Hopefully there are some arachnologists among you who might find the this short clip interesting (personally, I'm arachnophobic and this thing had me freaking out a bit)
After a half hour of googling my best guess is it's a Brown Widow - the dark colouring on the legs, overall body morphology and light body colour match, but I haven't seen any other pictures of Brown Widows with black ventral hourglass markings. It's body is the size of a large blueberry and with legs extended it could touch the outer edge of a quarter, maybe even a loonie if fully stretched.
My concern isn't just academic as I have small kids and I don't want to deal with venomous spider bites... all comments and suggestions welcome (e.g. what is it, how to eliminate/relocate it).
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I am a spider collector and enthusiast but your video is not working. That being said unless you or your family are very allergic there are no spiders in Canada that will harm you from a bite.
Pretty sure that's Shelob, mother of all spiders. You will need the light of Elendil to ward it off while you stab at it with an elvish blade that glows blue when orcs are near. Good luck!
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Pretty sure that's Shelob, mother of all spiders. You will need the light of Elendil to ward it off while you stab at it with an elvish blade that glows blue when orcs are near. Good luck!
That's about the reaction I had when I first saw it. I did have large pruning shears in hand at the time but let it get away...
Seriously though, these are banana spiders, and they are EVERYWHERE down here. Why the #### am I living in Florida again?
There are so many spiders referred to as banana spiders. That is a Golden Orb Weaver, they have a painful bite but it is not highly venomous. They are amazing spiders and they eat a huge amount of pest insects. Beautiful.
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There are so many spiders referred to as banana spiders. That is a Golden Orb Weaver, they have a painful bite but it is not highly venomous. They are amazing spiders and they eat a huge amount of pest insects. Beautiful.
Yeah yeah...that's cool and all, but I don't trust a spider that can carry off a bird if it wants to.
*shudder*
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I am a spider collector and enthusiast but your video is not working. That being said unless you or your family are very allergic there are no spiders in Canada that will harm you from a bite.
Would a black widow not count as a spider that can harm a person with its bite?
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Would a black widow not count as a spider that can harm a person with its bite?
Actually the Northern Black Widow is the widow we have in southern Ontario, it is extremely rare and less potent than the Southern. Your odds of ever encountering one are extremely slim and pretty much zero in Alberta. I have tried to find one in the wild to photograph for years and have never found one. Here is a good article back in 2009 from CTV.
Actually the Northern Black Widow is the widow we have in southern Ontario, it is extremely rare and less potent than the Southern. Your odds of ever encountering one are extremely slim and pretty much zero in Alberta. I have tried to find one in the wild to photograph for years and have never found one. Here is a good article back in 2009 from CTV.
I had one of those in my retaining wall a few years ago. I didn't take any pictures because I was to busy killing it with fire. Well OK, I used RAID, not fire.
The OP's spider is a Jewel Spider I believe. They're a little unsettling when you see one for the first time, as they can get quite large. They're harmless though and absolutely devastate bug populations.
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