Help Me ID this spider, please (Personal)

Jan 3, 2006 | Self

[pillut48]

Here's a picture of a spider that I found under my baker's rack awhile ago--I can't identify it though...was hoping some of the wonderful folks here might be able to help.

If it's a garden spider, we'll do a release into the back yard garden, but I have a 5 y/o and I don't want to take a chance that it's a dangerous spider.

Anyone got an idea what this might be?

[VRWCmember]

That is definitely not a brown recluse. BR's are not big and fuzzy like that one. They have essentially the same shape as a black widow but are brown with a white "fiddle" shaped marking on their backs.

Brown recluse:

Black widow:

[Tijeras_Slim]

That's hopkin brown spider.

[keat]

It's a Wolf Spider. Don't listen to anyone else. It's harmless but, like all spiders, it can bite so I would kill it.

[Maximus of Texas]

He's serious. Also, Bill Gates sent him a $1,000 check for forwarding an email to all his friends. Also, Owl lost his kidney once when he woke up in a bathtub packed full of ice while staying at a hotel.

[VRWCmember]

Mind you, moose bites kan be nasti.

[najida]

Cool picture!

I love spiders....but it ain't a brown recluse.

Not a black widder either... I have lots of those in the woodpile.

[Maximus of Texas]

Obscure Aliens reference

[djf]

That's what I thought, a wolf spider.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Does anyone else see the face of Jesus on it's back?

[End Times Sentinel]

We were able to kill it and mount it.

Yeah?  I'd probably of tried to eat it, but that's why they make chocloate and vanilla.

Oh, the spiders, the doctor at the emergency room (okay, my neighbor who's a nurse on the phone) said they were "Brown Recluse Spiders" and they were very friendly... or poisonous... let's see, she was poisonous and they were friendly.  I think that's what it was.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[A CA Guy]

Yell "ILLEGAL" at it, if it runs you have yourself a Mexican spider for sure.
From there you will have to figure out what kind though.

[PaulaB]

I think we've talked about drinking so early in the day ;P

[keat]

Here's a picture of a creature that I found under my bed awhile ago--I can't identify it though...was hoping some of the wonderful folks here might be able to help.

If it's human, we'll do a release into the back yard, but I have a 5 y/o and I don't want to take a chance that it's a dangerous creature.

Anyone got an idea what this might be?

[A CA Guy]

By the way, if it is a Mexican spider, it would be making the webs American spiders refuse to weave.

[ssaftler]

Looks like my congress-critter (LOL)

[End Times Sentinel]

Ridicule, or at least the blatant hijacking of a thread as the source of levity really ought to be expected when you turn to FReepers for advice when it's not about guns.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[Hoodlum91]

It's dangerous. Don't let your 5 year old near it.

[PaulaB]

LOL



Vaya Van Prisa De la Prisa!!!!!!!!

[Constitution Day]

LOL! Maybe they can sell it on eBay!

[Antonello]

If it were in my house any identification would have to be done using whatever was left on the bottom of my shoe. Nothing gets to live in my house unless it either pays rent or gives me a tax deduction.