I need to identify a spider?

Question

spider with a possible ten legs. front and back sets of legs look identicle. the middle sets are smaller. about a half inch to one inch long, and brown in color. has fangs and lives in northern california

Answer 1

Click on the link below:

http://www.seps.org/cvoracle/faq/spiders.html

The website suggests that you capture the spider and take it to your local university/college in order to have a biologist (insectologist), identify it..

I suggest that you just RUN!!!!!

Answer 2

The Mygalomorphae, (also called the Orthognatha), are an infraorder of spiders. The latter name comes from the orientation of the fangs which point straight down and do not cross each other (cf araneomorph). This suborder includes the heavy bodied, stout legged spiders popularly known as tarantulas as well as the dangerous Australasian funnel-web spiders. They have ample poison glands that lie entirely within their chelicerae. Their chelicerae and fangs are large and powerful. Occasionally members of this suborder will even kill small fish, small mammals, etc. Most members of this infraorder occur in the tropics and subtropics, but their range can extend farther toward the poles, e.g. into the southern and western regions of the United States and Canada, the northern parts of Europe and south into Argentina and Chile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider#Types_of_spiders

Answer 3

Could be a trapdoor spider (females look 10-legged) or a garden orb weaver (middle sets of legs smaller). Here's a good site with common usa spiders, and a link to calphotos.

Answer 4

Wow...that's scary! Maybe it's a mutant..since spiders are supposed to have 8 legs and insects have 6. I think it would take it to an entomologist at the local university or email a picture of it. They would know.

Answer 5

Steven Y were given it proper, it really is a species of mouse spider. a number of them may have an exceedingly painful chew, yet do no longer require medical interest. additionally they, as you could tell by utilizing the photos, have large and effectual fangs. they have been prevalent to pierce boots.

Answer 6

click on yahoo pictures tab at the top left corner yahoo then the tab and type in cal spiders u just keep looking until you see a picture of what you got most of the time you find it quickly.

Answer 7

yikes , get away ... if it has fangs then it is dangerous