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 12/29/2007 10:49:53 AM · #1
If so - what's this ?

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 12/29/2007 10:56:07 AM · #2
looks like a brown spider, not positive though.
 12/29/2007 11:00:50 AM · #3
Looks like some sort of hunting spider.

If you post it on BugGuide.net, you will probably get a good ID.

It's not a brown recluse, and I hope you let it live.

P.S. An approximate size would help with ID.

Message edited by author 2007-12-29 11:01:44.
 12/29/2007 11:04:49 AM · #4
Not a brown spider but it could be a yellow sac spider. He is a link to compare your photo. Yellow Sac Spider Trevor~

here's another link More info on Yellow Sac Spider

Message edited by author 2007-12-29 11:08:19.
 12/29/2007 11:05:43 AM · #5
Originally posted by rox_rox:
P.S. An approximate size would help with ID.


Less than an inch for body length, long legs though.
 12/29/2007 11:11:28 AM · #6
It is a black footed spider:



More info here:

ENJOY :)

And have a lovely day :)
 12/29/2007 11:14:40 AM · #7
Definitely not a brown recluse. They have a distinct violin shaped dark marking on top, just behind the top eyes. The brown recluse is only about one cm (.4 inch) long full grown.
12/29/2007 03:05:05 PM · #8
Yikes - NOT enjoying the info I'm seeing about that black-footed spider at all.
12/29/2007 03:12:15 PM · #9
It's a Canadian Spider... duh! :-D
 12/29/2007 03:45:09 PM · #10
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
It's a Canadian Spider... duh! :-D

Leroy is right, as usual. These spiders are most easily identified by the maple leaf on their backs. It's a defense mechanism employed to avoid being mistaken as obnoxious American spiders while travelling. But beware, some American spiders have fake maple leafs and masquerade as Canadian spiders to fool locals. Fakes can be exposed easily, as they get silly-drunk on just a single Canadian beer.


12/29/2007 03:45:22 PM · #11
It's clearly a black widow.

eta: not really

Message edited by author 2007-12-29 15:46:53.
 12/29/2007 03:48:26 PM · #12
Hey, check this out:

Black-footed spiders on the move or in bivouacs in hard to reach places may be sprayed with a mixture of soap and water: Fill a one litre plant mister with water almost to the top. Add one or two tablespoons of dish soap. Stir, test that the mixture feels slippery, and cap. You have just prepared the most effective contact insecticide possible. Results, on direct contact, are instantaneous.

Now that, I did NOT know :)
 12/29/2007 04:01:57 PM · #13
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
It's a Canadian Spider... duh! :-D

Leroy is right, as usual. These spiders are most easily identified by the maple leaf on their backs. It's a defense mechanism employed to avoid being mistaken as obnoxious American spiders while travelling. But beware, some American spiders have fake maple leafs and masquerade as Canadian spiders to fool locals. Fakes can be exposed easily, as they get silly-drunk on just a single Canadian beer.



I almost think I love you Slippy !
12/29/2007 04:04:30 PM · #14
Originally posted by kashi:
I almost think I love you Slippy !

*Slippy does his I'm da man dance.*
 12/29/2007 04:05:39 PM · #15
She said almost, she's still debating :-P
 12/29/2007 04:07:22 PM · #16
Well, I do have to take into account that I am married already.

BUT - Sir Slippy is only a couple hours away from me . . .
12/29/2007 04:46:38 PM · #17
Originally posted by TCGuru:
Hey, check this out:

Black-footed spiders on the move or in bivouacs in hard to reach places may be sprayed with a mixture of soap and water: Fill a one litre plant mister with water almost to the top. Add one or two tablespoons of dish soap. Stir, test that the mixture feels slippery, and cap. You have just prepared the most effective contact insecticide possible. Results, on direct contact, are instantaneous.

Now that, I did NOT know :)

They use truckloads of 55 gallon drums of dish soap around here as insect and spider spray in the local agricultural fields. The most common use is to kill tomato whitefly.
12/29/2007 04:48:40 PM · #18
Originally posted by kashi:
Well, I do have to take into account that I am married already.

BUT - Sir Slippy is only a couple hours away from me . . .

*Slippy checks over his shoulder to see if the wife is looking...*
 12/29/2007 06:27:39 PM · #19
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by kashi:
Well, I do have to take into account that I am married already.

BUT - Sir Slippy is only a couple hours away from me . . .

*Slippy checks over his shoulder to see if the wife is looking...*


Oops, he's offline.... she musta been.
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