Name That Spider ??

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It's the brown,, fuzzy & fast one that looks venomous w/ big fangs.

I snapped a foto.  Arachnologists,  what's this one called ?

Bob 

Recluse?

Boris?

If he has a scar under it right tentacle then it’s Bob, I have known him for years

>>>>>I snapped a foto.  Arachnologists,  what's this one called ?

 

Where's the pic?

Here it is:
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I think she's pregnant ?

My wife, who has training in entomology, says it doesn't look like a recluse or hobo, and it sure doesn't look like a widow, so I think you're good to go.

Wolf

All I know is that s/he is an aggressive little critter.  When you point a camera at it, the thing lunges at you.  Hopefully it is killing many mosquitoes.

A spider can eat 100 000 bugs a year, without them we'd be insect city

Wolf

Dream Spider

That is Bob, and Bob is a banana spider

Don't think wolf spiders have webs.

grass spider, the web has a funnel for retreating into

So it's not Bob.

In that case I dub thee "Clarence".

Thwack!

 

Oops, prob. shouldn't have used a rolled-up newspaper to do the dub.

 

RIP Clarence.

Glad it wasn’t Bob

It may not have been Bob,  but, maybe it was boB. People confuse the two often.

boB the dyslexic spider.

Is that a picture of your kitchen?

Another of the same species (?) but I think it was eating some winged bug.
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For perspective the red thing is a Pipe wrench.

Another:
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OK I got a nice shot of (Wolf ?? Grass ??) spider after its snack.
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You can see its ass end with what I perceive as a "stinger"  and its fuzzy little legs.

And here,  the remains of the Spider's snack:
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I guess the wings aren't very tasty.

that spider has only seven legs...it's missing one on the driver's side

 

Alfa Spider

rocks!

 

^Maybe the winged bug fought for its life before becoming Dinner.

Or some other spider kicked its ass.

maybe it donated a leg to a fellow spider who only had six legs...

what do we really know?

>>>>You can see its ass end with what I perceive as a "stinger"

Spiders don't have 'stingers', they have fangs and mandibles on the front to kill and eat their prey, its 'ass' is where it spins its web from.

My buddy was bitten/stung by his pet tarantula when he accidently manhandled it - he said it felt like a nail going through his arm, and it ballooned the size of a football.

Its also interesting to note many spiders will eat their webs if damaged, convert it back into proteins, and use that to spin another one - talk about recycling.

>> dyslexic spider

 

So the dyslexic spider walks into the bank and tells, " Air in the hands Mother Stickers this is a Fuckup!".

 

Cool images, Stu.

Fred.

Bennie

Looking back at my spider snapshots,  and the commentary.

I notice that the Western porch spider  has Seven legs.  The latter fotos are taken of the Eastern porch spider,  30 feet away,  but it also has Seven legs.

Maybe it is the same Bug that relocated,  or a common Spider Leg disability.

There are two covered "porches" here and the fotos were captured at different areas. 

 

21st century spiders.

Evolution trends toward efficiency?

One adult spider to another:

"Kids these days! First it was the hair, then the tattoos, then the piercing. Now it's the 8th leg removal!"

"Yep, we're on the road to hell - but a little slower."

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Here is an orange polypore,  which was growing on Black cherry.
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So National Geographic,  Animal Planet & The Insect Channel (TIC network) have been blowing up the phone wondering when I can start working.

I'm holding out for the Cousteau people.