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transplant99 · 09-25-2009, 08:10 AM

This is a brown recluse...

Kev · 09-25-2009, 08:18 AM

Post your question here: http://www.albertareptilesociety.org...splay.php?f=18

rubecube · 09-25-2009, 08:51 AM

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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!

Oh yeah, he's definitely not the biggest one I've seen. The only reason I posted him was because of how red he was. I've seen plenty of wolf spiders. They like to scurry across the floor in front of me when I'm having a late-night Xbox session. I only kill them if I see them during the daytime because my girlfriend tends to freak out when she says them. The creepiest thing about wolf spiders is that the females carry a bunch of little hatchlings on their backs.

Bibtin Tex · 09-25-2009, 09:00 AM

sweet ****ing jesus I hate spiders

ernie · 09-25-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by transplant99

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

The problem with the Brown Recluse bite in the grand scheme of things is no one really knows what percentage of bites get nasty or even many of the times why they get so bad (is it the bite alone or bite + infection etc).

For the most part though for them to bite you pretty much have to be actively killing them by squishing them as they aren't at all aggressive. But thanks to your story in that other thread I told my wife before we moved down here that I was never EVER crawling around under the house or deck. Someone else can do that for me. And we keep traps along the walls where to bed legs are etc.

I hate spiders.

GreenLantern · 09-25-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by transplant99

This is a brown recluse...

I was staring at that god damn fricken' sahsf32rjof picture and my phone is on vibrate and in my pocket and I got a text msg. I screamed and jumped a little and now everyone thinks I am the office .

THANK YOU TRANSPLANT99

I HATE SPIDERS ASFK32 SO MUCH AND I HATE THIS ING THREAD

JOHN, TAKE CARE OF THIS THREAD

Circa89 · 09-25-2009, 11:39 AM

It is a type of house Spider (European) , Hard to tell unless it is dead and under a microscope.

Google: Tegenaria domestica - Domestic or Common House Spider
There are over 2200 Spiders in the Tegenaria Family

Suzles · 09-25-2009, 01:15 PM

I LOVE spiders. I would never kill one. Spider webs covered with frost are one of nature's beauties.

HPLovecraft · 09-25-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by transplant99

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

Brown Recluse bites, H1N1... Your 9 lives are near up! You should wrap yourself in foam and bubble wrap from here on out.

CaptainCrunch · 09-25-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bibtin Tex

sweet ****ing jesus I hate spiders

Sweet jesus f$$$$$g Christ I hate humans

rubecube · 09-25-2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Circa89

It is a type of house Spider (European) , Hard to tell unless it is dead and under a microscope.

Google: Tegenaria domestica - Domestic or Common House Spider
There are over 2200 Spiders in the Tegenaria Family

Yep, that's what it looks/sounds like. Thanks.

Stumptown · 09-25-2009, 02:26 PM

Quite sure that the OP's spider is a Hacklemesh Weaver, a very common basement-dweller in the PNW. They are very non-aggressive and not particularly venomous. I think they're one of the more attractive spiders with their velvety abdomens and interesting patterns. See BugGuide for more info, but the photo wasn't clear enough to ID to species level.

Gozer · 09-25-2009, 02:28 PM

Rabid.

RockOnRoberts · 09-25-2009, 02:46 PM

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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?

Yeah. For your sake, pray that its not. When I was 4, I was bitten by a brown recluse spider (and did not notice). First my leg (from the thigh to the knee) turned red, as if there was a rash. Then the redness went away but a brown patch the size of the new apple computer mice formed. Eventually that fell off by itself and I saw the inside of my leg. For anyone interested, under our skin is a perfect series of red dots in a natural pattern (laid out like bricks) on a chicken soup colored jelly. Now there is only dead skin and a scar the same size, and it has been 15 years.

Gozer · 09-25-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RockOnRoberts

First my leg (from the thigh to the knee) turned red, as if there was a rash. Then the redness went away but a brown patch the size of the new apple computer mice formed. Eventually that fell off by itself and I saw the inside of my leg. For anyone interested, under our skin is a perfect series of red dots in a natural pattern (laid out like bricks) on a chicken soup colored jelly. Now there is only dead skin and a scar the same size, and it has been 15 years.

Fix that spelling mistake please.
There's not actually a spelling mistake, I just want people to re-read that over and over.

HPLovecraft · 09-25-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RockOnRoberts

Yeah. For your sake, pray that its not. When I was 4, I was bitten by a brown recluse spider (and did not notice). First my leg (from the thigh to the knee) turned red, as if there was a rash. Then the redness went away but a brown patch the size of the new apple computer mice formed. Eventually that fell off by itself and I saw the inside of my leg. For anyone interested, under our skin is a perfect series of red dots in a natural pattern (laid out like bricks) on a chicken soup colored jelly. Now there is only dead skin and a scar the same size, and it has been 15 years.

I think Stump above has it right, it looks exactly like a Hacklemesh Weaver.

And your story is nasty! Man... That's rough. I think only a few suffer from necrosis like that, though. But, man... I assume you went to the doctor, right?

CaptainCrunch · 09-25-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by RockOnRoberts

Yeah. For your sake, pray that its not. When I was 4, I was bitten by a brown recluse spider (and did not notice). First my leg (from the thigh to the knee) turned red, as if there was a rash. Then the redness went away but a brown patch the size of the new apple computer mice formed. Eventually that fell off by itself and I saw the inside of my leg. For anyone interested, under our skin is a perfect series of red dots in a natural pattern (laid out like bricks) on a chicken soup colored jelly. Now there is only dead skin and a scar the same size, and it has been 15 years.

keratosis · 09-25-2009, 06:02 PM

Well heck, was going to have crab tonight. Now all I can think of is spiders.

missdpuck · 09-25-2009, 06:38 PM

I was bitten by a brown recluse too. But transplant keep your damned swine flu up there, okay ?

driveway · 09-25-2009, 07:09 PM

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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.

"Wolf" Spider is actually a catch-all term that denotes a huge variety of spiders which are similar only in that they generally 'hunt' as opposed to building webs and waiting for dinner.

I'm not sure if this is 'technically' a wolf-spider, I heard a number of different ways to describe them when I lived in vic, everything from "small tarantula", which may be true as they have a body-structure that is very tarantula like, to the afformentioned 'hobo spider' but pretty much everyone just calls them "Wolf Spiders".

Generally they are darker, my guess it that this particular one just molted and its exoskeleton is still soft - which would explain why it wasn't running anywhere, it was waiting for its body to harden!

Oh, and it's totally not a Hacklemesh Weaver, though that is an interesting looking spider.