What's this spider? We've identified quite a few insects and spiders in the 5 years of this forum. I thought it would be cool to dedicate a thread to helping others Name That Spider. Especially after I snapped this picture tonight. I'd say he was about the size of a .50 cent piece (that's bigger than a quarter for you debit card only kids). So, what is this guy? Hint: Northwest
I thought it was a hobo too. The 'boxing gloves' give it away. I've seen about 4 in my shop where I'm unpacking boxes. Unfortunately, I also googled hobo spider bite images. Necrosis like a B Recluse. You ever been bitten?
funnel web is in the same family as the hobo. no never bitten know a few, my daughter was bitten by a brown recluse on the front of her neck as a young kid, .
HoboSpider.com- Poisonous Hobo Spider and Brown Recluse Spider Information and Big H Spider and Insect Traps. Melbo I killed one of those about a month ago. I went to a farm and garden store and bought 15 of these and put them in the basement. Get some of those nasty bug bombs too since it is in the storage are. When I was a kid, we used those in the barn and you could see the spiders running away from noxious cloud.
At our mnt house we would bug bomb once every 3-5 year's due to the filed around us housing lots of spiders we would use them under the house depending on the, attic, and each room we would us the raid type where you add water in a cup and they have a timed delay release so you didn’t breath it.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />
Bug bombs are for guys who wear fanny packs. I sat in the shop with a suppressed .22 and NV goggles ast night and cleaned house.
How do you identify them when stomped? Love spiders in the yard, they keep other things under control. However, the webs in the house don't make me nearly as happy. On the floor, they are fair game for shoe hunting.
I find a .22 revolver with primer-only Colibri loads is good "Spider Medicine". Not much penetration - easy patch to the walls...... Oh God.... I ain't kidding either. Bagged two Big ones this year......
ShopVac. My spider-killing tool of choice. I've been told not to kill all the spiders that I see, as it opens the playing field for funnel-webbers (eliminates their food competition). Pfffft! Like that's gonna' happen. The only good spider is a dead spider!
I just found this thread from a few years back: http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/general-discussion/3011-whats-spider.html Fishing Spider:
Man I hate spiders... neighbor has bananas... full of big brown hairy buggers... I use Raid... but I think they drown rather than die from the chemical.... then I light them up ...
They drown? You use a can per spider?? I hate em too but it could be worse I suppose. I could live in Vietnam.
Ahh, Super Colibris. You know that Cheaper than Dirt had a special on those about 5 years ago? $5 per 500 round brick... I bought 60 bricks and still have at least 59 in the deep storage. I always thought they'd be great for quiet game hunting.
hint pull the lead out of a 22lr and push it into a bar of soap, it hurts like a &^%$# when you get shot, we had wars as kids with it but wont penetrate.
Yup.. just about one can per spider Hate them that much... need to make sure they are dead... One crawled out on the grass... the Raid killed the grass too [rofllmao]
