I noticed this spider descending from the second story of a house I was working on in Beaumont, Texas last August. It is brown, slightly hairy and about the size of a silver dollar. The most distinguishing feature is the white skull on its abdomen! Yup, this spider is so bad@ss it has a skull on it...but what kind of spider is it? I have a pic of it at
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/mufffinhead/album/576460762381253156
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2006-12-27 11:28:25 · 7 answers · asked by Dick 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It is what is commonly known as the death's head orb weaver, actually in the genus Eriophora. I'm not too sure about its toxicity, but I seriously doubt it is of any danger. I have never seen one myself seeing as I live in the north east, but I happen to study spiders, many of them in this very common and widespread family. Most representatives are harmless, so i assume this one is too. The picture you sent is of the larger, more rounded female of this species, the males are much smaller.
Here is a picture and some details, hope this helps!
http://bugguide.net/node/view/37671
2006-12-27 16:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We get brown tarantulas in Arkansas. The thing that throws me though is the scull shape. I would take a picture over to the college in your area and check with them as I have never seen any like this either. I am pretty certain though that it is in the tarantula family. I have included a website so you can look at a turantualla.
2006-12-27 11:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by The_answer_person 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-06 02:23:56 · answer #3 · answered by lashbrook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kinda looks like a Brown Recluse, but not skinny enough.. I'll keep trying lol
actually, the more i look at the pic, the more it looks like a tarantula with it's exoskeleton flaking off a little bit. it doesn't have enough hair to be a rose hair but it definitely looks like a tarantula, specially because i can't find any spiders like that in anything so yeah.. I'll go with tarantula.
2006-12-27 11:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's Eriophora, probably species transmarina. Commonly known as the death's-head orb weaver, but it's not poisonous. See link.
2006-12-27 17:17:35 · answer #5 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google it. I have found some very good references there.
2006-12-27 11:31:35 · answer #6 · answered by Scottyboy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
that is a scary looking spider.could it be a brown recluse?
2006-12-27 11:39:17 · answer #7 · answered by laura m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