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Big Brown FLorida Spider

Anyone know if this is a Brown Recluse or someting else ? its about 3 1/2 inches across its legs !

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That's a brown recluse above. I'm not sure if what you have is. Better safe than sorry. Take a flammable spray of some sort and a lighter to it. Spiders can be killed with fire pretty easy. Only way we could tell you for sure is if you got a straight shot of the body. I know there is a spider similar in looks to the brown recluse and it isn't venomous.

The brown recluse is not native to Florida, but they have been found sometimes in Florida, got there by other means.

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I can't really see the torso too clearly but it looks like a plain old fishing spider to me....

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The best way to know if it is a brown reclouse is if it has a violin shaped mark on it's back (like in motor heads picture). They are out there, but very rare, and about 90% of their bites are harmless according to a recent documentary on TV.

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Take a flammable spray of some sort and a lighter to it. Spiders can be killed with fire pretty easy.

Holy crap 007 it's on the wall in his house! Maybe he could you know, knock it onto the floor and step on it instead.

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I cannot intentionally kill a spider. Every time I did kill one as a kid, something bad happened to me. When I let them be......nothing bad happens. By bad I mean kill a spider and 5 minutes later I stub my toe or something stupid like that.

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Ha. that is funny. My wife Kathy won't kill a bug either. She just picks it up and takes it outside....When I see one it is instant death to the creature. Then I have nightmares about them and I wake up swinging my arms around trying to kill an invisible bug....My wife just laughs at me. Did I mention I hate spiders.....blechhhhh.

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I kill bugs all the time but spiders are not bugs and like Cory, I relocate them if need be. I have a large black widow living in the FFR garage next to the scrap aluminum. We have a deal. I don't poke at her and she don't bite me.

Your spider does resemble a BR but they only get about 1.5" across. I think the size rules yours out. Get a closer pic so we can get a better look at the fiddle on it's back

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