Subject: Big Spider Bear Lake Idaho
Location: Fish Haven, Idaho
September 13, 2014 9:47 pm
Saw this big spider on our walk today near Bear Lake on the Idaho side. It was sitting (standing?) in the road. It is mid-September, leaves are changing, and has been a wet fall. Is it venomous? Dangerous? Tried to talk my friend into putting her hand down beside it for a size reference but she refused…something about being afraid of spiders. It was bigger than a silver dollar but smaller than the toy poodle walking with us.
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We believe this is a Trapdoor Spider, but we have not had any luck identifying it on BugGuide. We hope one of our readers will provide us with something more specific. Large Trapdoor Spiders might bite if carelessly handled, but they are not considered dangerous to humans.