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Title: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 08:40:06 PM
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Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 08:40:50 PM
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Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 08:41:17 PM
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Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 08:41:32 PM
It is big.


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Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Tobias on August 24, 2016, 08:42:29 PM
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Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 08:45:01 PM
I guess what I am asking is. . . should I pretend I didn't see it and stay safely inside my house or should I attempt to take the fight to it in the garage. 
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 08:45:29 PM
I would definitely put shoes on.  and take at least two weapons.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Tobias on August 24, 2016, 08:46:36 PM
is mrs kk not home?  i have ms tobias on call for spider "removal" because i am an arachnid beta
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: The Big Train on August 24, 2016, 08:46:56 PM
Did it write "PRAY" on the wall above it :sdeek:
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 08:55:34 PM
Did it write "PRAY" on the wall above it :sdeek:

I am going to go back out there.  This menace must be dealt with.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:03:17 PM
Kill it, but don't use fire. Blunt force trauma.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: sys on August 24, 2016, 09:05:05 PM
a normal harmless spider.  if you kill it, someday an arthropodlike alien will kill some of your numberless children.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:07:09 PM
a normal harmless spider.  if you kill it, someday an arthropodlike alien will kill some of your numberless children.

improbable.

kill the spider, kk. protect your family.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 09:07:42 PM
I stepped in to the arena as the Hoplomachus, armed with only the point of a broom and a can of Raid.

I slayed the beast.

Title: Re: What is this spider?
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Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: sys on August 24, 2016, 09:09:10 PM
maybe it won't be an alien.  but you owe karma a life, it shall be collected.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: The Big Train on August 24, 2016, 09:10:06 PM
Now scrap that thing off your floor and get it out of there. Eww!
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:11:00 PM
drink it's blood, so that you become a man. Like Patrick Swayze made Charlie do in Red Dawn.


WOLVERINES!
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Tobias on August 24, 2016, 09:11:20 PM
i use the "if it's brown, flush it down" method with kansas spiders.  to counteract, i relocated a couple of tlb snakes to my garden again last night
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:11:47 PM
maybe it won't be an alien.  but you owe karma a life, it shall be collected.

sidebar: are you vegetarian?
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: The Big Train on August 24, 2016, 09:13:46 PM
I heard spiders can lay like 1000 eggs at a time so I would fire hose raid all over your garage to be safe
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: sys on August 24, 2016, 09:18:22 PM
maybe it won't be an alien.  but you owe karma a life, it shall be collected.

sidebar: are you vegetarian?

of course not.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: star seed 7 on August 24, 2016, 09:20:53 PM
Spiders dun bother me  :dunno:
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:29:16 PM
maybe it won't be an alien.  but you owe karma a life, it shall be collected.

sidebar: are you vegetarian?

of course not.

okay. are you against the killing of spiders in general? I would like to understand your viewpoint. i am curious, I suppose.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:32:26 PM
Spiders dun bother me  :dunno:

I leave them alone, usually. There are occasions where I am required to kill them.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: sys on August 24, 2016, 09:32:54 PM
anti pointless, thoughtless killing.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:34:21 PM
Fair enough, I figured that was most likely the case.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Tobias on August 24, 2016, 09:34:36 PM
brown spiders mess with me.  i get a little "close out my shift and make it home safely to my family" with them because I'm too stupid to discern recluses
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 24, 2016, 09:38:01 PM
anti pointless, thoughtless killing.

It was crawling around kid stuff (stroller, bike etc.). 
Title: Re: What is this spider?
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looks like a fair fight
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: XocolateThundarr on August 24, 2016, 09:43:01 PM
We have those outside of our house.  Pretty sure they are a breed of tarantula.  http://www.kansas.com/news/article1126557.html

I don't mind them as much as the brown recluse spiders we encounter in our house from time to time.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: sys on August 24, 2016, 09:45:31 PM
It was crawling around kid stuff (stroller, bike etc.).

there is no mechanism by which it could have harmed your child(ren).
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 24, 2016, 09:51:15 PM
brown spiders mess with me.  i get a little "close out my shift and make it home safely to my family" with them because I'm too stupid to discern recluses

oh my
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: pissclams on August 24, 2016, 09:52:13 PM
i had a tiny little baby jumping spider in my bathroom the other day, it was cracking me up.  i said hi to it and shushed it out of my bathroom and into my office/study.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Emo EMAW on August 25, 2016, 08:45:41 AM
I've always enjoyed the little jumping spiders.  I don't know why but I've always called them crab spiders.  Anyone, one of them bit me on the neck a few weeks ago!  Stung like a bee sting, swelled up and was red and itchy.  eff those things now.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: halfEmpty on August 25, 2016, 09:25:43 AM
From a cursory examination, it looks like a common wolf spider.  Nothing to really worry about.

