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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider
Brown recluses are tiny, see the image below, of a large brown recluse next to a penny.
It looks like a crab or huntsman spider, and if so, is harmless.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/spiders/giant_crab_spider.htm
Brown recluses are tiny, see the image below, of a large brown recluse next to a penny.
It looks like a crab or huntsman spider, and if so, is harmless.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/spiders/giant_crab_spider.htm
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That was my first reaction to the pic, and looks really similar, but doesn't have that typical fiddle patern. It still looks way too similar to mess with. I would kill that thing on sight, instead of the typical catch and release I do with indoor spiders.hogleg said:
I had a brown recluse bite seriously F me up years ago. It was the worst!
Voodoo 6 said:
Yep, very hard to tell them apart, but its no worries. Where I am at in the wilds of Florida we get those about the size of my hand, which is larger than the average mans hands. Non poisonous, but can still bite enough to hurt. I been bit by these more than once walking barefoot. For the most part they are non aggressive and just ugly looking. I remember as a kid hating to see these pop up in the corner of my room. "Damn that thing is big, and its time to go to bed. Dammit!" .
More ugly and frightening than dangerous. Of course that is no consolation to someone extremely scared of spiders.
Looks like a huntsman to me, I assume that you get them in the states too, as others have suggested the same.
Non-dangerous, but bite hurts a tonne, also very, very, good jumpers. If there's one on the roof in the hallway, I hate walking under it.
Non-dangerous, but bite hurts a tonne, also very, very, good jumpers. If there's one on the roof in the hallway, I hate walking under it.
I agree ! 
Brown Recluse spiders are nasty business......
This particular example was discovered in my hall bathroom sink. Its, by far, the largest I've ever seen:
The one in the OP's first photo looks more like a wolf spider of some kind.....
.....although, I'm not sure I'd give him a pass if he was IN the house.
This particular example was discovered in my hall bathroom sink. Its, by far, the largest I've ever seen:
The one in the OP's first photo looks more like a wolf spider of some kind.....
.....although, I'm not sure I'd give him a pass if he was IN the house.
paulky_2000 said:Brown Recluse spiders are nasty business......
This particular example was discovered in my hall bathroom sink. Its, by far, the largest I've ever seen:
The one in the OP's first photo looks more like a wolf spider of some kind.....
.....although, I'm not sure I'd give him a pass if he was IN the house.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that spider "...picked the wrong bathroom!" Did you get penetration with the elephant gun?
DWB said:
We call those around here "signature spiders" because of the designs they make in the centers of their webs..
It's a Wolf Spider. Nonetheless, it shall DIE.
The others with yellow banding are orb'd weavers (banana spiders for N. Florida locals). Really fun to walk or ride through the web on trails locally. They do bite, too.
Hug with the bottom of your shoe.