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Squid Boy (no login)
Posted Jul 6, 2009 4:52 PM
When I first looked at that spider, I thought, "That's a fucking Funnel web! In the USA! Holy shite! We're fucked!
If it were on of our Austrailians posting that picture, we'd be thanking the stars it didn't bite them, and that they were alive.
I did not know that they had American immitators that look a whole lot like them!
Here's what that one was:
Funnel Web Grass Spiders: low risk, non-aggressive
Venom toxicity - the bite of these spiders is of low risk to humans.
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Spider Identification - are common outdoors and are occasionally found indoors. They are generally brownish or grayish with light and dark stripes near the head. They have long spinnerets and are moderate-sized (3/4 inch long). Grass spiders construct a large sheet web with a funnel they use as a retreat. These webs are commonly built on the ground, around steps, window wells, foundations, and low shrubs.
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Habitat - These spiders are often called grass spiders because they construct their webs in tall grass, heavy ground cover and the branches of thick shrubs. Rarely will a funnel web spider be seen indoors, except for an occasional wandering male. They are found mostly in the Pacific Northwest states.
Here is a good site for arachnaphobes: http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html |
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