what kind of spider is this?

[chucklenut]

wolf spider

 

[chucklenut]

It ain't a granddaddy long-leg either.

aka harvestman

they are in a group all on their own

 

[chucklenut]

This.

These threads still astonish me. Correct me if I'm wrong here but...

ODT is made up largely of males, gun owners, military and law enforcement veterans, hunters, outdoorsmen, preppers/survivalists, "sheepdogs", and general all around he-man types.

Almost half of you are scared of spiders and almost the other half want to murderously eradicate this HARMLESS and BENEFICIAL creature. Seriously y'all. Fear and ignorance is what the OTHER guys do. Not us. Enough said.

i understand a respect spiders, but i still ****ing hate them

 

[RdKill]

What the hell does it hunt? Deer?

insects mostly, occasionally a small lizard or mouse...HEY! Maybe a deermouse! Anything they can overpower and quickly subdue with venom. They are somewhat handleable but flighty. I've never had one display aggression on me when messing with them...though the one that ran down my arm and onto my chest while I was up a ladder did kinda freak me out. And again...though it strongly resembles a "wolf spider" by color and pattern, NO wolf spider gets near that big. Google "Rain Spider" kind of interesting how global some species have become since shipping cargo has become so proficient. People selling stuff on Ebay and shipping it across the world...no telling how many spider species we have introduced to different places from keeping shipping boxes in the garage till we need them.

 

[cvsahara]

Looks like this spider that I found while washing my jeep a while back. Those are 35" BFG's so those lugs are pretty big.

 

[RdKill]

Well...If it's the big guys that freak you out, consider us lucky which species took up root here in the US so far. Rain Spiders we have here now max out at about 5 inch leg span. While a 5 inch spider is quite impressive, within the same family, there is a species in Laos closely related (Heteropoda maxima) with a leg span of about 12 freaking inches!

 

[poppy926]

It was trespassing on private property. The man was just protecting his property. Castle doctrine plan and simple.LOL

 

[whitelightnin22]

If that thing crawled on me id scream like a damn woman! I aint scared of snakes i aint scared of rats. Don't put a spider near me! Ha.

 

[Camper292000]

Omg. I'm sitting in my man cave in the garage reading this and a 1 inch Wolf just ran by on the floor.

So for the first time I was gonna catch him and put him outside. Well he took off running so I accidentally smashed him. Oops.

 

[SAR 6114]

KILL it and have it mounted............... now that's a trophy.