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_DR Member Joined May 2003 Posts 15698 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:10:11 AM EST [Last Edit: 6/4/2008 9:12:30 AM EST by _DR] Large Wolf spider, between 3.5-4 inches, biggest one I have seen yet. That is standard brick on the house, you can judge the size from that.
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elderboy02 NRA Life Member Joined Jul 2007 Posts 2687 EE Offline OH, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:11:08 AM EST Are they poisonous? I hate spiders.
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mayday Joined Apr 2001 Posts 2014 EE Offline VA, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:11:26 AM EST [Last Edit: 6/4/2008 9:17:58 AM EST by mayday]

Kylaer_ Joined Mar 2006 Posts 3484 EE Offline VA, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:12:05 AM EST All spiders are venomous, but only a few are capable of harming people. A wolf spider is not dangerous to humans.

BenWa Member Joined Feb 2006 Posts 768 EE Offline MN, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:12:40 AM EST
	no, seriously....

Arcteryx Member Joined Feb 2008 Posts 1135 EE Offline USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:12:54 AM EST [Last Edit: 6/4/2008 10:10:46 AM EST by Arcteryx] Worst dinner pic ever!

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:13:33 AM EST

[Last Edit: 6/4/2008 9:14:09 AM EST by _DR]

Originally Posted By Kylaer_:
All spiders are venomous, but only a few are capable of harming people. A wolf spider is not dangerous to humans.

No, but they do give a painful bite. I had to kill him(her), kids play in the yard often.
Felt bad though.

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distributor_of_pain Joined Dec 2004 Posts 3644 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:13:37 AM EST you got waaaay too close to take that pic!

JonasWright Joined May 2006 Posts 3360 EE Offline FL, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:14:00 AM EST Neat! 1 Wolf Spider will keep your garage free of other less savory critters.

DD977GM2 Member Joined Mar 2007 Posts 5587 EE Offline CO, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:14:11 AM EST Did you blade to 45 degrees and disengage? <BR>I hate that saying so thought I would throw it in on your thread.
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V-Match Joined Oct 2002 Posts 703 EE Offline NM, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:14:12 AM EST wolf spiders are fuckin' cool! the only arachnids i waste on sight are black widows, all the rest are free to carry on...

HermanSnerd Notorious thread killer and green ammo can whore! Joined May 2002 Posts 4001 EE Offline TN, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:14:18 AM EST You need to put a warning on the thread title before Dr.Fridge wanders in here by mistake.
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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:14:57 AM EST

Originally Posted By JonasWright:
Neat! 1 Wolf Spider will keep your garage free of other less savory critters.

yeah, but I have a jeep project going on where am under the vehicle a lot, didn't relish the idea of a close encounter with that!

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:15:13 AM EST

Originally Posted By HermanSnerd:
You need to put a warning on the thread title before Dr.Fridge wanders in here by mistake.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:16:15 AM EST

Originally Posted By DD977GM2:
Did you blade to 45 degrees and disengage?

 I hate that saying so thought I would throw it in on your thread.

No, but I did feel like screaming like a little girl!

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Nooobie Typical White Person Joined Mar 2006 Posts 369 EE Offline CO, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:16:37 AM EST My title would have been "This guy chased me out of the garage at 1:00 am."

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:17:31 AM EST

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By Kylaer_:
All spiders are venomous, but only a few are capable of harming people. A wolf spider is not dangerous to humans.

No, but they do give a painful bite. I had to kill him(her), kids play in the yard often.
Felt bad though.

There would have been no bad feelings on my part. Eliminate with extreme prejudice.

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Sylph Joined Oct 2007 Posts 51 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:18:09 AM EST Perfectly harmless and was doing you a favor by eating much nastier bugs when you evicted him. Poor fella.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:18:30 AM EST

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By JonasWright:
Neat! 1 Wolf Spider will keep your garage free of other less savory critters.

yeah, but I have a jeep project going on where am under the vehicle a lot, didn't relish the idea of a close encounter with that!

