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Anyone Recognize this Spider?
Jonno ^ | 3/25/2021 | Jonno

Posted on 03/25/2021 4:48:05 PM PDT by jonno

One of my kids found this in his room today and took the picture. He & mom let it go outside. Apparently the leg-span is about the size of a nickel.

I don't recall seeing anything like this before in our area (Minneapolis subs).

Anyone have a clue as to what species this is?


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: arachnid; arachnids; spider; spiders; vanity; woodlousespider
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To: Don W

Guess you have never been bitten by a Brown Recluse, I have, no fun. I don’t know what that one is but I say squash it anyway.

Hate spiders.


41 posted on 03/25/2021 5:12:10 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: jonno

It would look better about .01” thick.


42 posted on 03/25/2021 5:12:26 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: bramps

I don’t mind spiders or snake.(Grew up playing in the woods and cornfields)

A centipede is another story!!! UGH!!


43 posted on 03/25/2021 5:14:35 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: lizma2

I know a guy that got bit by a brown recluse. He had a hole in his leg you could put a golf ball in.


44 posted on 03/25/2021 5:16:50 PM PDT by RedwM
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To: jonno

looks like a brown recluse. very bad bite.


45 posted on 03/25/2021 5:16:52 PM PDT by smartymarty (How a mountain girl can love.)
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To: jonno

If it bites you, you will die - in a few decades. It’s like a bee sting.

But it’s not really venomous, from a human perspective. The bite hurts for the same reason a dog bite hurts.


46 posted on 03/25/2021 5:16:54 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Mariner

All spiders are venomous, but most spiders aren’t medically dangerous to humans.


47 posted on 03/25/2021 5:17:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: jonno
No I would exterminate it if you can, unless you want many, many, many more living within your abode with you and your family. 8>)

A Woodlouse spider lays approximately on average 70 eggs, laid in an egg cocoon that is made from a few silk strands.

https://spideridentifications.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Woodlouse-Spider-Egg.jpg

48 posted on 03/25/2021 5:17:24 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: lizma2

I used to hate jumping spiders. Then I found out they are the only natural enemy of the Brown Recluse. I leave those suckers alone now.


49 posted on 03/25/2021 5:18:16 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Baby spiders “balloon” away on the wind after hatching. They’ll be there one day and miles away the next.


50 posted on 03/25/2021 5:19:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: jonno

was it Otto the Orkin man who used to say, “The only good bug s a dead bug,”?


51 posted on 03/25/2021 5:20:16 PM PDT by smartymarty (How a mountain girl can love.)
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To: slouper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyyoaBa7DaE


52 posted on 03/25/2021 5:20:25 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Repeal The 17th

Boris the spider


53 posted on 03/25/2021 5:21:23 PM PDT by changeitback440
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To: jonno

It is bad luck to kill a spider.


54 posted on 03/25/2021 5:21:29 PM PDT by HandyDandy
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To: Repeal The 17th
Could it be Boris The Spider?
55 posted on 03/25/2021 5:21:53 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see... )
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To: Don W

Depends on where the spider is living, indoors or outdooraa.


56 posted on 03/25/2021 5:21:58 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: RedwM

Luckily mine is not that bad!!

Seeing an area of rotting tissue on your leg is bit unnerving.


57 posted on 03/25/2021 5:24:32 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Mariner
It has a venom pod.

Where is the venom pod?

58 posted on 03/25/2021 5:26:12 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: Olog-hai
Not true with the Woodlouse spider:

Spiderlings

After the hatching the young spiders remain dependent on their mothers until they attain maturity that comes after 1 to 1.5 years.

Source

59 posted on 03/25/2021 5:26:16 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Battle Axe

Yep. Called necrosis. Not everyone reacts the same to their bite. And, yes, they do have an irregular web...like the black widow.

If it was in your kitchen...they were probably looking for a water source.

They are hard to kill. If you smack them..they “play dead”.

Best thing to use is a powder pesticide and glue traps.


60 posted on 03/25/2021 5:26:59 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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