big funnel-web spider

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14 Oct 2008, 6:23 pm

check it out!

Just saw it on a box in the basement and ran to grab the camera.

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14 Oct 2008, 6:52 pm

that looks quite big

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14 Oct 2008, 7:36 pm

Gah, at first I thought that brown box was your arm. Get it off! Get it off!

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14 Oct 2008, 9:15 pm

Nice spider!

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14 Oct 2008, 9:25 pm

patternist wrote:

Gah, at first I thought that brown box was your arm. Get it off! Get it off!

So did I, and I thought the same thing. I don't mind looking at spiders, as long as there's no threat of it actually touching me.

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15 Oct 2008, 3:53 pm

Gross-gross-gross-gross-gross-gross etc....

*shivers*

I hate spiders.

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15 Oct 2008, 3:57 pm

Is it venomous?

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15 Oct 2008, 4:22 pm

Averick wrote:

Is it venomous?

Nope but it'll f*ing hurt if it bites you.

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15 Oct 2008, 4:32 pm

Damn thats an ogly one

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15 Oct 2008, 4:38 pm

I suffer from a sever case of arachnidphobia(not sure if that's correctly spelled) but I don't seem to be afraid of tarantulas. That on the other hand is one creepy ass spider, I shutter to even think the bite!

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15 Oct 2008, 4:48 pm

They are venomous. Their bites were frequently confused with brown recluse bites, as the ensuing wound develops and appears similarly.

Here's the expert, who along with his sister, Rebecca, named the Hobo, Darwin Vest:

http://www.hobospider.org/

There is a mystery as to what happened to Darwin Vest:

http://members.aol.com/davevest/dar.html

See the Moscow (Idaho) Online paper for the best article.

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15 Oct 2008, 6:49 pm

I couldn't correct the title of the thread to correct the name of the spider. It's a funnel-web spider. Non toxic. Well, that is to say they do have some stuff that'll make their prey sick or even die but it won't harm you - other than the bite itself.

The hobo spider is a funnel-web but the hobo spider lives in the Northwestern US.

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