what kind of spider is this?

[intercooler 41]

just found this guy on an old keyboard in the closet while I was cleaning ...he is deceased now

[Sandy 44]

Looks like a wolf spider.

[Njbanshee 9]

I think it's a wolf spider

[MedicYeti 96]

Dude. Your keyboard is filthy.

[Polak 3]

The spider probably lives in the keyboard considering the "cleanliness" of it.

[intercooler 41]

Dude. Your keyboard is filthy.

you would be too if you were in that closet for like 5 years...

especially with us working on the house, it's a dust magnet

[mipafox 438]

That is not a wolf spider.

 

It is...The Death

[Lalo 13]

It's the kind of spider you want to KILL WITH FIRE!

[Purple Patrick 638]

A dead one

[illy 1]

If that's a wolf spider, it's just a cub.

 

[vladtepes 1,060]

IMO not a wolf spider.. we get wolf spiders in my basement here.. and they just look different than that.. they are less consistent in color and have thicker less translucent legs.. I mean maybe it was a different kind of wolf spider? but not what I am used to seeing..

[Tack Tickle 0]

It's definitely not a wolf spider. Their eyes are in different locations. If you had a clear macro shot of it I could tell you exactly what it is. From what I can see, it looks like a type of jumping spider or brown recluse. If it was a brown recluse, you might want to check that closet very closely and make sure they don't go near your family or animals!

[johnp 45]

I believe it is a Broadfaced Sac Spider.

[voyager9 3,437]

I believe it is a Broadfaced Sac Spider.

This

http://www.spiders.us/species/trachelas-tranquillus/

 

[DSD1026 48]

I believe it is a Broadfaced Sac Spider.

This...

 

http://www.spiders.us/species/trachelas-tranquillus/

 

definitely not a brown recluse, legs way too thick to be a brown recluse. 

[DSD1026 48]

This

http://www.spiders.us/species/trachelas-tranquillus/

HAHA..  well played

[intercooler 41]

I believe it is a Broadfaced Sac Spider.

you are correct

[MB24 37]

If it wasn't howling it definitely wasn't a wolf spider.

[Silence Dogood 468]

It's the BEST kind of spider

[vladtepes 1,060]

It's definitely not a wolf spider. Their eyes are in different locations. If you had a clear macro shot of it I could tell you exactly what it is. From what I can see, it looks like a type of jumping spider or brown recluse. If it was a brown recluse, you might want to check that closet very closely and make sure they don't go near your family or animals!

 

 

def not a brown recluse.. they have a weird violin shaped design on them making them easy to identify..

 

[rightisright 3]

And the Brown Recluse is not indigenous to NJ.

[mipafox 438]

And the Brown Recluse is not indigenous to NJ.

Which is why so many people have been treated for their bites at Ft. Dix.

 

 

 

 

You call that a spider? THIS is a spider

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/goliath-encounter-puppy-sized-spider-surprises-scientist-rainforest-125720953.html

[rightisright 3]

Brown recluse lies:  http://insects.about.com/od/spiders/tp/brown-recluse-lies.htm

[mipafox 438]

Brown recluse lies:  http://insects.about.com/od/spiders/tp/brown-recluse-lies.htm

Watched one of my NG buddies pack his would with cotton every day from a bite. (I have never been NG, "NG" and "Buddy" are independent.)

 

You want to say they are this, or they are that, or they are indigenous, or they are not. Fine. Not my yob. People get bit by them at Ft. Dix all the time, or at least did in the late 80s early 90s.

[Krdshrk 3,878]

[intercooler 41]

Nick , I bayoneted it with an ak bayonet

[Krdshrk 3,878]

Why not mosin bayonet?  You can stay out a lot farther.

[intercooler 41]

Yea, I grabbed the one that was closest. Plus if I grabbed the mosin, it guarantees I stab the ceiling before anything else....

[vladtepes 1,060]

I absolutely HATE spiders... but with that said.. spiders dont really want to bite you.. they would rather just get away from you..

 

[HBecwithFn7 296]

OK all you spider experts, what's this one? It's spun a pretty decent web out side the front door of the rental house at which I'm staying in Florida (partially attached to the screen door, I think). Every time I open the door, it moves to the far end of the web and lets me through. But it comes back to the center of the web, when I close the door.  

 

I think we've come to an understanding, this spider and I... We respect each other. It doesn't make any moves towards me as I pass through, and I let it keep its web.  Been that way for almost two weeks now.

 

One week to go.... We'll see.

 

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Florida Spider

 

 

 

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