theres more than fish here in fl,eeek

[midnight]

took it to get id.
the id person was on vacation but did talk to someone.
he said it wasnt a recluse,it was to small and they dont have babies here.
he said he thinks its a common house spider.
he has it.he is going to have some people there look at it.
if they cant id it for sure,they will send it to the university.
will let ya know what it is when i find out.
still going to bomb this weekend lol

 

[Ang]

Here's a Brown Recluse. See the violin shape on the back?

I'll be interested to know what that eight legged spawn of satan is actually called.

BLAH

 

[midnight]

this is his e mail.quick reply. dont know if they will try to get a positive id.


I took a closer look at your spider and I am confident it is a Male Cribellate spider - Metaltella simoni.



Description



Males of M. simoni are 7.0 to 8.5 mm in length, whereas females are 8 to 9 mm in length. Males have the carapace (darker anteriorly) and legs (darker distally) yellow to yellow-orange, but these structures in the female are brown. Both sexes have the abdomen mottled gray with four irregular white stripes on the venter. M. simoni is the only amaurobioid in the Nearctic region with five to six teeth on both the pro- and retromargins of the chelicerae. All other amaurobiid species in this geographic area have four or fewer teeth on each cheliceral margin.



Habits and Habitat



Most males have been collected in May, June, or July, although individuals have been found from February to October. FSCA records of females include the months January, February, April, May, and August. It seems likely that adults of both sexes can be found in any month of the year in Florida. They are not native to Florida or the United States but came in some years ago very likely from Argentina.



They can bite, as can most if not all spiders, but they are not considered to be venomous, or able to harm humans from their bites.



not considered??lol do they know?

 

[bichir addict]

Its still digusting looking i hate spiders