Spider Lovers...who's this guy?

Michael_K_Sr · 07-31-2007, 11:07 PM

Found this guy on the floor of my upstairs bathroom. Most spiders I see in the house I leave alone, but I had to capture this brown one. Looks like a silverish/white stripe on the back with a chevron at the bottom and is about an inch long. Can anyone ID it?

mylan · 08-01-2007, 06:14 AM

It looks like a Wolf Spider, we get these occassionally. They carry their young on their bodies so if you crush them, the babies will scatter like something out of a sci-fi movie!

http://www.badspiderbites.com/wolf-spider.php

betooz · 08-01-2007, 08:33 AM

Could be a wolf spider, also known as a wolf tarantula, most of the ones I have come across are tan-ish or brown. Probably not life threatening but the markings on it's back make me think not a wolf spider. Maybe someone else can be of more assistance.

Michael_K_Sr · 08-01-2007, 09:28 AM

Amazing what an accurate Google search will turn up...

Herpyllus ecclesiasticus or Parson spider

TonyD · 08-01-2007, 10:11 PM

you are supposed to put a coin next to the bugs in these what are these bug questions.
sheesh.

did you put it outside?

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Michael_K_Sr · 08-01-2007, 10:14 PM

I brought it down to the office to see if anyone there could identify it. After I found out myself, I took it out and put it in a flower bed at a bank plaza. Maybe it will join an office worker for lunch tomorrow.

RyanAn · 08-02-2007, 09:06 PM

Did you wrap it in plastic? How did it not suffocate?

Michael_K_Sr · 08-02-2007, 09:11 PM

It was inside a gallon sized Ziploc bag. I'm honestly surprised it was still alive 12 hours later. I guess the Ziploc bags are not as airtight as Dow would want you to believe.

BrianW · 08-03-2007, 06:24 AM

Spiders (as most arthropods) consume oxygen at a very slow rate. If they're not moving, they're consuming almost none at all. It wouldn't surprise me if it could survive a week inside a ZipLoc bag.

Jay H · 08-06-2007, 08:17 AM

If you ever buy a tarantula via DHL overnight service, if it's small enough, it'll come in a pill bottle but even then they usually would poke a few holes in the bottle (very very tiny ones!) and then a few in the shipping box itself. It's an interesting way to obtain pets via the internet..

Jay