It's hard to see the eyes, but it looks to me like there is a row of four across the face, not two large ones. Given where it was found, there's a good chance it is a European House Spider, at least it looks quite a lot like the ones we find in our house.
These look almost like the little light colored spiders that occasionally come out in my kitchen. I usually shoo them into corners and under the fridge. They don't grow very big, at least not in my kitchen. I just thought they were common house spiders....
December 04, 2009
Anonymous said...
"OH.. and not that I know the spider but yellow, in general, is a bad sign."
Not that kind of yellow, which I wouldn't even call yellow. I'd call it brown. It's yellows like THIS: http://robbsnet.com/fire_salamander.jpg that should make you think twice.
It also looks like it could be a domestic house spider. The site I was at said if there are banding on the legs then it could be an aggressive house spider or hobo spider. The patterning on it's abdomen is pretty though, I think I'm getting a new appreciation for spiders. ^_^ Juuuust as long as I don't have to touch them, not that appreciative.
December 04, 2009
Anonymous said...
cindy!- ok enough with hearing names i know, i'd probably run out of the room and make someone kill, than i'd feel guilty later on...
In fact, the PER is nearly straight. I'd go with Tegeneria, as everyone else is saying -- the house spider. I don't have enough experience with these guys to ID them to species.
On a related note, does anyone know what large spiders live in Cyprus? A friend of mine stayed out there in a rented house and found one on the stairs one morning. He managed to get it inside a pint glass and put it outside, but from the picture he showed me I would estimate the leg span to be well over 10cm (it sppeared to be a male by the way)
December 07, 2009
Cindy needs some help in identifying this spider. They've been emerging from her bathtub drain for a few weeks now, and she suspects that they are young wolf spiders. She lives in Alberta, Canada. Any takers? I'm inclined to think she's right, since I think I see the characteristic two prominent eyes on the top of its head. Regardless, it looks to be recyclable (# 5). A green spider then.
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posted by Raging Wombat at 8:41 PM on Nov 29, 2009
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Close this window Jump to comment formIt could be a wolfy, yeah. I can sorta make out the eyes.
Something that should be watched is if the abdomen is yellow and not brown.
I can't tell the difference via the photo with being partially colorblind and the image being kinda grainy.
OH.. and not that I know the spider but yellow, in general, is a bad sign.
December 03, 2009
It's hard to see the eyes, but it looks to me like there is a row of four across the face, not two large ones. Given where it was found, there's a good chance it is a European House Spider, at least it looks quite a lot like the ones we find in our house.
December 04, 2009
These look almost like the little light colored spiders that occasionally come out in my kitchen. I usually shoo them into corners and under the fridge. They don't grow very big, at least not in my kitchen. I just thought they were common house spiders....
December 04, 2009
"OH.. and not that I know the spider but yellow, in general, is a bad sign."
Not that kind of yellow, which I wouldn't even call yellow. I'd call it brown. It's yellows like THIS: http://robbsnet.com/fire_salamander.jpg that should make you think twice.
I agree it's a European House Spider.
December 04, 2009
I don't know, but if they were coming out of my bathtub drain I'd freak out. I'd probably pour some poison down on them! Sorry!
December 04, 2009
http://pestcontrolcanada.com/Questions/sewer%20spider.jpg
It also looks like it could be a domestic house spider. The site I was at said if there are banding on the legs then it could be an aggressive house spider or hobo spider. The patterning on it's abdomen is pretty though, I think I'm getting a new appreciation for spiders. ^_^ Juuuust as long as I don't have to touch them, not that appreciative.
December 04, 2009
cindy!- ok enough with hearing names i know, i'd probably run out of the room and make someone kill, than i'd feel guilty later on...
December 04, 2009
Not a wolf spider. The posterior row of eyes appears to be linear and forward facing. I'd go with a funnel spider (Agelenidae) of some sort.
December 05, 2009
In fact, the PER is nearly straight. I'd go with Tegeneria, as everyone else is saying -- the house spider. I don't have enough experience with these guys to ID them to species.
December 05, 2009
On a related note, does anyone know what large spiders live in Cyprus? A friend of mine stayed out there in a rented house and found one on the stairs one morning. He managed to get it inside a pint glass and put it outside, but from the picture he showed me I would estimate the leg span to be well over 10cm (it sppeared to be a male by the way)
December 07, 2009