eye alignment of brown recluse spiderlings.

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can someone please describe the eye alignment of a brown recluse spiderling?

i'm afraid that i have brown recluses inside my home. the other day i was about to step out of my back door, when i saw a brownish spider on the door. when i tried to shoo it away with a broom she became hostile and spread its front legs up in the air.... that was a really bad sign. the grass spiders that i come across always play dead, they never try to attack back.

so, if someone could tell me how their eyes are aligned i may sleep in peace without having to check my bed sheets.

i mostly want to know if the spiderlings will have the 3 sets of 2. or if brown recluse spiderlings have 2 rolls top and bottom.

 

[PhilR]

Six eyes, arranged in groups of two, in a recurved arrangement (the curve points towards the back of the carapace).

If you see eight eyes, then it's not Loxosceles spp.

Just found a very good picture for you on http://spiders.ucr.edu/recluseid.html

 

[Widowman10]

i'm afraid that i have brown recluses inside my home.

gee, wish i had that problem i'll take em!!!

the other day i was about to step out of my back door, when i saw a brownish spider on the door. when i tried to shoo it away with a broom she became hostile and spread its front legs up in the air.... that was a really bad sign. the grass spiders that i come across always play dead, they never try to attack back.

so, if someone could tell me how their eyes are aligned i may sleep in peace without having to check my bed sheets.

i mostly want to know if the spiderlings will have the 3 sets of 2. or if brown recluse spiderlings have 2 rolls top and bottom.

um, i ALWAYS check my bedsheets anyway... there aren't any BR where i live, but there's no tellin what might get in there... maybe an escaped sling even... catch one and take a pic and post it. spiderlings should be very similar to adults. eye pattern would be exactly the same. take a pic pls!

Six eyes, arranged in groups of two, in a recurved arrangement (the curve points towards the back of the carapace).

If you see eight eyes, then it's not Loxosceles spp.

Just found a very good picture for you on http://spiders.ucr.edu/recluseid.html

right! good page on ID too:clap:

 

[KUJordan]

Widowman-

Everyone always claims they want to have all the cool critters everyone else has native to their area. I can see how it would appeal to have widows, vipers, scorps, pedes, and tarantulas (all of which I am very fortunate to have very easily accessible to me), but recluses are a different story. Here in Lawrence, KS and the rest of this part of the country, recluses infest nearly 2/3 of homes. And when I say infest, I do mean infest. At my apartment, which sits in the side of Mt. Oread near KU's campus, I can open my blinds each and every morning from March until November and see multiple recluses from large gravid females to tiny little instar slings. I CANNOT leave my shoes or any clothing on the ground in my room because it is guaranteed that I will have a little friend in there in the morning. I have volunteered in then ER here at our hospital and believe me, recluses do some damage to the fine folks of Lawrence. So yes, they are interesting creatures and are cool to have captive to keep. But having the problem* of recluses isn't something I think you necessarily want...

 

[pandinus]

Widowman-

Everyone always claims they want to have all the cool critters everyone else has native to their area. I can see how it would appeal to have widows, vipers, scorps, pedes, and tarantulas (all of which I am very fortunate to have very easily accessible to me), but recluses are a different story. Here in Lawrence, KS and the rest of this part of the country, recluses infest nearly 2/3 of homes. And when I say infest, I do mean infest. At my apartment, which sits in the side of Mt. Oread near KU's campus, I can open my blinds each and every morning from March until November and see multiple recluses from large gravid females to tiny little instar slings. I CANNOT leave my shoes or any clothing on the ground in my room because it is guaranteed that I will have a little friend in there in the morning. I have volunteered in then ER here at our hospital and believe me, recluses do some damage to the fine folks of Lawrence. So yes, they are interesting creatures and are cool to have captive to keep. But having the problem* of recluses isn't something I think you necessarily want...

Yea, nothing quite like finding the hat youre wearing has a big recluse in it lol. i believe that a current study actually boosted the infestation level to 7/10 of homes.


John

 

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that's good to hear, that the spiderling was not of brown recluse. i still think that the spider that tried to fend off my broom was one, though.

i tried to take a picture of the dead spider, but it was too tiny for my camera to take a non blurry picture. my guess that is was either the young of a grass spider or yellow sac.


thanks for responses.

 

[Widowman10]

Widowman-

Everyone always claims they want to have all the cool critters everyone else has native to their area. I can see how it would appeal to have widows, vipers, scorps, pedes, and tarantulas (all of which I am very fortunate to have very easily accessible to me), but recluses are a different story. Here in Lawrence, KS and the rest of this part of the country, recluses infest nearly 2/3 of homes. And when I say infest, I do mean infest. At my apartment, which sits in the side of Mt. Oread near KU's campus, I can open my blinds each and every morning from March until November and see multiple recluses from large gravid females to tiny little instar slings. I CANNOT leave my shoes or any clothing on the ground in my room because it is guaranteed that I will have a little friend in there in the morning. I have volunteered in then ER here at our hospital and believe me, recluses do some damage to the fine folks of Lawrence. So yes, they are interesting creatures and are cool to have captive to keep. But having the problem* of recluses isn't something I think you necessarily want...

hmmm, interesting point KUJordan. i guess i don't understand since i don't live down there. i still think they are quite interesting and would love to find them like i find widows in CO, but an infestation might be a different thing say, since you live there, i got a question for ya. i have a friend that used to live in ada, OK. he says he's been bitten 13 times by brown recluse, and as soon as he gets bit, he does a "shock therapy." says it stops the spread and effect of the venom right away? have you heard of this or seen it??