Unknown brown spider in Charlotte, NC
Posted by Blueeyes at 9/16/2008 11:57 PM 
Categories: SCARY, Science, nature, Interesting, Outdoors, Cool, Photography
Categories: SCARY, Science, nature, Interesting, Outdoors, Cool, Photography
Here are some great pictures of a popular local brown spider. I found it lurking in my garage. They can be found in garages and around garden equipment. It looks a little like a Black Widow in shape, but is completely brown. It is definitely a member of the button spider family. Can you identify it? I would be interested in knowing exactly what it is?
In the above picture it looks black, probably due to the lighting in my garage. But it is definitely dark brown in color. It is suspended on its web and the shot is a sideways shot. I'm amazed it came out so clear as I took the picture while holding the camera with one hand and a bright halogen flood light with the other. You can even make out what looks like its fangs. Wouldn't want this spider to bite you, huh?.
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This picture shows the brown spider suspended upside down in its web. The silk is so fine you can barely even see it. It looks like a very dark brown widow spider, but the markings on its belly and back are gone - if you look closely you can see the outline of an hourglass shape on its belly - so maybe it is a brown widow. If it is a brown widow I have read conflicting info on various websites. Some say brown widow spiders have a more toxic venom, but are less dangerous as they are not as aggresive as black widows. Other say that they are not nearly as toxic as black widows. Does anyone have the real scoop on this spider and if it is a brown widow on whether it is more dangerous or less toxic than a black widow?
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The pictures are quite clear and amazing for being taken with one hand while I balanced a flood light with the other to get better lighting. I will never doubt my wife's camera again. As to the spiders size it would easily fit inside a quarter.
In the above picture it looks black, probably due to the lighting in my garage. But it is definitely dark brown in color. It is suspended on its web and the shot is a sideways shot. I'm amazed it came out so clear as I took the picture while holding the camera with one hand and a bright halogen flood light with the other. You can even make out what looks like its fangs. Wouldn't want this spider to bite you, huh?.
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This picture shows the brown spider suspended upside down in its web. The silk is so fine you can barely even see it. It looks like a very dark brown widow spider, but the markings on its belly and back are gone - if you look closely you can see the outline of an hourglass shape on its belly - so maybe it is a brown widow. If it is a brown widow I have read conflicting info on various websites. Some say brown widow spiders have a more toxic venom, but are less dangerous as they are not as aggresive as black widows. Other say that they are not nearly as toxic as black widows. Does anyone have the real scoop on this spider and if it is a brown widow on whether it is more dangerous or less toxic than a black widow?
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The pictures are quite clear and amazing for being taken with one hand while I balanced a flood light with the other to get better lighting. I will never doubt my wife's camera again. As to the spiders size it would easily fit inside a quarter.
I think it looks like a brown widow. You can see a tiny red dot on the far side of its abdomen at the top of the hourglass outline. I have never seen a brown widow this dark and without a red or yellow hourglass, but supposedly they can be very dark and look just like that. Are the egg saks spiky and hard?
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Cool spider pictures. That looks downright creepy man. I wouldn't want to get bitten by that nasty looking thing. Where do you live that you get all of these poisonous spiders nearby? In the swamp? I only have daddy long legs around where I live.
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That thing looks like a spider I saw in Australia when I was there except it had red markings on its back - hence its name the red back spider. I got bit by one and all it did was swell a little and turn blue in the area around the bite. It was sore like a bruise for a few days and then it went away. No big deal. Now, the funnel web spider they have down there in Australia is a whole different ballgame - you get bit by one of them and you are pretty much done for. I think they are currently the deadliest spider in the world.
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