Yea Baby...!
I finally got a picture of that spider that is in my Shed,actually in my Computer Room thats in the shed
The original Spider I saw long ago looked like this one except it was flatter with Black and White rings.
Please tell me all about this Spider.
Is it dangerous
See the Spider.
http://www.photocarshowplus.com/Spiders-in-My-Shed
2007-07-09 15:15:53 · 7 answers · asked by Vulcan 1 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Im in Northern Maine
and Im sorry but there is only room for me in the computer room..
2007-07-09 15:22:45 · update #1
Nice pictures. To set your mind at rest, it's not any kind of dangerous spider. It's one of the Fishing spiders that have gone terrestrial and started thinking they were Wolf Spiders. The genus is Dolomedes, I think this one is scriptus, but it might be tenebrosus; it's been a while since I had some as pets. They make great pets, by the way. And yes, they do get rather large. The biggest one I ever saw (in Maryland) was as big across as my hand - something on the order of 8" leg-tip to tip. They will bite if they feel threatened, but I used to live every summer in a tent with at least a couple of these guys and was only bit once in 8 years when one crawled on me in my sleep. Like a pin poke, with a bit of redness afterward - nowhere near as bad as a paper wasp sting, let alone a yellowjacket.
2007-07-09 15:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by John R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Looks to be a Brown Recluse (or some kind of recluse)...I wouldn't touch it if I were you can cause necrosis..which means it will eat your flesh if it bites you (the poison that is.) I could be wrong, but if it doesn't have the violin shape on the back of it's upper abdomen it's not a recluse.
Maine you said? Ok..it's not a recluse. Way to high up for a Recluse.
Here check this out to find out what type it is:
http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html
2007-07-09 15:19:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen one of these, too, only with a 5 inch legspan. Wondering what it was myself, but for some reason I thought it was an orb weaver of some type. But, because it was hunting, that would be the possibility of next to nothing.
Oh, and the spider is not dangerous. I know the dangerous species of NA, even though I don't know this one's. Black widow, brown recluse, and funnel weavers supposedly are the three dangerous NA species, funnel weaver to a much smaller degree.
2007-07-10 03:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huntsman Spider probably. It's harmless.
In general, spiders that you can see walking around are harmless. Its the ones you cant see that are under old furniture or in Crawlspaces that are harmful.
2007-07-09 15:19:17 · answer #4 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOAH
haha thats a BIG spider
but if you think its dangerous i suggest keeping it in some sort of container with airholes... and im sure you dont like the idea of squishing it?
sorry im not an entomologist
2007-07-09 15:20:26 · answer #5 · answered by woosh* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spider gonna bite you inna hiney!
2007-07-09 15:24:01 · answer #6 · answered by Jeffery K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am scared of spiders
it may be a brown recluse. if it has a violin shape on his head
2007-07-09 15:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Kenneth M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