Topic: What kind of spider is this?

[lordmoonpie]

That pic does look kinda fake or it is squashed.

It's a Huntsman spider, they do that.  They're mostly legs, though.  The body isn't nearly as big as that picture would make you think it is.   

Is it the Woodsman spider that looks like a huntsman but has flesh eating venom...? Yeurgh!

[Operator]

That would be the brown recluse,

I still have a scar the size of a loonie (silver dollar for the non-Canadians) from my trip to N. Carolina.

Luckily the US Marine medics picked up on the bite and started the med process quickly to prevent any serious damage. Lots of antibiotics and antihistamines. Oozed lots of yellow stuff and took a long time to heal afterward.

The only longterm effect is that my Arachnaphobia went away. Funny eh?

[fmctm1sw]

Thanks guys.  Doesn't seem to be anything to worry about.  I didn't really note the size but as a reference, that is a window screen behind it.  After some digging around, I know I had a red widow spider under my van last year when I was installing a trailer hitch.

[IAmCitizenMe]

I was stung by one of these little buggers when I was a kid. Kneeled on it in my living room. It's an arachnid, it counts.

[bucky katt]

I was stung by one of these little buggers when I was a kid. Kneeled on it in my living room. It's an arachnid, it counts.

i have that little guy tattoed on my chest

[Gordon]

It's an arachnid, it counts.

All spiders are arachnids.  Not all arachnids are spiders.

[CB650 Wolf]

I think it maybe one of these things. Its a Brown Widow. I had never even heard of them until I moved here to Alabama.




We also have the Black Recluse.


Uhg I got the feeling something is crawling on me now.

[Operator]

CB650 Wolf

I understand you have a lot of these down there too, aren't they called the red(neck) recluse. I've heard they hide mostly in the swampy areas and build webs out of copper line.