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southernbelle04 · 08-29-2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hnybun128

Illinois Spiders

There are the funnel web spiders that live in Illinois. If you look at the link, there's a picture of a wolf spider right above the funnel spider. I think the wolf spider's abdomen is much more rounded, while the funnel web spider's abdomen seems more elongated, like my new friend on my front porch.

I agree, your's does seem to have a more elongated abdomen.

sugarmamma · 08-30-2011, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kjc

I would guess A Wolf Spider, as you live in the USA. Funnel Web Spiders live in Australia. Not that it's impossible, but least likely...

They are very fast, but if you take a longish type stick and mess up the web everyday, she'll probably move on her own.

Just keep in mind all spiders carry venom, it's how they eat... Funnel Web Spiders are highly venomous and deadly in Australia....

It's not a wolf spider. We have them here in Florida, and at least the ones I have seen, do not look like that.??

megansmomma · 08-30-2011, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by hnybun128

She's actually been there for quite a while. She wasn't even half her current size when she moved in.

I'm starting to think she might be a funnel web spider. Her web even looks funnel shaped, right? If that's the case, she can stay because they're harmless. I guess she'll keep unwanted guests away, huh?

If it were me and I wanted her to move on I would just remove her web daily with a broom. She will get the hint and move on.

But~on the other hand you might want to keep her around for Halloween

BLowry · 08-30-2011, 05:54 AM

EWWWW! I'm sorry but, she would NOT be living near my front door...she would be removed! HATE spiders!!! they make my skin crawl!!

TxVicki · 08-30-2011, 07:17 AM

OMG I am so freaked out just looking at that picture. It sure does make my skin crawl. If that thing was any where near my front door or any door for that matter it sure wouldn't be there for long.

lovespandp · 08-30-2011, 07:23 AM

Holy smokes!! I would run for the hills if I had that on my door!!

JMuedog · 08-30-2011, 08:19 AM

It looks like a wolf spider, but I've never seen a wolf spider in a web like that.

Jennxling · 08-30-2011, 10:56 AM

Ewww I ABSOLUTLEY HATE spiders!! They scare the bejeebies out of me!! Keep in mind, I have never even seen such a big one in my life!!

I would definitely be removing it or move. lol Can it go inside your house? I would be very cautious where your baby goes!! That spiders venom could be hazardous to a small yorkie!! Looking at the pictures, I don't think yours is a wolf spider...not hairy enough. Good luck!!

Cha Cha · 08-30-2011, 11:31 AM

It does look like the wolf spiders we have here. That is, if I am identifying ours correctly

. Ours usually have their webs on the ground, but it is not uncommon to see them build webs up off the ground or in corners like the corners of our wood privacy fences and brush. This time of year we start to see a lot of them coming into our garage and we have found them in our house on occasion. The last couple of years, we have been seeing a different kind of spider hanging around. I need to have it identified. I am afraid it might be a hobo spider, and that terrifies me. I hear they are aggressive.

gidget529 · 08-30-2011, 12:27 PM

I would be moving and giving that spider my house! You are brave to sneak up and take a pic! I can't be much help in identifying. The bugger we get around here is the brown recluse.

Valenie · 08-30-2011, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Cha Cha

It does look like the wolf spiders we have here. That is, if I am identifying ours correctly

. Ours usually have their webs on the ground, but it is not uncommon to see them build webs up off the ground or in corners like the corners of our wood privacy fences and brush. This time of year we start to see a lot of them coming into our garage and we have found them in our house on occasion. The last couple of years, we have been seeing a different kind of spider hanging around. I need to have it identified. I am afraid it might be a hobo spider, and that terrifies me. I hear they are aggressive.

They are!!! They scare me to death!

boopster · 08-30-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gidget529

I would be moving and giving that spider my house! You are brave to sneak up and take a pic! I can't be much help in identifying. The bugger we get around here is the brown recluse.

My sentiments exactly! I would be calling the Terminex guy.

RachelandSadie · 08-31-2011, 06:06 PM

it looks like that hobo spider to me more than the funnel one. i'd get rid of her quick honestly

eewwww

RachelandSadie · 08-31-2011, 06:07 PM

the pattern is different than the hobo picture tho...i dunno

celstu1 · 08-31-2011, 06:13 PM

I got looking at your link earlier... Then into repercussions of a brown recluse bite and forgot to come back here! Lol. Is it still around? Have you decided what you wanted to do about it?

08-30-2011, 05:54 AM	#19
BLowry My furkids Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,625 Blog Entries: 1	EWWWW! I'm sorry but, she would NOT be living near my front door...she would be removed! HATE spiders!!! they make my skin crawl!! __________________ Brenda

08-30-2011, 07:17 AM	#20
TxVicki Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: At Home Posts: 8,386	OMG I am so freaked out just looking at that picture. It sure does make my skin crawl. If that thing was any where near my front door or any door for that matter it sure wouldn't be there for long. __________________ [SIZE="3"VICKI & ALLIE[/SIZE]

08-30-2011, 07:23 AM	#21
lovespandp ♥Momma's Bambino♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ca Posts: 10,026	Holy smokes!! I would run for the hills if I had that on my door!! __________________ "People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so."

08-30-2011, 08:19 AM	#22
JMuedog Love My Little Cuties Donating Member Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charleston, IL Posts: 9,899	It looks like a wolf spider, but I've never seen a wolf spider in a web like that. __________________ Jenni Finnigan & Gwenndilyn Forever in my heart

08-30-2011, 10:56 AM	#23
Jennxling YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ~CA~ Posts: 1,637	Ewww I ABSOLUTLEY HATE spiders!! They scare the bejeebies out of me!! Keep in mind, I have never even seen such a big one in my life!! I would definitely be removing it or move. lol Can it go inside your house? I would be very cautious where your baby goes!! That spiders venom could be hazardous to a small yorkie!! Looking at the pictures, I don't think yours is a wolf spider...not hairy enough. Good luck!! __________________ Jen, Carmel Bo & Emma Lynn I knew nothing about love until I met my yorkies!

08-30-2011, 11:31 AM	#24
Cha Cha Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the deer and the antelope play Posts: 7,069	It does look like the wolf spiders we have here. That is, if I am identifying ours correctly. Ours usually have their webs on the ground, but it is not uncommon to see them build webs up off the ground or in corners like the corners of our wood privacy fences and brush. This time of year we start to see a lot of them coming into our garage and we have found them in our house on occasion. The last couple of years, we have been seeing a different kind of spider hanging around. I need to have it identified. I am afraid it might be a hobo spider, and that terrifies me. I hear they are aggressive. __________________ Shelly and the girls Moka Mylee

08-30-2011, 12:27 PM	#25
gidget529 Gidget & Sidney's Mom Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: PA Posts: 3,462	I would be moving and giving that spider my house! You are brave to sneak up and take a pic! I can't be much help in identifying. The bugger we get around here is the brown recluse. __________________ Mommy to Gidget, Sidney & Cricket(RIP)

08-31-2011, 06:06 PM	#28
RachelandSadie No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,748	it looks like that hobo spider to me more than the funnel one. i'd get rid of her quick honestly eewwww

08-31-2011, 06:07 PM	#29
RachelandSadie No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 5,748	maybe not the pattern is different than the hobo picture tho...i dunno

08-31-2011, 06:13 PM	#30
celstu1 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 10,534	I got looking at your link earlier... Then into repercussions of a brown recluse bite and forgot to come back here! Lol. Is it still around? Have you decided what you wanted to do about it? __________________ “Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz