Caught this guy trying to live rent free in the bathroom Anyone know what kind it is? It was a lot bigger than it looks in these pictures Initially I thought it was a brown recluse, but after looking at some pictures of brown recluses, I don't think it is.....
06-08-2008, 04:18 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est  Pragmatist Greensboro, NC 
| Help me identify this spider Caught this guy trying to live rent free in the bathroom    Anyone know what kind it is? It was a lot bigger than it looks in these pictures Initially I thought it was a brown recluse, but after looking at some pictures of brown recluses, I don't think it is.. | ||||
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06-08-2008, 04:39 PM
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| Administrator  libertarian Oklahoma
| No way that is a brown recluse, we have the recluse everywhere here and that is definately not it. That looks more like a young wolf spider variety. How big was he? | ||||
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06-08-2008, 04:43 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| I don't know how you're supposed to measure how big they are, but it was like 5 inches from foot to foot at least. The Carolina Wolf Spider is the biggest wolf spider in the country, but he looks more brown than gray.. | ||||
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06-08-2008, 04:53 PM
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| Member  Independent
| Wow, that sucker is big enough to make a cat say, "hmmm....I don't think so". I suggest you negotiate a rental agreement with it and think about moving.
__________________ error-that does not compute | ||||
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06-08-2008, 05:21 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| Originally Posted by Dispatcher It did not respond well to my termination of tenancy notice.
I had to resort to extreme measures to complete the eviction. | ||||
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06-08-2008, 08:08 PM
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| helluo librorum The Lab Moderator  Humanist Chicago Suburbs
| Why oh why did I click this thread? Now i'm going to have nightmares.  | ||||
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06-08-2008, 08:11 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| Originally Posted by Scrum
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06-08-2008, 08:12 PM
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| helluo librorum The Lab Moderator Humanist Chicago Suburbs
| Originally Posted by motivez Adblock ftw  | ||||
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06-08-2008, 08:14 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| The thing was so big I could hear it walking  | ||||
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06-08-2008, 09:28 PM
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| Give me liberty or give me death!  libertarian Lake Stevens, WA
| did you say 5 fucking inches?  Note to self. Never move to NC. I'll settle for our half inch spiders here. Fuck. Kill it before it develops language skills.  | ||||
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06-08-2008, 09:41 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| Originally Posted by thewise1 Yeah, I was like holy fuckin shit
 We also get these guys all the time outside (never seen one inside, thankfully)  | ||||
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06-08-2008, 09:44 PM
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| Give me liberty or give me death! libertarian Lake Stevens, WA
| I remember I was talking about situational awareness in your thread about nearby robbers... I take it back. Get a concealed carry permit and pistol. Might want a .357 magnum judging by those pictures. fucking a :shiver: | ||||
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06-09-2008, 11:40 AM
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| For those about to rock...  libertarian Atlanta, GA
| It looks like it might be a Fishing Spider. Specifically, the markings on its legs look similar to those. Dolomedes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Do you have any water near your house? Like a pond or stream? It says they tend to stick around those places  Here's another site I found (which made me think it might be a fishing spider): North Carolina Spider Photos | ||||
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06-09-2008, 12:50 PM
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| laissez-faire  Capitalist
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06-09-2008, 12:51 PM
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| laissez-faire Capitalist
| nice camouflage on this dude  | ||||
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06-09-2008, 05:26 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| Yeah we have a fairly decent sized pond not too far away.. I really think that's it, Ardent. I saw a wolf spider today (about 1.5 inches) on the sidewalk, definitely more grey than the one that infiltrated the bathroom. | ||||
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06-09-2008, 06:01 PM
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| ..... your a worthless poster  Realist
| Originally Posted by Ardentfrost FUCK!
 that's the stuff of nightmares. | ||||
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06-09-2008, 06:13 PM
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| ..... your a worthless poster Realist
| Originally Posted by thewise1 I was in sydney AU, walking along a sidewalk lined on both sides by a hedge.
All the sudden the cabbie grabbed my shoulder and yanked me back. I spun around like I was going to lunge at his throat and took a step away from him. His eyes got pretty big and he started yelling "look out! look out!" so I turned and saw the reason he grabbed me.... some kind of spider (he said banana spider but I wouldn't know) had built a web across a 6' wide sidewalk and was hanging in the middle. If I took 2 more steps I would have hit it with my face.  | ||||
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06-09-2008, 06:50 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist Greensboro, NC
| Originally Posted by 7960
Australia is WAY worse than the US when it comes to scary insects. | ||||
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06-09-2008, 06:54 PM
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| For those about to rock... libertarian Atlanta, GA
| Originally Posted by 7960 That is fucking epic...
I remember in HS a guy came in and had all these weird marks all over his legs and he had no idea what they were. He went to the doctor who said that they looked to be baby spider bites and he probably had a nest under his bed or something, they hatched, and paid him a midnight visit on their way to find homes. Man, think about waking up to THAT. | ||||
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