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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Spiders</title>
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		<title>Unknown Spider</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/17/unknown-spider-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[orange spider
March 17, 2010
My name is Brianna. I was wondering what kind of spider this was. it has large palps. its legs are black and its body is a neon reddish orange color. I found it hanging of the railing of my open porch.
Bri
Clinton, TN
Hi Bri,
This really is an unusual looking spider.  We are posting [...]


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		<title>Immature Black Widow</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/16/immature-black-widow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White spider with hour-glass dots on back
March 15, 2010
Found on a dead rabbit, amid the fluff of it&#8217;s shed fur. The rabbit had been under an old tin bucket and when I lifted it up, this spider was on the fur.
Colleen
Albuquerque, NM
Hi Colleen,
This is an immature Black Widow, probably a Western Black Widow, Latrodectus hesperus.  [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/04/29/immature-or-male-black-widow/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Immature or male Black Widow'>Immature or male Black Widow</a> <small>Black Widow? WTB, I have had this big spider living...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2005/07/08/immature-black-widow-spider/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Immature Black Widow Spider'>Immature Black Widow Spider</a> <small>what is it Photographed this spider in the rose garden.....</small></li>
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		<title>Spider Wasp with Wolf Spider</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/15/spider-wasp-with-prey-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wolf Spiders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bug from Lignumvitae Key, Florida
March 15, 2010
I took this picture on a wall at Lignumvitae Key near Islamorada in the Florida Keys on March 12, 2010. The unidentified bug was pulling the dead spider behind it.
Steve Dunn
Lignumvitae Key, Florida
Hi Steve,
You lovely wasp is a Spider Wasp in the family Pompilidae.  The spider is not dead, [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2004/07/02/spider-wasp-and-wolf-spider/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Spider Wasp and Wolf Spider'>Spider Wasp and Wolf Spider</a> <small>One of our readers sent this photo of a spider...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/07/30/spider-wasp-tachypompilus-ferrugineus-with-rabid-wolf-spider-prey/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Spider Wasp (Tachypompilus ferrugineus) with Rabid Wolf Spider prey'>Spider Wasp (Tachypompilus ferrugineus) with Rabid Wolf Spider prey</a> <small>a picture for you I saw this wasp dragging the...</small></li>
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		<title>Sowbug Killer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/13/sowbug-killer-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sow Bug Killers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dulce de Leche Spider
March 13, 2010
Dear WTB,
Longtime reader, first-time inquiring. Cleaning out the woodpile is always a critter goldmine, so I made sure to have the camera handy. Sure enough, this fellow crawled out. He was VERY adverse to sunlight – scrambled immediately for shade/cover – but I did snap a few off before he [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/11/30/sowbug-killer/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sowbug Killer'>Sowbug Killer</a> <small>Unknown Spider I live in Whittier Ca and have never...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2004/08/09/sowbug-killer-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sowbug Killer'>Sowbug Killer</a> <small>red cricket creepy crawly I found this meandering across a...</small></li>
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		<title>Desert Wolf Spider from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/07/unidentified-wolf-spider-from-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wolf Spiders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black and yellow spider
March 7, 2010
Myself and Haylee went spider hunting during an overnight stay in the bush near Cocklebiddy in WA, Australia . We found a few of these spiders and Haylee managed to get some good pictures of one of the few that didn&#8217;t dissapear down its burrow when we approached. We can&#8217;t [...]


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		<title>Immature Black Widow Spider</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/01/immature-black-widow-spider-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to identify this spider.
February 28, 2010
I&#8217;ve got this great picture my brother took. We&#8217;re trying to identify it. Can you give me any information. Is it poisonous?
Renee
Southern California
Hi Renee,
This is an immature Black Widow, and you probably know that the bite can be dangerous.  The female&#8217;s venom may cause a poisonous reaction.  BugGuide has [...]


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		<title>Giant Crab Spider with Spiderlings:  one from our archives now a Facebook sensation</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/27/giant-crab-spider-with-spiderlings-one-from-our-archives-now-a-facebook-sensation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook-group picture sparks curiosity
February 26, 2010
Well hello there anthropod lovers!
You&#8217;d be forgiven for reading this and thinking &#8220;this guy cannot possibly be serious&#8221; but this really intrigued me. There&#8217;s a facebook group entitled &#8220;if i saw this in my house I&#8217;d run&#8221; and their image is this one. I&#8217;m unsure as to whether the picture [...]


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		<title>Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/24/costa-rican-zebra-tarantula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tarantula
February 23, 2010
Wondering what species this is &#8211; common and latin name
David
Chira Island, Costa Rica
Dear David,
We quickly found a matching photo identified as a Costa Rican Zebra Tarantula, Aphonopelma seemanni, on the Tarantula Photo Gallery website.  The Tarantula&#8217;s Burrow website has a care sheet on the species.  Arachnopets indicates an alternate name is the Stripe [...]


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		<title>Flattie or Wall Crab Spider from China:  Family Selenopidae</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/24/flattie-or-wall-crab-spider-from-china-family-selenopidae/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spider from Guizhou, China
February 24, 2010
Hi there,
This is a spider that lives on my wifes farm in Guizhou, China (northern, near Chongqing). They are everywhere. They are quite thin (flat) and manage to squeeze behind almost anything that does not move often.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Kerry
Anchang, Guizhou, China
Hi Kerry,
This is a member of the family Selenopidae, which BugGuide [...]


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		<title>Six Spotted Fishing Spider</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/02/22/nursery-web-spider-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large brown and white spider and cocoon in the making
February 22, 2010
Hi- we found this spider near a boardwalk in Corkscrew Swamp, in or around Collier County, FL in mid-October. It was too far away to see clearly without the camera, but it seems in the picture to be &#8220;furry.&#8221; When it was scrunched up [...]


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