Sunday, January 6, 2008

SPIDERS!!!


Can anyone help me figure out what kind of spider this is? It is not nearly as big as it looks in the pic. About the size of a nickel with leg span and all. I've seen several of them since we disrupted the quiet hiding places in the house by installing our new carpet.

I am CRAZY scared of spiders and I just want to know that this one isn't going to do me or my kiddo (or anyone else for that matter) any harm. My dad just recently got over a HORRIBLE spider bite and I am just a bit freaked out!!!

Can anyone help identify Fred???

2 comments:

Carlotta said...

I'm told by two "spider experts", one of which is an entomologist that he is indeed a brown recluse. Lovely.

Anonymous said...

looks more like a hobo spider than a brown recluse.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&resnum=0&q=hobo%20spider%20pedipalps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi