so...we've killed several (like ten+) of these guys over the last eight months or so, and i'm just wondering if this is a brown recluse or not. bryna maintains that it is, but i just thought i would put it out there to some other people and see what you thought.
i saw this guy waiting for me early in the morning a couple days ago in the bath tub
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/4732100612_11b2550b3b_b.jpg)
Quote from: ♣ McKraut ♣ on June 25, 2010, 09:47:59 AM
i saw this guy waiting for me early in the morning a couple days ago in the bath tub
How many eyes were looking at you?
" Identifying the Brown Recluse Spider
One can readily learn how to identify recluse spiders with less than a minute's training. Whereas most U.S. spiders have 8 eyes, typically arranged in 2 rows of 4, the recluse spiders have 6 eyes arranged in pairs (dyads) with one anterior dyad and 2 lateral dyads (Fig. 1). All 13 species of U.S. recluses (11 native, 2 non-native) share the same eye pattern. In many publications, the violin pattern on the cephalothorax (the first body part to which the legs attach) is mentioned as a diagnostic characteristic (Fig 2). Although it is quite consistent in adult brown recluses (although it can fade in preserved specimens), many western U.S. recluse species and some young brown recluses have virtually no contrasting pigmentation in the violin region (Fig. 3, 4). In addition, recluse spiders have abdomens that are devoid of coloration pattern and their legs are covered with fine hairs but lack thickened spines."
http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html (http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html)
Can yah get a better photo of the eyes?
Another indicator:
The Brown Recluse Spider, as its name indicates, has the ability of hiding inside homes, in the darkest and smallest places it can find.
The loxosceles reclusa, also known as brown recluse spider or violin spider, is a small-sized arachnid of approximately 7-12mm (1/4" - 1/2') long. The color of the brown recluse spider is generally brown. Its body shows a peculiar cephalothorax with a dark brown violin-shaped spot; the legs are light brown and the oval-shaped abdomen is dark brown, yellow, or greenish yellow. The most important characteristic is the presence of 3 pairs of eyes in the cephalothorax. Normally, all spiders have 4 pairs (8 altogether).
Does it have the spot?
According to the pics posted in that article that was linked, it's not a brown recluse...the thorax doesn't look "dramatic"-shaped enough.
The brown recluse can be identified by its unmistakeable taste of chicken
let it bite your finger. if it falls off in a few days.. brown recluse.
Quote from: Ronr on June 25, 2010, 11:11:08 AM
The brown recluse can be identified by its unmistakeable taste of chicken
Awesome. I just smack them all with a slipper and let god sort 'em out, athough I've changed my opinion about spiders recently ; three days ago we found a scorpion in the bathroom stuck in a spiders web under the sink. Spider munched on that thing for two more days. Om, num, num.
Good spider. Here's a cookie.
Spiders and scorpions, jesus. Do you have walls on that house of yours? ;)
I'd suggest having an exterminator come out and spray the house. Apparently spiders breed very quickly and it's quite possible you have a small infestation. Also, if you can try catching one of the spiders next time you see one. Maybe the exterminator can tell you what kind it is. The easiest way to catch them to cover them with a glass and when they start to crawl up the side remove the glass and cover the opening. It's best to have a taller glass, that way you have more time before they crawl out.
Quote from: Jester on June 25, 2010, 09:54:35 AM
Can yah get a better photo of the eyes?
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1373/4733350535_f12ed5ea4a_o.jpg)
^^^^
SHIT that is gross.
no, this is gross
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1400/4731459649_26c682f85f_z.jpg)
Mhanis -> 0
♣ McKraut ♣ -> 1 [puke]
Damn, that thing is growing fast!
that's not from the spider bite is it? looks like Dan knee [coffee]
Quote from: duc750 on June 25, 2010, 11:31:05 AM
Spiders and scorpions, jesus. Do you have walls on that house of yours? ;)
I'd suggest having an exterminator come out and spray the house. Apparently spiders breed very quickly and it's quite possible you have a small infestation. Also, if you can try catching one of the spiders next time you see one. Maybe the exterminator can tell you what kind it is. The easiest way to catch them to cover them with a glass and when they start to crawl up the side remove the glass and cover the opening. It's best to have a taller glass, that way you have more time before they crawl out.
I had an exterminator come to a house that I bought once (it had been empty for months) to get rid of all the spiders around the exterior. There was a huge black widow on the porch and this nut case exterminator said it was one of the biggest he had ever seen. So he took a pencil and got it to crawl on the eraser then he dropped it inside his half empty pack of Camel cigarettes, then folded over the top at put it back into his shirt pocket.
I had nightmares after seeing that.
Hey McK, your pic looks like a recluse to me.....
Here's one for reference
http://www.bsahighadventure.org/camping/recluse.jpg (http://www.bsahighadventure.org/camping/recluse.jpg)
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on June 25, 2010, 12:24:19 PM
Mhanis -> 0
♣ McKraut ♣ -> 1 [puke]
Crap, I didn't know we were keeping score, but I have to agree, the knee is..................grosser?? ???
Quote from: muskrat on June 25, 2010, 01:34:35 PM
that's not from the spider bite is it? looks like Dan knee [coffee]
no, it's my right calf muscle vicinity and it's from my clutch. i'll post up a more comprehensive slide show at some point to give a decent start-to-finish of the whole thing, for anyone wondering what might happen when your leg gets sucked up into that spinning wheel of billet and bling on the right side of your engine.
