Today while working on the hot tub, I encountered this fine specimen. I absolutely HATE spiders! I mean HATE spiders!!!

As of late, we have been having a few of these large monsters showing up around our place. So, I have to know, what in the heck is this?

I am no expert, by any means, nor do I want to be. I just want to know what it is. It's about the same diameter as a silver dollar.

The closest thing I could find was that it is a hobo spider. From what I was reading, these are not overly people friendly. One bite could land you in the ER and sometimes end up with massive wounds.

Yes, call me a little Nancy, I know....It's just a spider. Not to me, it's a fricking beast.

Anyway, what do you think??





Thrasher

There are only three around here that I *think* I can identify...Hobo, Wood, and Brown Recluse...and I don't think that is any of those three...

Fish on...

Todd

My guess is a wolf spider. In college I pulled my jeans on one morning and felt something take a chunk from behind the knee. I squished it so couldn't idetnify what type but was told it was probably a wolf spider. I swelled up about the size of a baseball.

http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html

i'd agree with the wolf ID. got bit myself when i was a kid--nasty. BTW thare are no brown recluse spiders in washington, aside from 1 that was found in a travel trailer in Prosser in the 60's. the trailer had been stored for years in arizona prior to being here......




willy

The markings on it are completely different from that of a wolf, from what
I can see anyway.

I am still thinking hobo.

My pic....



a pic of a hobo..



Markings across the back of the abdomen look to be very similar.

Well, at any rate, my shoe kicked it's ass in the end anyway.

Looks like a wolf spider to me.

too dark to be a hobo, no brown recluses around here, i'd say wolf

I am beginning to agree a bit more with the wolf spider. The eyes look similar to this one. The body markings just appear a bit different.

cane spider. have them everywhere here in hawaii....only seen one in my life in WA. in a barn. they look freakishly big

nevermind. you got me interested enough to search online and research. it looks to be a male hobo spider. the big things that look like fangs are actually its genitalia. look up hobo's, exact same legs and markings. females have bigger back ends and skinnier legs.

Settle down kids.

It's a...



...Giant House Spider.

Pick the panties outta yer cracks.

Well, I must agree....

Irie, is the winner! It does in fact look like a House Spider.

Fine job!

This is from a friend who's an Arachnid specialist:

"This type of spider normally rapidly reproduces so once one is found you can assume there are many more. They seek out a human host at night for warmth."

So...good luck with that.

Looks like you're gonna die. Sorry 'bout that.

I will get ahold of Barbaroa in hopes that he can come and kill the sumbitches!

it does look like this pic of a "House spider"..

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://greennature.com/gallery/spider-pictures/giant-house-spider.jpg&imgrefurl=http://greennature.com/gallery/spider-pictures/callobius_spider.html&h=350&w=350&sz=20&tbnid=JDbWuBPxGa750M:&tbnh=120&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhouse%2Bspiders&hl=en&usg=__DyB18jnGmaJrljspUdv0JJS7G84=&ei=UcCSSuXOLoS0sgP9-bEO&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image

We don't have any Brown Recluse in Montana either...Except for the ones that hitchhike on inbound southern and southwestern freight that delivers to our state!! Spiders of all kinds hitchhike into all Northwest states from their "home ranges"..Its just whether they can survive once they get here that determines if we "have them" or not..

Not a big spider fan, but those are some cool photos!

Starting about now, we get some BigAss (TM) spiders that love to crawl in from the front porch in to our entry way. I always thought they were just big wolf spiders. Gonna have to capture one and try to take some macro photos of it, as those spider photos are too cool!

Maybe it's a....






























































































BARKING SPIDER??

I notice he hasn't posted again so either he was up all night with a flashlight or they must have got him.

I totally hate spiders that I find in my basement as well, but luckily, our new Kitten is a bloodthirsty Spidah Killah! Couple times a week there is a dead one on the floor downstairs, and the kitty treats come out...

Oddly enough, there was a ginormous Giant House Spider hunkered down on the stairs to my basement this morning.

I put the poor thing in a pint jar and gave it to the kids. After Alex (the 4 year old) threatened to take it to his daycare house today, I had to take away their new "pet" and put it on the mantle.

Now that I know these ugly huge monsters are harmless house spiders, if it survived the trauma that is Alex, I'll let him (the spider, not Alex) go outside when I get home.

I tried taking some macro photos of the spider, but apparently the lens on my SLR isn't the best at macro shots.

I dunno about 'harmless.'

