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Anyone know what spider this is?

post #1 of 90
9/23/09 at 6:45am
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I was just minding my business and this guy comes down from the ceiling and scares the bejebus out of me. I took a few pictures before promptly whacking the snot out of it with a fly swatter.

ImageShack -

A few weeks ago a spider snuck up on me while I was on the throne, not fun.
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post #2 of 90
9/23/09 at 6:47am
Killing a spider is real manly. Well done. (I'm being sarcastic)
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post #3 of 90
9/23/09 at 6:47am
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Killing a spider is real manly. Well done.
Trolling a thread is real manly. Well done.
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post #4 of 90
9/23/09 at 6:49am
no IDEA ,but that spider look venomous for sure .:P

don't get bitten or who knows, we have a head-fi spider-man in the making

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post #5 of 90
9/23/09 at 6:49am
Ya I think it's a dead one.
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post #6 of 90
9/23/09 at 6:51am
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Ya I think it's a dead one.
It was still making it's way around my monitor when I took those pictures.

It's definitely dead now though.
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post #7 of 90
9/23/09 at 7:24am
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Originally Posted by KONAKONA View Post
I was just minding my business and this guy comes down from the ceiling and scares the bejebus out of me. I took a few pictures before promptly whacking the snot out of it with a fly swatter.

ImageShack -

A few weeks ago a spider snuck up on me while I was on the throne, not fun.
Loks to me like Black Widow:



I hope i am wrong, but - that think is BAD, you dont want that in your house, i see them on Florida ...
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post #8 of 90
9/23/09 at 7:50am
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Loks to me like Black Widow:



I hope i am wrong, but - that think is BAD, you dont want that in your house, i see them on Florida ...
That's what I was afraid of.
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post #9 of 90
9/23/09 at 7:51am
Looks a different shape to that black widow, and the markings are different. Black widows generally have a red/orange/brown hourglass marking on the underside of their abdomen as seen in the picture above, but I think there can be markings on the top side in some cases.

I haven't actually seen a black widow in person (I'm in Aus), just read about some spiders some time ago and that's what I remember. The OPs spider's markings look pretty distinctive with those white spots, plus the long legs.

Anyway, still looks pretty nasty and would give me a huge case of the heeby jeebies.
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post #10 of 90
9/23/09 at 7:55am
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Looks a different shape to that black widow, and the markings are different. Black widows generally have a red/orange/brown hourglass marking on the underside of their abdomen as seen in the picture above, but I think there can be markings on the top side in some cases.

I haven't actually seen a black widow in person (I'm in Aus), just read about some spiders some time ago and that's what I remember. The OPs spider's markings look pretty distinctive with those white spots, plus the long legs.

Anyway, still looks pretty nasty and would give me a huge case of the heeby jeebies.
This is Black Widow too:
LL
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post #11 of 90
9/23/09 at 7:56am
I take back that comment about the markings, seems there are various different markings in different types of widow spiders, according to Wikipedia. Still not necessarily a black widow, but I guess it could be?

edit - already been corrected
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post #12 of 90
9/23/09 at 7:57am
How ever, go online and do some research how get them out form house - in case there is more ...
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post #13 of 90
9/23/09 at 8:46am
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How ever, go online and do some research how get them out form house - in case there is more ...
Yeah ,I feel he might need to call pest control if he has more in his house .


SCARRY !

KONAKONA:
see this

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider
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post #14 of 90
9/23/09 at 8:58am
Especially this photo from that article on wikipedia bares a close resemblance...colour pattern and legs shape seem very similar.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lDarkColor.JPG
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post #15 of 90
9/23/09 at 9:02am
OP lousy at photos. Couldn't you take a higher quality photo or zoom in?
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