What kind of spider is this?

[Peanut]

God, spiders give me the creeps. Yuck.

The baseboards aren't that bad, considering it was under the cat bed.

[MRCboicgy]

I don't believe the cat bed part...like really, who has a cat that would actually sleep where you want it to--much less a specific bed.

The cat here sleeps pretty much anywhere he wants. So I figure by cat bed you mean the whole house, thus clean your baseboards.

[Jordan!]

I kill like one black widow a week on the outside of the house.. they're not so bad.

[ResAlien]

Was this it?



Cause those things are vicious.

[rubecube]

I rent a crappy little basement suite, thus I don't give a rat's ass about the baseboards.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

That's a scorpion. Beware of the stinger.

[blankall]

I'm in Vancouver.

Last week I saw a spider crawling across my floor. It was about the size of a loonie and looked like a tarantula...

I chased it under the bed. Used a broom to sweep it out. It took 5 or 6 wacks to kill the thing.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

You better hope that's not a Brown Recluse! But I don't think they're in Alberta... As far as I know...

'picture'

Anything like that?

Brown Recluses are found in Calgary now a days, but they're not very common, and also, like their name states, they are very reclusive, so most people wouldn't know if they had them in their house anyways. But if you do scare one and get bit, look out!

Apparantly their bite is very weak, which sucks because people often won't get the proper medical attention right away, and the affects of the bite are often life long, and in some cases fatal.

[jonesy]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Brown Recluses are found in Calgary now a days, but they're not very common, and also, like their name states, they are very reclusive, so most people wouldn't know if they had them in their house anyways. But if you do scare one and get bit, look out!

Apparantly their bite is very weak, which sucks because people often won't get the proper medical attention right away, and the affects of the bite are often life long, and in some cases fatal.

OK, now I'm a little worried. Last month in Jasper I got a bite on my leg that made it go kind of numb for a few hours. Then it went away. I never saw what bit me, but it made a decent sized wound that was bluish around the edge for a bit.

PS: to the people ragging on him for his baseboards, shut the hell up, it seems so unnecessary

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by jonesy

OK, now I'm a little worried. Last month in Jasper I got a bite on my leg that made it go kind of numb for a few hours. Then it went away. I never saw what bit me, but it made a decent sized wound that was bluish around the edge for a bit.

PS: to the people ragging on him for his baseboards, shut the hell up.

Well, is it better now? If so, you're cool. If your flesh is rotting and beginning to hang off your leg, then I'd probably say go to the doctor.

I once rented the worst basement apartment known to man here in Toronto. I lived there, literally, two days, and never slept at night because I was so terrified of the spiders. They were EVERYWHERE. Hiding behind EVERYTHING. Nothing was sealed, so you could get down and see half an inch or so beneath the carpet to the edge of the wall where it doesn't meet, and see the little hairy b@stards hiding in there. I had a blow up mattress that I sat in the middle of the bedroom with this bug spray I applied in a circle all around it as if I was trying to keep a demon at bay. The ONE time out of those two nights I fell asleep while sitting up, for like 5 minutes, was when this huge, nasty, god forsaken beast of a spider decided to crawl along my wall. I beat him into a fine mush. I don't think there was anything left of him after I was done. He literally just formed with my shoe. To this day, I'm still not sure if it was real, or if I was just so exhausted by sleep and hallucinating off of the bug spray all around me that I was seeing things.

I won't even mention about how when I was sitting there on my laptop at about 2AM in the morning, looked up, and seen two fat ass raccoons half climbing through my basement window. Likely trying to get to me to feast on my brain and leave the empty skull for all the spiders to hatch babies in. The morning of the 4th day, after spending the 3rd night at my girlfriend's because I couldn't take it any longer, I went down there to fetch my stuff and had been duly robbed by some crackhead. He took my blow up mattress.

[jonesy]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Well, is it better now? If so, you're cool. If your flesh is rotting and beginning to hang off your leg, then I'd probably say go to the doctor.

... scary toronto spider story...

Yes, but the other guy said the bite not bad, but there are lifelong after effects, that is what is now occupying my imagination. I mean if I become spiderman, that is ok, but if i get crazy nerve degeneraton, that would be a bummer.

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by jonesy

Yes, but the other guy said the bite not bad, but there are lifelong after effects, that is what is now occupying my imagination. I mean if I become spiderman, that is ok, but if i get crazy nerve degeneraton, that would be a bummer.

The bite CAN be bad. It can cause necrosis... As in, rot your skin off horribly. It can also cause weird stuff for a long time after that, but if you're all recovered and haven't felt anything by now, such as your blood clotting inside your veins all throughout your body, you should be good!

[driveway]

I'm pretty sure what you've got there Rubecube is the common Victoria Wolf Spider. I'm reasonably sure it's not a hobo spider (and not to worry about those guys, there's no evidence they actually cause 'necrotic lesions' from their bites).

