Spiders

[tex_waco_usmc]

Originally Posted by ETsC10

Thanks a bunch Tex for ttt this thread.

JUST when I was getting over the heebe-jeebies...

You are so very welcome! (My bad I didnt mean to bring them back up! LOL)

[tex_waco_usmc]

So last night I went out to the shop and of course was on gaurd because of this thread... Pulled my daughters dirt bike out and then the quad and one of them was off riding the dirt bike while I was putting gas in the four wheeler. Out of no where I hear a death scream from inside my shop so I dropped the gas can (thank god for those leak proof spouts) ran in there and my youngest was in there looking at a wolf spider that was roughly 2.5" across and it jumped and scared her so bad she was shaking... After laughing a little bit (to myself because I probably would have jumped too had I seen it jump) it met its match... A size 11 steel toe boot heel (I finally stepped on him after the third attempt, those things jump quickly! LMAO)...

[BIGTEN]

Match and Carb cleaner

[slim-n-none]

Demon WP mixed up and sprayed along the top of the walls and along the base of the walls knocked all the spiders out in 2 days. Havent seen a web in a month, and before you could take them out with a broom, and by the next morning they would be back and even thicker. I buy it by the pound now and get midevil on their azzes.
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[GASoline71]

When I was in the little hole in the wall garage I built my '72 GMC in... a buddy was over and we were doin' a drum brake replacement, and when we pulled the right rear wheel off... there was a wolf spider about the size of a silver dollar wedged in there between the wheel and the drum (I have a pic of it,. Will post it if I can find it). We both about crapped our pants! My buddy smashed it with a ball peen hammer.

We have the brown recluse spiders around here as well. Always gotta check for them when headed out to the wood pile for the wood stove in winter. Yikes!

Gary

[brianthelion02]

I use carb cleaner on the black widows in my shop,but i think i will look into the demon xp!

[GASoline71]

Found the pic... how about this baby starin' at you when you remove a wheel?

Gary

[slim-n-none]

Originally Posted by brianthelion02

I use carb cleaner on the black widows in my shop,but i think i will look into the demon xp!

if you do decide to get some demon, do a google search for domyownpestcontrol.com discount code. I think last time I ordered I got a pound for $55 and then a $5 off coupon w/ free shipping. I spray inside and outside the house and garage and I don't see any kind of bugs anywhere..

[LEX]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

Found the pic... how about this baby starin' at you when you remove a wheel?

Gary

This pic made me pull my feet off the ground.


I'm going to look into the Demon WP, also.

[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by BIGTEN

Match and Carb cleaner

Customer on the phone with his insurance agent" Uh, well you see, I had a spider problem......,"
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[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

Found the pic... how about this baby starin' at you when you remove a wheel?

Gary

Yuck.
Looks like you have a good sized "lesser European House spider" (T. domestica).
They are also called the aggressive house spider.

These guys are related to the Hobos (tunnel weavers) but not really dangerous to humans.
When I was growing up, we called these wolf spiders but the actual wolf spiders are
generally not so patterned, very large and quite hairy.

Sometimes ID between Hobos and house spiders requires (at least) a very good hand lens.

The true Hobos I've seen have been fast, medium size spiders and their favorite haunt
seems to be around car undercarriages or wood piles.

BTW--if you can tolerate having these guys around, please leave them be.
Without these predators we would have a lot more problems with other bugs.

[BlackedOut67shorty]

I remember when me and my dad were in the woods we saw a spider as big as your palm. And he said im not really afraid of 99 percent of the spiders out here, but that one would definatly be one that get stomped LOL

[GASoline71]

Originally Posted by ETsC10

Yuck.
Looks like you have a good sized "lesser European House spider" (T. domestica).
They are also called the aggressive house spider.

These guys are related to the Hobos (tunnel weavers) but not really dangerous to humans.
When I was growing up, we called these wolf spiders but the actual wolf spiders are
generally not so patterned, very large and quite hairy.

Sometimes ID between Hobos and house spiders requires (at least) a very good hand lens.

The true Hobos I've seen have been fast, medium size spiders and their favorite haunt
seems to be around car undercarriages or wood piles.

BTW--if you can tolerate having these guys around, please leave them be.
Without these predators we would have a lot more problems with other bugs.

Good info mang! I always thought these were Wolfies... never heard of a Hobo Spider. Thanks!

Gary

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

Good info mang! I always thought these were Wolfies... never heard of a Hobo Spider...

Gary, its funny how we grow up learning names for things…I’ve always tended to
think of any big, scary spider as a wolf spider. Not.

