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Help identifying a spider
May 09, 2022, 07:09 PM
BeancookerHelp identifying a spider
My friend was out camping in central AZ, near a river. This spider was found in the tent. Does anyone know what it is?
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May 09, 2022, 07:11 PM
Skins2881I can confirm, that is a spider.
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Sic Semper Tyrannis May 09, 2022, 07:13 PM
tatortoddLooks like a suicidal spider. He/she has lost the will to live and crawled across your friend's tent in hopes of camper assisted suicide.
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egregoreI realize there may not have been an opportunity to place a tape measure or other object pf known size next to it for scale, but how big was it? It looks superficially like a huntsman (family
Sparassidae).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider
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sigmonkeyYep. It's a Central Arizona near river tent spider, on his last legs.
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flashguyYellow Crab Spider? Not aggressive, rarely bite, but bite can be painful.
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth May 09, 2022, 07:23 PM
chbibcBoris?
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May 09, 2022, 07:28 PM
egregore
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ShaqlI'm guessing Hobo spider. It looks as if it has 2 mandibles....
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May 09, 2022, 07:29 PM
bald1Noah,
This site should be of help
https://spideridentifications....s/spiders-in-arizona 
Looks to me like the hobo spyder
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May 09, 2022, 07:38 PM
flashguyI still think it looks like a yellow Crab Spider.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth May 09, 2022, 08:04 PM
gearhoundsDoesn’t look like a hobo or a crab spider; it does bear a passing resemblance to a huntsman- what is the approximate size?
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.38supersigquote:
Originally posted by egregore:
...but how big was it?
Itsy bitsy.
May 09, 2022, 08:48 PM
sigmonkeyquote:
Originally posted by .38supersig:
quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
...but how big was it?
Itsy bitsy.
Or, gia-fukkin-normous!!!
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NismoIt's best to place your hand next to it and take a pic so we can determine the size.
May 09, 2022, 09:02 PM
darthfusterquote:
Originally posted by .38supersig:
quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
...but how big was it?
Itsy bitsy.
On the water spout?
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cheezeHuntsman
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May 10, 2022, 12:58 AM
SIGWALLYSince he is wearing fluorescent orange, I think Huntsman is correct...
May 10, 2022, 05:25 AM
4MUL8RYou guys are disappointing me. Where is the SF attention to detail?
Everyone knows that there are 18 screen holes per inch on regulation tent netting!
The rear right leg of this spider lines up on the mesh, and clearly traverses 18 screen holes to the body.
Diagonally across the body, which is about 12 mesh squares, we see the very long second leg. It measures 32 mesh squares in length.
32 + 12 + 18 = 62 squares. 62 / 18 = 3.4 inches.
Ipso facto, this spider is big enough to cover the palm of the average human being.
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May 10, 2022, 06:36 AM
MRMATTquote:
Originally posted by chbibc:
Boris?
Nah! Boris was black and shiny, very sma-all.
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