One bit me on the thigh one night and the next morning there was the twin pin holes .5cm apart and a silver dollar sized bruise.

The next day the bruise was the size of my foot.

The day after that, my entire thigh was purple that lasted a few more days as it gradually faded to a jaundice-yellow 7 days later.

That spider is so squashed!!!!!

Sissy

That was Dracula. You're a [censored] goner

Probably left a bad taste in its mouth.

New dead one this AM. big, and nicely dead.. Males are coming out looking for some action this time of year..

I've caught and released about 5, the size of half dollars the last week or so.

"Diatomaceous earth is a naturally occurring ingredient that is safe for humans and animals to ingest. Farmers use it in cattle troughs to kill unwanted insects. When bugs walk through the diatomaceous earth, the DE causes their skeletal structure to disintegrate, thus killing them. DE works on all exoskeletal bugs, not just spiders."

How can that possibly be OK for pets and humans.

is there an 'industrial strength" version i can use so i don't have to crack my crab anymore?

Aunty-

i am not a wuss, i'm just lazy now where is the 'hurt feelings report form'

http://www.blackfive.net/files/hurt-feelings-report-da_form_imt_wf1.pdf

http://www.millwrightmasters.com/Must%20Reads/PDF/Hurt%20Feelings%20Report.pdf

take your pick

I curse you, Corey. Ever since you posted this, I've been seeing these giant bastards everywhere, including on my frickin' leg last night!

This morning my wife--screaming in the garage. I am like "What?"

iiiiiiiitttsssss a Spppiddder

it landed on the paper she was reading.

This is the time of year when I walk out the front door in the dark that some 8 legged critter has spun a web spanning the porch. Creeps me out.

My Girlfriend had this little beauty crawl up her leg on her front porch about a month ago. Ewwwwwwwww

I see no leg.

Now you do...

http://www.ride-strong.com/wp-content/uploads/stick-in-leg-1-rs.jpg

DAAAANG!

I like how some Doc put a +2 on the foot.

"Hell, this injury is so damn cool that I'll call this one a +2"



Gotta love ER humor.

The other types of spiders that are annoying this time of year are the Orb Weaving golden garden spiders. They spin up webs all around my boat cover between the uprights, & I walk through a dozen of them each fall, loaded with a spider that is now crawling on you somewhere.
Further, they leave long single strands hanging out trying to connect to something somewhere to expand their domain. I get these all over me while mowing the lawn and working in the yard...

Thats nothin'

During some EMT training I saw a picture of a guy that fell on a branch out hunting. It went through his thigh and stopped in his nutsack.

Saw another picture of a lady that got caught in a ski rope behind the boat. The dumbshiat driving didn't notice her getting sucked into the prop. From her ankle to her cootchie looked like a spiral cut ham.

Doing the spastic dance trying to get rid of an imagined(or real) spider probably looks funny to some.

Another one bites the dust!

Is that another house spider as well?

It has to be some sort or Arachnid Warfare!! They are everywhere!!!!

It's that time of year. It's getting colder at night and they're looking for someone warm to snuggle with.
If you hit a dive bar on a week-night you can find sort of the same thing sitting at the end of the bar drinking whiskey.

Pics Irie?

He's still telling himself "pics or it didn't happen".

Looks like Stick has a little competition in the photog dept. Parker's wildlife photography is the bomb. Tell us a little about the setup you're gunnin. From how far did you have to zoom in on the subject? Tell us about the stalk. What will be your next subject to photograph? Flies circling Manpoopiles on the desolate but pristine Skokomish River banks?

Not EVEN close to a StickQuality shot. It's not even in focus!

I got close enough to that spider that it was kinda freaking me out a bit.

Honestly, I think it was stalking me.....

Sorry, but not only do I apparently have The Palsy when it comes to photography, but I also do not have the correct macro type lens to take a decent shot.

That was the best that I could do with the lens that I have.

I just have a crappy hand-me-down D10 SLR and a Canon lens. I'd kill for one of the new D50's and some kick-ass "reach out and see that polar bears nose hairs" lense, or "Zoom in so you can see a spiders eye ball" Macro lens.

Ain't gonna happen in my household, as I'm limited to spending huge amounts of money on just fishing gear. Not cameras.

Show off.

Damn Spiders again tonight. I casually removed this one, after the photo op, and on the way to relocate this one, I encounter another.

It's that time of year. Cooler nights brings 'em inside.

Damn. SpiderMan strikes again!

Peter Parker wants to know what camera are you using for these shots?