Now when I think back about that afternoon and what would have happened if I had reached down and picked up what I thought was twine, my blood curdles just a little. I encountered a Wolf Spider when we moved to Missouri from California. So he released it in the undeveloped lot next door, and we went on our way. Egg sacs are placed in folded leaves of various summer plants such as raspberry, milkweed or goldenrods. I only use it with his permission and I have no way to edit it. There are over 100 species of Fishing Spiders in the world and … Most of our field spiders were not much larger than a fifty-cent piece, but on rare occasions I saw some that were perhaps one and a half to two inches in diameter, including leg span. Very much appreciate the votes and share too. This article was conceived when I happened to read a very interesting article written by my fellow hubber who calls herself Moonlake. . It may be just my computer as I'm having some problems with it lately, but check it out for yourself and make sure it's not my computer. Creatures that are exceptionally large or small, with 3 eyes instead of 2, two heads instead of one. Let’s see if my parents need to be worried about being taken over by these bugs. Here are some interesting facts about these amazing cabin residents. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Dolomedes tenebrosus includes 3 countries and 33 states in the United States. The steel-toed boots thrown hard against it had little affect, although it was at least unconscious. I answered affirmative, “Just kill the spider.”. Thank you! I don't think even one of those huge pickle jars they have for parties would have been big enough, but we didn't have one so it didn't matter. I agree, spiders have their good purpose (most of them anyway), but I prefer they keep their distance. Their eyesight is considered exceptional and useful to their hunter lifestyle. :). Other Common Names. CMHypno from Other Side of the Sun on January 14, 2014: What an amazing spider it must have been! False scorpions occur worldwide except in cold regions. I remember I was at the front of the canoe and suddenly these giant spiders came crawling up around from my feet. It's hard to imagine that they could, but I haven't done the research, so maybe certain kinds of spiders in some countries do get that big. . I think it had it made in our apartment. My students are coughing and sneezing all over me so I suppose it's just a matter of time . Au fait, I came back to reread your poem, I like how you did it . It was the legs I had seen in the near dark that to me resembled twine. In Canada, the spider is usually referred to as a dock spider. A wolf spider bite can be painful and is described as similar to a bee sting, and will usually swell up and itch. Shyron E Shenko from Texas on January 15, 2014: William15, thank you for stopping by. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on January 26, 2014: Thank you Vespawoolf for taking the time to read and comment on this article! Download preview. I used to dislike spiders but because there are so many where we live now I have learnt to live with most of them. I can live with the idea that some of the 3-4" diameter spiders were living with me, but that humongous spider is another matter. A lady spider clutches this white sac beneath her, carrying it around like a tiny basketball, for about two weeks. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on July 24, 2018: Peggy Woods, thank you for checking out the spiders! While it was widely believed that a wolf spider bite would cause necrosis, that is now disputed, and researchers say untrue. Because they're so close to the water, floating docks produce more consistent and darker shade. Matt Jordan from Gulf Coast on February 10, 2014: There is a spider in Virginia. Less expensive than tarantulas and fewer issues with allergies most of the time. When the giant cockroaches fly they sound like Hueys. Put on a headlamp and walk around at night looking at the grass and when you see what looks like diamonds and walk up to it you'll find that it's usually either a spider or a moth. I just did not make such a big production out of it. We had not done that with any of the others and I did not know why we would want to do it with this one. This is a closeup of the eyes of a wolf spider. I truly do take pleasure in writing however it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are generally wasted simply just trying to figure out how to begin. I walked past that loosely coiled twine several times that afternoon; my bare foot usually no more than a half-inch away from it, if that. Peggy Woods from Houston, Texas on December 18, 2014: Hope your holidays are going well. It is insects on our docks or cabins that bring them to these places. moonlake from America on January 14, 2014: I didn't realize so many people didn't know about dock spiders. I can't believe a work boot only stunned it. Floating docks can be a little more reliable at times, especially on lakes with a winter drawdown where the shade of a pole dock moves a lot throughout the day. Thanks again for stopping in! Amazing story. Wall to wall carpet, central heat and air, and all the food it could eat, etc. Wolf spiders are very good for keeping other even less desirable things at bay. There was only