Identify this spider?

Can anyone tell me what type of spider this is?

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Just killed it in my room. (

wolf spider

i say that confidently but really it is a stab in the dark lol
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycosidae looks very similar

Holy shit I hope not.

How did you kill it? o.O

I've been playing a lot of zelda latly, so my first instinct was to reach out for the Wii mote and do a jump attack...

I then proceeded to spray it with orange windex.

That looks like an ordinary house spider to me, not a wolf spider. A wolf spider has a much thicker abdomen and is quite hairy.

Those house spiders are extremely common and totally harmless (to humans).

[quote2d4f691992="dmorris68"]That looks like an ordinary house spider to me, not a wolf spider. A wolf spider has a much thicker abdomen and is quite hairy.

Those house spiders are extremely common and totally harmless (to humans).[/quote2d4f691992] yeah he is probably right but you gotta admit it does resemble a wolf spider

I had the biggest spider I had ever seen and I took a picture of it a year ago maybe I can find it somewhere

[quote9a7be7deda="Brok3n_Sword"]I've been playing a lot of zelda latly, so my first instinct was to reach out for the Wii mote and do a jump attack...

I then proceeded to spray it with orange windex.[/quote9a7be7deda]
roll You couldn't just step on it? D P

Paging Gil Grissom

very common, could be a young wolf spider.

watch out, they could come back in a pack and get u while u are sleeping twisted

[quotebb0562ea4f="kdollar"]very common, could be a young wolf spider.[/quotebb0562ea4f]
I had a boot outside my house once, and I put my foot into it without thinking about shaking it out, and a wolf spider bit me. It hurt.

[quote383799a3a7="cwncool"][quote383799a3a7="kdollar"]very common, could be a young wolf spider.[/quote383799a3a7]
I had a boot outside my house once, and I put my foot into it without thinking about shaking it out, and a wolf spider bit me. It hurt.[/quote383799a3a7]

Did you die?

[quote4ba5025201="egyptianruin"][quote4ba5025201="cwncool"][quote4ba5025201="kdollar"]very common, could be a young wolf spider.[/quote4ba5025201]
I had a boot outside my house once, and I put my foot into it without thinking about shaking it out, and a wolf spider bit me. It hurt.[/quote4ba5025201]

Did you die?[/quote4ba5025201]
twice.

praise jesus

That does look like a wolf spider. What most people think of as a wolf spider is actually a hobo spider

http//www.nps.gov/public_health/inter/graphics/hobo_female.jpg[" alt=""/img325d2cc43c]

This being your generic hairy brown house spider. These can actually give you a very nasty bite which festers.

My policy - small spiders I pick up and put outside. Big spiders I get the cup 'n' paper and put them outside. I don't mind spiders, but I hate moths (ew, all fluttery leaving mothdust everywhere yuk) so I let the spiders go to eat the moths.

so does this mean i was right

[quotee073795368="Stroid"]so does this mean i was right[/quotee073795368]

actually means i was right, nullfying your answer because your answer was not confident.

btw, creepiest fuckin spider ever was this one we found in the condo we rented in hawaii - http//www.bookwyrm.ca/pics/maui/photos/040502canespider3.jpg[" alt=""/img5131eb6468]

More pics of it here [url=]http//www.bookwyrm.ca/pics/maui[]http//www.bookwyrm.ca/pics/maui[/url]

[quoteaa1de1e479="kdollar"][quoteaa1de1e479="Stroid"]so does this mean i was right[/quoteaa1de1e479]

actually means i was right, nullfying your answer because your answer was not confident.[/quoteaa1de1e479]lol ok whatever i was still right...unless you can prove to me that you are a spider expert i will assume you were not 100% confident

[quotecf95d53d8b="dmorris68"]That looks like an ordinary house spider to me, not a wolf spider. A wolf spider has a much thicker abdomen and is quite hairy.

Those house spiders are extremely common and totally harmless (to humans).[/quotecf95d53d8b]

Well, it depends in part on where you live, but I find the most common is actually the kind you'll find in corners and ceilings. (At least in the big cities)

However, there is a second most common (in my experience) type of spider that looks quite a bit like the first picture, that I happen to find on the floor occasionally. It's just a bit bigger that the standard house spider you find in a ceiling corner.

It's rather small, and only walks around on the floor. It builds web cocoons, but no webs to catch anything, and runs very fast when discovered. The thing is, they get no bigger. Some of the others mentioned here [icf95d53d8b]do[/icf95d53d8b] get bigger, so it can't be a wolf etc.

[quotecf95d53d8b="JennyWren"]That does look like a wolf spider. What most people think of as a wolf spider is actually a hobo spider

http//www.nps.gov/public_health/inter/graphics/hobo_female.jpg[" alt=""/imgcf95d53d8b]

This being your generic hairy brown house spider. These can actually give you a very nasty bite which festers.[/quotecf95d53d8b]

That's bigger than what I was thinking of, and the OP's picture looks like it too. It would be nice if he could get a coin in there for scale, but what can you do? ;)

[quotecf95d53d8b="JennyWren"]My policy - small spiders I pick up and put outside. Big spiders I get the cup 'n' paper and put them outside. I don't mind spiders, but I hate moths (ew, all fluttery leaving mothdust everywhere yuk) so I let the spiders go to eat the moths.[/quotecf95d53d8b]

Spiders = vicious predators.
Moths = vegetarians, and protectors of miniature twin girls. ;)

This is what I'm calling a wolf spider. Note the 2 large, forward-facing eyes and large jaws

http//www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/arachnids/spiders/wolf_spider

The one the OP posted looks like what we call a common brown spider around here, also known as funnel spiders

http//www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/funnel/funnel.htm

While the coloring and markings are similar, they have some pretty distinct differences. We have a lot of both around here, so I seem them both pretty often.

lol i got my spider certificate in 99.

[quote8c21568ecf="kdollar"]lol i got my spider certificate in 99.[/quote8c21568ecf] that is very impressive +karma for you..........................NOT (Borat reference)

[quote06a49ab879="dmorris68"]This is what I'm calling a wolf spider. Note the 2 large, forward-facing eyes and large jaws

http//www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropods/arachnids/spiders/wolf_spider

The one the OP posted looks like what we call a common brown spider around here, also known as funnel spiders

http//www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/funnel/funnel.htm

While the coloring and markings are similar, they have some pretty distinct differences. We have a lot of both around here, so I seem them both pretty often.[/quote06a49ab879]

Yup, the spiders I was speaking of are funnel spiders. That cocoon is called the funnel (forgot that term ) ), but most of the pictures I see of them are bigger than what I usually find.

Anyhow, that's what I think that spider is. Not dangerous, but fast runners and [i06a49ab879]jumpers[/i06a49ab879]. stun ;)