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Posted: 10/14/2004 3:04:29 PM EDT

Just like the title says

-Roth

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:05:51 PM EDT

[#1]

Thats a scorpion that has lost its tail....

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:06:21 PM EDT

[#2]

Some sort of wolf spider?

I see smaller version of those around my place, now and then.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:06:57 PM EDT

[#3]

Stomp on him.

Then, it doesn't matter what kind the little evil devil is.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:07:29 PM EDT

[#4]

Looks like an 8 legged spider to me....

Sgtar15

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:08:22 PM EDT

[#5]

brown recluse maybe?

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:09:33 PM EDT

[#6]

5 replies in 4 min...damn this board gets a lot of traffic....

If you need other pics I'm sure I can find him- he's right outside my window....

-Roth

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:09:47 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
brown recluse maybe?

That or wolf spider.

Brown recluse is the same as a "fiddle back" isn't it?

ETA : Brown recluse / fiddle backs are bad news by the way, kill them asap.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:11:03 PM EDT

[#8]

A spider is a spider...Kill it

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:11:24 PM EDT

[#9]

Why isnt it just a DEAD spider?

I say pooper/pics

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:11:33 PM EDT

[#10]

not a brown recluse or a wolf I don't think at least........

BR's shouldn't be up here in Vermont and the wolf looks a bit diffrent- thicker legs....

anything else guys?

-Roth

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:12:02 PM EDT

[#11]

Probably is (was?) a wolf spider. There are many subspecies in that group and all have different patterns and slightly different shaped. It is harmless.

It does bare a resemblance to a grass spider.

Have any body of fresh water nearby?

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:12:10 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Quoted:
brown recluse maybe?

That or wolf spider.

Brown recluse is the same as a "fiddle back" isn't it?

ETA : Brown recluse / fiddle backs are bad news by the way, kill them asap.

Fiddle back is nick name for Brown Recluse.

Looks like a Wolf spider to me.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:12:19 PM EDT

[#13]

not a brown recluse or a wolf I don't think at least........

BR's shouldn't be up here in Vermont and the wolf looks a bit diffrent- thicker legs....

anything else guys?

-Roth

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:12:28 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
5 replies in 4 min...damn this board gets a lot of traffic....

If you need other pics I'm sure I can find him- he's right outside my window....

-Roth

What are you? Alimp wristed New York Liberal?

Get out your AR15 and empty a mag into the damn thing!

That, or dress it up like a dog and call Wave.

Sgtar15

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:12:53 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
brown recluse maybe?

That or wolf spider.

Brown recluse is the same as a "fiddle back" isn't it?

ETA : Brown recluse / fiddle backs are bad news by the way, kill them asap.

Fiddle back is nick name for Brown Recluse.

Looks like a Wolf spider to me.

That's what I thought, wasn't too sure though.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:13:05 PM EDT

[#16]

Looks like some variation of a wolf spider to me... not dangerous in any case.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:13:13 PM EDT

[#17]

not a brown recluse or a wolf I don't think at least........

BR's shouldn't be up here in Vermont and the wolf looks a bit diffrent- thicker legs....

anything else guys?

-Roth

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:13:19 PM EDT

[#18]

That is NOT a Brown Recluse, too hairy, most likely a Wolf Spider.

Not a bad thing, but I would kill it on GP if it creeps you out.

They are beneficial, will kill other yucky bugs, but I have a No Spider Zone around my house.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:15:41 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Quoted:
5 replies in 4 min...damn this board gets a lot of traffic....

If you need other pics I'm sure I can find him- he's right outside my window....

-Roth

What are you? Alimp wristed New York Liberal?

Get out your AR15 and empty a mag into the damn thing!

That, or dress it up like a dog and call Wave.

Sgtar15

HAHA.... I would but I'm at school... don't need to learn first hand (again) of the problems having your weapons on campus creates....

Just reading online and the web seems to be the same as a recluse would do.... let me see if I can get better pics...

-Roth
what I found for a pic of a wolf spider...

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:22:06 PM EDT

[#20]

Hobo?

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:23:27 PM EDT

[#21]

Hobo maybe???

