Is a funnel web spider a kind of tarantula?
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If you are asking about the Sydney Funnel Web spider, found in Australia, yes, it is a kind of tarantula. Its appearance more closely resembles a trap door spider, with it's hard carapace and shiny black/brown exterior, but the similarities lay in the orientation of its fangs. "True spiders" have fangs that contract from the side on a horizontal axis. A tarantula's fangs thrust downward in a vertical motion, as do the Sydney funnel Web's. The Sydney Funnel Web spider (Atrax Robustus), is only found in Australia, especially distributed in the city of Sydney and areas of close proximity. Like a trap door spider, the Funnel web builds a lair in the ground and lines it with silk, catching prey as it ventures by. This is true of the females, who are larger than the males and spend most of their lives under ground. People often mistakenly dig them up in gardens. The males are more apt to wander, searching for prey and a mate, and are especially active after a rainfall. Both the male and female funnel webs are very aggressive spiders, and the male is more dangerous both in potentcy and because it often wanders into human habitats. The Funnel webs have huge fangs that are capable of piercing a fingernail. When threatened or provoked (not a hard thing to do to a funnel web), it will rear up and expose its fangs, often letting drops of venom form at the tips as a warning. Their venom is a neurotoxin, which affects the nervous system, and depending on the dose of venom, age of victim and their health conditions at the time of bite, the resulting symptoms vary. Death caused by a bite is rare in this day and age, thanks to an anti-venom, developed in 1980. Hope this helps.
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Almost all spider can jump to some extent.  Yes, i hate spiders. But they are still fascinating.
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lol.. yep.. its a Black Widows Web.. don't worry i'll go get your candy...:)
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Because males of web-weaving spiders must invade a female's web to mate, it's obvious that this can happen. In addition, there are some species that engage in web takeover and web stealing, this often involves eating the host spider or the host's prey.\n\nOne genus of kleptoparasitic spiders, the Argyrodes, routinely live in other spider's webs and steal prey.\n\nhttp://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/red_spotted.htm\nhttp://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v12_n3/arac_12_3_0363.pdf\nhttp://www.cyberoz.net/city/sekine/zukax105.htm\nhttp://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v30_n2/arac-30-02-238.pdf
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The vast majority of spiders have a venom so weak it is completely and totally harmless to human beings. It is venom designed for killing only other bugs about their own size and nothing larger in most cases. In the United States the spiders you generally worry about are the brown recluse spider and the black widow spider. In Australia you would be worried about Sydney Funnelweb Spider. If it was not black and did not have an hourglass red symbol on its back I would not be too worried.\n\nAs was previously suggested don't touch it, just remove the sheets at the corners for washing and change to a fresh set of linens. The blood of spiders is not poisonous. Just the venom is very small venom glands which is not a contact poison but a venom that must be injected into the bloodstream to have any effect, generally through the fangs.
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Depends how fast someone steps on it.\nMost araneomorph spiders (orb weavers, huntsman, etc.) live from one to three years. Mygalomorph spiders (trapdoors, tarantulas) are generally much longer lived. Some large tarantulas species (Theraphosidae) take six to eight years to mature and live 20 years or more. A long life and continuing moulting and growth allows some of these species to grow very large - the legs of a large goliath spider (Theraphosa blondi) may almost span a dinner plate. \n\nFemale spiders generally live longer than males, this difference being especially notable in long-lived spiders like mygalomorph spiders - e.g., male funnelwebs mature in two to three years and then die about nine months later; whereas females mature in three to four years but may live for many years (six or more) after that\n\n\nHere is more info on the spider and a very interesting site about spiders.  Take a look at it you'll love it.\n\nSpiders are ancient animals with a history going back many millions of years. They have always been with us, an ancient source of fear and fascination. They are abundant and widespread and are natural controllers of insect populations. Wherever you live, you're always close to a spider. \n\n\nSpiders grow by periodically shedding their semi-rigid external 'skin' or cuticle of semi-rigid chitin and replacing it with a new larger skin they have grown underneath the old one (this is called ecdysis or moulting). This process includes replacement of every hair on the body and internal cuticular structures such as the fore and hind gut linings and female genitalia. Once they are mature most araneomorph spiders stop moulting. However, female mygalomorph spiders moult throughout life, although at longer intervals as they get older. This allows some species, particularly tarantulas (Theraphosidae), to grow very large. \n\nDuring the moulting process, which may take many hours, the spider is in great danger from predators, being soft-bodied and unable to move until its new cuticle has hardened. For this reason moulting is often done at night hanging safely in mid-air from a silk line; or sealed within a silk retreat or moulting chamber, e.g., in a curled leaf, a burrow, or under bark. \nSpider eggs develop and hatch within the egg sac, the larval spider undergoing at least one further moult before emerging from the sac. The number of growth moults varies between species, as well as with size and nutritional state. Poorly fed spiders will moult fewer times and become smaller adults. Most spiders undergo 5-10 moults to reach adulthood. Males often have fewer and faster moults. Extreme examples of this are given by the Magnificent spider (Ordgarius magnificus) and the Bird Dung spider (Calaenia kinbergi), both large, specialised moth catching relatives of the orb weavers. The males moult only within the egg sac, emerging as tiny, fully mature males along with their similarly sized and very immature sisters, which will take many weeks and moults to become large adult females. \n\nA spider's appearance can change considerably during growth from spiderling to adult, as indicated by these stages in Redback Spider development. Adult males and females also may look quite different, especially in respect of size and colour. Spiders with good eyesight like jumping spiders often have colourful or strikingly marked males which differ considerably from their drabber females.
