Black Widows - Shiny long legs, hourglass on back - worry some, as
they can get agressive and the bites are persistently painful.
Ubiquitous and the big one's can be resilient against 2x4's. They make
more. Lots more.
Brown Recluse - All brown, hides in slight creases on a newspaper -
worry more due to cellular toxins.
Wolf - Short legs, big body - not so much worry, just don't mess with
it. They do bite, but they keep to themselves unless molested. I call
the one over my front door "Kong". From the description, probably what
you have.
Everything else, leave 'em be, they're beneficial, bites not fun but not
dangerous, probably. Good listeners.
On 10/8/10 7:59 PM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote:
Hoping there's someone on this list that knows something about
spiders in New Mexico... There were two of these hanging out just on
the outside of my house in Santa Fe. One had made a large somewhat
circular web about 2 ft across. At night it would sit in the middle,
during the day it would hide in a corner. You can get an idea of the
size from the tines of the dining fork. I think they are big. I've
not yet been successful in finding anything online that seems to come
any where close. Any ideas on what type it is, should I be worried?
Let me know if you'd like a higher res. image.
Thanks,
Robert C
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