one large window in our living room, a small window in each of the bedrooms, and a small window in our dining room. Wolf spiders are plentiful in Texas. My husband and I had lived in Texas for only a short time when wolf spiders of almost every size started appearing several times a week everywhere in our apartment home. Wow. I see a cockroach maybe 3-4 times a year since they started using the new product about 5 years ago. I have 'daymares' when I think how close I came to picking up that spider. Dock spiders are Canada’s largest native spiders. Patricia Scott from North Central Florida on December 18, 2014: O yes...you almost had an encounter you would never forget!!! What a great horror film eh? You should gather collections of your articles, revise and expand on them and publish them to be sold on Amazon, using CreateSpace and KindleDirectPublishing. Tag Archives: Dock spider Fishing spiders (family Pisauridae) Posted on June 20, 2016 by cataranea. by Lunkerhunt. I took my sunglasses off and wacked them as hard as I could in to the lake. They went on too long. Great hub. Appreciate the votes and share too. Agree, I prefer spiders and other insects to stay outside. He came into the kitchen and asked me, “Did you see that big spider in the hallway?”, I hate when someone tries to talk to me while I am on the phone trying to listen or talk to someone else. We never had lived near any body of water and that is the primary habitat for dock spiders. But if you had a pile of cockroach husks every morning was it actually doing you a favour? I wouldn't like that either. If they are inclined to wait for prey to step near the door to their borrow or where they are hiding they will often spread their silk on the ground (or the floor if they’re inside) in order to catch insects that wonder onto it unawares and then they get stuck. I don't mind the nice ones since getting to know them better. I would freak if one of these spiders got on me. Thank you Au Fait happy St. Patrick's Day. One afternoon as I was going from our spare bedroom where my office and exercise equipment were, to the master bedroom, then to the living room and kitchen, going about my daily chores, I noticed what appeared to me to be a very loose pile of twine. And they were big. Her body was almost 2cm long and her reach, a solid 5 cm. I always look forward to it when you have a new article here. It has been my experience that spiders living in the ‘wild’ get much larger than more domestic spiders. My sister jumped up and almost tipped over the entire canoe. Plenty to eat and no dangers to harm it so long as it remained out of sight. Here in N. Texas most scorpions are fairly small, but their sting is still pretty painful. They seem to be everywhere. I could not understand why he kept on about the spider. Not all spiders make webs. The dock spiders are big, but not that big. They were the biggest of the spiders in my environment growing up on a small farm way out in the sticks in central Wisconsin. Dock or Fishing Spider - Dolomedes. It belongs to the Pisauridae family of spiders. Dock spiders are expert hunters. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on March 21, 2014: Nice to meet you too, Jodah! We also had black snakes, including coral snakes, barn cockroaches that flew and roaches in the house ewwwww! Mackenzie Sage Wright on January 14, 2014: I would have been totally freaked with a spider that big. I'm not ignoring you! I asked several friends and they had never heard of them either. As it crawled slowly up the screen, I wondered if it could see me, so I touched the glass inside and it fell, so I guess it can. This is why they are also commonly called fishing spiders. While i am planning on releasing plenty of them, i am planning on selling some of them but i am wondering how much i should sell them for. “I threw both of my work boots at it and hit it, but it’s only stunned.” My husband was a contractor and wore steel-toed boots, and they were heavy. are all arthropods. I am also sharing it in various ways with my followers. We have a new green one in Fl. Suddenly she saw a movement on the floor and there was a scorpion. A storm had blown through during the evening and in the morning I went down to the dock to check the boats. No share buttons visible at the moment. There have been 485 confirmed sightings of Dolomedes (Fishing Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on July 16, 2020 by Spider … It is Canada`s largest spider and it`s fangs are large enough to break human skin. The large fishing spiders, including Dolomedes tenebrosus and Dolomedes scriptus are also sometimes called dock spiders or wharf spiders. LOL). While wolf spiders live all over the United States and in many other countries, I never saw one before moving to Texas. I mean, a leg span of over 12 inches and the legs were 7-8 inches long, so at full alert it would have stood over 10 inches tall. fishing or dock spider Dolomedes sp. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on March 19, 2014: Silva Hayes, thank you for taking time to share your daughter's experiences with big spiders/scorpions. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on May 01, 2014: Thank you Peggy W for pinning this article. