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  1. 10-29-2007, 08:50 AM #1
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    ?Spider ID?

    Hi

    Found this spider y'day while hiking near Black Mtn. Thought it was a wolf spider at first, but never seen one so large and with these markings. Anyone out there know what it is?
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  3. 10-29-2007, 09:04 AM #2
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    That's gotta be a tarantula?

    The P girl sees them this time of year in City Creek. Quite often.

    Nice close up!

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  4. 10-29-2007, 09:18 AM #3
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    I'm far, far, far from an expert on spiders (the things give me heebie jeebies), but I'm guessing that's a member of the Lycosidae (wolf spider) family. Check out this page:
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/1967/bgimage

    Here's another good spider guide:
    http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/families/32

    There's an excellent Flickr group, ID Please, where a number of bug and spider lovers hang out. If you want I can post it there and see if anyone can give you the genus and species name.
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  5. 10-29-2007, 09:39 AM #4
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    Looks just like a wolf spider from the pics on that site.

    Yikes!

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  6. 10-29-2007, 11:40 AM #5
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  7. 10-29-2007, 04:51 PM #6
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    talk about up close and personel. thats some lens. the close up is amazing. hope you snagged the quarter he was guarding.
    But if I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.
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  8. 10-30-2007, 09:18 AM #7
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  9. 10-30-2007, 07:56 PM #8
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    hey hank,

    feel like addin' it to this thread?

    http://uutah.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8041

    wild stuff!
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  10. 11-02-2007, 02:15 PM #9
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    Nice shot! Looks straight out of a nature magazine!

    Looks like a Wolf Spider to me. Wolf Spiders can get rather large.
    It's only "science" if it supports the narrative.
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