“I had a wolf spider about 5 inches long in my garage”
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Yes, they do get quite large. To catch and release I use a large plastic bowl to slap over him. Then slide a piece of cardboard under the bowl. I then take it some 100 ft or so outdoors and toss it into a bush.
Black Widows and Brown Recluse, are the only bad spiders that
I know of throughout the US, but I do see mention of the Hobo Spider in the Pacific northwest.
The wolf spiders I have seen have been in my house- not a lot of them, but every so often. Normally I use the same technique to remove a spider- place a bowl or something over it, slide a piece of paper or something similar under, and take it outdoors. However I have never been fast enough to catch a wolf spider. By the same token I have never been bitten or anything by one either.
Black Widows and Brown Recluse, are the only bad spiders that I know of throughout the US, but I do see mention of the Hobo Spider in the Pacific northwest.
Alex@, your courage is something I can only dream of. The idea of even getting close enough to slap a plastic bowl over it . . . and slide cardboard under it . . . and actually CARRY it . . . ! I think it would be easier just to sell the house and move to another state, leaving all of my possessions behind.