# What kind of spider is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 22, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440 "2008-06-22T19:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EvilJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a5b964/32.png) [@EvilJay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvilJay)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/61 "2008-06-25T08:47:10Z")
I got bit by one of those in Italy… My hand puffed up to the size of a boxing glove. It was great 😑 ---
**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:** [June 25, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/62 "2008-06-25T09:24:51Z")
> [@Zong](#): > > fry, that is NOT a common house spider. > [@brendansi](#): > > UGHHHHHHHHHHHH! > > Wolf spiders. Eck! > > And Fry, I agree with Zong… Hire someone. > **[Parasteatoda tepidariorum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_house_spider)** > > Theridion tepidariorum > Theridion pallidum > Theridion vulgare > Steatoda tepidariorum > Theridion marmoreum > Theridion varium > Achaearanea tepidariorum > Theridium tepidariorum > > Parasteatoda tepidariorum, the common house spider or American house spider, is a spider species of the genus Parasteatoda with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common house spiders are synanthropic and live in and near human dwellings. Their prey mechanism is similar to that of the other cobweb spiders: the spider follows disturba... [http://entomology.uark.edu/museum/achaeara.html](http://entomology.uark.edu/museum/achaeara.html) ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/63 "2008-06-25T11:27:12Z")
pwned. :ham: Still does not look common to me… Thankfully. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/64 "2008-06-25T11:28:42Z")
ppfff i r smrtr then wkpdia ---
**Author:** ![97\_B18b1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/cdc98d/32.png) [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/65 "2008-06-25T15:05:28Z")
> [@El Pistolero](#): > > Neither the Brown Recluse nor the Hobo Spider live in the area. And they’re the scary spiders that have a similar appearance to what you’ve got. Put a glass over it, slide some thick paper or cardboard underneath, and let the bugger go a good distance from your house. Spiders are good, they eat the nasty flying biting insects. Don’t kill them. I dunno what everyone’s problem with spiders is. I love spiders, and have several. They’re actually really cool. fuck that, and i am one of the biggest animal lovers you will ever meet. I even like reptiles alot…but i will always kill spiders as soon as i see them, fuck them ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/66 "2008-06-25T16:36:05Z")
![http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/1847183187_be82ec1f59_o.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/1847183187_be82ec1f59_o.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/67 "2008-06-25T17:36:45Z")
That is a terribly frightening spider.^^ When I was like 10, I was sent to sleep away camp. One night our counselors decided we were going to sleep outside, with no tents, just a tarp over us. I woke up with a fucking huge daddy longlegs in my mouth/on my chin. Holy fuck. I never screamed so fucking loud in my life. After that, spiders make me nearly hyperventilate. ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/68 "2008-06-25T17:44:17Z")
My mom had the pleasure of spending some childhood years living in Love Canal area (before they knew what they know now obviously). They had spiders like that first one pictured in the corners of their rooms regularly. Mutant spiders. ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/69 "2008-06-25T17:53:03Z")
Teenage Mutant Ninja Spiders? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/70 "2008-06-25T19:16:09Z")
Biggest spider in the world. It eats birds. True story. > **[The Largest Spider In The World!](http://humanelement.blogspot.com/2007/08/largest-spider-in-world.html)** > > The Goliath Tarantula or Theraphosa blondi can grow to over a foot long with fangs that measure an amazing 2 inches in length! Also known a... ---
**Author:** ![TrapMuzik82](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trapmuzik82/32/7488_2.png) [@TrapMuzik82](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrapMuzik82)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/71 "2008-06-25T21:10:13Z")
Didn’t he say it sheds that hair shit thats irritable to skin and he goes and plays with it like a fucking kitten. ---
**Author:** ![maybe\_memories](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maybe_memories/32/5053_2.png) [@maybe\_memories](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maybe_memories)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/72 "2008-06-26T09:58:42Z")
At the big petstore up in lockport, I remember seeing a bird-eating tarantula in one of the cages chowing down on a mouse. Pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/73 "2008-06-26T10:04:31Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Biggest spider in the world. It eats birds. True story. > > [The Human Element: The Largest Spider In The World!](http://humanelement.blogspot.com/2007/08/largest-spider-in-world.html) I would cry if I came across one of those. :nogirlo: ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/74 "2008-06-29T21:37:33Z")
![http://bp1.blogger.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/R5T6zigBJgI/AAAAAAAABiI/3HS3l_NuXOw/s1600/spidervlizard_knuttz.jpg](http://bp1.blogger.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/R5T6zigBJgI/AAAAAAAABiI/3HS3l_NuXOw/s1600/spidervlizard_knuttz.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/75 "2008-06-29T21:38:36Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > ![http://bp1.blogger.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/R5T6zigBJgI/AAAAAAAABiI/3HS3l_NuXOw/s1600/spidervlizard_knuttz.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/3/0366759da7f33ac2045a52ac970b50a7216e1a68.jpeg) :bigclap: FAIL ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/76 "2008-06-29T22:57:12Z")
thanks, i guess i’ll go to sleep now that i’ve read this thread EDIT2: you fucks ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/77 "2008-06-29T23:36:26Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > :bigclap: FAIL FUCK. I’ll find it. Fixing the fail… ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/78 "2008-06-30T06:05:07Z")
^^Yikes! Is that the little geico dude? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/79 "2008-07-01T06:01:51Z")
Ummmmm, are there any spiders around here that have flesh eating venom? I got bit Saturday and I have this strange sore on my ankle that looks like deteriorating flesh and it hasn’t gotten any better in 3 days. I need NYSPEED medical advice!:biglaugh: The irony is that I now live in the woods/forest and have hundreds - no thousands of spiders in my garage/driveway and have never been bitten. I go to a friends house and get bit on his patio! ---
**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:** [July 1, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440/80 "2008-07-01T06:17:05Z")
IIRC it’s not impossible to find a brown recluse in this area. If you really do have a rotting flesh sort of gig then it might be fairly serious medically. You might want to start a new thread. :fail: :lol: [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-spider-is-this/50440.md?page=5)