What on earth is this???

[vbrooke]

My husband just found this spider on our front door. Can anyone ID for me?

 

[jen650s]

Other than a MM (get that boy a girl ) a size reference would help, but it looks like something from the Olios genus.

Maybe this http://fireflyforest.net/images/firefly/2006/January/giant-crab-spider.jpg Olios sp.

or this: http://kaweahoaks.com/html/olios_giganteus.html Olios giganteus

Since the legs held out to the side like that are often indicative of Huntsman spiders.

 

[Pulk]

yeah, definitely Olios sp.

 

[vbrooke]

Do you want it? It creeps me out! I don't know why but the body style is freaky.

 

[jen650s]

It's kinda creepy because the legs are held out to the sides, kinda like a crabs legs. He's a MM, just take him out in a field and let him go find a little Mrs. and do his thing. I think they are really neat the way they hunt and catch their prey, but I haven't kept true spiders in years and I think my other half would flip, as far as he's concerned Ts are only acceptable because they are big enough to see coming (if he only saw my C. fasciatum slings )

Jen

 

[vbrooke]

Ok I looked it up and I must agree. As far as size goes...I'd say about 1" or a little bigger. I'd be glad to bring it into SD somewhere to give it to someone...Jen...Pulk...?

 

[vbrooke]

It's kinda creepy because the legs are held out to the sides, kinda like a crabs legs. He's a MM, just take him out in a field and let him go find a little Mrs. and do his thing. I think they are really neat the way they hunt and catch their prey, but I haven't kept true spiders in years and I think my other half would flip, as far as he's concerned Ts are only acceptable because they are big enough to see coming (if he only saw my C. fasciatum slings )

Jen

Hey Jen. Ya I guess I could let it go somewhere near here, but I wasn't sure if one of you wanted it. I've never seen one in the year and months we've been here, so don't know if he find a mate in my yard? How can you tell it's a MM?

 

[jen650s]

Look at those palps, boxing gloves if ever I saw them

Pulk does handle true spiders, but I believe he's in Encinitas which is quite a haul from your place.

 

[vbrooke]

Look at those palps, boxing gloves if ever I saw them

Pulk does handle true spiders, but I believe he's in Encinitas which is quite a haul from your place.

I wasn't sure they got boxing gloves.:wall: I know nothing about true spiders.

 

[Pulk]

I've found a couple males but no females... you can tell it's a MM by the huge darkened ends of the pedipalps.

 

[vbrooke]

willing to meet somewhere if you want it Pulk!

 

[Pulk]

no thanks, I don't have anything to mate him with =\

 

[vbrooke]

no thanks, I don't have anything to mate him with =\

OK I'll set it free...

 

[cacoseraph]

I wasn't sure they got boxing gloves.:wall: I know nothing about true spiders.

all spiders use secondary sperm transfer (what the boxing gloves are for) so all MM will have the swollen palpal bulbs. the kind of tricky thing is that a lot of true spider species males get swollen before they are mature. true spider male's palpal bulb/embolus(the part that actually goes into the female) tend to be quite a bit more complicated than tarantula gear and so possibly need more than one intermolt to be formed correctly