View Full Version : What kind of spider lives in North Carolina Mountains and is 1
ejmull
Aug 2, 2010, 08:59 AM
What kind of spider in NC mountains, 1" body, 3" leg span?
Catsmine
Aug 2, 2010, 09:28 AM
1" long in August:
Wolf Spiders
Hobo Spiders
Half a hundred different species of orb weaver spiders
A couple of dozen funnel web spider species
Could you be a little more specific?
ejmull
Aug 3, 2010, 07:26 AM
No, but I do have a photo, I just don't know how to upload it here.
Catsmine
Aug 3, 2010, 11:12 AM
No, but I do have a photo, I just don't know how to upload it here.
I think you'd have to be here a bit longer to attach photos to posts, but you could put it on Facebook or Photobucket and copy/paste a link here.
Meanwhile, let me guess:
Wolf Spiders
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Hobo Spiders
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Orb weavers
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Funnel web
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parttime
Aug 3, 2010, 11:46 AM
Cats, is the funnel web a North Carolina spider? Oh my
Catsmine
Aug 3, 2010, 02:05 PM
cats, is the funnel web a North Carolina spider? oh my
Lots of funnel web spinners are native to Carolina. It's a family of spiders in North America unrelated to the Australian spiders. The blanket-like webs in hedges you see first thing in the morning are funnel webs.
Catsmine
Aug 3, 2010, 04:13 PM
Parttime agrees :
as I live I learn, thanks
Scared the bejabbers out of me when I first heard it, too.