Huge spider in Vegas...do you know what it is?

Question

my profile pic is of a huge spider that i found dead in my garage. Do you have any idea what it is? it is light brown and approximately 4 inches in length. In the picture it is on its back

Answer 1

Could you link the picture in additional details?  All I am seeing is the grey silhouette default icon.  If you need to upload it, upload it to flickr and link the result.

With the description, there could be many kinds of spiders it could be.  With that size though, I would think a kind of huntsman spider, wolf spider, or a species of tarantula.

Answer 2

Learn to ID spiders yourself with the help of these sites -

http://bugguide.net/node/view/1954

http://www.arachnology.be/pages/Pictures...

http://www.spideridentification.org/

Answer 3

I live in las vegas too and once saw this huge spider/turantula that was black from the front and the abdomen tannish looked like a trap door spider.

Answer 4

plz mail me that pic