I just killed this spider on my bed

Question

I'm 230 lbs. and built pretty good, but I cannot stand to have things crawling on me. So, when I thought I was going to bed tonight, I opened the covers to find this guy. He was immediately smashed. But, I've been killing lots of these guys lately on the walls, so I thought I would put it out there to see if anyone can identify it. I would estimate the legspan to be close to 1.5 inches. Live in the US Pacific Northwest. No webs in the house, so I'm assuming it came from the attic.

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Answer 1

First of all instead of killing them you can catch them easily with this product - It is called - Spider and Insect Catch and Release Tool.

http://www.smarthome.com/61181.html

If you have spiders that means you have prey for them so they are getting rid of other insects there by providing you free of cost service.

But if these are poisonous - Follow these -  

Preventing Spider Problems

There are many ways to make your home less appealing to spiders. If there are cracks in your foundation or around windows and doors, seal them up.

Check places where water pipes and electrical lines enter your house, and caulk any openings.

Keep woodpiles and debris away from your house.

In storage areas, put boxes up off the floor and away from walls.

Seal boxes with tape to keep spiders from living inside them. In general, cleaning up clutter will mean you have fewer spiders.

Pruning vegetation away from your house and keeping the area next to the foundation clear will also make your house less attractive to spiders.

Outdoor lighting sometimes attracts insects, which in turn attracts spiders.

You can move outdoor lighting away from windows and doors if this is a problem around your home. - http://www.pesticide.org/spiders.html

Also learn to ID them, here -

http://www.spideridentification.org/

http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/index.htm

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

Answer 2

ooh.. that spider is called the The brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa, is a well-known member of the family Sicariidae (formerly placed in a family "Loxoscelidae"). It is usually between 6–20 mm (¼ in and ¾ in), but may grow larger. It is brown and sometimes an almost deep yellow color and usually has markings on the dorsal side of its cephalothorax, with a black line coming from it that looks like a violin with the neck of the violin pointing to the rear of the spider, resulting in the nicknames fiddleback spider, brown fiddler or violin spider. Coloring varies from light tan to brown and the violin marking may not be visible. Though it rarely bites humans, this spider is known primarily for its venom, which occasionally produces necrosis at the site of the bite (see below).

that spider is poisonous....  call an exterminator ...quick!!!

Answer 3

ewwwwwwwwwwwww

Answer 4

Oh man. I'm 6ft 2.. Work out. Fight Take punches to the head really good but spiders man. No F that. Around here I just pull like a front kick or a jab to kill them but that spider is scary man

Answer 5

Im the same way with you! I HATE creepy crawlers and that one looks extra creepy! *shutters*

Answer 6

OMG that looks like a brown recluse spider

http://www.critterridders.com/brown_recl...

very dangerous, and deadly! Get your house fumigated if youve seen more than one!

Answer 7

It looks to me like a Barn spider, (tegenaria domestica,) which is a closely related spider to the Hobo spider, (tegenaria agrestis). It can bite when provoked but is not poisonous to humans.

Check here - http://www.oeko-msc.de/agele-en.htm

Answer 8

I'm afraid that looks a lot like a Hobo spider.  That aint good!!!

The hobo spider is now the leading cause of serious envenomation in the northwestern United States

Edit:  It could be the ghost spider mentioned below, it's markings don't really resemble the brown recluse to me.  Still, it most looks like the Hobo to me.  Also brown recluse range is south east US, Hobo is Pacific northwest.

Answer 9

dude first answer is right. Those spiders are poisonous. Call pest control tommorow!!!

Answer 10

Looks like a ghost spider, adult male.  Not poisonous, useful for catching insects.

Or possibly a hobo spider, poisonous with a nasty bite.