# Identify this spider... \*PIC\* **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 2, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542 "2006-05-02T06:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/21 "2006-05-02T07:51:19Z")
Although they are fairly dangerous critters, Brown recluse’s aren’t supposed to be found around here. :gotme: ![http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/images/brnreclusemapbw.gif](http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/images/brnreclusemapbw.gif) ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/22 "2006-05-02T07:56:20Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > Although they are fairly dangerous critters, Brown recluse’s aren’t supposed to be found around here. :gotme: [http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view\_default.asp?curGroupID=4&source=zipGuides&parkid=&fromWhere=zipGuides&searchText=&allSpecies=y&shapeID=0&lshapeID=0&curAbbr=&lgFromWhere=&curPageNum=4&lastView=default&lastGroup=4&lastRegion=976&lastFilter=2&lastShapeName=&trackType=&curRegionID=976&size=&habitat=&fruit=&color=&sortBy=family&viewType=default&zipGuide=dangerous&filter=2&curFamilyID=®ionSelect=14221®ionZIP=14221](http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?curGroupID=4&source=zipGuides&parkid=&fromWhere=zipGuides&searchText=&allSpecies=y&shapeID=0&lshapeID=0&curAbbr=&lgFromWhere=&curPageNum=4&lastView=default&lastGroup=4&lastRegion=976&lastFilter=2&lastShapeName=&trackType=&curRegionID=976&size=&habitat=&fruit=&color=&sortBy=family&viewType=default&zipGuide=dangerous&filter=2&curFamilyID=®ionSelect=14221®ionZIP=14221) this site says they are :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/23 "2006-05-02T07:56:53Z")
[ID’ing and misID’ing brown recluses](http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num2/special/recluse.html) [More ID/Mis ID brown recluses](http://spiders.ucr.edu/recluseid.html) > 1- check the map at spiders.ucr.edu/images/colorloxmap.gif to see if you live in an area that is supposed to have recluse spiders. If you do not live in any of the colored areas in the map, then it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that you have a recluse spider. It is POSSIBLE but incredibly unlikely. looking up spider ID’s on teh world wide web, ah the irony 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/24 "2006-05-02T07:57:39Z")
> [@azndc5er](#): > > It’s alright, i’m pretty bored with my hands anyways. Use your feet to jerkie jerkie? ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/25 "2006-05-02T07:59:30Z")
That spider is a pussy, we say this fucker at rally-x and i still have not been able to find out what kind it was but I still stand by the theory that it ate redrocket’s transmission. ![http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/robhimself1/Rallyweekend-212.jpg](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/robhimself1/Rallyweekend-212.jpg) The snack you can see in the pic is a grasshopper about the size of my thumb that shows how big that fucker was ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/26 "2006-05-02T08:02:03Z")
^You should have given it a kiss :eekdance: ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/27 "2006-05-02T08:06:21Z")
Rob, I’ve seen one of those on my Grandfather’s farm before. It was the size of my fist. Still gives me the willys just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/28 "2006-05-02T08:16:52Z")
i hate spiders, they just scare the shit out of me. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/29 "2006-05-02T08:20:47Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Rob, I’ve seen one of those on my Grandfather’s farm before. > > It was the size of my fist. Still gives me the willys just thinking about it. Word, i had no clue there were spiders that big around here. I thought he somehow found his way from the amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Xrunner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xrunner/32/7390_2.png) [@Xrunner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xrunner)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/30 "2006-05-02T22:21:56Z")
I wouldn’t want to see first hand what that thing can do to your skin if it does manage to bite you. [http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/default.htm](http://www.highway60.com/mark/brs/default.htm) ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/31 "2006-05-02T23:19:30Z")
dude. if it’s brown recluse…you better stay away from it. lol. ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/32 "2006-05-03T06:10:47Z")
My co-worker tried to feed him a pair of carpenter ants, no dice. This morning they’re still happily running around, regurgitating into each other’s mouths and what not. I need some damn crickets. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Beckington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mr\_Beckington](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_Beckington)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/33 "2006-05-03T06:26:01Z")
> [@RobHimself](#): > > That spider is a pussy, we say this fucker at rally-x and i still have not been able to find out what kind it was but I still stand by the theory that it ate redrocket’s transmission. > > ![http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/robhimself1/Rallyweekend-212.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/2/a2359b1c010ba1ebb9bf46816c781e1e5163fc4c.jpeg) > > The snack you can see in the pic is a grasshopper about the size of my thumb that shows how big that fucker was That my friend is a golden orb spider. That my friend is a **small** golden orb spider. i saw one once…was as big as my hand…easily. We’ve probably all seen them in florida. the ones that reside in florida look like this: ![http://www.geocities.com/jdagpatton/Insects/goldenorbspider_treesnailtrail.JPG](http://www.geocities.com/jdagpatton/Insects/goldenorbspider_treesnailtrail.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/34 "2006-05-03T06:30:22Z")
I would be glad if all those sipders DIAF. They freak me out. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/35 "2006-05-03T06:51:18Z")
> [@RobHimself](#): > > I would be glad if all those sipders DIAF. They freak me out. +1 The only ones I can kill without issue are the little red ones you see walking around on the porch. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/36 "2006-05-03T06:52:40Z")
ewwww…i cry when i see spiders. yuck. i’m tearing up just looking at it. The thing must come out of the computer and eat me. ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/37 "2006-05-03T06:54:36Z")
as long as we’re on the spider topic…i’ll show some shots I took while in Costa Rica last year. about the size of a quarter: ![http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/7558spider.JPG](http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/7558spider.JPG) About 6 inches (with a baby spider on its thorax): ![http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/7558hugeassspider.JPG](http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/7558hugeassspider.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/38 "2006-05-03T06:55:08Z")
> [@Eclipse\_Girl23](#): > > ewwww…i cry when i see spiders. > > yuck. > > i’m tearing up just looking at it. The thing must come out of the computer and eat me. If anyone was going to buy eclipse girl a birthday present, I can probably save you some loot. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/39 "2006-05-03T07:24:58Z")
> [@Mr. Beckington](#): > > i saw one once…was as big as my hand…easily. :wtf: that’s insane, imagine waking up in the middle of the night to see that thing crawling on your chest. ![http://people.uleth.ca/~dan.johnson/bws/dj_bwsfem_fly.JPG](http://people.uleth.ca/~dan.johnson/bws/dj_bwsfem_fly.JPG) ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Ninja](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ninja)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/identify-this-spider-pic/11542/40 "2006-05-03T10:09:19Z")
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