.5 - 2 inches big but some of the ones ive seen have been close to 4 inchs. the 2 inches is the lentgh from head to tail not legs.



thanks rossman ( i havent been able to sleep well for weeks, and i have a really bad fear of bugs so this is compounded!)

 

[Hankysmoo]

2 inches from head to tail???? U GOTTA BE F-ING KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!! THAT IS SOME SCARY $HIT Ameesh, If I saw one that was 4 inches from head to tail, I wouldn't bring out the raid, but a batt! That thing would be bigger than a tarantula!!!

 

[RossMAN]

2 - 4 inches? That's like Mr. Universe size in the world of spiders, I'd find a new place to live.

Oh and you're welcome

 

[trmiv]

Time to call an exterminator dude.

 

[Ameesh]

im gonna call the landlords tommorow

 

[RossMAN]

Have the landlords pay for a professional spider exterminator to come out and spray all over inside/out the house.

 

[ucdnam]

It's a wolf spider, totally harmless. They probably scare you because they are large, but they pose no threat. You should just pick it up and release it in your yard. There are two poisionous spiders in your neck of the woods, the Brown Recluse and the Black Widow, and that's neither.

 

[Johnnie]

That is a Wolf Spider....

 

[trmiv]

Harmless or not, I see something like that on my ceiling more than once, and an exterminator is going to be sprayin' real quick!

 

[Ameesh]

i just measured 2- 4 inches thats a little big,, more like 1.5 to 2.75 inches but the bigger they get the longer there legs are we have one trapped in a double gulp cup in theback yard which could easily sit in the palm of your handand touch all the sides of your hand (hand of a grown man not of a little kid)

 

[Ameesh]

well weve caught one so when the exterminator guy comes i can show it to him and he can identify it.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Ameesh, that is NOT a Brown Recluse. BR's are really small. They have a very clear and distinct violin shape on their back in a darker brown. Well... distinct if you have 20/15 and can see something that small.

Relax. We have loads of spiders around here. They don't bite at things swinging at them (hint hint). They bite when they have their prey under their control. When they're threatened, the only real thing they can bite anyway is under them, so you're safe as long as it can't suddenly turn around and cling to the wall with it's back.

 

[RossMAN]

How did you catch it? Keep it in a sealed jar with some air holes popped into the lid.

 

[Johnnie]

so..what ya think... very close match to the wolf spider.. i'd say yours is a young one

 

[Ameesh]

<< How did you catch it? Keep it in a sealed jar with some air holes popped into the lid. >>



we put the cup over it and forced it over a piece of paper then turned the cup over with paper acting as a lid. then we just capped the cup with the plastic see through lid that it came with.

 

[Ameesh]

<< so..what ya think... very close match to the wolf spider.. i'd say yours is a young one >>



it really doesnt look like the one in your picture, it was more dark brown with black highlights yours has an almost yellow color to it at spots.

 

[Brutuskend]

Looks like a wolf spider to me as well. And it's not gonna hurt you unless your a bug!
By the way (though someone else already said this) Brown recluse's have a MUCH slimer body, and have a fiddle shape on their back. (hence the slang name for them FIDDLE BACK SPIDERS)
I've seen them when I lived in MO. and Ind. they like dark cool places. I used to cave explore alot, and they LOVED caves!

 

[Ameesh]

im gonna try to cry my self to sleep now, i have the flu and i really need to sleep. fvck i hate this!!!!!

 

[DanJ]

Someone once told me I had a brown recluse in my car from traveling to northern michigan. I was freaked for about a day. Till I saw pictures and asked them to tell me if it looked like the one they saw in my car.

Long story short, it wasn't even close to a HELLA DEADLY BR spider *phew*

Nothing like fumigating a Jeep.

 

[ucdnam]

We raised a male and female wolf spider in the Insect Museum at the University of California, Davis and our female has a sack of eggs just like in that picture. We are planning to release her any day now. We also raise a black widow. Her young actually eat on each other because they're too small to eat the crickets we feed her. In the end, she eats all of her young, just like she does her mate. Anyway, you could use your wolf spider as a teaching lesson to your kids, because living in fear of the unknown kinda sucks.

 

[JonnyDuke]

If the thing is as small as a dime or so then it could be a recluse... but if it's large, say over an inch and a quarter then it is possibly a common house spider or it's more aggressive cousin, the Hobo Spider ( Aggressive House Spider) either way you are still over a thousand times it's size and more than capable of squashing it flat... just wash your hands afterwards.