I'm thinking its some type of mutated black widow but it had some funky looking designes on its back that I can't describe. It was about 1 inch in lenth and all black except the markings i mentioned. I can't describe the markings on the back because I can't remember the details. The damn thing is long dead now but I sure hope there are no babies. I had my apartment spray for spiders, however, I live in southern Nevada. Any knowledge of such a spider?
2006-06-30 00:38:39 · 11 answers · asked by worsetofirst 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
At that size I would say it was a young black widow. They start out a light brown colour with white markings and the markings become more red and the body more black as they age. Orange markings on a spider that size sound about right.
2006-06-30 01:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definitely a black widow. As they mature their bodies get darker. I just killed a young one in my bathroom yesterday. I didn't get close enough to checkout whether there was an hourglass on it or not but have seen enough of them to know. My grandma's house is full of them and she refuses to have anyone spray because the pesticides might kill the good bugs. So I'm left going to her house and turning over all the furniture and killing the little boogers by hand. Maybe I should hire somebody myself and have him spray while I take grandma out to lunch sometime. Anyway, It's not a brown recluse. They don't have the orange hourglass. They are brown with a violin shape. It's been a while since I've seen one of those but I don't remember the violin shape being orange either. Also, another way to tell a black widow is that they will move more slowly than other spiders.
2006-06-30 13:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by cencacag 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be a brown widow spider. Remember that the best way to avoid being poisoned by biting spiders; is to stop biting spiders. Good luck.
2006-06-30 07:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably a "mock" spider, you know the harmless kind that only LOOK like the deadly ones to scare off predators. But talk to an exterminator or an entomologist for specifics.
2006-06-30 07:42:54 · answer #4 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a black widow to me.
2006-06-30 07:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by Nick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An hour glass is one of the identifying features of the black widow.
2006-07-01 15:06:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be a black widow spider, they are all over the place here in Arkansas. They are very poisionious too, be careful!
2006-06-30 12:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by jinxy84 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brown Recluse,if bitten can decompose your flesh.A lady lost her leg,after getting bit on the ankle,getting into her tub.Texas is loaded with them and found out they have spread all over the U.S. now.They say to use sticky traps to get them.Google Brown Recluse.
2006-07-03 20:42:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a black widow spider.they are also very poisonous to humans.
2006-06-30 08:46:31 · answer #9 · answered by sandyandrick@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that would be a brown recluse.
2006-06-30 07:44:05 · answer #10 · answered by J Somethingorother 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