If you're new to victoria, you'll get to know these wolf spiders well, they're pretty much everywhere, you should expect to see one or two a month.

Oh, and that guy there, that's a little one.

Have fun in that basement suite!

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by driveway

I'm pretty sure what you've got there Rubecube is the common Victoria Wolf Spider. I'm reasonably sure it's not a hobo spider (and not to worry about those guys, there's no evidence they actually cause 'necrotic lesions' from their bites).

If you're new to victoria, you'll get to know these wolf spiders well, they're pretty much everywhere, you should expect to see one or two a month.

Oh, and that guy there, that's a little one.

Have fun in that basement suite!

But it looks nothing like a wolf spider, aren't they dark colored? And they run like crazy if they're found... This guy is just hanging around, that don't seem right.

Oh, and wolf spiders hunt in packs, that's where they get their name, so if you see this guy, there are probably a couple other ones waiting. This guy may have been 'bait,' so to speak, to lure you into a trap. If it IS a wolf spider.

[Vulcan]

I don't drive my pick up very much and so the other day I open up the door to see a few spider nests along the door edge. I can see one spider, a black widow, so I grab my big snow brush left over from my Calgary days and brush it and the nests onto the grass.
Not many scarier things for me than driving down the highway and spotting a black widow crawling around your cab, ahh. You kind of lose your driving focus.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

But it looks nothing like a wolf spider, aren't they dark colored? And they run like crazy if they're found... This guy is just hanging around, that don't seem right.

Oh, and wolf spiders hunt in packs, that's where they get their name, so if you see this guy, there are probably a couple other ones waiting. This guy may have been 'bait,' so to speak, to lure you into a trap. If it IS a wolf spider.

Yeah, the wolf spiders are kind of interesting to watch. They move fast and when they have their prey in sight, you'll see the prey dropping quickly from his spot as he spools out a lifeline. I think they keep the other spiders in check.
Me I always vacuum up spiders, they have no business in my house.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by jonesy

OK, now I'm a little worried. Last month in Jasper I got a bite on my leg that made it go kind of numb for a few hours. Then it went away. I never saw what bit me, but it made a decent sized wound that was bluish around the edge for a bit.

PS: to the people ragging on him for his baseboards, shut the hell up, it seems so unnecessary

As a survivor of a brown recluse bite i can assure you that if you get bit by one...it becomes obvious too late to treat easily.

I relayed this story on this board some time ago, but it serves as a lesson for all. Should you have any question as to a bite...by all means make your way to the hospital/clinic ASAP. It just isnt worth waiting if there is any doubt. I waited a couple days or so and it ended up being a really bad decision that now will affect me for the rest of my life.

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...hlight=recluse

[bigtmac19]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Well, is it better now? If so, you're cool. If your flesh is rotting and beginning to hang off your leg, then I'd probably say go to the doctor.

I once rented the worst basement apartment known to man here in Toronto. I lived there, literally, two days, and never slept at night because I was so terrified of the spiders. They were EVERYWHERE. Hiding behind EVERYTHING. Nothing was sealed, so you could get down and see half an inch or so beneath the carpet to the edge of the wall where it doesn't meet, and see the little hairy b@stards hiding in there. I had a blow up mattress that I sat in the middle of the bedroom with this bug spray I applied in a circle all around it as if I was trying to keep a demon at bay. The ONE time out of those two nights I fell asleep while sitting up, for like 5 minutes, was when this huge, nasty, god forsaken beast of a spider decided to crawl along my wall. I beat him into a fine mush. I don't think there was anything left of him after I was done. He literally just formed with my shoe. To this day, I'm still not sure if it was real, or if I was just so exhausted by sleep and hallucinating off of the bug spray all around me that I was seeing things.

I won't even mention about how when I was sitting there on my laptop at about 2AM in the morning, looked up, and seen two fat ass raccoons half climbing through my basement window. Likely trying to get to me to feast on my brain and leave the empty skull for all the spiders to hatch babies in. The morning of the 4th day, after spending the 3rd night at my girlfriend's because I couldn't take it any longer, I went down there to fetch my stuff and had been duly robbed by some crackhead. He took my blow up mattress.

Oh good God that's creepy, I applaud you for even lasting one night.
I got goosebumps reading this. Who rents a place like that anyway (i.e. crappy landlord for sure)?

[ernie]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

You better hope that's not a Brown Recluse! But I don't think they're in Alberta... As far as I know...



Anything like that?

The spider shown by the OP is not a brown recluse.

Completely wrong colourings and markings.

And yes I've seen several brown recluses. Our house was left empty for 2 months before we moved in. We've been trapping the buggers since day 1. We haven't trapped one for a few months now so I think we've got them.

[dubc80]

Doesn't anyone else try to keep the spider alive, dump it into the toilet, then pee on it?