Don't like spiders? Don't look.

[BGDave]

This thing was in my daughter's garage. Scared me limp. What is it. Errrr what kind of spider is it.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Looks like a young trap door, or wolfe spider. Nothing to see here.

 

[Brandon]

Had something like that at my dads house under the waterfall to the fish pond. Just happened to have a torch with me and fried it.

The nightmares will come back now... Thanks man! LOL

 

[BGDave]

Looks like a young trap door, or wolfe spider. Nothing to see here.

Should have seen my shorts.

 

[PaulF]

Wolf spiders tend to have slim bodies (usually with a stripe down the back), they have a leg-span of over 2 inches, and look like this:

Based on your photo, the spider in question seems to have a larger abdomen, and darker markings than the average wolf spider...maybe it is one of these:

This is called a fishing spider, they tend to live near water or in cool, damp places. They do not maintain any kind of web, and are mildly venomous (minor redness or necrosis may occur as a result of bite). The fishing spider grows to a leg-span of 3 inches or so.

Did you collect it (baby food jars work very well)?

-Paul

 

[BGDave]

Collect it. Surely you jest. Released in neighbors yard.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Released it. Surely you jest. That thing should have been the thickness of a piece of paper.

 

[longbow]

My wife and oldest daughter would panic, everyone else would either ignore it or crush it.

 

[PaulF]

Released it. Surely you jest. That thing should have been the thickness of a piece of paper.

LOL!

A fat spider like that was living well...you'll probably have a few more cockroaches and crickets hanging around now!

-Paul

 

[CrimsonRayne]

These things used to bother me more, but after a few encounters with giant House Centipedes, I feel differently. At least a spider is easily caught.

 

[Mackey]

This thing was in my daughter's garage. Scared me limp. What is it. Errrr what kind of spider is it.

I'd have to disagree with a previous poster. This looks like a wolf spider (see comparison photo below). Color variation and lighting could account for differences. Plus maybe yours is "with children!!"

Illinois Dept of Public Health - Spiders

 

[snowdrifter]

Caught this Momma (+egg sac) a few weeks ago in the garage. Took some pics and let her go in the field behind the house. I'm guessing a wolf spider?

 

[Mackey]

Caught this Momma (+egg sac) a few weeks ago in the garage. Took some pics and let her go in the field behind the house. I'm guessing a wolf spider?

While I am all about nature, I wouldn't have wasted the time to catch and release this one. No offense intended.

Any of you people ever go Spider Sniffing?
Go out at night, get low to the ground and slowly work your flashlight back and forth. You'll be able to spot the spiders by the small glowing eyes (I thought they were dew drops or glint from glass the first time I did it). If you don't like spiders, you will be horrified to find just how many of the creepy crawlies come out at night.

 

[rgrimm01]

I find it amazing how these big bad girls stand up on there hind legs when you threaten them. They are not scared...

You know the spider is big when you can see pulsating veins in their legs...

 

[hoosierdoc]

While I cognitively understand they are no threat to me, that mental exercise takes longer than the reflex action of my triceps firing and smashing the dude to smitherines.

 

[Hop]

I used to allow these 8 legged vampires to live in my house until I woke up one morning with a throbbing, burning & swollen left forearm (was July 2009). I can't think of anything else in the house that could have crawled into bed & bit me. I was swollen & red from elbow to wrist with a huge bump. Doc put me on some pain meds and antibiotics. It took >3 months to return to normal size & I could still see the two little fang marks 1 year later. It itched for a year then I decided to pull the little dry skin part with a pair of tweezers. It wasn't dry skin. I don't know for sure what the hell came out of my forearm but I still have it in a small ziplock back somewhere.

I understand they can eat other bugs but *I* should NOT be on the menu.

 

[Mackey]

I used to allow these 8 legged vampires to live in my house until I woke up one morning with a throbbing, burning & swollen left forearm (was July 2009). I can't think of anything else in the house that could have crawled into bed & bit me. I was swollen & red from elbow to wrist with a huge bump. Doc put me on some pain meds and antibiotics. It took >3 months to return to normal size & I could still see the two little fang marks 1 year later. It itched for a year then I decided to pull the little dry skin part with a pair of tweezers. It wasn't dry skin. I don't know for sure what the hell came out of my forearm but I still have it in a small ziplock back somewhere.

I understand they can eat other bugs but *I* should NOT be on the menu.

That is sick man!
It's a shame you had to doctor yourself. Seems all docs know now is drugs.

 

[steveIU]

Kill it with Fire!!!!

 

[badwolf.usmc]

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Any of you people ever go Spider Sniffing?
Go out at night, get low to the ground and slowly work your flashlight back and forth.

Just don't Spider Sniff while armed as 12,876 INGOers will post that you are breaking the law because a "CO" told them that it was "highly illegal".