Jun 15
Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?
I found one in my basement and two in my garage this week. I think the farmer cutting his field last week must have left them looking for new homes. I hadn’t seen any until that time.
Even with all of the sites on the Internet that have identification charts, I still can’t seem to find on that looks just like it.
June 16th, 2006 at 12:08 am
I can’t say what kind of spider it is, but I’ve seen them a lot. They’re probably indigenous to Utah, are pretty harmless and can run quite fast.
June 16th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Try here:
http://whatsthatbug.com
More bug (and spider) pictures and identifications than you can shake a stick at.
They have like 7 pages of spider id’s.
RyanE
June 16th, 2006 at 10:43 am
Thanks for the info. Looks like it’s probably a Grass Spider A.K.A. Funnel Web Spider. I haven’t seen any webs so it *might* be a Wolf Spider. Gosh, they are ugly.
June 16th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Arachnopedia.com is AVAILABLE. Sweet!!! Better jump on it before someone gets it. You could make a million dollars or something.
June 19th, 2006 at 10:27 am
probably the ‘or something’ part.
:)
RyanE
June 22nd, 2006 at 2:58 am
Gabriel - It’s not a funnel web spider (at least I would hope not).
They are only indigenous to the eastern Australia coast around Sydney - killed 1/2 when I lived there. If it is, be carefull as they are particularily vicious buggers and highly poisonous.