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Household Spiders
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Arachnid Feature – Two Body Regions
Cephalothorax
Abdomen
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Arachnid Feature – Four Pairs of Legs
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Chelicerae
Face of a longjawed spider showing chelicerae and pedipalps
Pedipalps Photo courtesy of Brian Valentine
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Spiders Order Araneae
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Some spiders use
webbing to snare prey
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Some spiders
hunt prey without
the aid of silk
David Cappaert
Brian Valentine
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Key Points – Household Spiders in
Colorado
• Many of the spiders found in homes are
transients, that do not reproduce in buildings
• The only potentially dangerous species is the
western widow
• Better identification of spiders can calm
many concerns of clients
• Selective use of insecticides, trapping,
cleaning out sites for breeding, and
vacuuming are the primary controls for
spiders
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Spiders Found In CO Homes
Seasonal Transients
• Most funnel weavers
• “Roly-poly hunter”
• Jumping spiders
• Crab spiders
• Wolf spiders
May Breed Indoors
• Barn funnel weaver
• Widow spiders
• Other cobweb
spiders
• Cellar spiders
• Yellowlegged sac
spider
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Colorado Spiders of Interest that Do Not Occur Indoors
Oklahoma Brown Tarantula Aphelenoma hentzi
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Orb-weaver Spiders Family Araneidae
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Colorado Spiders of Interest that Do Not Occur Indoors
Banded Garden Spider Argiope trifasciata
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Colorado Spiders of Interest that Do Not Occur Indoors
“Catfaced Spider” Araneus gemmoides
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“Charlotte A. Cavaticus”
Araneus cavaticus,
sometimes called the
‘barn spider’
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Results of the 6th Annual “How-Big-is-your-
Catface-Spider Contest”
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Spiders Found In CO Homes
Seasonal Transients
• Most funnel weavers
• “Roly-poly hunter”
• Jumping spiders
• Crab spiders
• Wolf spiders
May Breed Indoors
• Barn funnel weaver
• Widow spiders
• Other cobweb
spiders
• Cellar spiders
• Yellowlegged sac
spider
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Most Common Spiders in
Homes
Funnel weaver
Spiders
Family Agelenidae, three
common genera
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Funnel-weaver Spiders Family Agelenidae
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Funnel weaver webs
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Male funnel weaver spiders have grossly enlarged pedipalps (not fangs!!)
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Spider Mating – Transfer of Sperm Via Pedipalps
Pedipalps
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Most funnel weavers found in homes are incidental transients, wandering indoors in late summer/early fall
Agelenopsis species
Hololena species
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Tegenaria domestica
Eratigena agrestis
Barn funnel weaver/domestic
house spider
Hobo spider
Some funnel weaver spiders can reproduce indoors
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The Wood Louse
(Roly-Poly) Hunter
Dysdera crocata
Associated with areas where
pillbugs and sowbugs are
present
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Mulches and Nuisance Invaders
• European earwig
• Springtails
• Millipedes
• Sowbugs/Pillbugs
• Field crickets
• Some ants
• Some spiders
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Household “Bugs” Most Associated with
Thick Mulch around Foundations
Pillbugs/Sowbugs
and the “Roly-Poly
Hunter”
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Ground spiders
(Gnaphosidae family)
that may incidentally
enter buildings
Drassodes sp.
Zelotes sp.
Herpyllus spp. – “parson spiders”
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Jumping Spiders Family Salticidae
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Jumping spiders have
the best visual acuity
of any terrestrial
arthropod
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Most common jumping spider found in homes
Bold Jumper Phidippus audax
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Other Jumping Spiders
found indoors
Zebra Jumper Scenicus salticus
Platycryptus spp.
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Bark crab spiders
sometimes wander
into building in
mid-late summer
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Wolf Spiders
Lycosidae Family
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Wolf Spiders carry the egg sac. It is attached to the spinnerets.
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Wolf Spiders
Carrying Young
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Giant Wolf Spiders Hogna species
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Burrowing Wolf
Spiders
Geolycosa species
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Spiders Found In CO Homes
Seasonal Transients
• Most funnel weavers
• “Roly-poly hunter”
• Jumping spiders
• Ground spiders
• Crab spiders
• Wolf spiders
May Breed Indoors
• Barn funnel weaver
• Hobo spider
• Widow spiders
• Other cobweb
spiders
• Cellar spiders
• Yellowlegged sac
spider
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Tegenaria domestica
Eratigena agrestis
Barn funnel weaver/domestic
house spider
Hobo spider
Some funnel weaver spiders can reproduce indoors
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Longlegged Sac
Spiders/Yellow Sac
Spiders
Family Miturgidae
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Cellar Spiders (aka
“daddylonglegs spiders”)
Family Pholcidae
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Combfooted/Cobweb Spiders Family Theridiidae
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Enoplagnatha sp.
