Does any one know what type of spider this is?????? It was in my APARTMENT!!! Can we report to health bureau?

Question

Me and my boyfriend were coming home last night and saw this HUGE 2-4 inch brownish spider sitting on the wall by our steps.

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Does anyone know what this spider is? Is this grounds to IMMEDIATELY leave the premises? We have an estimated move-out date is 10/1, but my landlords may try to keep us until 10/15... I don't want to be here anymore!!!! If you look at my previous questions, I have been trying to figure out what to do with this landlord-tenant stuff, and I feel as though this is just another thing to add onto our list of horrors. Please tell me what this spider is and if you know - CAN WE USE THIS TO MOVE??? Can I report them if it gets out of hand?? Please help THANKS!!!

BY THE WAY - WE HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD SON!!!! Will this MUTANT harm him?

To the health dept - I have no refrigerator b/c the landlord said he couldn't fit one in. I have a GAZILLION roaches in and out of the house. Now I have spiders that could potentially harm me and my son.

Answer 1

The elongated shape of the body suggests a common grass spider, which is a pretty fast runner out of its habitat.

Look for a longitudinally striped thorax and abdomen and prominent spinnerets protruding from the rear of the abdomen.

The feared "brown recluse" gets its name for a reason, and is unlikely to be found in a newer place like yours seems to be, while displaced grass spiders are common in recently built dwellings, or anything near grass, where they build their funneled webs.

The speed and appearance of these creatures is frightening, but like most spiders, they avoid human contact. Your child is safe from attacks by this critter, as long as bedding is kept off the floor away from where this carnivorous spider may hunt for food.

Both the Wolf and Grass spiders are good open field hunters, and may be attracted by the cockroaches you mentioned, as would your local health department. You might talk to them about the roaches, before the spiders eat them all.

Answer 2

It's not a brown recluse -- it's WAY too big. They are much smaller, about 1/2 to 3/4 inch across. And it's definitely not a black widow. Someone said wolf spider and I tend to agree with that. They look scary but are quite harmless.

They eat bugs and are better than spraying poison around if you have young children! There's no way that it's an issue to move out of your place or call the health department.

Answer 3

The two main spiders you should be concerned with are the Brown Recluse, and the Black Widow. They are the only two poisonous spiders in the US. The Black Widow is the most deadly of the two. The Brown Recluse mostly causes tissue damage, but can be deadly at times.

The picture you took is not a greatest picture to help identify the spider. To me it looks like a Wolf Spider which is harmless. They spend their time eating other bugs. They are not poisonous. It could be a Brown Recluse but does not look like one to me. You may want to do a google image search for Brown Recluse, and Wolf Spider and see which one is a closer match.

Answer 4

It looks like a wolf spider, completely harmless, unless you're a bug. Don't worry about the spider, most spiders are shy and harmless, in some cultures, they are 'good luck'. I'd rather have spiders around any day than roaches !

Answer 5

Looks like a everyday variety of a garden spider, they can get pretty big. They are harmless unless you mess with it, they are pretty shy. They are a naturally occuring insect and are not grounds to report it, they will laugh you out of the office. Just make sure you dont leave laundry laying around and check your shoes before you put them on.....just use a bit of common sense and you will be fine.

Answer 6

Just a regular garden variety spider. They get big and start roaming about this time of year. I had one in my laundry room the other day. Whacked in with a broom because it was so big (usually I'd just shoo em out or give em a lift out), fully the size of my palm. It didn't mush and when it fell it sounded like a mouse dropping. They are hunting for other bugs, so if you can bear it, leave them and you will have fewer other critters.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

The best thing to do here is to, forget about how nasty everything is and move.

If you have another place to go- go.

Don't let the landlord predict, whats good for you. Nor let them say when you can move out.
You payed your rent, that's all you need to do.

Just pack up and move!

Answer 9

what are you going to say to the health dept? a spider came into my house, kill it?

Answer 10

LOOKS LIKE A BROWN RECLUCE
POISONOUS