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Spider ID - oh hell no, needs moar FIRE

NorCalAthlete

NorCalAthlete

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Well? Found in cabinet in friend's new apartment in San Jose (new to her, place has been empty for a bit, not a new building/complex). Has no problems climbing glass, sink, toilet. Finally contained and debating on smashing or burning. What say BARF?

For size reference, that's a dime.

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Brown recluse ID per google says:
  • The violin shape doesn't refer to the shape of the body but to a very distinct violin pattern that appears on the cephalothorax (the part of the body where the legs are attached).
  • The base of the violin is at the head, the fiddle neck points toward the rear of the spider. Just as the black widow spider's red hour glass is distinct, so is the violin on the recluse.
    check...maybe?
  • If you don't count the legs, their bodies could fit onto a dime with no overlap. They are very small spiders.
    check
  • They have six eyes arranged in pairs with a space separating each pair. Most spiders have eight eyes in two rows of four.
    hard to tell
  • The recluse has light-colored legs with no stripes or bands.
    mottled...doesn't look like stripes really but couple very minor color changes? Not sure if that counts
  • A brown recluse is, well, brown. It may be dark brown or light brown, depending on what it has eaten, but it will be the same brown throughout, never a mixture of colors.
    pretty uniform, but lighting makes it look mixed. Not sure how strict this rule is for ID
  • The legs are smooth -- no spines, only fine hairs.
Sure seems like it...
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NorCalAthlete said:
Well? Found in cabinet in friend's new apartment in San Jose (new to her, place has been empty for a bit, not a new building/complex). Has no problems climbing glass, sink, toilet. Finally contained and debating on smashing or burning. What say Calguns?

For size reference, that's a dime.

id68.jpg


wlz9.jpg


i1p2.jpg


Brown recluse ID per google says:
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what say Calguns? :twofinger
thx Bro! nice to know your priorities.
 
I quote George Carlin, who said (albeit in reference to lobsters and crabs): "Step on that fuck!"

Then, should you like, feel free to burn it.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider

That is a very dangerous spider called the Wolf Spider. They tend to lay their eggs on the eyelids of sleeping humans. Very common in these areas and they can get pretty big, so big it can actually move your fridge to hide behind it. It won't hurt you if you don't screw with it but I wouldn't go holding it.
 
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Entoptic said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider

That is a very dangerous spider called the Wolf Spider. They tend to lay their eggs on the eyelids of sleeping humans. Very common in these areas and they can get pretty big, so big it can actually move your fridge to hide behind it. It won't hurt you if you don't screw with it but I wouldn't go holding it.
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Oh, Jesus. I heard that Wolf Spiders are actually aggressive...which justifies the use of fire that much more, IMO...
 
carries an axe said:
what say Calguns? :twofinger
thx Bro! nice to know your priorities.
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Ruh roh shaggy. Copy&paste fail.


But yeah that spider is the Deadasfuckus Afteryouburnitforfiveminutesum. Commonly identified by its eight legs and web spinning abilities. I'd nuke the sure from orbit...it's the only way to be sure.
 
Yup. It's NOT a Wolf Spider. It IS the Zoropsis spinimana (looks to be female since the rear is more stubby/round and is lighter in color). I have a metric shit ton of these fucks around my house.

I can also tell you, they WILL bite if you roll over on one of these sumbitches while you are sleeping. They aren't very toxic, nor deadly or dangerous.
However, I can vouch that I DID see a Dr when I had some issues with the 15 fucking bites on my back. (Mostly a sore left arm and elbow, chest pain when breathing deeply) that persisted for 3 days. Marks on my back were visible for over 10 days.

FWIW: These little fuckers are highly allergic to vacuums. Dyson's especially. :laughing
 
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Called and left him a voice mail. Spider's in a terrarium normally reserved for live crickets for now. If he doesn't call back tomorrow I'm going to be up in Burlingame on Saturday, could probably just head up to the city after. Or may drive up there Friday, brother's getting some shading done on his new tattoo and needs a ride anyway.
 
Meter Man said:
Most likely a Wolf, there are no brown recluse in California or much of the country..
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I think one must have bit me in Michigan, because I don't know what other spider would cause my forehead to look almost as bad as Mikhail Gorbachev's for a few weeks.
 
Just take it outside and let it loose ferChrissakes. It will go about its business ridding your immediate area of real pests. Sheesh.
 
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