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The one thing a spider is afriad of is attack form overhead (primarily wasps looking to lay eggs) You could see if your spider is more of less likely to treact to different colours/shapes suspended overhead.  Or even how it would react to a mirror.
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THIS ANSWER IS CORRECT. I would bet my life on it.  Here's the story: \nThere is a creature that I am very familiar with that I have always known as a daddy longlegs; it has ONE body section and eight appendages.  It is creepy and has long skinny legs, but is NOT A SPIDER. And it does NOT spin webs. After a little research, I found that these are not the "official" daddy longlegs, and are "officially" nicknamed Harvestmen.  \nNow there is also the common house spider, which is ALSO known as daddy long legs (I've always called them house spiders).  These skinny legged spiders DO spin webs.  \nSo, to resolve who is wrong/right, check out the links below and decide which creature you are arguing about. Shazaam.\n\nOh, and Haysoos up there is just as correct as I am.  His is the only other answer that is completely correct.  So far.
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It may have been a harvestman (related to spiders, but included in order Opiliones). \nCheck this page, it has photographs of different types of Chelicerates and some identification tips:\nhttp://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/InfoNed/The_spider.html
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two differnet sources:\n1.Urticating Hairs\nThe special protective hairs that are found on the dorsal and posterior surface of the abdomen of most American tarantulas are called "urticating" hairs because the hairs are barbed, and when in contact with soft tissues they dig into the tissue and cause an urtication or irritation. Five different types of urticating hairs are known. One type is laid in the webbing where the tarantula lives, preventing parasitic fly larvae from crawling into the web to attack the egg sac. Other types penetrate skin, mucus membranes, and eyes. An animal that attempts to eat the tarantula may get a faceful of the hairs, causing the eyes to water, the nose to itch, the breathing passages to swell shut, and the lips and tongue to become irritated.\n\nTarantulas that are very irritable or that have been mishandled frequently throw hairs. This can produce bald patches, sometimes covering almost their whole abdomen. When the spiders molt, the new exoskeleton has a complete set of new hairs. \n\n2. Besides the normal hairs covering the body of tarantulas, some also have a dense covering of irritating hairs, called urticating hairs, on the opisthosoma, that they sometimes use as a protection against enemies. These hairs are only present on some New World specimens (only the subfamilies of Ischnocolinae, Aviculariinae and Theraphoseae) and are absent on specimens of the Old World.\nHairy Chaetopelma sp.\nEnlarge\nHairy Chaetopelma sp.\n\nThese fine hairs are barbed, and designed to urticate, but do not contain venom. Some species can 'kick off' these hairs: the hairs are launched into the air at a target. Tarantulas also use these hairs for other means. They mark their territories with these hairs. Some species, both arboreal and terrestrial coat their webs with them. Some species do the same thing with their egg cocoons.\n\nTo predators and other kinds of enemies, these hairs can range from being lethal to simply being a deterrent. With humans, they can cause irritation to eyes, nose, and skin, and more dangerously, the lungs and airways, if inhaled. The symptoms range from species to species, from person to person, from a burning itch to a minor rash. Tarantula hair has been used as the main ingredient in the novelty item "itching powder." Some tarantula enthusiasts have had to give up their spiders because of allergic reactions to these hairs (skin rashes, problems with breathing, and swelling of the affected area).
