Posted: 9/30/2011 7:34:38 PM EDT
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Just moved to MD and am paranoid of the brown recluse... actually it's the wife that won't shut up about all the spiders... Anyway this guy was about 3/8" long.. pretty small. Doesn't really look like a recluse but.......  "
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Um.....Brown Recluse...no further intro needed.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1675&bih=824&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=brown+recluse+spider&oq=brown+recluse&aq=1&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=2735l8715l0l11683l19l16l0l6l6l1l307l1888l0.4.4.1l10l0 (If I knew how to make it hot I would have, sorry.) |
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Demon WP get some
If it's alive and in your house it's the kind that needs killed and Demon WP is the tool for the job. Wettable powder that you mix with water and spray(follow instructions). Pet and food prep area safe when dry. Very inexpensive and kills most everything including spiders like a hammer. |
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Im gonna go with this. There always around, so much so that up here in CT I've heard them referred to as "common house spiders". Nothing to worry about with them. Brown recluse is also actually NOT native to the northeast, and are rare. Im not saying there not here, as I've seen them myself. But it was probably the only one in my 10 mile radius and I crushed its ass. Google images for brown recluse and study it closely, it looks similar to what you posted but definitely not the same. It can and will be beneficial to know the difference. While your at it, look up wolf spider, and jumping spider, as there both common around here, and in my opinion way nastier looking. Wolf spiders will get huge, and love living on tarps and grills FYI. haha |
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It's legs seem a bit shorter than the br. Growing up in NY we had those yellow spiders everywhere but they seemed more snot colored and almost translucent.
The cat got another one last night in the bedroom closet. The wife woke me up on the couch hysterical I jumped up went for the shotty and fell... almost put my other hand in a cast.. 
She will post a pic of it later. This one is black and has what look like a row of red spots down the back and belly. It's about 3/8" long. The legs seem to be segmented alternately b/n black and brown. It seems a little fuzzy, not as much or as stubby as a jumping spider. Had black widows when I lived in NC but they were much larger and shiny with no hair... -JP |
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Um.....Brown Recluse...no further intro needed. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1675&bih=824&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=brown+recluse+spider&oq=brown+recluse&aq=1&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=2735l8715l0l11683l19l16l0l6l6l1l307l1888l0.4.4.1l10l0 (If I knew how to make it hot I would have, sorry.) This is NOT a brown recluse. The picture is too blurry for a positive ID, but it "appears" to be a Cheiracanthium inclusum, or yellow sac spider. That said, it could also be any of dozen others that I can think off the top of my head. The young of many spiders ..., wolf, fishing, nursery web, etc...look similar to your spider as well. If you get another chance for a clear pic, I can get you within 99.9999%...if the pic is clear enough to show the eye pattern and carapace shape, it'll be 100% |
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Um.....Brown Recluse...no further intro needed. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1675&bih=824&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=brown+recluse+spider&oq=brown+recluse&aq=1&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=2735l8715l0l11683l19l16l0l6l6l1l307l1888l0.4.4.1l10l0 (If I knew how to make it hot I would have, sorry.) This is NOT a brown recluse. The picture is too blurry for a positive ID, but it "appears" to be a Cheiracanthium inclusum, or yellow sac spider. That said, it could also be any of dozen others that I can think off the top of my head. The young of many spiders ..., wolf, fishing, nursery web, etc...look similar to your spider as well. If you get another chance for a clear pic, I can get you within 99.9999%...if the pic is clear enough to show the eye pattern and carapace shape, it'll be 100% What differences do you see between the brown recluse and the one pictured? I have some that look a lot like either spider, down in my ammo storage room. I'd like to know if they are recluse or not, but..they all look pretty close to me! |
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What differences do you see between the brown recluse and the one pictured? I have some that look a lot like either spider, down in my ammo storage room. I'd like to know if they are recluse or not, but..they all look pretty close to me! Look for yourself at these pictures...the brown recluse has a (generally) very visible "violin" or "fiddle" shape on it's cephalothorax (the back of it's head/neck area.) 
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I've read that bug bombs don't kill recluses, but do make them more aggressive and likely to bite because it messes with their nervous system. This is incorrect. Bug bombs are one of the few ways to effectively control brown recluse populations, and the chemicals in no way make them more, or less aggressive. |
I did not try and imply that the original picture was that of a recluse, but I did offer Brown Recluse pictures as a comparison. Frankly, I don't belong to pETA and have no feelings about squishing either one of them under my boot. I'm getting old now, and my hearing isn't what it used to be, so I doubt I'd hear their cries of anguish in any case. 
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I did not try and imply that the original picture was that of a recluse, but I did offer Brown Recluse pictures as a comparison. Frankly, I don't belong to PETA and have no feelings about squishing either one of them under my boot. I'm getting old now, and my hearing isn't what it used to be, so I doubt I'd hear their cries of anguish in any case. ...people for the ethical treatment of arachnids? |
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What differences do you see between the brown recluse and the one pictured? I have some that look a lot like either spider, down in my ammo storage room. I'd like to know if they are recluse or not, but..they all look pretty close to me! Look for yourself at these pictures...the brown recluse has a (generally) very visible "violin" or "fiddle" shape on it's cephalothorax (the back of it's head/neck area.) http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h422/biguglyfrog/GoodRecluse001.jpg and again... http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h422/biguglyfrog/brownrecluse.jpg Wow, you nailed it with those pics. The best recluse picture ever? Great job! |