Anyone want to ID a dead, small spider?

[icepac]

"Barn funnel weaver" in america or "brown house spider" in europe.

They do look a bit like a Hobo Spider which is considerably more dangerous.

[Phoenix 7]

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This guy

[Melvin]

Notice the size of the camera in the reflection.

This isn't a good pic really, but it's a pretty large Wolf spider.

Photobucket takeas time and i b tired.  

forgot the pic....

It's my Wife's hand, that spider is 5 inches across, fast and pissed.

[EskimoJoe]

I'd squish it in a heartbeat 

[Melvin]

They are more afraid of you than you are of them.  


EDIT: Especially with our ridiculous hats.

[mbailey]

They are more afraid of you than you are of them.  

Oh, not true, If you have ever been to my house when my wife sees one of them,you would recind that comment 

[Vudu15]

of course, its dead.

LMAO! 

[F22RaptorDude]

I like spiders, but man that was one ugly one  A brown Recluse would have been my first guess too, but lol would have been wrong.

[Rash]

it's not a fiddle back.  I usually squish all spiders beyond recognition.

[fbWldcat]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelena

We have them all over the place here in KY. Fastest sons a bishes you'll ever see. They have holes in their webs for them to hide in and ambush prey when it gets caught in the silk.

Edit: Wiki says it is only native to the old world and Europe and Africa all the way to Japan... It would be wrong. The genus is world-wide (to my knowledge).


funnel weaver, also called grass spider,  any of certain members of the spider family Agelenidae (order Araneida). Agelenids are notable for their funnel-shaped webs; they are a common group with many species that are distributed worldwide. The webs are built in the grass, under boards and rocks, and among debris. Agelena naevia, a common North American species, varies greatly in size and colour. The body of the male may be up to 8 millimetres (about 1/3 inch) long; the female grows to about 19 millimetres (about 3/4 inch). Two wide, dark stripes often extend the length of the body to make the basic pattern of the abdomen.


Look familiar?

[F22RaptorDude]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agelena

We have them all over the place here in KY. Fastest sons a bishes you'll ever see. They have holes in their webs for them to hide in and ambush prey when it gets caught in the silk.

Edit: Wiki says it is only native to the old world and Europe and Africa all the way to Japan... It would be wrong. The genus is world-wide (to my knowledge).


funnel weaver, also called grass spider,  any of certain members of the spider family Agelenidae (order Araneida). Agelenids are notable for their funnel-shaped webs; they are a common group with many species that are distributed worldwide. The webs are built in the grass, under boards and rocks, and among debris. Agelena naevia, a common North American species, varies greatly in size and colour. The body of the male may be up to 8 millimetres (about 1/3 inch) long; the female grows to about 19 millimetres (about 3/4 inch). Two wide, dark stripes often extend the length of the body to make the basic pattern of the abdomen.
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Look familiar?

Just keep it out of my house!!

[mcboi]

have you guys ever seen a wolf spider? had one of those things in my florida room when i let the dog out. that thing was huge about the size of my hand if i spread my fingers out (mind you im 6'3" so i have pretty large hand lol) as soon as i opened the door the damn thing came charging @ me like it was gunna attack me. Too bad he was no match for my shoe and the 225lbs that came down on top of him.

http://www.rshantz.com/Animals/Spiders/20080330Spider01N.jpg

[Plazus]

I have a lot of wolf spiders up where I live, but they are generally smaller in size. The biggest wolf spider I had seen was about 3 inches across with its legs spread out. I often see them running around on the floor, the patio, or alongside the outside of the house. They almost always try to run away when I see them.

[mechanic]

I love spiders. They are incredible creatures. I find it sad that anyone would kill one just because it was there. Don't you realise that spiders eat all the other insects for you? The biting critters and the annoying buzzing critters that lay maggots in your food and all types of critter. The spider she kills them all for you. I can understand killing or removing one that is a threat to your family, but very few spiders are a threat in most of the world.

I like taking photos of spiders more than killing them

[grizz441]

Batfinkv wins the "My Heart Bleeds For The Spider" post.  Wtg. 

I will never go out of my way to kill anything as little as an insect in nature, but I also won't go out of my way to save a nasty arachnid that is in my house.  They will die.