Lea Eaton

Whoa... that is the mother lode of spiders.... I fully expected to click and see a wolf spider... and I thought living in the country as long as I have, I would know most spiders with shed habitats... you got me... Would you mind posting if you solve the mystery...
Lea



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Gold Standard

It looks a little like a black widow to me Daniel. We get them a lot here. Where are you located? We're in the Phoenix area. Though I don't see the back bump very well to see if it has the distinguishing red mark.
 
One way to tell the black widow is by its web...it is almost plastic-like...it makes an audible sound when it is pushed.
 
 
If it is a black widow, they are venomous, and you can get very sick from their bite. You often don't know that you have been bitten, and the onset of symptoms comes much later then the bite. I'm writing this from memory...google will give more details if you are interested.
 
It kinda looks like a wolf spider too.
 
Jacki
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http://key-words.blogspot.com/2006/06/big-spider.html

I found it in my shed in my back yard.


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Sandra Dodd

Here's the comment I put there:
It's definitely not a black widow. They're shiny and the back section is larger than all the rest of them and domed up—no big front section at all. I think it's a wolf spider. Sometimes wolf spiders are hairy, but some kinds aren't. If you go to google.com and use the image search and wolf spider, you'll see some like yours.
Sandra Dodd | 06.15.06 - 8:12 pm | #


Black widows:

I've seen just a few wolf spiders, but have seen maybe 200 black widows.   Most of those are dead.  They're not good to coexist with, truly.


Sandra

Nancy Wooton

On Jun 15, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Sandra Dodd wrote:

> 've seen just a few wolf spiders, but have seen maybe 200 black
> widows.   Most of those are dead.  They're not good to coexist with,
> truly.

My mom still has a scar on her leg from a black widow that bit her when
she was about 4. Many years ago, my dh trapped one in a jar, then
called the kids out to see it in its unsquashed state, so they could
recognize one in the future <g>

Nancy

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It looks like a wolf spider to me
 
In a message dated 6/15/2006 7:29:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time, daniel.macintyre@... writes:


http://key-words.blogspot.com/2006/06/big-spider.html

I found it in my shed in my back yard.
 
~Alyssa

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My husband when he was 15 was bitten by a black window in Michigan on a scouting trip to Black Widow tree.  He didn't know he was bitten till the next day when he started feeling really sick and then puked everywhere.  For some reason when he was bitten the venom didn't enter into the blood stream which is what is supposed to happen, and instead stayed in the muscle of his leg and damaged his lymph system beyond repair.  He can no longer regulate water retention in his leg so it swells 2 3x it's normal size if he walks on it for more then an hour.  Every 2 years for some reason more of the poisen releases into his system and he has an attack just like he has been bitten by a black widow again.  They told us it can take up to 20 years for the venom to fully leave his system.  And the attacks to stop.
 
In a message dated 6/15/2006 8:18:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, nancywooton@... writes:
On Jun 15, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Sandra Dodd wrote:

> 've seen just a few wolf spiders, but have seen maybe 200 black
> widows.   Most of those are dead.  They're not good to coexist with,
> truly.

My mom still has a scar on her leg from a black widow that bit her when
she was about 4. Many years ago, my dh trapped one in a jar, then
called the kids out to see it in its unsquashed state, so they could
recognize one in the future
 
~Alyssa

"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

Kim H

Do you guys (in the US) have black spiders with red backs and you call them black widows? We have a relative of the black widow called a red back spider and it sounds quite similar to Jacki's description. Just interested as to how similar they are to our little Aussie critters.
 
Kim
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It looks a little like a black widow to me Daniel. We get them a lot here. Where are you located? We're in the Phoenix area. Though I don't see the back bump very well to see if it has the distinguishing red mark.
 
One way to tell the black widow is by its web...it is almost plastic-like...it makes an audible sound when it is pushed.
 
 
If it is a black widow, they are venomous, and you can get very sick from their bite. You often don't know that you have been bitten, and the onset of symptoms comes much later then the bite. I'm writing this from memory...google will give more details if you are interested.
 
It kinda looks like a wolf spider too.
 
Jacki
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Daniel MacIntyre
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:14 PM
To: sentient; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?


http://key-words.blogspot.com/2006/06/big-spider.html

I found it in my shed in my back yard.


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Daniel
( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )

"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
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Gold Standard

Hi Kim,
 
If you click on the link below, there are some good pics of what we call black widows. They sound similar indeed.
 
Jacki
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?

Do you guys (in the US) have black spiders with red backs and you call them black widows? We have a relative of the black widow called a red back spider and it sounds quite similar to Jacki's description. Just interested as to how similar they are to our little Aussie critters.
 
Kim
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: [AlwaysLearning] Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?

It looks a little like a black widow to me Daniel. We get them a lot here. Where are you located? We're in the Phoenix area. Though I don't see the back bump very well to see if it has the distinguishing red mark.
 
One way to tell the black widow is by its web...it is almost plastic-like...it makes an audible sound when it is pushed.
 
 
If it is a black widow, they are venomous, and you can get very sick from their bite. You often don't know that you have been bitten, and the onset of symptoms comes much later then the bite. I'm writing this from memory...google will give more details if you are interested.
 
It kinda looks like a wolf spider too.
 
Jacki
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Daniel MacIntyre
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:14 PM
To: sentient; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?


http://key-words.blogspot.com/2006/06/big-spider.html

I found it in my shed in my back yard.


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Daniel
( Blogging at http://key-words.blogspot.com/ )

"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
Albert Einstein

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