What kind of spider is this?

[SurferMan]

There was a funnel shaped web where I caught the spider. I'm pretty sure it's a funnel web...isn't the Hobo spider somehow related with the funnel web spider?

Some have a similar pattern, but it def isn't a funnel web, there only found in Austrailia if I recall. Funnel web is this bad boy with huge fangs, venom can kill a man in a couple minutes:

actually just came across this picture, looks like the spider you have, similar markings and the hair/spines whatever on the legs... it's a Lynxx Spider, you can find different lynnx googling.

 

[rhett7660]

i too think its a wolf spider ..quiet a young one , when they get older the abdomen gets bigger and more rounded and they get a union jack pattern on their back(not on the abdomen) and then easier to identify and they become about as big (with legs )as the palm of your hand
i like spiders , they make great pets , ..keep the house clean of other insects like flies and even moskitos

but its definitely no Brown Recluse nor is it a black widow , so dont worry if the little guy bites its only painful

the cutest are jumping spiders , they have a face that looks like a smiley due to the 2 big front facing eyes , the other 6 eyes are more on the side and a lot smaller

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spiders in general are harmless , even the most poisonous ,they only bite as a very last resort in self defence as humans are not on their menu list

Ok, this little guy looks freaking cute. Don't like spiders but he/she looks pretty darn cool!

Some have a similar pattern, but it def isn't a funnel web, there only found in Austrailia if I recall. Funnel web is this bad boy with huge fangs, venom can kill a man in a couple minutes:

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actually just came across this picture, looks like the spider you have, similar markings and the hair/spines whatever on the legs... it's a Lynxx Spider, you can find different lynnx googling.

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These two... not so much. Good god! The black one looks like the size of fosters beer can!

 

[Firestar]

SurferMan, you scared the hell out of me with those pictures.

 

[rhett7660]

SurferMan, you scared the hell out of me with those pictures.

That makes two of us!

 

[ejb190]

This is a Grass Spider (Agelenopsis spp. in the Agelenidae or Funnel Weaver Family)

If you choose not to believe an entomologist, that's fine by me!

 

[ideal.dreams]

It was DEFINITELY a grass spider. Thanks for that, appleguy123

 

[Azmontana]

Some have a similar pattern, but it def isn't a funnel web, there only found in Austrailia if I recall. Funnel web is this bad boy with huge fangs, venom can kill a man in a couple minutes:

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actually just came across this picture, looks like the spider you have, similar markings and the hair/spines whatever on the legs... it's a Lynxx Spider, you can find different lynnx googling.

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Wrong mate. The Australian family of funnel web spider are way more dangerous but common grass spiders and the hobo spiders are still part of the funnel web family.

 

[Sankersizzle]

I'm so glad I live in Canada where none of these beasts can ever confront me.

 

[Iscariot]