Here in Western Washington, the ones to lookout for are the Brown Recluse (fiddler/fiddle back),
Hobos and Black Widows (yes, we have them too).
BTW- Brown Recluse spiders are quite common in many parts of the nation.

As Blazerman illustrated, concerning the lady who got bitten by a recluse, these
spiders are fairly common in homes, often in clothing & stored linens.
Shake things out before dressing!

Here’s a great medical entomology site (and some pics from that site)
I found that seems to have a lot less misinformation than most: Spiders

The following:
Hobo
Brown Recluse
Grass spider
Funnel web pic

[woodwright]

Thanks. Now I'm itchy all over.
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[ETsC10]

you are quite welcome

[brianthelion02]

Thank you,i will do that!

Originally Posted by slim-n-none

if you do decide to get some demon, do a google search for domyownpestcontrol.com discount code. I think last time I ordered I got a pound for $55 and then a $5 off coupon w/ free shipping. I spray inside and outside the house and garage and I don't see any kind of bugs anywhere..

[So.Cal.Super]

Just saw this thread so I thought I would share my experience.

Over the last 3 weeks I have power washed my front end 3 times including just 3 days ago. (currently I have bare firewall, frame rails and front suspension only) two nights ago I disassembled all of the front suspension and left the hubs on the spindles to bring to work. (think lifting, holding against body, no gloves on placed in back of jeep and left sit over night) next morning I dropped them off with the mechanic at work so he could break them down cut my rotors, repack bearings and reassemble for me. (lifted out of jeep bare handed, carried 30 feet, set down and repeat.) When I came back in the afternoon to pick them up. He explains he steam cleaned them to get off what my power washer couldn't. He said between the backing plate and the hub of one. The largest black widow he had ever seen came out, ticked off and rearing up at him. after he blew it apart he decided to check the other one carefully. he found two in the other one between the plate and hub.... I was in shock and after apologizing for having no idea they were there, can not believe I didn't scare them out. Let alone not get Bit.

Just a wake up call for myself to use a little more caution.

[leddzepp]

Here is a new species just discovered in Oregon: http://news.yahoo.com/rare-discovery...211926504.html

[rendus]

Originally Posted by jhaymon

why is everyone so scared of spiders? they do a job and if you dont mess with them they wont mess with you.

[CC69Rat]

In the pics above, which one is the brown recluse?
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[ryanroo]

we have the wolf spiders ( my sister found one in the garage two nights ago about 2 1/2"-3" spread out) black widow, brown recluse, and a bunch of little harmless buggers. we also have tarantulas. for the most part i leave them alone if they are not in the house/garage. outside they get to live unless its a widow and in the direct vicinity of were i am working and i see egg sacks. they get all touchy when they have eggs. in the garage they get zapped with brake cleaner. i don't like being snuck up on and that is why they die in the garage.

the tarantulas are interesting and fun to watch as they cruise around. when they mate they will sometimes cover the road. hitting them int he car is weird

ryan

[67lowered]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Here is a new species just discovered in Oregon: http://news.yahoo.com/rare-discovery...211926504.html

hopefully that is Not the real size, looks about 3-4", wow, might catch the cat in its web, then uh-oh!

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by CC69Rat

In the pics above, which one is the brown recluse?

The spider with the penny...nasty little buggers too!

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Here is a new species just discovered in Oregon: http://news.yahoo.com/rare-discovery...211926504.html

Thanks for the link Scott!
One article says these things might reach 3" with legs extended.
Sure would hate to get a face-full of that!

Whelp, there goes my career as a spelunker


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[Mike Bradbury]

I did a lot of caving in my younger years and a particular cave we would frequent in Kings Canyon had these large hairy brown cave spiders that had glowing eyes when your head lamp shown on them. They looked like real skinny tarantulas. The leg span was about 3" long and just as hairy as the tarantula but the body was much skinnier, they mostly clung to the ceiling in large numbers and would stay motionless unless you got to close and then they would dart off, they were quick too. Never researched what species they were but we tried to keep our distance, although sometimes it was unavoidable and you would have to try not to make sudden move and frighten them and cause a spider stampede.

To answer jhaymon's question; I am not afraid of spiders and I mostly let them do their work unless they set up shop in my thoroughfare. The last thing I want to do is be walking out to my truck and feel the circular web wrap around my face pinning a large hairy frightened spider to my nose. The brown widows I posted about are as good as toast if I see them, I have got too many animals and kids that I value too much to have a poisonous species in my yard.