WHAT spider is this...?

[PatMarlin]

I've sucked up 2 of these guys the past week with the Vacuum and now found him in the sink this morning.

Anyone have any idea on what this guy is? The green fangs really freak me out..

He's furry like a tarantula...




Our lives in danger? ...

[azrednek]

The green eyes give it away, it is Sarah Brady!!

[PatMarlin]

I am so screwed.

[Wickyd]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_audax
This looks like it
Jumping spider
Darrell

[WILCO]

Phidippus Aduax or Daring Jumping Spider: http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ec...ing_spider.htm

[PatMarlin]

He can't jump out of the sink... Hahahaaa

Well at least the predator list doesn't include patmarlin.

[fastfire]

We don't have the green fangs jumping ones here but ones like it.
Let them crawl on your hand then to your finger and you can get them to jump to other objects or your other hand.
Never even tried to bite me.
Did this when I was a kid.

[reloader28]

What difference does it make???
Just squish them all.

[starmac]

Reloader has the right answer. Me thinks he is a bonafied spider expert.

[Skipper]

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[w5pv]

Agree with reloader28 just like snakes and other vermin squash them.

[Bullshop Junior]

We have those everywhere here. Had one about a inch and a quarter around eating a moth on the front door the other day.

[DLCTEX]

Why squish something that is only beneficial? Those things eat the bugs that bug me. I also do not harm non poisonous snakes for the same reason. They help control rats and mice.

[wallenba]

I guess I'm weird. I like spiders and don't kill them. I'll kill other bugs I find in the house, but not spiders. I put a clear plastic cup over them and slide a piece of paper under, and toss them outside. I had one in the garage last year next to where I cast. I watched it once scramble down and 'lasso' a beetle by the back leg. It kept wrapping up the leg, then hoisted it up into the web. Very entertaining.

[Mod42]

What difference does it make???
Just squish them all.

I'm pretty sure that the Taurus Judge was made for dispatching spiders, anything smaller than #9 shot and the wife probably will not even see the holes!

[rondog]

In my territory that would be a FLAT spider!

[popper]

I think the report stated that now matter where you are, a spider is within 5 ft of you. They're are wafting from the tree now here.

[bangerjim]

Live & let live. Just put it outside. We have various breeds of jumpers around here. Not easy to catch! I used to be deathly afraid of spiders when young. Now the only time I dispatch them is when they are near my food! Gots ta have ma food!

banger
............"If it crawls or slinks or creeps....chances are it lives in the SW Desert!"

[a.squibload]

Could be worse, tend to get black widows around here.
Nice alcohol bath keeps 'em clean.


Alcohol in a squirt bottle is pretty good but big spiders take a while to keel over.
Brake cleaner kills bugs DRT but can mess up the coloration (if you're gonna keep 'em).

[Charley]

One of the jumping spider family, related to tarantulas. Not venomous, but they can/will bite as a defensive measure. Slip a piece of paper under it to pick it up, and throw it outside. Beneficial, great hunters.