They look really nothing like a brown recluse which has thin spindly legs and often times look more tan than brown.  Kansas is thick with them though.  I've been bitten twice by recluses (both in woodshop class in high school).  The first was really bad, necrosis in my leg, bad swelling and blood poisoning from just above my knee down.  Reflecting on it later I realized I'm lucky to still have a leg.  That being said, I grew up in a farm house that was full of them and was never bitten once while on the farm.

Still don't like em.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: slackcat on August 26, 2016, 05:51:51 AM
Looks like a wolf spider.  Found a tarantula last year, dead, in a funnel spider(A.K.A. grass spider) web.  Poor guy. :cry:
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Kat Kid on August 26, 2016, 08:13:05 AM
sys was right.  I woke up with an adrenaline rush last night and thought I had a spider on my face.  no way to know for sure if I did.

I think I may try to give the wolf spider a proper burial tonight and see if that helps my spider hauntings.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: steve dave on August 26, 2016, 08:26:52 AM
it laid eggs in your ear
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Asteriskhead on August 26, 2016, 08:39:19 AM
it laid eggs in your ear

lulz
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Reboulet on August 26, 2016, 01:44:09 PM
The KSU Insect Diagnostician will tell you for free

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IMAGES (sent to [email protected]):

Digital images may be used for specimens to be identified. In some cases, pictures of live specimens are preferable. Many caterpillars and soft-bodied insects lose their natural color or become dark when they die, even if placed in a preservative. Because identification manuals use color patterns to help distinguish different species, pictures of live specimens are often better than pictures of dead ones. Active specimens can be slowed down by placing them in a freezer or refrigerator for a short time before taking pictures.

In general, specimens that are less than 5 mm (1/4 inch) are too small to be identified from images using common digital equipment. Use judgment on specimens that are small but larger than 5 mm.

Images are emailed, but they should be accompanied by information that includes location (county), date, client name, circumstances where arthropod was found (crop, building, etc.), agent, etc. – any additional information that would help place the insect in its ecological context.

At least three images should be submitted. For most arthropods an image of the top (dorsal) of the animal is most crucial, and many insects can be identified with this image alone.
Most require other views:

    For most larvae (caterpillars, beetle larvae) side and bottom (ventral) views are important as well as the head capsule.
    Beetles should be shown with top, bottom, and head (front) views.
    Butterflies and moths should have wings spread and top and bottom sides displayed.
    Spiders should have top (body) and front (head) views with a visible arrangement of their eyes.

If unsure how to photograph a specific insect, contact the insect diagnostician for help.

In addition to pictures of the insect, it is often useful to send images of the damage or habitat where insects were found. These images may be useful even when sending physical samples. In some cases it is best to send digital images of the insect and/or damage and follow up by sending a sample. This allows the diagnostician to make a preliminary response based on digital images and confirm the diagnosis based on the physical sample.

http://entomology.k-state.edu/extension/diagnostician/submitting-samples.html (http://entomology.k-state.edu/extension/diagnostician/submitting-samples.html)
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: sys on August 26, 2016, 01:54:57 PM
I think I may try to give the wolf spider a proper burial tonight and see if that helps my spider hauntings.

very wise.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: Gooch on August 26, 2016, 01:58:17 PM
A ritual sacrifice of some sort could hurt either.
Title: Re: What is this spider?
Post by: hemmy on August 26, 2016, 02:08:00 PM
anybody else get really fast, really small spiders? They have a sixth sense when you are about to swing and are very hard to kill. When i miss I fear the spider starts plotting revenge on me until I can kill it.