Quote from: ♣ McKraut ♣ on June 25, 2010, 06:42:27 PM
no, it's my right calf muscle vicinity and it's from my clutch. i'll post up a more comprehensive slide show at some point to give a decent start-to-finish of the whole thing, for anyone wondering what might happen when your leg gets sucked up into that spinning wheel of billet and bling on the right side of your engine.
Okey dokey... there goes my plan for an open clutch cover!!!
Thanks ♣ McKraut ♣ you just saved me some $$ ;)
Quote from: ♣ McKraut ♣ on June 25, 2010, 06:42:27 PM
no, it's my right calf muscle vicinity and it's from my clutch. i'll post up a more comprehensive slide show at some point to give a decent start-to-finish of the whole thing, for anyone wondering what might happen when your leg gets sucked up into that spinning wheel of billet and bling on the right side of your engine.
Sucked seems to sum it up!
Hope it heals and the meds are good
Dang Rich! I didn't know it was that bad.
I'll wait for a full report [popcorn]
Quote from: ♣ McKraut ♣ on June 25, 2010, 12:20:15 PM
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1400/4731459649_26c682f85f_z.jpg)
That reminds me... I need to thaw some steaks to grill later [thumbsup]
Looks like a brown recluse to me. And your leg looks nasty. Have you been going to the dr for follow ups? I'm gonna dig up an email my mom sent on brown recluses. I'd post the pics up here but no can do from the iPhone
OK, OK... you asked us to identify the spider. It's Fred.
Quote from: M is for ... on June 30, 2010, 07:17:27 AM
Looks like a brown recluse to me. And your leg looks nasty. Have you been going to the dr for follow ups? I'm gonna dig up an email my mom sent on brown recluses. I'd post the pics up here but no can do from the iPhone
Iphone works with FB. Just sayin ;D
Sucks for this dude.....this is from a guy who got bit on the thumb by a brown recluse.
(http://www.tcnj.edu/~hofmann/humor/Misc/spider/Day10.jpg)
Quote from: WonderBoy on July 14, 2010, 06:06:28 PM
Sucks for this dude.....this is from a guy who got bit on the thumb by a brown recluse.
(http://www.tcnj.edu/~hofmann/humor/Misc/spider/Day10.jpg)
(http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/hmsweb/jarmuz/eighth/fall08/andrews_web/images/bacon.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_2464.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_2460.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_2459.jpg)
These two showed up on our back porch. They are working together. Any guesses? The first photo is one spider, the next 2 are the second spider taken from 2 different angles.
I'm not impressed if it doesn't have lasers
The first one looks bad ass! Has survived a leg-loosing
fight or two
Quote from: TresGatos on September 27, 2010, 05:54:36 PM
The first one looks bad ass! Has survived a leg-loosing
fight or two
Quote from: TresGatos on September 27, 2010, 05:58:13 PM
How can you loose with a jet cowl on a side car? [thumbsup]
lol, two in a row... lose, not loose ;D
I am shooting for an infestation of these
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5032345512_055ea4c9ce.jpg)
I likes. we had shit tons of Alfa Romeos in Venezuela. lets hope this car comes over at a reasonable price......yeah right.
we keep hoping for them to get one more in their dax count!
Quote from: Ronr on September 27, 2010, 06:16:52 PM
lol, two in a row... lose, not loose ;D
Ha. My bad or the iPhone? I depend on Words
With Friends app ;D
Saw this one at a gas station in Comanche on the way back from the HC:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5035559675_a4de976834.jpg)
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on September 29, 2010, 03:24:53 AM
Saw this one at a gas station in Comanche on the way back from the HC:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5035559675_a4de976834.jpg)
That's a pitifully skinny banded garden spider - used to see a lot of fat ones at our old farm in E Tx.
Quote from: Mhanis on September 27, 2010, 05:08:48 PM
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_2464.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_2460.jpg)
(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_2459.jpg)
These two showed up on our back porch. They are working together. Any guesses? The first photo is one spider, the next 2 are the second spider taken from 2 different angles.
They appear to be a variety of Orbweaver
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on September 29, 2010, 03:24:53 AM
Saw this one at a gas station in Comanche on the way back from the HC:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5035559675_a4de976834.jpg)
Quote from: Cyclone on September 29, 2010, 05:58:46 AM
That's a pitifully skinny banded garden spider - used to see a lot of fat ones at our old farm in E Tx.
Also known as a Zipper Spider for the zipper pattern it weaves in it's web. No one knows for sure why they do it as it catches fewer bugs, but the theory is that it makes the web more visible so birds don't fly into it. A buddy of mine at work had one camped out in the bed of his truck and I took a ton of shots of him when I first got my macro lens. Here's a link to the photos and theres also a couple of videos on the last page. The first video is from when we introduced another spider into the web and the second shows him prepping his gecko meal. Excuse the poor videographer skills. It was my first attempt using my SLR to shoot video. FYI, on the first video you can see the wrapped gecko hanging from the web.
http://pixl8.smugmug.com/Nature/Marks-traveling-spider-show/13581757_6ZWwJ#990454510_J7TxJ (http://pixl8.smugmug.com/Nature/Marks-traveling-spider-show/13581757_6ZWwJ#990454510_J7TxJ)
(http://pixl8.smugmug.com/Nature/Marks-traveling-spider-show/MG1709/990523586_uPJoV-M-1.jpg)
i met this guy in hill country:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5013461708_fe3b41b7e9_b.jpg)
Ummm, yeah. Thanks for that [bang]
Wolf
The bricks are 4" tall. His body was about as thick as my pinky finger. I love these guys, but they scare the SHIT out of my wife. Look nasty, but very benign. THey don't make a web, they burrow and eat tons of bugs.
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l309/ducatiz/DMF/wolfie.jpg)