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on December 19, 2014: Peggy W, thank you for sharing this article! Lunkerhunt Phantom Spider – Weedless Fishing Lure with Realistic Design, Weighs ¼ oz, 2” Length Brand: Lunkerhunt. Good to see you again. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on February 11, 2014: Thank you Matt Jordan III, for posing a question about spiders. Peggy Woods from Houston, Texas on October 13, 2014: Fortunately the only spiders we have seen in Houston are tiny in comparison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider. They molt (shed skin), brood their young, and hibernate in silken nests. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on March 16, 2014: Sam, there will always be anomalies, although I can't say with certainty that the spiders you saw on Monster Quest were anomalies. If it was truly that large, there's not much else it could have been. So I have no idea what spider you may be referring to, but I suggest you go to Google Images and in the search box put spiders of Virginia. I know people here in town who have them in sections of their yards. It blended in well with the carpet in the darkness. Though the webs are not strong to us humans they are quite strong to spiders and to insects caught in the webs and it is believed by some people that if spider webs were big enough to hold a human the webs would be as strong as steel or stronger. “Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae. There are 5 varieties of dock spiders which reside near rivers, streams, ponds, marshes and reservoirs. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on February 15, 2014: Thank you Shyron, for pinning this article! C E Clark (author) from North Texas on October 17, 2014: Peggy W, thank you for tweeting, G+ing, and sharing this article! I did take a couple of minutes and checked out your "AN INTRODUCTION TO MY SPIDER CHANNEL." You know, the hollowed out bodies of cockroaches. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on January 19, 2014: Thank you moonlake, for taking time to read and comment on this article, especially during this difficult time for you when time and energy must be at a premium. Arachnids include scorpions, false scorpions, ticks, mites, and daddy long legs, as well as spiders. I know they have their purpose, but I hate spiders. They seemed to be less nervous about me too, though their judgment was somewhat flawed. They're a great natural way of keeping the insect population under control -- so long as they don't get too huge. I plan to show it to my young grandsons, too! Devika Primić from Dubrovnik, Croatia on January 15, 2014: Wow! Wolf spiders easily blend into their favorite habitat as a rule and so they are not readily noticeable. During their active periods they tend to hide in corners and crevices … I've never seen a spider's eyes shining in the dark that I am aware of, and it's not on my bucket list. They roam freely and consume a variety of animals in and on water and on land. They are typically found on or near water – often on human-made structures. Thankfully, I have never encountered a wolf spider in the dark. Glad you enjoyed. Since I never saw another one of that huge size I don't know how big a second one may have been, and honestly, it gives me the creeps to think about it. People will get so lazy they will listen to recordings instead of learning to read the written word. I'd never heard of dock spiders until reading Moonlake's Hub, either. Thank you for your kind compliment and for the vote and share. I wanted you to know that, because of some family activities, I may have trouble getting online for the next week. I think sometimes that the really big spiders cause people to harm themselves in their hysteria to get away from the spider, rather than being directly harmed by the spider . Thanks so much for sharing this one. False Scorpions -- resemble true scorpions but have no tail and are only 1 to 7.5 mm (0.04 to 0.3 inch) long. I used to think Wisconsin was safe from these huge spiders until Moonlake set me straight! No, until that day it was in the hallway I never saw it before. One of these days it won't be just cursive schools aren't teaching anymore, it will be reading. Does anyone know what that is? Like most spiders they have 8 eyes, but 2 of them are bigger than the other 6. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on March 15, 2014: Deborah-Diane, thank you for stopping by and commenting! They breath oxygen through a bubble they hold to their underside. There's a lot of difference between the sizes of dog breeds. Depth is another variable that changes day to day, but there are some generalities that Canterbury has noticed. