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Need help identifying a spider
Overlord
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This was outside me and my bros trailer. Used a lighter for light and got a pic. Anyone have any idea what kind it is, and if its dangerous or anything?
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Sadly, I dont have a clue as to what type of spider it is, but seriously, get that the fuck away from you.
if I had to guess, it'd probably be a tetragnathidae
it's not poisonous, by the looks of it
in any case
if you see it again, and you REALLY want it gone
you can
1) insecticide it to death
2) step on it
3) or if you want it alive and gone, get a clear jar, trap it, release a thousand meters away
If you had to guess, you'd guess it was a spider whose distinctive features are elongated legs (not present), large elongated jaws (not present), and of which most species live in swampy / tropical conditions (er, outside a house, in Canada...).
Let's not even mention that your other guess (hobo spider, surprise, I was gunning for someone coming up with either that or brown recluse) looks nothing like a tetragnathidae, and just skip straight to: no, it's not a hobo spider, the easiest way of telling which is that it has dark ringed leg joints. Hobo spiders have uniformly coloured legs. They also look nothing like that, are much larger, and don't tend to hang around on there silk like that one is doing. Honestly, why can't some people just stfu when they don't have a clue?
Disturbed - also not a jumping spider (though much better guess), legs are too thin / large in proportion to body.
Quite hard to be at all sure, but smart money would be on your average garden standard common orb spider. Correct time of year, correct behaviour, correct size & shape (translucent legs with bands also a big giveaway). There is probably a circular web around somewhere with it somewhere off to the side. It is totally harmless. About the most danger an orb spider poses to you is walking into it's web at night and getting one crawling across your face, that can give you a nice little aneuresm and/or lifelong wariness of spiders (I know, because it happened to me - laff!).
Also, what it certainly isn't is any of the usual dangerous / poisonous spiders in your area. Those are either widows (look like orb spiders but significantly different markings), or a variety of recluse / hobo / funnel spiders (all totally different to that one).
PS Found this for you: http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/Questions/spider_identification.htm
Interesting enough in itself, but if you look halfway down the page to where it gives pictures of various orb spiders, I think you have your answer.
My uncle claims to have been bitten by one of those as a kid, says the effects were pretty much equivalent to a wasp sting, only with less swelling. He was holding the spider in his fist though. I doubt they'll bite unless you go out of your way to harass them; besides my uncle, I've never heard of anyone else being bitten by one.
I don't mind disposing of black widows, but my wife demands that I get rid of any spider that she comes in contact with. Usually when I find one I try to relocate it. I especially hate killing any spiders that put up those big beautiful webs.
This really isn't a chat forum and you're really providing neither help nor advice here. If you want to chat about spiders, go make a thread in D&D or SE.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH