found this guy in our bathroom.
size of a quarter, very hairy.
any ideas? poisonous?
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It's beautiful! Where do you live?
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Omg. That is frightening!
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OMG. I would've freaked the f*ck out!
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I'm going to go with tarantula. That is what we have all over my parents neighborhood.
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We were at a cabin this weekend and found a spider. My friend texted her husband and he said poisonous ones have red on them.
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Oh my Gah. I would've freaked!! It has to be poisonous as big & ugly as it is
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@rawrasaur: i'm agreeing with you. even though i know nothing about spiders because i avoid looking at them, reading about them, thinking about them...
i hate spiders.
also, i vote for moving.
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I think it's probably a texas tarantula... based on it's stubby and hairy appearance... but there are lots of other interesting spiders it could be!
It could also be a wolf spider.
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Spiders don't bother me too much, but I would flip if I saw this guy!! I'd wear shoes to the bathroom from now on for sure!
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Ahhhh!!! I was warned...why did I open this thread?!
Hope you got that sucker out!
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Omg that is Effin terrifying!!! I'm gonna have nightmares
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Ahhhhhh!! That would make me flip my lid!!!
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@Mrs. Jacks: we're in Texas!
@rawrasaur: tarantula was my first thought but I've only ever seen them as pets.
@mrs. 64: I semi-like spiders and let them live. This one made me jump though!
@swedishfish: he's still there. He's deceased, by no fault of me.. Making FI dispose of him.
@pinkcupcake: he is the creepiest one I've ever found. -
I feel things crawling all over me now! I shouldn't have looked!
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I don't think this kind is too big of a deal based on morphology (body shape)- probably venomous (many are to a degree), but usually it's a pretty mild venom to humans unlike a black widow, brown recluse, or some other exotic species.
I agree with @Mrs. Jacks: probably a wolf spider since they are quite common, but (my differentials
) could be a Texas tarantula or a nursery web spider. At any rate, it looks quite dead to me. If you are really interested, a state university/extension office can tell you what kind it is and if you should be concerned.
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@Smurfette: Black widows have red on them, but not all poisonous spiders do by any means. A common one here in the USA is the brown recluse (nasty things). They are brown, no red. I think they have a violin shape on their back?
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I keep peeking at it and then scrolling away. It kind of looks like a stuffed animal if you look quick enough.
I'd be freaked that it was in my house and I have no idea if venomous or not.
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@lemondrop: I'm so impressed with your spider knowledge! Teach me more!
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Baby wolf spider! We have them here, too. They are perfectly harmless and actually EAT brown recluse spiders (which we have a lot of here)
actually, maybe not. THIS is a baby wolf spider
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AHHH! That gave me the heeby jeebies. I shouldn't have opened!
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What a cool looking spider! I have no idea what it is, but I would definitely want to know, in an "I'm curious" kind of way
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@blackbird: that one doesn't look as hairy, but it's also pretty!
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Eeek!
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Aw, I think he's kinda cute! Haha I have no idea what kind of spider that it though. I've never seen one here I don't think.
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@Mrs. Jacks: lol, I am a total science geek and spent entirely to much time in the zoology labs in college. One thing I have to give my college (Northern AZ Univ) was their amazing plant and animal collections. I could have (and kind of did) live in there exploring the collections.
Of course these days, the interwebs makes taxonomy easy! To me the best thing I can pass to my boys is a curiosity about the natural world around them... but career-wise it ends up you either go into veterinary medicine like myself and my husband, or you ask "would you like fries with that"
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Oh sick! That's a nasty looking spider!
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Oooh... sent chills down my spine! Mostly b/c it's thick and hairy! Hope it's dead?
I'd be freaked that it was in my house and I have no idea if venomous or not.
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