what is a hard shelled octagon spider called .we have them in our back yard . does any one know if they posion
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More imformation would deffinently help. It is pretty much impossible to tell from the info you gave. What do you mean octagon spider? Does that refer to the web? Some helpful info would be the color, size, and shape of the spider, the shape, size, and location of the web, and where you found the spider (state, country, ect.). Any other information would also help. \n\nAnother thing to consider is that all spiders (other than a small, rare family) have venom. It is unlikely that they are very harmful, but again, I would need more information to say that for sure. Try a field guide (library is a good place to look) and see if you can find what kind it is, then research that one. If you want, post some more info here, and I will try to find it.
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I think they are called manlybugs... lol
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I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but actually all spiders are poisonous.. even the harmless ones like daddy long legs... look at all the elderly ppl at Okinawa.. you have nothing to be afraid of.. I could find no reference to any species of highly poisonous spider for Okinawa
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The Zodaraiid ground spiders or ant spiders, are a family (Zodaraiidae) of small to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders. They are found world-wide in tropical to warm temperate regions, though there are relatively few species in North America.\n\nKingdom: Animalia\n \nPhylum: Arthropoda\n \nClass: Arachnida\n \nOrder: Araneae\n \nSection: Entelegynae\n \nSuperfamily: Zodarioidea\n \nFamily: Zodariidae\n\nGenera \nHabronestes\nIshania\nPalfuria\nTenedos\nSuffasia\nThaumastochilus\nZodarion\n\nfor more click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Zodariidae_species
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If it's in my bedroom, or in the bath or in some place I need to be (like on my clothes or something) I catch it in a glass and put it outside.  \n\nIf it's not in my way, I generally leave them.  We have a spider that lives in the corner of our living room (one of those black ones with the big bodies) and we decided to call it Fred - it's perfectly happy there so we don't disturb it.  \n\nI don't like spiders (i'm actually really aracnaphobic) but it's not my right to take their life.  I killed one once when I was a lot younger and I felt bad for weeks.  Now I accept that they have just as much right to live as I do, and if they're really bothering me then I just set them out in the garden, otherwise I leave them be.
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spiders of all kinds and sizes
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It wasn't a black widow spider which are poisonous.They are dark black and shiny not hairy with white stripes on the leg. They have a red hour glass shape on the belly.I believe it might be just an ordinary jumping spider found in most homes non poisonous.
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spider are alright. But I just started myself and I bought a tippman 98 custom, it's so nice, great accuracy and a great price here check it out, hope everythin works out. good luck
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matters how scared u r of them if u r terrified and u leave the house if you see one, then u probably need help lol....exposure to them is the best way. first start off small like look @ them on pictures and stuff and then work ur way up to watching movies about them(dicovery chaneel and pbs not 8 legged freaks) and then go lookin for them. watch them there pretty neat. I feed a black widow in my backyard every now and then when im back there its pretty cool how they work. im not helping am i ? lol......
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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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My mom and sister like to put hedgeapples in their attics and basements. I guess the spiders steer clear, esp. of those rooms. The spiders won't completely leave, but the number of spiders is supposed to decrease.
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I know of caterpillars that look exactly like centipedes if that's of any help? just email me
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stranger things have happened. i used to work innt outdoor retail warehouse, importing tents and once this mad dragonfly from thialand flew out of one of the boxes so your spider hypothesis (it,d better be)
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yes,it is in the arachnid family like spiders
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They're called "Little Red Spiders That Live On Walls".\n\nMites, actually.
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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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The last place I lived they grew wild in my backyard and I didn't know it until I saw some young people out there one eveining picking them!!!\n\nHere are some pictures .... there are lots more sites with pics if you do a search.