Believe me, he is far more interested in avoiding you. Besides, he's going to be holed up in the darkest, dampest corner in the place.

Ghost013 Joined Apr 2008 Posts 74 EE Offline USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:18:33 AM EST Man you must have a very good camera!!! My "spider" policy is if their in my living space I kill them, if they are not I leave them alone, good kill

Mash67 Joined Dec 2007 Posts 21 EE Offline IL, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:20:49 AM EST That just made me rethink my move to TX. I thought the giant roaches were bad. hinking.gif

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:23:34 AM EST

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By DD977GM2:
Did you blade to 45 degrees and disengage?

 I hate that saying so thought I would throw it in on your thread.

No, but I did feel like screaming like a little girl!

I saw one when I was about 12 or 13 in the basement about that size, I ran out screaming like a little girl.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:24:41 AM EST

Originally Posted By Sylph:
Perfectly harmless and was doing you a favor by eating much nastier bugs when you evicted him. Poor fella.

I know I thought that too.

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Melvinator2k0 Typical White Person Joined Apr 2005 Posts 7805 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:26:15 AM EST Oh shit we have those in Texas? Where in Texas are you?
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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:26:38 AM EST

Originally Posted By Mash67:
That just made me rethink my move to TX. I thought the giant roaches were bad.

It's not that bad, we are a bit on the edge of rural. Established city neighborhoods are pretty tame.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:27:06 AM EST

Originally Posted By Melvinator2k0:
Oh shit we have those in Texas? Where in Texas are you?

Mckinney, north of Dallas.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:27:08 AM EST

Originally Posted By JonasWright:

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By JonasWright:
Neat! 1 Wolf Spider will keep your garage free of other less savory critters.

yeah, but I have a jeep project going on where am under the vehicle a lot, didn't relish the idea of a close encounter with that!

Believe me, he is far more interested in avoiding you. Besides, he's going to be holed up in the darkest, dampest corner in the place.

Like the holes in the frame of a jeep or behind the spare tire or on a cross member.

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50-140 Member Joined Jul 2006 Posts 1235 EE Offline AK, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:28:57 AM EST Cute spider. Especially since I'm sitting 4000 miles away.
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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:29:46 AM EST

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By Melvinator2k0:
Oh shit we have those in Texas? Where in Texas are you?

Mckinney, north of Dallas.

Dammit

Plano here.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:30:14 AM EST

[Last Edit: 6/4/2008 9:33:57 AM EST by _DR]

Originally Posted By Ghost013:
Man you must have a very good camera!!! My "spider" policy is if their in my living space I kill them, if they are not I leave them alone, good kill

Actually that was just my backup, the older 2 megapixel Canon A60 with Macro mode on, my main, the 6 megapixel Canon S3, had dead batteries.

If I had not found it under my Jeep that I crawl under daily (restoration project) I would have let him live. I wish I had relocated him out to the wood, but he moved too fast to capture, so I sprayed him with Orange-guard.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:32:23 AM EST

[Last Edit: 6/4/2008 9:32:57 AM EST by _DR]

Originally Posted By DD977GM2:

Originally Posted By JonasWright:

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By JonasWright:
Neat! 1 Wolf Spider will keep your garage free of other less savory critters.

yeah, but I have a jeep project going on where am under the vehicle a lot, didn't relish the idea of a close encounter with that!

Believe me, he is far more interested in avoiding you. Besides, he's going to be holed up in the darkest, dampest corner in the place.

Like the holes in the frame of a jeep or behind the spare tire or on a cross member.

And there are webs under there, too. Believe me, I wear thick gloves!

Now where was that ad for the pressure washer that was on sale at home depot....

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:34:47 AM EST

Originally Posted By 50-140:
Cute spider. Especially since I'm sitting 4000 miles away.

I'll send you the carcass if you want.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:34:55 AM EST

My wife and I keep all spiders alive in our house, unless it's either 1: a brown recluse or black widow, or 2: in our bed.

