Spider Identification

srfisher17

srfisher17

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Originally Posted by lovethesea
http:///forum/post/3199651
ohhhh, so hate those things!!!! Worse than mosquitos imo. And our mosquitos are huge
Not as bib as the mosquitoes in Northern Wisconsin; where I lived most of my life. I often swatted mosquitoes with 2-3 wood ticks on them.
 
scotts

scotts

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Anybody want to hear about the time I spent 4 days in the hospital and had to have an angiogram because of a black widow spider?
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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hell no ,i run into the black widows here all the time.
oh yea i forgot about the chiggers.dont know you are bit up till the next day then you have to put nail polish on every bite.
cant lay on the grass here cause chances are somethings going to bite you.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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These are my favorite garden Spider. I can stop worrying about sparrows eating my corn and stuff once these guys set up shop around the gardens.

 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3199763
These are my favorite garden Spider. I can stop worrying about sparrows eating my corn and stuff once these guys set up shop around the gardens.
BUT it looks like they have fangs

Isn't that what they call a Banana Spider? We get them here too....they freak me out (as do all spiders)
 
nw2salt08

nw2salt08

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Those spiders used to set up shop in my barn when I had my farm. Talk about a rude awakening at 4am when you're going out to take care of the horses.
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3199770
BUT it looks like they have fangs

Isn't that what they call a Banana Spider? We get them here too....they freak me out (as do all spiders)
I believe they are actually just called Garden Spiders. They do make a large very strong web so I would NOT enjoy getting a face full of web at 4am. yuck.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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We used to have those things in Cal. Called them barn spiders unless you walked through a web in the dark, then they were OH YOU DIRTY %$^$&&$&#$^##&$$**$#&^#$($($&&!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
florida joe

florida joe

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I believe they are actually just called Garden Spiders.
correct you are Sir and they are one of the more elegant spiders
 
florida joe

florida joe

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close but not Bangs spider. FYI there are many spiders called banana spiders lets hope you don't get any of these Lois. They are also called Banana spiders
TULSA, Okla. — One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store.
An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider Sunday in bananas from Honduras and managed to catch it in a container.
The spider was given to University of Tulsa Animal Facilities director Terry Childs who says this type of spider kills more people than any other.
Childs says a bite will kill a person in about 25 minutes and while there is an antidote he doesn't know of any in the Tulsa area.
Spiders often are found in imported produce, and a manager at Whole Foods says the store regularly checks its goods and that's how the spider was found.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3198712
allow me once again, Its a Florida wolf spider
I agree. Here is a great site with tons of Brown Recluse photos and damage...
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/haRDIN/MD/cdc/1125.html
Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3199055
SPINYBACKED ORBWEAVER
(Gasteracantha cancriformis)
This is probably the most well-known Florida spider - everybody that has lived here has seen this one before. They're incredibly common just about everywhere in the state and highly conspicuous, often found in medium size orb-webs between shrubs, plants and trees in the backyard, the park, and just about anywhere else.
I HATE this spider, We use to run around, and this guy would have built a 10 foot wide web, and they don't look like spiders...
Originally Posted by Scotts
http:///forum/post/3199665
Anybody want to hear about the time I spent 4 days in the hospital and had to have an angiogram because of a black widow spider?
YES!!!!!
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3199763
These are my favorite garden Spider. I can stop worrying about sparrows eating my corn and stuff once these guys set up shop around the gardens.
These are scary, especially when they fall on you, are the size of your hand, while you're gardening. uggg.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3199924
close but not Bangs spider. FYI there are many spiders called banana spiders lets hope you don't get any of these Lois. They are also called Banana spiders
TULSA, Okla. — One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store.
An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider Sunday in bananas from Honduras and managed to catch it in a container.
The spider was given to University of Tulsa Animal Facilities director Terry Childs who says this type of spider kills more people than any other.
Childs says a bite will kill a person in about 25 minutes and while there is an antidote he doesn't know of any in the Tulsa area.
Spiders often are found in imported produce, and a manager at Whole Foods says the store regularly checks its goods and that's how the spider was found.
LOL...I hope not too.....eeeekkkkk
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3199924
close but not Bangs spider. FYI there are many spiders called banana spiders lets hope you don't get any of these Lois. They are also called Banana spiders
TULSA, Okla. — One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store.
An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider Sunday in bananas from Honduras and managed to catch it in a container.
The spider was given to University of Tulsa Animal Facilities director Terry Childs who says this type of spider kills more people than any other.
Childs says a bite will kill a person in about 25 minutes and while there is an antidote he doesn't know of any in the Tulsa area.
Spiders often are found in imported produce, and a manager at Whole Foods says the store regularly checks its goods and that's how the spider was found.
There was a big argument about that, (my bro lives in tulsa) the college was saying it was the dangerous spider and the zoo was saying it was a different harmless spider. (or vise vera I don't remember) but the funny thing is that the whole foods guy smooshed it, so it couldn't be properly identified...
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3199930
There was a big argument about that, (my bro lives in tulsa) the college was saying it was the dangerous spider and the zoo was saying it was a different harmless spider. (or vise vera I don't remember) but the funny thing is that the whole foods guy smooshed it, so it couldn't be properly identified...
Just like those clerks in Oklahoma, the right thing to do was let the spider bit him and wait 25 min or so and see what happens
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/3199935
Just like those clerks in Oklahoma, the right thing to do was let the spider bit him and wait 25 min or so and see what happens
I'm surprised the clerk didn't shoot it.....that's what happens to everything around here
I even shot a snake once
 
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