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Jemma Martin · 09-06-2012, 10:30 PM

So...my friend and I found this spider and we have been searching online as to what kind this is. We posted it on Facebook and no one could think of what it could be. We have never seen any spider like this in Texas.

It's not a wolf spider or a hobo spider. We thought it could be a Garden Orb Weaver, but it's not. It's not a brown recluse because those have 6 eyes and it's too big to be one. I thought tarantula but it turned out not to be that either.

This spider had 8 eyes and 8 legs. It's fuzzy, yellow back, bright grey head, and redish tan arms. It's about 3 inches big.

I'm thinking it was imported from Africa and has escaped and now wants to kill us all like that 1990 movie hahahaha I'm just kidding! Honestly though if anyone knows what kind of spider this is we'd really like to know!

Out_of_Bounds · 09-06-2012, 10:37 PM

I thought all spiders had eight eyes and legs?

Jemma Martin · 09-06-2012, 10:41 PM

Nope some have 6 eyes. Yes, all spiders have 8 legs.

Out_of_Bounds · 09-06-2012, 10:42 PM

http://bugguide.net/node/view/1954/bgimage?from=0
Get to searching!

Jemma Martin · 09-06-2012, 10:44 PM

Um okay. No need to be mean about it. I think we already searched that site but will look again. Thanks for the help I guess.

Jemma Martin · 09-06-2012, 10:47 PM

Yep already looked at that site so if anyone else might know the name of this spider instead of giving me a link and tell me to search myself since that's all I have been doing then please let me know the name of this. Thanks! and Out Of Bounds...you are so not much help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DarthMaul · 09-06-2012, 10:54 PM

I don't know what it is but I just got the "Willies".

Out_of_Bounds · 09-06-2012, 10:58 PM

You assume I'm being mean merely because i put an ! point behind my statement?
See if i help a hooktard again.

tbone2u · 09-06-2012, 11:05 PM

It looks kinda like seedman

Darth.....be careful....you probably have a whole bunch of these same critters living in your back yard or garage. Think about that next time you're in your garage looking for something. You turn something over and one of those little bastards will jump up on your arm

Beau Derierre · 09-06-2012, 11:08 PM

Spiders are good to squash! Don't know if I would be trying to find out what the heck it is..just step on it!

Jemma Martin · 09-06-2012, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tbone2u

It looks kinda like seedman

Darth.....be careful....you probably have a whole bunch of these same critters living in your back yard or garage. Think about that next time you're in your garage looking for something. You turn something over and one of those little bastards will jump up on your arm

We didn't find it at my place. We found it at her parents house in Angleton.

Out_of_Bounds · 09-06-2012, 11:15 PM

[QUOTE=tbone2u;3160485]It looks kinda like seedman

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Dude! What do you have against spiders to insult them so?

Jemma Martin · 09-06-2012, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SensualSpecialist

Spiders are good to squash! Don't know if I would be trying to find out what the heck it is..just step on it!

No, because this could be an endangered spider and is probably rare. We want to find out what kind it is before we let it go.

Jemma Martin · 09-06-2012, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthMaul

I don't know what it is but I just got the "Willies".

Yes, it freaked us out too. We have never seen this kind in Texas which is why we are curious to know what breed it is.

Out_of_Bounds · 09-06-2012, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SensualSpecialist

Spiders are good to squash! Don't know if I would be trying to find out what the heck it is..just step on it!

Why? Merely because it's visually unappealing?
Strange and unusual?
Think of it this way.
The spider you spare today could be the spider that eats the mosquito that could have potentially given you west Nile.

Butterfly effect....