What kind of spider is this?.

[Wagtail]

That's a little over the top for a spider

 

[k0ua]

"nuke em from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"

With apologies to "Aliens 2"

 

[k0ua]

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Dang, that is a "big un".

 

[TheMan419]

Why fire, what's wrong with just squishing it?

Because you need to make absolutely sure it is dead. Plus who doesn't like fire?

 

[Wagtail]

School stuff they didn't teach you in science class (or whatever the heck they have renamed that subject in today's Learning Environments):

 

[Thall303]

Do the Wolf spiders eat the brown recluse?

 

[k0ua]

Do the Wolf spiders eat the brown recluse?

The Spiderman of Wichita says they do:

There are over 3500 species of spiders in Kansas, yet only two are poisonous. They are the Brown Recluse Spider and the Black Widow Spider. Many of the household spiders like the Wolf Spider will eat the Brown Recluse Spider, thus are like defenders of your castle “Home.”

 

[k0ua]

School stuff they didn't teach in you in science class (or whatever the heck they have renamed that subject in today's Learning Environments):

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That posterior area is where they keep their hydraulic fluid. a BB gun will release that hydraulic fluid and make the spider inoperable.

 

[N80]

I saw a post on FB that said "When it comes to spiders I'm like a mafia boss: Kill him. Kill his friends. Kill his family. Burn down his house."

 

[ning]

While I'm not thrilled with spiders in general, and will in fact kill Black Widow spiders with fire (my handy propane torch being the weapon of choice - a quick trigger pull & release results in a sufficient fireball to knock it down off of wherever it's at without igniting anything, and then I can step on it or just carbonize it as needed), these "wolf spiders" (I think it's more accurate than the absurd "tarantula" that my wife calls them) don't seem to cause any problems here.

Occasionally I find them in the house and try to toss them outside, but they usually find their way back out on their own (or the cat gets them) because we don't kill them, and I'm certain nobody's been bit.

I've seen them in the house up to a leg-span of about an inch, though I've found a couple outside with about a 2" leg-span (startled the livin' %$#@ out of me trust me). I'm pretty sure they mostly live in the ground, I see holes with a bit of gauzy lining.