Jumping spiders and wolf spiders are the best to keep in the house, because they are territorial, and they both hunt other, bad spiders.

Brown recluses are not territorial, they can be almost like a colony. Use other spiders to keep them in check.

_DR Member Joined May 2003 Posts 15709 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 9:41:49 AM EST Here's another shot that gives a better scale/size comparison next to the brick. Standard brick dimensions: 2-1/4 x 3-1/2 x 8 inches.
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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:44:04 AM EST

Originally Posted By _DR:

Felt bad though.

That's what counts.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:52:30 AM EST

Originally Posted By JonasWright:

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By JonasWright:
Neat! 1 Wolf Spider will keep your garage free of other less savory critters.

yeah, but I have a jeep project going on where am under the vehicle a lot, didn't relish the idea of a close encounter with that!

Believe me, he is far more interested in avoiding you. Besides, he's going to be holed up in the darkest, dampest corner in the place.

so he is hiding at an Obama campaign rally?

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:53:06 AM EST

Originally Posted By NineLivez:

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By Kylaer_:
All spiders are venomous, but only a few are capable of harming people. A wolf spider is not dangerous to humans.

No, but they do give a painful bite. I had to kill him(her), kids play in the yard often.
Felt bad though.

There would have been no bad feelings on my part. Eliminate with extreme prejudice.

Yeah, killing spiders doesn't make me feel bad even a little. Where I live, it's you or the critters.

The voices in my head don't like you.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:57:41 AM EST

Originally Posted By osprey21:
Bah!!

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Posted: 6/4/2008 9:58:20 AM EST

[Last Edit: 6/4/2008 9:59:06 AM EST by _DR]

Originally Posted By the_naked_prophet:
My wife and I keep all spiders alive in our house, unless it's either 1: a brown recluse or black widow, or 2: in our bed.

Jumping spiders and wolf spiders are the best to keep in the house, because they are territorial, and they both hunt other, bad spiders.

Brown recluses are not territorial, they can be almost like a colony. Use other spiders to keep them in check.

The women folk in my household would have my head if I did that!

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Originally Posted By V-Match:
wolf spiders are fuckin' cool!

the only arachnids i waste on sight are black widows, all the rest are free to carry on...

I would take a black widow any day over a brown recluse
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jmarkma Joined Jul 2004 Posts 5267 EE Offline GA, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 10:02:09 AM EST We had fuckers like that in the basement of our old house. Occasionally the bastards would jump on you and scare the living shit out of you. I was a kid when we lived there and still hate them with a passion till this day. ugh...............

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Dinner?

Just gotta cook it a little longer than meat.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 10:31:12 AM EST

Originally Posted By HermanSnerd:
You need to put a warning on the thread title before Dr.Fridge wanders in here by mistake.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 11:08:07 AM EST

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Worst dinner pic ever!

And damn hard to masturbate to.

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urbanredneck Joined Oct 2006 Posts 317 EE Offline FL, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 11:13:11 AM EST Looks like a crab spider.

Spiral_Out Joined Feb 2007 Posts 83 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 11:22:26 AM EST I'm OK around spiders unless they're crawling on me, then I freak the fuck out. Same way with most insects. Must be the barbed feet.

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Posted: 6/4/2008 11:25:10 AM EST

Originally Posted By Melvinator2k0:

Originally Posted By _DR:

Originally Posted By Melvinator2k0:
Oh shit we have those in Texas? Where in Texas are you?

Mckinney, north of Dallas.

Dammit

Plano here.

Richardson. I'll be sleeping a little less soundly from now on.

Afterwork_Ninja Member Joined Oct 2007 Posts 68 EE Offline TX, USA	Posted: 6/4/2008 11:36:41 AM EST Next time you go in the yard at night bring a flashlight and sweep the perimiter. Thay are one of the few spiders who's eyes glow, by glow I mean reflect light not glow (sorry no zombie spiders.) Down here by Lubbock if I stand outside I can probably see at least 30

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