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m657
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Krikies!!! Did you have to pull out the Big Bore 44 to finish it off?
red14
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It's a spider.
ingmansinc
US Veteran
The pic could be a little clearer but I think that is a Southern Baccahopis Solicapitillis. They are not harmful and only eat small insects like mosquitoes.
84CJ
US Veteran
Big spiders seem to be in this year
. Next thing you know everyone is going to want one
. Next thing you know everyone is going to want one
The Last Standing Knight
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It's cute! I hope you didn't hurt it. Looks like a kind of Wolf Spider.
308
Member
I don't know how you got that 22 round that close to it but I hope you used another to kill it after the pic!!!!!:308
J. Galt
US Veteran
More commonly known as the "Alabama Barking Spider".
Seriously though, it looks like a Dark Fishing Spider. The females can be 3" and look scary, but are relatively harmless.[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]
Folterung
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In response to Kritter's image:
Oh no, can I visit one forum without seeing an LOLcat? I guess the O RLY owls are coming up next.
Oh no, can I visit one forum without seeing an LOLcat? I guess the O RLY owls are coming up next.
reerc
Member
Yeah, I know we're not supposed to kill spiders, they're our friends, they eat other bugs, blah blah blah ... but when they get that big, they're just plain creepy, and need to go.
Oh, and how DID you get that .22 round that close to a "live?" spider without it running away?
Oh, and how DID you get that .22 round that close to a "live?" spider without it running away?
whitecoyote
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I feel my arachnphobia acting up again!
Vanilla Gorilla
Member
We regularly have some that look like that on the front porch, and they try to run inside whenever the door is open. One has to have fast feet to keep them from getting in. Ours may be a little lighter brown than that, though, and I'm not certain they aren't recluses.
Last summer, one made it inside the front door, before she got the boot. When I squashed her, what look like thousands of little ones abandoned ships and scattered hither and yon. Thankfully, I had the bug spray handy, and coated the wood floor with it in a circle to contain them, then worked my way in from there. After that, I even had to break out the vacuum to clean up all those corpses.
Last summer, one made it inside the front door, before she got the boot. When I squashed her, what look like thousands of little ones abandoned ships and scattered hither and yon. Thankfully, I had the bug spray handy, and coated the wood floor with it in a circle to contain them, then worked my way in from there. After that, I even had to break out the vacuum to clean up all those corpses.
red14
US Veteran
OH, the humanity!
You, sir, are a mass murderer of arachnids.
You, sir, are a mass murderer of arachnids.
alde
Member
I think thats called a public service.
Vanilla Gorilla
Member
Dang near killed a pair of britches when it happened, too. I'm not especially scared of spiders, but you just don't expect to squash one and then watch it turn into a boatload of them.
USAF385
US Veteran
Uh.. yeah.. looks like a Southern.. Bacca.. Soli... um... spider.
It never surprises me.. (well maybe sometimes) the amount of knowledge that can be found on this forum!
ingmansinc
US Veteran
Good catch USAF385.
84CJ
US Veteran
Yours was a wolf spider. I think they carry their babies on their back.
This would be the recluse.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider
Make sure you look at its eyes lol
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