Date: 12/7/2004 7:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 16845
wolf spider perhaps??...though i think those are more grey?...  |
Date: 12/7/2004 7:31:00 PM
From Authorid: 62100
Sorry, I know zilch about spiders..wish that I could help!! Next time you see it squash it quick!!   |
Date: 12/7/2004 7:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 12862
Hey sis, my fiance says it sounds like a wolf spyder. He says they are mean and jump out at you and are poisonious. He's not sure but said it sounded like it. Hope that helps. Hugs,  |
Date: 12/7/2004 7:36:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
EEK sis that didnt help any! *faints again*  |
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Date: 12/7/2004 7:36:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
Becky, this was for sure black, big black and ugly! Xylanthia, we have 10-12 foot ceilings, I couldnt squish it fast lol. Besides I was scared to get too close! |
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Date: 12/7/2004 7:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 62100
LOL..that would be a problem wouldn't it..okay forget smooshing it.. |
Date: 12/7/2004 7:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 55386
All I know is they scare me to pieces....Jumping spider maybe? They're greyish...  |
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Date: 12/7/2004 7:46:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
This spider was pitch black except for the white markings on its back. They scare me too! I am seriously sitting here with my feet off the floor! |
Date: 12/7/2004 7:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 35160
from your decription it doesnt sound poisinous{sp}, but they are still scary none the less,lol. i hate them things. yuck.....   |
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Date: 12/7/2004 7:50:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
They are scary Spooks! |
Date: 12/7/2004 8:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 62383
They have wolf spiders here and they cant really hurt you.. I use to always catch them when I was little. Just think they eat all the pesky bugs. I am in the midwest, I Just dont like black widows and Brown recluse spiders. The spider you saw is fine. I wouldnt worry. Even that bad ones, arent that bad. Here I didnt find much for your state, but this site for Missouri has lots of pictures, might help u http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/arthopo/mospider/kinds.htm#anchor874397  |
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Date: 12/7/2004 8:15:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
Thanks Got Mike! |
Date: 12/7/2004 8:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 62938
Was it Flat looking and hairy?If so they jump and move fast.It wasn't shiny black was it? Jason-5  |
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Date: 12/7/2004 8:19:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
After seeing the picture of the wolf spider at the link you gave Got Mike, the spider here didnt have such a segregated butt like the wolf spider does. |
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Date: 12/7/2004 8:20:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
I wasnt flat but not real plump either. It was shiny black, it didnt look hairy. *prays it cant jump!* |
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Date: 12/7/2004 8:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 62904
Sounds like you have what we call a "fly catcher" here in the south..it's basically harmless other than it's ability to scare the fire outta ya..it feeds on other pesky insects..unlike it's next of kin the black widow (which is posionous). I know this doesn't take the scare out of it..but maybe it will ease the fear of being bitten. hope it helps.. *Walks with the Night** |
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Date: 12/7/2004 8:38:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
Hi Walks with the Night, nice to meet you. Well, it scared more than the fire out of me thats for sure! Im gonna have hubby look for it when he gets home just to be sure. |
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Date: 12/7/2004 8:46:00 PM
From Authorid: 62904
Hi DMK..it's nice to meet you also. I don't blame you a bit for having hubby hunt it down..(grin)..as spiders do have the uncanny ability to surprise the fire outta ya..they rank right up there with snakes in my book..lol |
Date: 12/7/2004 9:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 12341
I have no clue, but I keep a can of bug spray handy for times like this. Seems like this time of year, all the creepy crawlers try to find my basement to stay warm in.  |
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Date: 12/7/2004 9:38:00 PM ( Admin-MA )
*shudders* I do believe I would have passed out, I HATE spiders, and for spme reason they LOVE comming down on their little web from the ceiling inches from my face.... I'm so glad we have 8 cats... |
Date: 12/7/2004 9:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 6915
To answer the question to the title...I know I dont like them  Good luck w/ your spider investigation  |
Date: 12/7/2004 10:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 53558
I am sorry I can't help you. Where I live we don't get spiders like that...hugs..  |
Date: 12/7/2004 10:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 24319
lol I can't believe you didn't kill it. I would have found something, some kind of spray. Even if it wasn't bug spray. Spray it till you can kill it with a shoe, frying pan, fork..  |
Date: 12/7/2004 11:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 51070
That's disgusting! Yeah, make your husband do it! That's what men are for anyway, right?  |
Date: 12/8/2004 4:28:00 AM
From Authorid: 10245
I get those a lot, too. I don't know what they are, but I did look them up once and they aren't harmful, just huge and creepy. I think they're some kind of wood spider. Get used to them... they're your new roommmates  Hairspray really slows them down and gives you time to find something to smoosh them with  |
Date: 12/8/2004 7:14:00 AM
From Authorid: 28190
I absolutely hate spiders. They seem to like to fall on my head or face.. Happens to me every few months *shivers*... I wish I could help with what kinda spider ya got loose in your house, but it does sound like either a wolf spider or a wood spider.. Both are harmless, but still scare the beegeezus outta us.. lol... We have to be careful with our spiders cause we have a lot of Brown Recluse's down here, and those things are nasty lil' creatures.. *shudders again* *hugs*  |
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Date: 12/8/2004 8:33:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 11341
Thanks for all the replies The spider went back to whereever it came from. Hubby looked on top of the cabinets and no spider. You know Merc when we first moved in here there were a TON of spiders, but now there is only one here or there. It felt like the little spiders sent this spider for revenge LOL. *shudders with Amanda* |
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Date: 12/8/2004 9:05:00 AM
From Authorid: 10245
They probably thought they had the place to themselves for a while there and took over. Old houses are just so full of them in all the dark palces that you can't see. We tore down the ceiling in the bathroom to raise it up and opened up into an elcosed attic area.... YUK! It was like something out of the Munsters. I've noticed a lot less of them around the house since it got cleaned out up there, too. Spiders don't bother me so much, but I hate having to knock down webs. |
Date: 12/8/2004 2:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 36967
I am into Spiders, look at my tag gives that away. That sounds like a Wolf Spider. Harmless.  |
