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Spider check

njdevilsfan87

njdevilsfan87

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What is it? Will it kill me if I get near it? I've seen some giant brown wolf spiders around here, but I am not familiar with black spiders.

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FML I tried to get it into a cup and it ran around the rim and almost onto my hand. While my life flashed before my eyes, I dropped it, screamed like a girl, and ran out of the room waving my hands. Now it's gone, and I have no idea where it went, and is probably pissed off at me. Well, I guess controlled burn is the only option left at this point.

Spent like 10-15 minutes trying to get the angle on it too and totally failed. Damnit.
 
fralexandr said:
It's probably a female based on the large rotund abdomen

looks sort of like this Arizona Black Hole Spider
http://bugguide.net/node/view/624554/bgpage
they're typically found around arizona and neighboring states though
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukulcania_arizonica
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Based off a web I found, and my location (New Mexico), I would say that is probably it then. I didn't find anything negative about them (so I can sleep tonight) but damn they can get so much bigger than even what I've got running around : http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/sho...zona-Black-Hole-Spider-(Kukulcania-arizonica)
 
njdevilsfan87 said:
FML I tried to get it into a cup and it ran around the rim and almost onto my hand. While my life flashed before my eyes, I dropped it, screamed like a girl, and ran out of the room waving my hands. Now it's gone, and I have no idea where it went, and is probably pissed off at me. Well, I guess controlled burn is the only option left at this point.

Spent like 10-15 minutes trying to get the angle on it too and totally failed. Damnit.
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Why use a cup, then you are screwed if they run at the last moment. Unless you're facing a tarantula use the lid of a CD/DVD spindle instead.
 
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