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Aug 31, 2004 | 09:38 PM

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keith w

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This girl was living in my shop, but one of my a-hole friends, I believe, killed her.

It's a brown widow. I had never seen one before. Another one is now living on my trailer. Supposedly more venomous than a black widow but less aggresive.

Aug 31, 2004 | 10:10 PM

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Harlow~J4F~

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Spiders

Those sound like some pretty big spiders.

At least they are not as big as a Camel Spider. They can get pretty big and are one of the ugyliest things I have ever seen.

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Sep 1, 2004 | 12:38 AM

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maticuno

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We keep Daddy Long Legs around. We don't let them run rampant but the occasional web we won't mind. The Daddy's eat baby Black Widows so we haven't had a big hatch of Widow's in quite a while. We also keep a few in our greenhouse to handle the White Fly problem.

Sep 1, 2004 | 09:17 AM

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david.brady

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Well . . . I really don't think that we are talking about Brown Recluses in your sisters case for a couple reasons. They aren't really in that general area, and they only get to about the size of a quarter maybe a little bigger. From the description I would gather it is either a wolf or fishing spider. They are commonly mistaken for each other and can be on average larger than most spiders.

If you can describe them better, we may be able to get a better ID. Trying doing a google search for spider pics and see what you can find.

Sep 1, 2004 | 09:51 PM

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superspike

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well.. I saw one of the spiders, but only after is had been sitting under a can of olives and 2 jars of pasta sauce over night.. pretty squished..
As I recall it was a dark color.. black or dark brown.. skinny body, big antennae-thingies whatever those are that stick out on the front of its head, and it was pretty leggy.. I didn't recognize it, and we have TONS of wolf spiders at home. So I'm pretty sure its not one of those..

Sep 2, 2004 | 04:53 PM

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Might be a Hobo spider, also known as the agressive house spider. They have antenna-thingies on their head that look like chi-chi *****, and are medium size. Not real good climbers, but they try to get in the house in the fall. Hobos give bites similar to brown recluses, cause skin necrosis (non-healing sores). Used to have them like mad in a country house in SE Idaho.