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Hi everyone,

I know the picture quality is horrible, but it was the best my old digital could master.

I've had this spider in my house for a couple of months at least and when my kids finally found her yesterday they were ready to "get rid" of her. So....I simply moved her to an inconspicuous area, where nobody will mess with her.

Whatever it is, is it normal for them to have such an enormous abdomen? :eek:

Should I just leave her in my living room, free-roaming, or should I put her in a jar? I don't want to put her outdoors, as it's getting quite chilly.

Thanks for all the help in advance. :)

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Wendy
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Socrates said:
Hi everyone,

I know the picture quality is horrible, but it was the best my old digital could master.

I've had this spider in my house for a couple of months at least and when my kids finally found her yesterday they were ready to "get rid" of her. So....I simply moved her to an inconspicuous area, where nobody will mess with her.

Whatever it is, is it normal for them to have such an enormous abdomen? :eek:

Should I just leave her in my living room, free-roaming, or should I put her in a jar? I don't want to put her outdoors, as it's getting quite chilly.

Thanks for all the help in advance. :)

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Wendy
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i don't no but may be you should let your kids "take care of it"or slit her open see if she's pregnant
 
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Leave her inside if it is ok for you. It´s an Achaearanea tepidariorum and seems very pragnant. Very good ant predators so the youngs will help you get rid of all other pests inside.
 
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NRF said:
Leave her inside if it is ok for you. It´s an Achaearanea tepidariorum and seems very pragnant. Very good ant predators so the youngs will help you get rid of all other pests inside.
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Thanks so much NRF. :)

Yes, she can stay inside, nobody's bothered her for over 2 months, and nobody is about to start now. She's well hidden in the living room. ;)

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Common North American House Spider Achaearanea sp.

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o good when i first saw it the first thing that popped into my head was a member of the latrodectus family....... phew
 
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Yepp! You were right. It belongs to the same family as L.
 
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I've got another question. What does an eggsac look like from this species?

As for the new location of this spider: I carefully removed her and placed her in a decently sized plastic jar with air holes. I added some substrate and some wood for her to climb on, and she immediately webbed up just about everything.

This morning I noticed a few odd looking things dangling in a few places. I don't know whether it's substrate or what it could be. :confused:

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Socrates, you should see some of the mean looking orb weavers we have here in maine. The abdomens of some of these ladies gets up to an inch across on some that I have seen around camps on the lakes here. There's even one people call barn spiders since their webs go from the roof gutter all the way to the ground in a straight line. We're talking 10ft or so in length. When you spot one they look like a big gray ball with mean strong legs. They're probably just sweet hearts but they look truely evil :)
 
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