This guy was hanging out on my patio the other night. I was woundering if anybody could identify him/her and if he/she is venomous. It's about 2 1/4" from tip of one leg to the tip of the other and was out and about at night here at my house in Gilbert Arizona.
Yeah, that's a wolf spider. Oddly enough, we have them here in Mesa, too.
I had a couple hanging out in my bedroom for quite some time. They finally vanished...no idea where to. Of course I named them Wolfram & Hart. I could almost tell them apart.
Previously I named a wolf spider Lucky Sevven because he was short one leg. Why Sevven and not Seven? I dunno. It just seemed right.
This is my close up Spider Photo. A Wolf Spider from Virginia.
What a cute face! We name our spiders too. Always have a huntsman spider in the house to eat the really dangerous ones. And if we see a dangerous one like a redback or white tail I just relocate it outside far away.
The spider the OP asked about is a wolf spider it looks like, but not the one pictured in your link, which looks to be a Rabid Wolf Spider or Lycosa rabida. That would be the same species as the one Mesmeraj has posted.
I'm not really sure of the full ID of the OP image, as there are many species of Wolf Spiders in the AZ area. It is a species in the Geolycosa family.
... and to answer the other question, yes it is poisonous (most spiders are) -- but not usually dangerous. They are not generally aggressive (witness the one on the toe), but their bite can be quite painful -- and if you are overly alergic to the venom, can become more serious.
This is all I remember from my search last fall for information on the brown recluse -- which they are often mistaken for, but is no where near as troublesome.
One from my files.. Extreme close-up, very shallow DOF but this little guy was only about 10mm (1cm) in size. Taken with the 18-55 kit lens reversed and off-camera flash.
... and to answer the other question, yes it is poisonous (most spiders are) -- but not usually dangerous. They are not generally aggressive (witness the one on the toe), but their bite can be quite painful -- and if you are overly alergic to the venom, can become more serious.
This is all I remember from my search last fall for information on the brown recluse -- which they are often mistaken for, but is no where near as troublesome.
David
Thanks for the information. I was worried that it may be a brown recluse. I am familiar with the wolf spiders in the other photos but this one looks different. I don't want to kill harmless spiders but from what I have read, the brown recluse is not something you want to share your home with.
One from my files.. Extreme close-up, very shallow DOF but this little guy was only about 10mm (1cm) in size. Taken with the 18-55 kit lens reversed and off-camera flash.
I know it's been said before ....but ....
where, what brand, cost do ya'll use for mounting canon lens reversed?
Hi, sorry about the delay in replying. Basically just bought a reverse mount off eBay, paid about £5 (UKP) for it, about $9 (USD). Not sure of the make, its plain black (with red alignment dot). Sorry I cant be of much more help, can't take photo of rig either due to only one digi camera in the house.
... and to answer the other question, yes it is poisonous (most spiders are) -- but not usually dangerous. They are not generally aggressive (witness the one on the toe), but their bite can be quite painful -- and if you are overly alergic to the venom, can become more serious.
This is all I remember from my search last fall for information on the brown recluse -- which they are often mistaken for, but is no where near as troublesome.
David
Thanks for the information. I was worried that it may be a brown recluse. I am familiar with the wolf spiders in the other photos but this one looks different. I don't want to kill harmless spiders but from what I have read, the brown recluse is not something you want to share your home with.
Brown recluse spiders have a sleeker looking body with a bulbous abdomen. The underside of the spider has a marking which looks like a violin, the neck of it pointing towards the abdomen. They also have six eyes that are in pairs on it's head.
This guy was hanging out on my patio the other night. I was woundering if anybody could identify him/her and if he/she is venomous. It's about 2 1/4" from tip of one leg to the tip of the other and was out and about at night here at my house in Gilbert Arizona.
Thanks,
Roger
Yeah...isn't it a wolf spider or a 'huntsman' as we call them down here!
Uhhh, gives me the creepie crawlies just looking at it. My apt in San Francisco was infested with wolf spiders a few years ago... literally dozens of them and they'd come out at night. My roommate got bit twice while sleeping... large red painful bites. I had two close calls, one spider was in my bed with me one night and one spider crawled into my water glass... luckily I turned on the light before drinking. I HATE spiders!
Hey rich. How big was that spider? It looks a lot like a spider we have in a lot of places around here in Taiwan. Ours is about the size of a fairly large hand extended all the way. Some friends and I went for a walk and found a nifty little temple up on some hillock and there was a whole bunch of these guys. One strand of the web was knocked by my head, but did not break, it just slid up and over my forehead and hair and down my back. Stronger than steel? Hell yeah. Big spiders.
Sometimes they like to get in houses in rural areas and I have heard they are fairly poisonous, probably more because of the quantity of the venom rather than the strength though would be my guess. They aren't aggressive though.
The biggest spider we have in these parts is too hard to take pictures of. It is nocturnal and likes to make REALLY big webs in the tops of trees in the mountains. I have seen webs that have spanned 20 or 30 feet. I have a pic of a smaller one here: //pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/eschelar/detail?.dir=7696&.dnm=6f85.jpg&.src=ph.
That spider may not have been the same kind as another biggie I saw once in the mountains on a day I didn't have my camera with me. It was about as big around as a dinner plate, maybe 20% bigger than my face. It had a bulbous abdoment in a dark irridescent green. I would say a pigeon would be on the extreme end of it's dinner menu given a one on one fight...
