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What Spider is this Spider?

TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEONRegistered User regular
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Here is a spider I trapped in my apartment in San Diego. (It's still trapped so I can get a better picture if needed.) Normally I'm too scared of spiders to bother and also I don't give a shit, but this one's a spider I've never seen before and all the "what bug is X" posts lately have fired up my curiosity. I thought it might be Obi-Wan Kenobi but I'm not sure.

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited July 2016
    God dammit Tycho do you live in a rotting shack in the middle of the woods or something?

    Anyway that's probably a spider in the family Theridiidae, which does include widows, although this one is probably a harmless Cobweb Spider in the genus Steatoda but also don't quote me on that because I only have a degree in insects, not arachnids proper.

    Arch on
    Psycho Internet Hawk wrote: »
    Arch I like that no matter what game you're playing, your playstyle inevitably revolves around bugs and monsters and generally ugly things.
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  • Bliss 101Bliss 101 Registered User regular
    Brown widow, maybe? Does it have an orange hourglass on its belly?

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Also it was probably feeding on the fleas.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    Oh shit....that might actually be a brown widow

    Well...huh.

    Psycho Internet Hawk wrote: »
    Arch I like that no matter what game you're playing, your playstyle inevitably revolves around bugs and monsters and generally ugly things.
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  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    I never even knew there was such a thing as a "brown widow" until this thread! Luckily wikipedia suggests it's not as dangerous as its more famous spiderbro.

  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited July 2016
    Arch wrote: »
    God dammit Tycho do you live in a rotting shack in the middle of the woods or something?
    I live in a perfectly nice apartment!

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    On closer inspection I'm pretty sure it was a brown widow. A friend came over and she insisted on getting rid of it, so I'm safe... for now.

    TychoCelchuuu on
  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    an apartment straight out of the god damned 80s

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    an apartment straight out of god damned 80s horror movies

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    I like that apartment. It's got a built-in bookcase!

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    chromdom wrote: »
    I like that apartment. It's got a built-in bookcase!

    Probably where the nightmares live. Have you checked for any loose panels or false books?

  • ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor Registered User regular
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    chromdom wrote: »
    I like that apartment. It's got a built-in bookcase!

    Probably where the nightmares live. Have you checked for any loose panels or false books?

    Multiple editions of Charlotte's Web? Copy of The Two Towers with ending torn out?

  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    ArbitraryDescriptor wrote: »
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    chromdom wrote: »
    I like that apartment. It's got a built-in bookcase!

    Probably where the nightmares live. Have you checked for any loose panels or false books?

    Multiple editions of Charlotte's Web? Copy of The Two Towers with ending torn out?

    Anansi Boys? Spiderwick Chronicles?

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • RendRend Registered User regular
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    ArbitraryDescriptor wrote: »
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    chromdom wrote: »
    I like that apartment. It's got a built-in bookcase!

    Probably where the nightmares live. Have you checked for any loose panels or false books?

    Multiple editions of Charlotte's Web? Copy of The Two Towers with ending torn out?

    Anansi Boys? Spiderwick Chronicles?

    Be Nice To Spiders?

  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    Rend wrote: »
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    ArbitraryDescriptor wrote: »
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    chromdom wrote: »
    I like that apartment. It's got a built-in bookcase!

    Probably where the nightmares live. Have you checked for any loose panels or false books?

    Multiple editions of Charlotte's Web? Copy of The Two Towers with ending torn out?

    Anansi Boys? Spiderwick Chronicles?

    Be Nice To Spiders?

    The Night Gwen Stacy Died?

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    Oh my god there's a CRT.

  • Grey PaladinGrey Paladin Registered User regular
    edited July 2016
    Nova_C wrote: »
    Oh my god there's a CRT.
    A good indicator that this is probably an ARG.

    Grey Paladin on
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  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    Nova_C wrote: »
    Oh my god there's a CRT.

    Pfft if this is baffling the thread my storage room would make all of you cry, Crt's, Betamax's, 5 1/2 floppy drives with blank disks still in the wrapper!

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    What's really going to get a few of you is that the microwave door is ajar.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • PantshandshakePantshandshake Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    What's really going to get a few of you is that the microwave door is ajar.

    It really is now. Thanks.

    Also, two stools and a chair at the kitchen counter... but the chair doesn't match the other chairs.

  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Cute furniture.

  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    ITT we learn that all the arthropods in Tycho's house are just trying to help him with interior decorating

    Psycho Internet Hawk wrote: »
    Arch I like that no matter what game you're playing, your playstyle inevitably revolves around bugs and monsters and generally ugly things.
    | Zinnar on most things | Avatar by Blameless Cleric
  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    What's really going to get a few of you is that the microwave door is ajar.
    jar.gif

    This is a jar. Hope this helps.

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