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on July 25, 2014: PegCole17, thank you for reading and commenting on this article. Glad you enjoyed. It belongs to the Pisauridae family of spiders. I understand how you feel about the photos, etc. Hope you are managing to stay cool down there in Houston. It was only after the fact that I realized how close I had walked barefoot to the thing. Fishing spiders boast a leg span of up to three inches. William from America on January 13, 2014: Never thought about spiders so much until i read you Hub, Really good one. I took some photos of wolf spiders on my front porch with their round ball-shaped burrow. . The eyes of dock spiders (also 8 of them) are arranged differently and I have provided photos of both so my readers can compare them. ICAST 2019 Best Freshwater Soft Lure Winner! The Phantom Spider looks as good as it fishes. Sign in to suggest organism ID. One night in mid July a large dock spider (fishing spider) decided to lay her large egg sac amongst the coils of the rope I use to secure the back of my aluminum boat to the dock. Thank you again for your kind response. Also appreciate the votes and share. . Wolf spiders are actually good spiders, not poisonous, though sometimes their bite can cause necrosis. Wolf spiders don't make webs either, and they're much smaller than tarantulas as a rule. However, I, and all my friends, were, and are, landlubbers. I do remember seeing diving spiders when I was young. My husband brought the spider on the dustpan for me to see before he threw it outside into a pasture on the other side of the parking lot where horses were kept. I'm sure it was an anomaly, but I have to say that even after it was disposed of, something continued to eat the cockroaches in the dining room. Jan 15, 2014 - Learn the difference between fishing, raft, and dock spiders compared to wolf spiders, and read about my personal encounter with a giant wolf spider… Several times that afternoon when I looked down and saw that twine I hesitated and thought I would just bend down and pick it up and toss it in the trash, but each time something made me stop and think, “Oh, I’ll just do it next time.” Very odd, because I am not one to put off such a simple task. John Hansen from Queensland Australia on March 15, 2014: Hi Au-fait, nice to meet you. As it turned out, it was a good thing I had not followed through with that chore. I wondered where they were coming from. In the U.S., it is often … Wolf spiders are hunters and generally nocturnal and can be discovered at night because light reflects off their retinas just as it does with deer and cats. He was standing at the end of a dock, fishing, when a large dock spder jumped off the water, bit him on the lip and jumped off before he could react. They are plentiful here in North Texas. just how long had we been roommates? 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The "glowing" description was used by the guy who made the video and he placed that word on the video. They hang around bodies of water like lakes, ponds, swamps (marshy areas), and slow moving streams, but as previously stated, do sometimes move quite a distance from these bodies of water into fields and woods. Lots of people keep dolomedes for pets. The spider species Dolomedes tenebrosus, commonly known as Dark Fishing Spider, belongs to the genus Dolomedes, in the family Pisauridae.Dolomedes tenebrosus spiders have been sighted 290 times by contributing members. Back then I hated spiders of every kind and none were safe inside my home. I nearly reached down to pick the twine up with the intention of putting it in a garbage can, but something stopped me from doing that. I was absolutely floored by the photographs. I thought that spiders only drank the blood of their prey. I had never heard of dock spiders before. The spider in my apartment took up about the same space as a medium sized house cat or a very small chihuahua. “I’d better get it out of here before it comes to,” he said, and went to get our dustpan. Stay away from docks and you may never see those either. I am not sure but I think that even if it was bigger than that it still might have been able to crawl on walls and ceilings. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that 2015 will bring good fortune, good health, peace, and happiness! We have had some cute Daddy Long Legs in our garage...but NOTHING this size, thank heavens! It's the first time I've heard about the subject you mentioned so I'm cogitating on it. Swimming pools, boathouses, and boats may also become infested. Shyron E Shenko from Texas on January 13, 2014: Au fait, as the song goes "I don't like spiders and snakes" but your article is great, I see small spiders not many in the house, and they are wolf spiders, the editor of the newspaper use to play with them, she would have them on her desk and you always had to look before sitting down. I'm going to blame you! Even though I calmed down after a while and no longer went berserk when I happened upon one of these spiders, I still killed it. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on February 22, 2014: Matt Jordan from Gulf Coast on February 19, 2014: C E Clark (author) from North Texas on February 19, 2014: Thank you for stopping by Shyron! I know when I'm wore out from lack of sleep I'm a wreck, and it makes everything I must deal with more difficult, so I can identify and sympathize with your trouble sleeping. They do spread their silk around on the ground or floor to cause passing insects to get stuck in it. Dock spiders, are more commonly called fishing spiders, maybe because they can dive under the water and ‘fish’ for their food. Royalty-Free Stock Photo. I voted it up for for awesome and interesting. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on January 18, 2014: Tarantulas don't make webs, Sam. I'm sure the two of us roamed around that apartment together at night since we were both nocturnal. No way would you crush it by stomping on it. C E Clark (author) from North Texas on July 19, 2015: Shyron, thank you for taking time to comment on this article. She jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom door, screaming at her husband, "Kill the spider!" Take care . C E Clark (author) from North Texas on March 29, 2014: Thank you for stopping by Shyron, and for the votes and share, and for all you do. But this was not a film . Some people confuse dock spiders with wolf spiders but they are not the same and with careful inspection the difference in their appearance can be discerned. The biggest spider I had ever seen was perhaps the size of a fifty-cent piece. I think what we used to call “field spiders” when I was growing up may be the same thing. The six-spotted fishing spider, Dolomedes triton, is an arachnid from the nursery web spider family Pisauridae.This species is from the genus Dolomedes, the fishing spiders.This species of fishing spider is named after the mythological Greek god Triton who is the messenger of the big sea and the son of Poseidon. I've seen tarantulas up close that were at least twice as big as the spider in my apartment. I'm not surprised to hear about monster spiders in the South because spiders love heat, usually dry heat, but some don't mind humidity either. Hope you are staying cool up there in Texas. Click on it if you do and find out what it's called. Do your best to get your rest. Very interesting hub. No almost about it. OK, I had to read this, but flashing past the photos...when reading I put my hand up to block them. Gloria Siess from Wrightwood, California on July 28, 2017: Amazing photos/ I once encountered a spider called a Wind Scorpion here in the San Bernardino Mountains. We can get some pretty big house spiders here in the UK but they are fairly harmless. It`s bite is generally not dangerous to humans. Mothers are known to exhibit aggressive behavior when carrying their egg sacs. My Son lives in Texas and one of those big ones were in the sink in the bathroom. Pierre André Latreille, 1804. Not only was this article interesting to read, but I think many people will be fascinated by the pictures, too!. . After mating, female wolf spiders lay several dozen eggs or more and wrap them in silk, creating a large egg sac about the size of a pea. So perhaps he is an alien from another planet? Deborah Carr from Orange County, California on January 05, 2015: What an interesting article this is about giant spiders. Perhaps when there were more people around they withdrew to other areas? C E Clark (author) from North Texas on March 28, 2015: The brown recluse lives all over the U.S., but they don't get very big and they're timid, which is why they have the name they do. I was interested to know how you center yourself and clear your head before writing. They also come on land to lay eggs. Through Science North in Sudbury, I caught up with the well-known Zack Lemann, entomologist at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, and showed him the photo. Dock spider is a synonym for fishing spider; its scientific name is Dolomedes and this genus contains more than hundred different species worldwide. Yes, wolf spiders are plentiful in Texas. I suspect the reason they are so often mistaken for brown recluse spiders is that they are (a) brown, and (b) often very large. You'll get photos of dozens of spiders and maybe you'll recognize the one you're wondering about. Dock spiders, are more commonly called fishing spiders, maybe because they can dive under the water and ‘fish’ for their food. :). Try to see the light or white stripes on the legs of these spiders. Here are some fishing spider facts pulled from Chris’s post: Dock spiders are closely related to wolf spiders; Two species, Dolomedes tenebrosus and Dolomedes scriptus are the common ‘dock spiders’ These spiders, especially the full-grown females, are the largest (native) spider … Wolf spiders are said to have an exceptional sense of touch also. I suspect if the spider had been standing and alert, its legs fully extended, it would have been bigger in diameter than a charger plate; the sort of plates used as a base under a dinner plate at a very formal event. ;) Especially the ones so big that they block my escape door! I still have daymares (not nightmares) when I think of that giant wolf spider that was living in my apartment, who knows how long? . In planning for a day at the lake, most of us have swept down a hundred webs on the dock only to find them right back in the same place the very next day. What kind of dog? They get up to 3.5" long and 3/4" wide or so. LOL. I think their ability to climb on walls and ceilings has something to do with the webs they produce. me) at HP are sending you our best wishes for a good outcome as you work through this very difficult time. We were both in the process of getting ready to go out for dinner and so the spider was still not particularly of interest to me. Our Best Offers Free Economy Shipping on Orders over $50 with Code: SWORD50 (Some Exclusions Apply) Current Active … I also have a spider channel on You Tube, you or others may enjoy. Fishing spiders, also called dock or wharf spiders, like to live in waterfront properties near lakes, ponds, marshes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, and woods. 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