Help me out - spider identification (1 Viewer)

[nolastyle]

Little guy was hanging out on my patio shades. I'd rather not kill him unless he's dangerous. I haven't seen a spider with those markings before.

 

[efil4stnias]

Brown widow... Related to black. Flip over should have orange hourglass under abdomen

 

[gavinj]

Yeah, kill that one.

 

[livefromDC]

Little guy was hanging out on my patio shades. I'd rather not kill him unless he's dangerous. I haven't seen a spider with those markings before.

Where do you live?

 

[efil4stnias]

And I don't think poisonous like the black widow


Aaaand nm... Male is not female as poisonous as cousin black widow. That's a female therefore she gots ta geaux

 

[nolastyle]

Where do you live?

Gonzales, LA.

Thanks for the ID, will proceed with termination.

 

[livefromDC]

Gonzales, LA.

Thanks for the ID, will proceed with termination.

Oh well. I liked Gonzales, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[mt15]

Brown widow... Related to black. Flip over should have orange hourglass under abdomen

How you going to “flip over” a poisonous spider?

 

[Madmarsha]

So I saw a new bug -- at least to me -- tonight. I couldn't get a pic of it because I don't use my phone in the shower but I think this was it. Anyway, he can't swim.

 

[superchuck500]

It’s an assassin bug

 

[Goatman Saint]

Male and juveniles of both the black and brown widow species are not poisonous. You wouldn’t probably recognize one if you saw them.

The brown widow is slightly less poisonous than the black widow. That being said by all means kill it with fire. But before you do look for the web and feel it so that you know what it feels like. That way it’s really easy to find them. That messy thrown together web that is super strong.

 

[mt15]

Okay, so feeling the web of a poisonous spider is another thing I’m not doing. What is wrong with you people?

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Male and juveniles of both the black and brown widow species are not poisonous. You wouldn’t probably recognize one if you saw them.

The brown widow is slightly less poisonous than the black widow. That being said by all means kill it with fire. But before you do look for the web and feel it so that you know what it feels like. That way it’s really easy to find them. That messy thrown together web that is super strong.

you're burying the lede
start with kill with fire
OP might be dead by the time he gets to the salient part

 

[nolastyle]

Male and juveniles of both the black and brown widow species are not poisonous. You wouldn’t probably recognize one if you saw them.

The brown widow is slightly less poisonous than the black widow. That being said by all means kill it with fire. But before you do look for the web and feel it so that you know what it feels like. That way it’s really easy to find them. That messy thrown together web that is super strong.

Thanks for the info. No web around that I can find but I'll keep an eye out for more.

To update, spider is dead and I am not. Winning! Tried to kill it without destroying the body to look for the orange hourglass but plans changed when she fell/dived off the shades near my feet. Nothing left to look at after that.

 

[faceman]

So I saw a new bug -- at least to me -- tonight. I couldn't get a pic of it because I don't use my phone in the shower but I think this was it. Anyway, he can't swim.

Chuck is right, get rid of it immediately.