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clyde
05-15-2006, 10:41 AM
Frequently I have found this spider in my home in Tennessee. Anyone know what it is? It is a good 3 inches around and some are a little bigger than this one. I have searched and searched. Hope someone here can help!
liveprey
05-15-2006, 10:47 AM
Nice picture, can't help with the id though. Sorry. Someone will step forward, I'm sure.
Usumbara Mtns
05-15-2006, 11:02 AM
:D It kinda looks like a carolina wolf spider or some sort of wolf spider, but i may be wrong.
pitbulllady
05-15-2006, 11:53 AM
That is a gorgeous Dolomedes tenebrosus you got there. It's one of the "Fishing Spiders", quite common in the Southeast.

pitbulllady
Tleilaxu
05-15-2006, 02:16 PM
And whats it supposed to catch in a house LOL {D
pitbulllady
05-15-2006, 02:22 PM
And whats it supposed to catch in a house LOL {D

These readily eat insects, like most other spiders do, and will readily come inside houses to catch cockroaches and other household inverts.

pitbulllady
Tleilaxu
05-15-2006, 07:50 PM
I was joking LOL I knew that. Not as bulky as the fishing spiders up here though.