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Gmburns2000
Feb 10, 2011, 8:47 PM
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Anyone know? It landed beside me on the table last night when I was studying (in Chile). It came down less than a foot on its web right near my arm. I was lucky to get it in a jar. It is still alive. I'm afraid it might be the Chilean Recluse (Rincon) spider, which is the same family as the Brown Recluse but MUCH more poisonous.
Sorry that the pics are bad, but, he won't sit still. I think the final two pics are the best.
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wjca
Feb 10, 2011, 9:36 PM
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A blurry one.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 10, 2011, 10:06 PM
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yeah, not the second one for sure ( ).
I wondered if it was the first (tiger) but it is not. It kind of looks like a brown recluse, but they don't have those here (only the Rincon), and it doesn't look like a rincon, either.
I'm really curious to know if I should release it or kill it.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 10, 2011, 10:07 PM
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yeah, sorry. the pic is tough to take when the spider is in a jar, in somewhat low light, and is moving.
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Feb 10, 2011, 10:35 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: yeah, not the second one for sure ( ). I wondered if it was the first (tiger) but it is not. It kind of looks like a brown recluse, but they don't have those here (only the Rincon), and it doesn't look like a rincon, either. I'm really curious to know if I should release it or kill it.
Its a spider... Kill it
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Gmburns2000
Feb 10, 2011, 10:58 PM
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I'm actually kind of hoping someone on here knows spiders and can tell me what it is.
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kachoong
Feb 10, 2011, 11:42 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: I'm actually kind of hoping someone on here knows spiders and can tell me what it is.
Sorry, never been to Chile. Looks similar to a few downunder but those I'm thinking of aren't too bad. It's all relative. Keep it in the jar. At least it won't get you.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 10, 2011, 11:52 PM
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kachoong wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: I'm actually kind of hoping someone on here knows spiders and can tell me what it is. Sorry, never been to Chile. Looks similar to a few downunder but those I'm thinking of aren't too bad. It's all relative. Keep it in the jar. At least it won't get you.
yeah, part of me is thinking don't worry about it, but part of me is also understanding that I know nothing about these things and if they looks scary then I assume they are.
I used to live in hawaii (no australia for sure), and I didn't like all the poisonous things there. I'm just curious if it'd be safer to kill.
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edge
Feb 10, 2011, 11:57 PM
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Poisonous or not, it's just going about it's business; release it. If you're worried, do it far away from you in ISM.*
*(Imperial Spider Miles)
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Gmburns2000
Feb 11, 2011, 12:11 AM
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edge wrote: Poisonous or not, it's just going about it's business; release it. If you're worried, do it far away from you in ISM.* *(Imperial Spider Miles)
hmmm...not a bad idea. hadn't thought of that.
one thing that I'm really trying to think about, however, is if it is the spider that eats the rincon. if it is the predator, then I kind of want to leave it in the house.
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airscape
Feb 11, 2011, 8:22 AM
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It looks really similar to your jar one.
You are die
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airscape
Feb 11, 2011, 8:27 AM
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I would test it on one of the street children just to make sure.
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Feb 11, 2011, 2:16 PM
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Something I didn't know about recluse
In reply to: it is far more important, for purposes of identification, to examine the eyes. Contrary to most spiders, which have 8 eyes, recluse spiders have 6 eyes arranged in pairs (dyads) with one median pair and 2 lateral pairs.
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edge
Feb 11, 2011, 2:37 PM
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airscape wrote: arrettinator wrote: Check the eyes. You are right: [IMG]http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt3/chewy_dragee/qZhYZ.jpg[/IMG]
He needs Groucho glasses and a moustache.
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Feb 11, 2011, 2:53 PM
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airscape
Feb 11, 2011, 2:54 PM
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That didn't really work.
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chadnsc
Feb 11, 2011, 3:36 PM
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airscape wrote: That didn't really work.
I got what you where going for. I'd call it a sucess.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 11, 2011, 5:32 PM
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The violin, or the chilean recluse, or the rincon, is not it. Our house cleaner said that she's seen many over the years (as a cleaner, not unusual), but she doesn't know what it is.
I'm going to bring it near the corner market where the lady was mean to me and release it there.
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edge
Feb 11, 2011, 7:43 PM
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kachoong wrote: airscape wrote: [IMG]http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt3/chewy_dragee/qZhYZ2.jpg[/IMG] Wait a minute! I've seen that spider! Little fucker stole my wallet!
"That's the silliest thing I've ever hoid."
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Gmburns2000
Feb 12, 2011, 4:24 PM
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spider released last night into "the wild" (garden-like thing in front of my house). In spider miles, it'll take him a few hours to get back insi-OUCH!!!! MOTHER FUCKER!!!!
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