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:30:44 PM EDT

[#22]

Not sure, probably a small wolf or a hobo. Wolf spiders are cool. When you are out spotlighting deer at night you can see the wolf spiders onthe ground. Their eyes shine from way off. Fargin cool.

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:37:30 PM EDT

[#23]

It's some type of brown...spider :P At least it's not the clock spider.
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Posted: 10/14/2004 3:42:14 PM EDT

[#24]

the only good bug is a dead bug

Posted: 10/14/2004 3:57:21 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
not a brown recluse or a wolf I don't think at least........

BR's shouldn't be up here in Vermont and the wolf looks a bit diffrent- thicker legs....

anything else guys?

-Roth

These days, with modern transportation systems, and other things... Spider Demographics don't matter... There was a Brown Recluse confirmed in the frigid state of WISCONSIN this year... Don't simply trust the northern area to keep them at bay. Sometimes they can still get way up here.

Posted: 10/14/2004 4:03:36 PM EDT

[#26]

Kinda looks like a wolf spider... I woke up with one about an inch across on my face.. Had to get up and go look in the mirrior to make sure it wasn't a black widow or something worse, before flicking it off into the wall.

Posted: 10/14/2004 4:10:34 PM EDT

[#27]

It's a Female Hobo Spider - Poisonous... Kill-It!

Your Picture:

Quoted:

-Roth

Female Hobo Spider:

Note the same pattern & colors on the back of the body, same legs (in scale size & length in relation to the body)...

I'd kill it if I were you!

Edited to add, there is still the slight possibility of it being a Wolf Spider... (but I'm pretty sure it's a Female Hobo; yet could be wrong)

Personally, I *HATE* Wolf Spiders! I got bitten by one when I was about 12 yrs old, and I had a reaction to the bite (many people don't get reactions though), and I felt pretty sick for a while. Either way, it's a bitch when Wolf Spiders bite you, so I'd kill it anyway.

Posted: 10/14/2004 4:15:13 PM EDT

[#28]

Damn Hobo spiders. Ive seen them a lot in my house. I was watching TV late at night once and saw a shadow move across the carpet. I thought, "Dammit, not mice again." I got up and saw a huge spider. I trapped it with a glass and tried to identify it. I figured it was just a wolf spider and killed it. Repeat x5... I think them buggers are invading!

Posted: 10/14/2004 4:23:37 PM EDT

[#29]

Looks like a run of the mill Wolf Spider my house's basement is loaded with them!!

Posted: 10/14/2004 4:24:33 PM EDT

[#30]

I like spiders in the yard but not in the house

Kill It

Posted: 10/14/2004 8:20:40 PM EDT

[#31]

This guy is a spider expert charting brown recluse spiders in the U.S. if I'm not mistaken...send him the pic and he can probably identify it but based on his website it is definitely NOT a brown recluse IMO

Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
Kenneth Cramer
[email protected]

Here's the info on his project:

Brown Recluse Project

Posted: 10/14/2004 8:22:02 PM EDT

[#32]

It's a wolf spider, leave it alone, it eats bugs.

Posted: 10/14/2004 8:27:31 PM EDT

[#33]

That's a wolf spider. I have them here. Killed one last month that was bigger than a quarter, which is the largest I've ever seen.

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Posted: 10/14/2004 11:46:36 PM EDT

[#34]

I can guarantee you it is not a Brown Recluse.

From looking at the pictures of the Hobo spider it is not one of those either.

Posted: 10/14/2004 11:56:13 PM EDT

[#35]

Dam that thing is huge. Better smash it.

Posted: 10/15/2004 12:41:50 AM EDT

[#36]

I'd call that 8 legged some bitch DEAD!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: 10/15/2004 12:55:06 AM EDT

[#37]

Posted: 10/15/2004 1:06:18 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
brown recluse maybe?

brown recluse have a violin shaped thing on their back... don't think so.

Posted: 10/15/2004 1:10:37 AM EDT

[#39]

I am with bvmjethead,

Do NOT KILL it.

Have you ever seen one of their nests?

It has dozens of nasty bugs in it

Those spiders are your watchdogs.......for bad bugs