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Ray Brown
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 3:31 pm Post subject: What kind of spider is this? |
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Got them running around the house, wolf spider?
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dragonfly
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Location: parker county, texas
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2003 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Can't see it very clearly. Are there any markings? On first sight, I would say yes, probably, but it needs some detail. Can you lighten up the photo? We get lots of wolf spiders or grass spiders coming in during Summer and I just catch them and put them back out. You won't very often see a brown recluse out in the open and I think they have a "flatter" appearance. |
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northwesterner
Joined: 02 Jul 2003
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Location: Fort Worth,TEXAS
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Wolf spider is a much more muscular looking spider than this. I don't know what this one is called, except around our house we refer to them as "Tarrant County Racers." They're fast, and get under the furniture before anyone can catch them!
Here is a link to a page with wolf spider information:
http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/wolfspider.htm |
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alclubb
Joined: 30 Aug 2003
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Location: Flower Mound
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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That picture looks just like the spiders that keep coming into my house in Flower Mound. I have seen them in a couple of sizes from about quarter size to a little larger. A really big one scooted under my chair one morning while I was working on my computer and scared me to death - and I know they are supposed to be beneficial - and I smashed it with my shoe. Hundreds of baby spiders came running out, so I figured it was a wolf spider since they carry their egg sacs around with them.
I just can't stand to get close enough to catch them and put them back outside. Sorry, but I'm a freak when it comes to spiders. |
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gimp
Joined: 09 Sep 2003
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Location: Fort Worth TX.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: What kind of spider is this? |
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DanHfmn wrote: Got them running around the house, wolf spider?
These spiders are known by pest control companys as jumping spiders , they are very common in brick homes due to the weep holes , if you edge or mow around your foundation you typicaly will see several . they enter your walls through the weep holes and then into your interior through cracks gaps ect. |
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Nadine
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Carrollton,TEXAS
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| It looks like a male wolf spider to me. I recently photographed one at a friends house in Flower Mound one night. It was on the front sidewalk. |
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Spider
Joined: 20 Sep 2003
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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| Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Dan,
organic1 is correct; male wolf spider. This is actually a benifical spider as it prefers to hunt for it's prey similar to "crab" spiders.
If you can return it outdoors unharmed it will help keep down other undesireable 'critters'.
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