I live in central Kentucky and ran into this spider today. It was in a big web in between two bushes. It is furry and had really long legs. Also it was really fast.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/meggoloveskeith/100_1258.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h177/meggoloveskeith/100_1254.jpg
2007-08-15 14:23:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No it is not a wolf spider nor does it look like one. It is a type of orb weaver. I will be back when I remember exact type.
It appears to be a type of arboreal orb weaver. I thought it might be a marble spider but it appears to be too hairy.
2007-08-15 15:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff Sadler 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Looks like an orb-weaver, likely Neoscona arabesca or something in the Eriophora or Aranea. Check the links.
2007-08-15 17:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Had a look at Candy2mercy's site recommendation...
2 thumbs up!
I especially liked this photo 'cause it looks just like your spider with that subtle back pattern and hairyness...Eriophora ravilla
http://bugguide.net/node/view/73765/bgpage
I think I have become addicted to spiders online (c;
2007-08-16 01:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by redleaf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeff's right. It's one of the Araneid orb weavers. Hard to tell exactly which kind, as there's no distinctive pattern visible on the abdomen.
2007-08-15 16:55:46 · answer #4 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coll...this is not a brown recluse it is a commen spider there are thousands of different types of spiders !!!! i looked it up in my cooll. books and i at 1st thought it maybe was a brown re... but no and sorry its the one in a zillion kind
2007-08-15 14:32:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
looks like a wolf spider. However, wolf spiders don't usually build/live in a web.
2007-08-15 14:32:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
What? Did you kill it? It looks dead.......
2007-08-15 17:00:28 · answer #7 · answered by Stainless Steel Rat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