Comments on: Unknown Unusual Spider or Fungus Infection http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/ Are we experts yet? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:36:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SBurns6576 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-26335 SBurns6576 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:02:32 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-26335 Sorry I am in northen IL. if you are trying to track this beast! Sorry I am in northen IL. if you are trying to track this beast!

]]> By: SBurns6576 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-26334 SBurns6576 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:01:12 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-26334 I to have seen this spider!!!!They are in the basement of this elderly lady I care for. Some are dead but some very alive. There are tons of them 2-4 in. in size. the basement has a dirt floor and nothing much in it just the water heater, and a heater. The house is very old and no one goes down there. I am very concerned that this lady will get a bite from one of this things. There is no other spiders in her basement just the white ones with alot of dead centipedes in their webs. I saw one feeding on a centiped or wapping it up for later I didn't look that close! If anyone knows what they are I need help for this woman I tryed spray but they just come BACK!! If you can help e-mail me SBurns6576@aol.com I to have seen this spider!!!!They are in the basement of this elderly lady I care for. Some are dead but some very alive. There are tons of them 2-4 in. in size. the basement has a dirt floor and nothing much in it just the water heater, and a heater. The house is very old and no one goes down there. I am very concerned that this lady will get a bite from one of this things. There is no other spiders in her basement just the white ones with alot of dead centipedes in their webs. I saw one feeding on a centiped or wapping it up for later I didn’t look that close! If anyone knows what they are I need help for this woman I tryed spray but they just come BACK!!
If you can help e-mail me SBurns6576@aol.com

]]> By: josh http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-24760 josh Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:27:28 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-24760 i was helping my buddie work on his old farm house and there was maybe 20 of these spiders in the bastment all very much alive it looks like biger spiders are eating the young i thought they were dead till i watched them for a little while and they were moving very creepy i was helping my buddie work on his old farm house and there was maybe 20 of these spiders in the bastment all very much alive it looks like biger spiders are eating the young i thought they were dead till i watched them for a little while and they were moving very
creepy

]]> By: Isius http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-15419 Isius Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:37:04 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-15419 Man! Those pictures give me the shivers. I had noticed that when a certain type of spider in our house dies, in moist areas, it molds.. but ONLY that type of spider. And they only mold -after- death. Anyway, I was searching info on that when I came across this.... I had a thought. Could the 'knuckles' on them be because the exoskeleton there would be soft? At the joints? Same with the main body being softer so more spores or whatever come out. Sorry for not knowing the technical terms heh. Also - they were 'wincing' in the light, but were they running around? Could it be the fungi itself reacting to the light? o.o Well I guess if you guys knew the answers you wouldn't be posting here haha, but I like to throw questions out there. But dang, I can't imagine seeing hundreds of these guys. I don't have arachnophobia, but my mom does, and her fear has rubbed off a tiny bit on me. Makes me shudder thinking about these guys. (I also feel sorry though :( If they are being killed by this mold, and if they are still alive for a while as it kills them, I hope its not too painful D: ) Man! Those pictures give me the shivers. I had noticed that when a certain type of spider in our house dies, in moist areas, it molds.. but ONLY that type of spider. And they only mold -after- death. Anyway, I was searching info on that when I came across this….

I had a thought. Could the ‘knuckles’ on them be because the exoskeleton there would be soft? At the joints? Same with the main body being softer so more spores or whatever come out. Sorry for not knowing the technical terms heh. Also – they were ‘wincing’ in the light, but were they running around? Could it be the fungi itself reacting to the light? o.o Well I guess if you guys knew the answers you wouldn’t be posting here haha, but I like to throw questions out there.

But dang, I can’t imagine seeing hundreds of these guys. I don’t have arachnophobia, but my mom does, and her fear has rubbed off a tiny bit on me. Makes me shudder thinking about these guys.

(I also feel sorry though :( If they are being killed by this mold, and if they are still alive for a while as it kills them, I hope its not too painful D: )

]]> By: Ladybug http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-10587 Ladybug Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:37:48 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-10587 Hi, My son is looking for his first home and he and my husband went to look at an older home last night. They came back with tales of this spider that belonged in a horror flick. I thought they were pulling my leg so we goggled it. It is THIS spider! It was in an old home, in the dirt floor basement, they said that there were literally thousands of them. My husband could not get over how white they were or the "knuckles" that were on the legs! Thankfully my son does not like the house and will not be buying it! Which is good because "Mom" would NOT be visiting!! :)) BTW, we are in Elmvale Ontario in case you are trying to track where these spiders are being found. Hi,
My son is looking for his first home and he and my husband went to look at an older home last night. They came back with tales of this spider that belonged in a horror flick. I thought they were pulling my leg so we goggled it. It is THIS spider! It was in an old home, in the dirt floor basement, they said that there were literally thousands of them. My husband could not get over how white they were or the “knuckles” that were on the legs!
Thankfully my son does not like the house and will not be buying it! Which is good because “Mom” would NOT be visiting!! :) ) BTW, we are in Elmvale Ontario in case you are trying to track where these spiders are being found.

]]> By: patc6661 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-5689 patc6661 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:49:21 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-5689 I was working at this old house that we're rebuilding, and I saw these spiders on the ceiling of the basement, me and my brother have arachnophobia so it didn't go over too well, but when I was looking at it it occured to me that these could be daddy long legs that have evolved too dark, damp places. p.s: the two we saw we're alive and moving. I was working at this old house that we’re rebuilding, and I saw these spiders on the ceiling of the basement, me and my brother have arachnophobia so it didn’t go over too well, but when I was looking at it it occured to me that these could be daddy long legs that have evolved too dark, damp places.

p.s: the two we saw we’re alive and moving.

]]> By: bugman http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-3993 bugman Thu, 28 May 2009 12:56:08 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-3993 Just go to Ask What's That Bug? and click the link for "Do you have a bug you want identified?" Just go to Ask What’s That Bug? and click the link for “Do you have a bug you want identified?”

]]> By: meuw35 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-3973 meuw35 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:48:21 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-3973 I found one in the basement also, I think he is dead though, I also had seen them in another house that I looked at in Bradford Ma. Mine is in Groveland Ma. I also have pictures where do I post? I found one in the basement also, I think he is dead though, I also had seen them in another house that I looked at in Bradford Ma. Mine is in Groveland Ma. I also have pictures where do I post?

]]> By: dpcoffin http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-3826 dpcoffin Wed, 20 May 2009 23:14:43 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-3826 I took some pretty large, clear pix of a dead spider so infected recently; they're here: http://sn.im/ig9zj-vfw Hate to think of a thing like that being still alive…ew! I took some pretty large, clear pix of a dead spider so infected recently; they’re here:

http://sn.im/ig9zj-vfw

Hate to think of a thing like that being still alive…ew!

]]> By: michelleb http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 michelleb Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:46:02 +0000 http://new.cheshirecat.net/wtbblog/2007/02/20/unknown-unusual-spider-or-fungus-infection/#comment-2905 I've seen this too! It was in an old musty unfinished basement in west New Jersey, there were tons of these spiders all over the place, all about 2-3 inches big, tho I'm pretty sure they were all dead. They certainly freaked me out, I didn't even think about fungus, I just knew I never wanted to see one of them alive! I have been calling them scary ghost spiders ever since! I’ve seen this too! It was in an old musty unfinished basement in west New Jersey, there were tons of these spiders all over the place, all about 2-3 inches big, tho I’m pretty sure they were all dead. They certainly freaked me out, I didn’t even think about fungus, I just knew I never wanted to see one of them alive! I have been calling them scary ghost spiders ever since!

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