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Is this a brown recluse?
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Posted by sewtired (My Page) on Tue, Jun 19, 07 at 12:44
| My husband thinks it is, I am not so sure. They are in my house.
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Thanks for any help you can offer! |
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RE: Is this a brown recluse?
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| Absolutely not a brown recluse. You can both rest easy. |
RE: Is this a brown recluse?
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| They call it a brown recluse, because it is reclusive. I was just listening to a spider expert who said that the recluse lived in this home they went to in the midwest, and there were probably 100 thousand in this buildings basement, but they were never seen in the living quarters of the building and nobody was ever bit. |
RE: Is this a brown recluse?
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| Your spider is a grass spider, family Agelenidae. |
RE: Is this a brown recluse?
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| The brown recluse is also called a "fiddleback" because it has a fiddle-shaped pattern on it's back. This has no fiddle-shape on the back, so it's not dangerous. |
Find an image
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| You can use Google Images to search for an image of a brown recluse. It's a very handy free service. |
RE: Is this a brown recluse?
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| A fun trick I learned: At night, take a flashlight outside. Turn it on and put the end on your forehead. Aim the light towards the grass. You will notice tiny shiny "lights" in the grass. If you get up close to them, you will see your spiders. They will be everywhere. At least they are here, the same kind you have the picture of. My sister taught me that trick when she was in the girl scouts. They are harmless though. |
RE: Is this a brown recluse?
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| I did this the other night and all I saw were leprechauns pointing at me and laughing. |
RE: Is this a brown recluse?
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| Ha ha...yeah, I have seen a few of those too. LOL! It does work...I promise. |
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