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There are probably a lot of spiders that would fit\nyour description. More information is needed, such\nas where (geographically) the spider was seen, in\nwhat kind of habitat and at what time of year.  The\nvarious other answers mostly mention the garden\nor writing spider (Argiope), but it might qualify as\na large spider, depending on what you consider\nlarge.  Another eastern U.S. spider that sometimes\nhas a bright yellow mark and is smaller is another\nof the orb spiders, Verrucosa, which has a triangular abdomen and gets about a half inch long\nin body length.
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I think it is the Brazilian Wandering spider.\nThe Brazilian wandering spider is reputed to occasionally hide in clusters of bananas. As a result, any large spider appearing in a bunch of bananas should be treated with due care.\n\nThis spider is called the wandering spider because it wanders the jungle floor, rather than residing in a lair or maintaining a web. This attribute is another reason it is considered so dangerous. In densely populated areas, Phoneutria species usually search for cover and dark places to hide during daytime, and this may occur inside houses, clothes, cars, boots, boxes and log piles; thus generating accidents when near people.\n\nThe name Brazilian is given because this spider was discovered and documented in Amazonia. The antidote for their poison was developed by Carlos Chagas, in Brazil.
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no,spiders have fangs, and venom glands, sound like a bee, they leave there stinger after they sting.
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Depends on the spider.  Something like a tiny money spider, barely larger than a 12 point font period will not be able to lift nearly as much as a goliath bird eating spider the size of a dinner plate.  \n\nThe spiders are very diverse group, and so there is no easy answer to this question.  Some are robust and hearty, like crab spiders, and built for physical strength to capture and subdue their prey.  Others are thin and spindly, like the long-jawed orb weavers, and depend on their webs and venom to finish of their prey, rather than physical prowess.\n\nAlso, few spiders are built for actual lifting.  Some are very good at dragging heavy objects (like trapdoor spiders, but few of them can go up to an object, pick it up and lift it over their heads, regardless of how physically strong they are.\n\nIn terms of physical strength compared to body mass, many spiders can drag or move many times their own body mass, but the exact proportion depends on the size of the spider and their particular build, there is no set ratio.  In general, small creatures like insects and spiders seem to have incredibly high strength proportional strength, but that's mostly due their small size and the cubed-squared revenge proportions between surface area and volume as things increase in size.\n\nFor example, say an insect weighs 1 mg, and has the strength to lift 10 mg:  That's ten times its own body weight!\n\nIf you double the size of the insect (twice the height, twice the width, and twice the depth), that insect doubles its strength so it can lift 20 mg, but it now weighs 8 mg.  Now the insect with the same proportions can only lift 2.5 times its own body weight.\n\nDouble the size of the insect again, and it can lift 40 mg, but because it is twice as long, twice as thick and twice as deep as the 8 mg insect, the bug now weighs 64 mg!  The insect can no longer even lift its own body mass, and is unable to move or support itself!
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depends on your meaning of spider, as camel spiders are not spiders, historically there is fossil evidence of an arachnid about 1/2 a meter in span, but wether it is a true spider or one of the other rlatives in the archanid clan is under debate (in addition some thing it may be a relative of an entirely different branch of animals which currently include the millipede). most of the largest current spiders sures as the bird eater and other varieties of the South American Goliath Tarantula are usually discribes as "dinner plate" in size.
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I was going to say pseudo-scorpion, a very common arachnid related to scorpions and spiders, but with no tail stinger, but then I saw the size in your details.\n\nThe only critter I can think of in North America that could possibly be that large is one of the types of crayfish.\n\nHere is a site with some pretty good crayfish pictures: http://www.shrimpcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk/Shrimp.htm?crayfishamerica.html~mainFrame\n\nIf you were in more tropical climes, I would guess that it might be some form of crab, such as a land crab or robber crab.
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I not sure, but, sometimes I play with these fuzzy little spiders as they seem to enjoy it. I poke at them with my finger and they run and then jump on my finger and look around as if they playing. As I look at them they seem to take on a personality that seems to have a face, including a nose. ;-)