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Trying to identifying small spider thing

AwkAwk Registered User regular
edited November 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
It was small, dark brown, and had little pincers like a crab? It had a 'cute' look to it. It was about the size of an ant, fatter though. I didnt get a chance to take a pic of the tiny thing. Im curious in what it was. I think it came from the garden and is seeking shelter from winter. I live in the prairies if that helps. I'll keep googling..

edit: it had a very square-like body (including his legs), short stubby legs i guess

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    pogo mudderpogo mudder Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
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    what a work of art is man, and the most boring choice you can make
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    AwkAwk Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    No, smaller, simpler, looks like a spider with tiny pincers. no funny antennaes or anything.

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    pogo mudderpogo mudder Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
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    what a work of art is man, and the most boring choice you can make
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    ComahawkComahawk Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Well, I won't sleep well tonight.

    Wasn't a tick, was it?

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    FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    A pseudoscorpion?

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    They are pretty much harmless.

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    ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited November 2009

    Man if that thing is small anywhere but Australia, fuck everyone and everything

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    AwkAwk Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    It looks a lot like a tick, but i guess its pincers are more crab-like, like theyre in position for defending. Its body wasnt so beetle-like either. Looked very crab-like, but spidery.

    It might have been a tick though... ill keep checking pictures.

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    Niceguy MyeyeNiceguy Myeye Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
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    It is an antlion. They're tiny and make those craters in the sand that they use to trap ants that fall into their pits of death.

    I hear those things also feed on the nightmares of children.

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    SpacemilkSpacemilk Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    wow fuck you all, i'm not going to sleep tonight

    ummm, OP, I'm pretty sure I've seen this type of spider before (when I lived in Kansas) but google'ing "small black spider with pincers" was wayyyyy too much for me

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    ZeonZeon Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Its probably a dust bug, tried googling but cant find the proper name, it comes up on the image search though.

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    FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Fucking 'ey.

    I GIS'd dust bug and at first I was like "huh." And then I saw the one with the eggs on its back and I was nauseated. Fuck things that don't lay eggs or give live birth via vagina. (Yeah that's right, vaginas. Fuck you nasty ass toad that lets babies grow inside their back before bursting out of it.)

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    Chases Street DemonsChases Street Demons Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    FightTest wrote: »
    Fucking 'ey.

    I GIS'd dust bug and at first I was like "huh." And then I saw the one with the eggs on its back and I was nauseated. Fuck things that don't lay eggs or give live birth via vagina. (Yeah that's right, vaginas. Fuck you nasty ass toad that lets babies grow inside their back before bursting out of it.)


    In related news my wife was traumatized by a nature show that showed a frog that was a host to a spider egg colony getting eaten. No surprise that she now has skin "issues" and but "issues".

    F National Geographic.

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    Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    Awk wrote: »
    It looks a lot like a tick, but i guess its pincers are more crab-like, like theyre in position for defending. Its body wasnt so beetle-like either. Looked very crab-like, but spidery.

    It might have been a tick though... ill keep checking pictures.

    Just to help narrow the search, it's not a bed bug is it? Give them a look on GIS, if for nothing else than elucidation.

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    CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    If it was about three-quarters of an inch long, I killed one two nights ago. It was pretty quick on its feet/legs, too. So I would also like to know what the hell that was.

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    RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited November 2009

    Man if that thing is small anywhere but Australia, fuck everyone and everything

    Ok, why isn't anyone concerned about these things?!? Attack their weak point for major damage, damnit!

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    see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »

    Man if that thing is small anywhere but Australia, fuck everyone and everything

    Ok, why isn't anyone concerned about these things?!? Attack their weak point for major damage, damnit!

    Because coconut crabs are big enough to be less scary then something that could be lurking on the back of your chair, or in your shoes, or under a carelessly tossed shirt in the corner. And they're kind of cute in an odd way.

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    AwkAwk Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    still a mystery bug

    think a crab, but super tinied into ant/bee-size, brown colored, even has his lil pincers up to protect his head. but he sorta looks spidery i was late to work, never got a chance to count legs or anything.

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    LadyMLadyM Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Maybe a jumping spider?

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M

    Did you notice if it had eight legs or some other number?

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    MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Can you draw it?

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    CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    LadyM wrote: »
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    D'awww.

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    ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Cyvros wrote: »
    LadyM wrote: »
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    D'awww.

    And then he jumps at you and you fuckin' flip out because eww spider.

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    CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Cyvros wrote: »
    LadyM wrote: »
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    D'awww.

    And then he jumps at you and you fuckin' flip out because eww spider.
    Hey, man, I thought he was cute. No way he's gonna jump at me. Pretty sure he'll jump at my offer of dinner, though. :winky:
    What is wrong with me?

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    MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Absolutely nothing. Jumping spiders are like kittens. You just want to scratch them behind the ears. Or pedipalps. Or whatever.
    They're the only spiders that don't cause me to flip out in sheer terror. :(

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    ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I like jumping spiders a lot, but if I get too focused they surprise me when they FSHOOOO like 10 feet.

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    AwkAwk Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Can you draw it?

    This is a good idea, ill draw it after work tonight.

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    MetroidZoidMetroidZoid Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I'm not ashamed to admit I'll pick up jumping spiders, let them crawl on my fingers for a bit, then let them outside if I find them indoors.

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    Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2009
    I try to let most bugs I come across indoors, back outside again. It's not always easy, but I'll at least give it an effort.

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