Hello I live in Northern Ohio and I recently found this spider.
http://www.spiderzrule.com/spideyt.JPG
It looks like a member of the tenegaria family which includes the dangerous Hobo spiders. Any input? Dangerous?
2007-04-14 11:05:48 · 6 answers · asked by shawn o 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
PS.
I know it is not a brown recluse
2007-04-14 11:25:35 · update #1
Looks to me like a male Amaurobius ferox, sometimes known as the black lace weaver.
It's not actually in the same family as Tegenaria, but in another related family known as the hacklemesh weavers or night spiders (Amaurobiidae).
The Amaurobiids have an unusual method of caring for their young. The baby spiders actually eat the mother after they hatch.
But they're harmless to humans.
2007-04-14 12:31:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The shape appears wrong for the hobo. Also hobos are only known to be established in the northwest at this time so it probably isn't one of them. And it is definitely not the brown recluse.
It looks like a small wlof spider species. There are many species of wolf spider.
Another spider it sort of reminds me of is a bolo spider but I think they have larger frot legs. I have only seen one of them however so I can not say for sure.
2007-04-14 20:22:31 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff Sadler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a Brown Recluse
http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse
2007-04-14 18:10:54 · answer #3 · answered by Bambolero 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
here is a USA Spider Chart.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dhobo%2520spider%2520pictures%26rs%3D1%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dslv8-msgr%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=546&h=724&imgurl=www.spiderzrule.com%2Fspider052%2FUSASpiderChart.gif&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiderzrule.com%2Fcommonspidersusa.htm&size=100.4kB&name=USASpiderChart.gif&p=hobo+spider+pictures&type=gif&no=3&tt=338&oid=22776214c36af756&ei=UTF-8
If it is not on the chart then maybe you can e-mail them the pic of your spider to ask them.
PS. it does look like a hobo spider. but since I am not an expert I realy cant say. maybe you could ask a bug/spider exterminator. it's thier business to know
2007-04-14 18:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by eyepopping hideous female troll 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After you're done looking at it, flush it down the toilet and remember to flush TWICE!
2007-04-14 18:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dunno about this spider, but I think I may have once gone out with it's sister, and she *was* dangerous
Doug
2007-04-14 18:08:31 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