Identify My Captured Spider

[Utsanomiko]

I saw it crawling on the floor past my desk and I caught it under a glass and I took a photo of it and I was sooo scared.

So anywho, it's currently still captured and alive; I set the glass upright and put a stiff leaflet over the top so it can't crawl up the sides and escape. I probably should dispose of it now but curiosity compells me to share its hideousness and question its species in the meantime.



So please do hurry and identify/discuss, it is somewhat starting to spook me out.

[Superman]

You know, I live in California and every tard here and their dog thinks that Brown Recluse Spiders are native fauna. The fact is that there are no breeding Brown Recluse populations in California. I work in a huge hospital that has no Brown Recluse bite on record for treatment, and universities that study arachnids (like UCSD) have actually published articles in hopes of debunking the popular myth.

That being said, that looks like a Brown Recluse. If you can, shine some light on it and zoom in.



Just don't let it bite you. Necrosis (think flesh-eating bacteria) is bad.

[InnocentBystander]

Does that man not have any skin there; am I looking at... meat?

[Superman]

Does that man not have any skin there; am I looking at... meat?

That's a severe reaction to the bite, called a "volcano lesion." It's basically the worst case scenario. From what I have read, the vast majority of Brown Recluse bites don't puncture the skin.

[Star-Blighter]

Just going by looks it doesn't seem to be a brown recluse, abdomen is too small and short relative to the head. Also the patterning and mandibles seem to be from a different species of arachnid. Its likely just a wolf spider (they can look VERY much like recluses depending on species) and relatively harmless.

Still, don't let it get loose and DON'T TOUCH IT (Wolfies aren't really that aggressive, but can get nervous easily and WILL bite if threatened)!!!

[ghettoedit]Whats your location currently? If your in Iowa it could be a recluse I haven't seen before. Same advice, keep it contained and don't let it bite you.[/qhetteedit]

[Dooey Jo]

Fluffy? Is that you??


Nah. It does look a little like a type of spiders we have here though, except that the "teeth" and "head" are too big. And I don't think that you have them in Iowa either...

[Flakin]

I dunno, the Google Image search certainly shows some identical spiders under "Brown Recluse" to me.

Uts, be careful. In the associated image searches theres some graphic pictures of what happens with a sucessful bite.

[Star-Blighter]

I think I found the little goober.



Don't worry this bad boy isn't a recluse, or a member of that family for that matter. Completly harmless. I still wouldn't touch the bugger though.

[Elheru Aran]

It's best not to touch most insects anyway unless you know what they are.

And I'm guessing it's a wolf spider or some other sort of harmless critter, the abdomen looks too small for a brown recluse. What's the general size (diameter from leg to leg)?

[Admiral Valdemar]

Looks like the Wolf spiders we get here. My garage used to be full of the bastards, size of golf balls sometimes, but never attacked anyone bigger than themselves. A lot of ordinarily harmless spiders can cause a severe reaction or possibly death if their venom enters the bloodstream. Fortunately, as with the myth on the Daddy Long Legs, they don't have the fangs to really puncture you that well, so you're safe for the most part.

[Star-Blighter]

I dunno, the Google Image search certainly shows some identical spiders under "Brown Recluse" to me.

Uts, be careful. In the associated image searches theres some graphic pictures of what happens with a sucessful bite.

I ran across those images too. Spiders from different families can look almost identical right down to the colors. Uts's little friend doesn't have the tell-tail violin marking on the head so I think its safe, but still treat it like any potentialy dangerous arachnid and either squish him good (gloves work) or keep him in a jar.

[Pick]

I know spiders are healthy to maintaining proper insect populations, but I'd really just fucking kill that thing .

[Star-Blighter]

Interestingly enough I've found a few new friends myself, in my bath tub this morning. They look like huntsmans to me. Down the drain you go little guys....

[Uraniun235]

My mom caught one of those in her bedroom once. We just left it in the jar and it took a couple of weeks for it to die.

I hate spiders like those.

[Alan Bolte]

Those guys are okay, those I can live with. Sorta. It's the jumpers I really hate. Especially the huge mutant jumpers we sometimes get in my neighborhood.

[Darth Fanboy]

There have been noted cases of Brown Recluse spiders in Iowa before. Was watching the news based out of Cedar Rapids a few years ago at my grandma's and there was a short story on about how an idiot let the bite go for a while and nearly lost his arm or something like that.

Link detailing Brown Recluse Spider presence in IA

I think it might, MIGHT, be a sac spider.

[Guardsman Bass]

Fortunately, they seem to be rare in Utah.

We usually get a bunch of little yellowish buggers (in my room, too). One of them may have bitten me, before I washed it down the toilet.

[Utsanomiko]

Ohmygod.

I was going to finally get rid of it, but that motherfucker was really fast and really pissed-off. I'm up on this chair now.



I'm scared, ands a little bit hungry. I should have brought some food up here.

[felineki]

My mom caught one of those in her bedroom once. We just left it in the jar and it took a couple of weeks for it to die.

You could have at least squashed it or something rather than starving it to death.

[Anarchist Bunny]

I say take no chances, douse it in rubbing alcohol, light it on fire and then smash the ashes. We have to show them we mean business or else the arachnid overlords will come for our society!

[Rogue 9]

You should have taken it outside before taking the top off.

[Drooling Iguana]

I say take no chances, douse it in rubbing alcohol, light it on fire and then smash the ashes. We have to show them we mean business or else the arachnid overlords will come for our society!

Then I suppose you bury the ashes under running water?

[Uraniun235]

My mom caught one of those in her bedroom once. We just left it in the jar and it took a couple of weeks for it to die.

You could have at least squashed it or something rather than starving it to death.

EWWW, that would mean spider guts all over the damn place.

[Shinova]

You should've killed it with a convenient roll of newspaper or a bunch of tissue.

Anything remotely bug-like that crosses my path dies instantly especially spiders, unless it's something like a ladybug, or unless I'm too arsed to go kill a spider if it's super-tiny.

[Stofsk]

Where I come from, if you don't like a spider you fucking kill it. None of this 'ooh I trap it with a glass cup and bite my nails about what to do with it'.