 |
|
| Browse | Ask | Answer | Search | Join/Login |
|
|
||||
|
What is this spider I found in my basement?
I live in Dupage County, Illinois and found this spider in my basement last night (dead)
It is furry and was heavy. It really scares me. |
||||
|
|
|
||||
 Originally Posted by MrsMac77
|
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
The body is about the length of my pinky nail. This picture was taken inside the bottom of a solo plastic cup
|
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
I too live in DuPage County, so will be watching for this creature's friends.
Since it's so tiny, it could be a tick of some sort. Ticks are rampant this spring because of the early spring. It could be a baby wolf spider. Odinn7, one of our members on this site, is a spider expert, so I will PM him to look at this thread. |
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
It appears to be a wolf spider. They are solitary spiders if it is. They basically hunt alone on the ground. Seeing one is not really indicative of an infestation. He probably just wandered in during his nightly hunt.
|
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
Not a wolf spider, looks like a female mouse spider and is venomous be cautious and spray your home or just be aware of any areas in your homethat you don't move things around a lot in.
|
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
Mouse Spiders are not indigenous to the US.
|
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
The picture is not clear enough to distinguish the species, let alone family, of the spider. Wolf spider is a good guess. Wolf spiders have a distinct eye pattern:
 It is definitely NOT a tick. Spiders may be creepy but most species are not dangerous. I learned in arachnology that all spiders are venomous, but not all spiders have the ability or inclination to bite people. But there are species that bite people. The dangerous species are well known, but not always easily identified - widows, violin, yellow sac, & hobo spiders. IMO, pesticides are not the first choice of control for spiders. Good housekeeping (=vacuum), window screens, door jams & thresholds, and a rolled up magazine will keep spiders out of the house. Spiders are different than insects. Their physiology and habits don't make them easy to kill for fumigant, or residual insecticides. Websites: USA Spider ID Chart UC IPM Illinois Dept of Health |
||||
|
|
| Question Tools | Search this Question |
Check out some similar questions!
I am finishing my bathroom in the basement and I’ve found that the shower fits the room in the back, but has about ¼” gap on either side in the front. I’ve read that you can shim but I don’t understand how I’ll be able to run green board over the flange of the shower and still have it line up with...
I came across this thing on my side walk it moves slowly is about an inch in length I've never seen a 10 legged spider so I took pictures and tried looking it up with no luck, it is not a camel spider I know that for sure. Also you can see from the pictures I'm not mistaking the 2 extra legs for...
Just the other day I found this big black fuzzy spider wuth a white back. Looked really evil! Anyone know what kind? Thnks:(
HELP - :eek: The other night while in our basemenets "coal bin" I happened to look up and over to the right and seen a snake skin up on the subfloor (?) :confused: of the floor above - rafters - :confused: whatever you want to call it. :eek: Needless to say I am terrified of any snake - even a...
1) I live in a townhouse and share a masorny garage wall with my neighbor. I found a staircase crack on masorny bricks. The house is 35 years old. I can see the crack from the ceiling and it goes down to the bottom and I also find a small crack in the base (foundation? Bricks are build...
View more questions Search
|
