RedJackCash
06-09-2005, 11:48 AM
Hey guys! I've lurked here for a while, but never found reason to post. Now do I ever have one!
I've found a sling in my room, which is connected to an attic. It's either a cellar spider or a brown recluse (I live in Atlanta, GA, which I'm reasonably sure is within recluse range), but it's too small to tell - I can't see the eyes! So I can't verify whether it has the typical recluse 6-eyes or not.
Not to mention that cellar spider webs and recluse webs are surprisingly similar - at least from decriptions I've found.
My question is - is there any way I can identify it as one or the other? Any signs I can look for? My room is the perfect enviroment for both spiders - full of old boxes, moldy clothes and magazines, very little light and very dry. They have a million places to hide - if it's a recluse infestation, I wanna get rid of them, but if it's just cellar spiders then I don't want to harass them.
Any help would be appreciated ASAP!
-Misha, who will have trouble sleeping tonight
ETA: It should be noted that I mark this as an infestation because, as I've been looking around my room it's very clear that I have some sort of large spider population living here, by the amount of webs and insect bodies I'm finding...more than a normal room, at least.
ETA 2: Ah, and one more short explanation - I live in college most of the year and am visiting home, hence the relative ignorance about the sudden state of my room. It's also part of what worries me - boxes and hiding spots for recluses everywhere, and not a person around to bother them! Seems like they would thrive...
I've found a sling in my room, which is connected to an attic. It's either a cellar spider or a brown recluse (I live in Atlanta, GA, which I'm reasonably sure is within recluse range), but it's too small to tell - I can't see the eyes! So I can't verify whether it has the typical recluse 6-eyes or not.
Not to mention that cellar spider webs and recluse webs are surprisingly similar - at least from decriptions I've found.
My question is - is there any way I can identify it as one or the other? Any signs I can look for? My room is the perfect enviroment for both spiders - full of old boxes, moldy clothes and magazines, very little light and very dry. They have a million places to hide - if it's a recluse infestation, I wanna get rid of them, but if it's just cellar spiders then I don't want to harass them.
Any help would be appreciated ASAP!
-Misha, who will have trouble sleeping tonight
ETA: It should be noted that I mark this as an infestation because, as I've been looking around my room it's very clear that I have some sort of large spider population living here, by the amount of webs and insect bodies I'm finding...more than a normal room, at least.
ETA 2: Ah, and one more short explanation - I live in college most of the year and am visiting home, hence the relative ignorance about the sudden state of my room. It's also part of what worries me - boxes and hiding spots for recluses everywhere, and not a person around to bother them! Seems like they would thrive...