Calling all biologists and arachnologists.

[65535]

Found this guy in the bottom of a rubber made bucket I had filled with water for my waterstone (required knife content). Anyways, about 9/16" from front to butt roughly an inch wide the way pictured.

On a related note I have 3 bites from something that look a bit worse than mosquito bites. 2 on my left pointer and 1 on my left middle.

 

[dectia]

I'm no biologist, but I'm pretty sure that's a spider.

In-focus pictures would really aid in identification.

 

[mete]

If it was a brown recluse you'd have a problem . A friend was recently bitten by one and the venom destroys tissue so he had the dead tissue removed and will have at least a month of healing to go ! Buy a spider book and do a search and photo IN focus !

 

[65535]

Waiting for the digital camera battery to charge. Not much better than the iPhone but hopefully better focus and light.

Don't worry the bites I got aren't from this spider, if from a spider at all. This one was dead a couple of days before I got the bites on my hand yesterday.

 

[papathud]

Focus is a little rough, but it looks like a Parson Spider.

http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/herpyllus_ecc.jpg

When I lived over the Hill from you in Perris CA this was a pretty common spider.

 

[Thomason]

If it is not on this list you will probably be OK.
If it is one of these you might as well just send me all your knives as you won't be needing them since you're toast.
http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html

I tried to clean up the picture one that got ya.

 

[65535]

Does a severly abused CRK Professional Soldier, a blahtastic old BM D2 can't remember the model number, and an SnG DGG sound that good to you?

 

[Ken C.]

Knife talk...a no-no in Community.

 

[papathud]

This site has the most pictures of Spiders that I know of.

http://www.spiderzrule.com/spiderphotos04.htm

 

[papathud]

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=1111+1111+2222+1028

Maybe?

 

[Cougar Allen]

in the bottom of a rubber made bucket I had filled with water for my waterstone

There's a spider in the bucket,
Dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a spider in the bucket,
Dear Liza, a spider.

 

[Rupestris]

There's a spider in the bucket,
Dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a spider in the bucket,
Dear Liza, a spider.

Well kill the little bastard.
Dear Cougar, dear Cougar...

 

[Lycosa]

I do believe the spider is in the Gnaphosid family but I don't know the species.

 

[Cougar Allen]

With what shall I kill it,
Dear Liza, dear Liza,
With what shall I kill it,
Dear Liza, with what?