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Steatoda triangulosa
Some common – and
harmless – cobweb-making
spiders found in Colroado
homes
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Steatoda spp. are sometimes
mistaken for widow spiders
Steatoda grossa “False widow spider”
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Western Widow
(Latrodectus
hesperus)
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There are many kinds of widow spiders
(Latrodectus spp.) in the world:
• Black widow (L. mactans)
• Western widow (L. hesperus)
• Australian redback spider
• Malmignatte (Europe)….
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Western Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
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Widow spiders
show strong
sexual dimorphism
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Male Widow spiders are much
smaller than females.
Coloration may vary, but the
pattern on the underside is similar.
Males, of course, have greatly
enlarged pedipalps.
Male pedipalps
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Widow spider life stages
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Immature female
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Some symptoms of widow spider
bites
• Pinprick, may not be noticed
• General sense of malaise, impending doom
• Muscle tightening, particularly of abdominal muscles
• Nausea
• Sweating
• Most deaths due to effects on blood pressure
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Mediterranean recluse Loxosceles rufescens
Venomous Species of Spiders Around
The World
Cytotoxic Venoms
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Brown Spiders (Loxosceles spp.)
Includes the brown
recluse/fiddleback
spider, Loxosceles
reclusa
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Some features:
“Fiddleback pattern” on cephalothorax
Uniform coloration on the legs
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Three pairs of eyes
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Confirmed Loxosceles Records from
Colorado
• Five records of L. rufescens (Mediterranean recluse) -
Denver, Bent, Larimer, Las Animas Counties
• Four records of L. reclusa (Boulder, Otero, Prowers)
• One record of L. apachea (Larimer)
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Funnel weaver spiders
(Agelenidae family)
are very, very, very,
very, very, very
commonly mistaken
for brown recluse
throughout Colorado
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Clockwise, Top Left: Funnel
weaver spider, solpugid/
sunspider, wolf spider, brown
spider (lower left)
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Some Symptoms of Brown Recluse Bite
• Often - pain at time of bite
– Typically persists for 30 minutes or so
• Often reddened area or white halo at bite site
• Very uncommonly – ulceration and slow
healing
• Very uncommonly – systemic effects that
include nausea, fever, cramping
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Factors affecting Severity of Bites from
Brown Recluse
• Individual immune response
• Amount of venom introduced during bite
• Secondary involvement of wound-
infecting bacteria
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Misdiagnosis (overdiagnosis) of brown recluse
bites as a cause for most any slow healing
wound of unknown origin is probably, by far, the
most common misdiagnosis US medical doctors
make regarding arthropods
“Yep, that is
DEFINITELY a
Brown Recluse
bite”
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Conditions That Can Be Confused With or Have
Been Misdiagnosed As Recluse Spider Bites
Bacterial
Staphylococcus infection
Sterptococcus infection
Cutaneous anthrax
Viral
Infected herpes simplex
Chronic herpes simplex
Varicella zoster (shingles)
Fungal
Sporotrichosis
Lymphoproliferative disorders
Lymphoma
Lymphomatoid papulosis
Vascular disorders
Focal vasculitis
Purpura fulminans
Reaction to drugs
Warfarin poisoning
Arthropod-induced
Lyme disease
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Ornithodoros coriaceus bite (soft tick)
Insect bites (flea, mite, biting fly)
Misc. / multiple causative agents
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Pressure ulcers
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The Most Common Source of
Slow Healing Wounds in the US!
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
a.k.a., “flesh eating bacteria”, “false spider bite diagnosis”
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MRSA
Infections
aka, “flesh eating bacteria”, “false spider bite diagnosis”
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The Myth of the Toxic
“Hobo Spider”
Eratigenia agrestis – aka “hobo spider”
-The most common household spider in most of
Europe
-Introduced into US; now common in many
areas of Colorado
- An original report suggested it might bite and
cause slow healing wounds
This report has been completely refuted
and discredited
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Myth of the “Hobo Spider” Toxicity
• Published account in late 1980s appeared to link spider with necrotizing bites
– Results of original paper have never been replicated
– Original paper is considered to be thoroughly discredited and without merit
• Spider in Europe never associated with biting problems
• No difference in toxins between US and European spiders
• Necrotizing wounds thought to have been due to non-spider causes (MRSA, etc.)
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Don’t believe
everything
you see!!!!
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Spider Control in the Home
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Regular vacuuming and movement of furniture kills and disrupts the activities of household spiders
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Spider
Traps
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Caulking can prevent egress into the home by spiders that develop outdoors
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Insecticides applied indoors should only be used as spot treatments at points where spiders are expected to rest and establish webs
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Persistent insecticides applied to potential entry points can prevent egress into the home by spiders that develop outdoors
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Outdoor lighting = attracted insects
Attracted insects = spider predators
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Mulches and Nuisance Invaders
• European earwig
• Springtails
• Millipedes
• Sowbugs/Pillbugs
• Field crickets
• Some ants
• Some spiders