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  • Skoad
    Registered User
    • Feb 2002
    • 3265
    #1

    Help Identify Spider from camping trip.

    Went camping and met a few friends. First Mr. Copperhead that my friend almost stepped on. Luckily he was friendly and didn't strike or get mad at all even after i picked up up with a stick and moved em.


    Next we found this spider near our sleeping bags. Not sure what kind it is, keep in mind this is in Missouri. I was thinking some kind of wolf spider just because we have those things everywhere. I couldn't really find a good match
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    • barberjohn
      Old guy
      • Dec 2002
      • 1702
      #2
      that wouldnt be a brown recluse would it? i really havent ever seen one in person, but that fits the description. wouldnt want that thing near my sleeping bag, i have arachnaphobia like no other.
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        • FalconGuy016
          Divine Right, Pevs @ AG
          • Aug 2002
          • 6127
          #3
          Its cool how it only looks like it has 6 legs. Did it always move like that? Mabye that kind of spider is slowing evolving away from 8 independant legs
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            • who_311
              Captain Radical
              • Dec 2002
              • 594
              #4
              Well, on that tarp, it looks a bit too big to be recluse. But you never know, them things are beasts though they can do some serious damage, and they native up here in washington.

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                • Konigballer
                  "Dusty Bottoms" on MCB

                  • Jun 2003
                  • 1254
                  #5
                  its not a brown recluse, trust me. brown recluses are known in the south as "fiddle backs". They have a very distinct dark head marking that looks like a fiddle. They also have six eyes arranged in three pairs. It is a widespread myth that brown recluses are found everywere, theyre not. They inhabit the central midwestern united states from Texas to Tennessee, and from Louisiana to Ohio. I dont see any fiddle marking on that bad boy.

                  I dont think its a wolf spider either, theres over 2000 species of them but they all have two large foward looking eyes in the middle of their face and a row of four smaller eyes below.

                  I think its a either some species of Huntsman spider or Sac spider.
                  You cut it real close with tha Copperhead though, yikes

                  heres a brown recluse pic for reference.

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                    • DJBacon06
                      Aww DIP!
                      • Nov 2002
                      • 733
                      #6
                      Yeah, most def. not a brown recluse. Man those things SUCK!! my friend was bitten by one, and let's say it sure didn't turn out too pretty. I do believe that is some sort of wolf spider though. it really looks like it.

                      On another note, that's crazy how camouflaged that copperhead is!
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                        • Skoad
                          Registered User
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 3265
                          #7
                          Yea my friend just about stepped on it, he freaked out. Then he's like "It's right there" and i looked at the spot for like a minute then finally noticed it.

                          And the spider; I didn't thnk it was a brown recluse, I've seen those before. Only reason why I thought it was a wolf spider is because there are tons of different kinds and it didn't look like any other missouri native spider i searched for.

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                            • Bad_Dog
                              self proclaimed warpaholic
                              • Jul 2003
                              • 1777
                              #8
                              wolf...


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                                • sarpadian
                                  Lurking in the shadows....
                                  • Dec 2000
                                  • 141
                                  #9
                                  Yeah, most likely some sort of wolf spider. How big is that thing? I really can't tell with the lack of a good reference in the pic. I have seen spiders like that before. They can get to be a good 3-4 inches across.

                                  Try flipping on the light in your room to find one camping out on your pillow as you're getting ready to go to bed. Kinda catches you off guard.

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