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Old 09-15-2007, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Austin 'burbs
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I have been finding this bug all over lately. In the house, outside, everywhere.

What is it and is it harmful to humans? I have even found them in the bed *shudders* (I expect they are coming in on the dogs?)

Help! And should I spray for these things?

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Old 09-15-2007, 09:41 AM
 
Location: Austin 'burbs
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Default Trying again

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Old 09-15-2007, 03:25 PM
 
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I have been finding this bug all over lately. In the house, outside, everywhere.

What is it and is it harmful to humans? I have even found them in the bed *shudders* (I expect they are coming in on the dogs?)

Help! And should I spray for these things?


I can't quit tell from the photos, but hope its not this. My wife was bitten recently.

Live Search Images: brown recluse spider
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Old 09-15-2007, 03:33 PM
 
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Im not a entomalagist, can't even spell it......lol But that's not a brown recluse. I have seen something like that floating in the swimming pool. Never saw one in the house or on the dog.
Send that pic to Texas A&M entomalalgy, entomology...........errrrr.......BUG DEPARTMENT.
Good luck.
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Old 09-15-2007, 05:49 PM
 
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Yeah, it's definitely no spider (unless those are legs not antannae in the front). Kind of looks like some sort of baby walking stick or skinny aphid?? No idea though, never seen something that looks like that.
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Old 09-15-2007, 07:16 PM
 
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If you can find its picture on this website, it'll take you to a link that'll tell about it:

Discover Entomology at Texas A&M University
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Old 09-16-2007, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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I have seen them outside, by our tree, they are definitely NOT the brown recluse!! I don't know if they bite, but they seem pretty harmless to me... Maybe a pest for your plants, specially if you have indoor ones as I have seen them eating leaves outside.
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Old 09-16-2007, 05:31 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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I've seen those ever since I moved here and have had no negative experiences with them. I give them a thumbs-up for looking cool.
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Old 09-16-2007, 10:03 PM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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One of those got in the car today before we left my grandma's house. She lives in Tyler. It's some sort of harmless flying, plant eating bug. NOT a spider. They don't bite, and like xsloane said, probably worse for your plants.
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Old 10-01-2007, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, TX
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Default UT might help you

Jenbar, if you didn't find out want you needed about this bug, I read on the UT website that there is a day, during Oct or Nov, I forget exactly, but people can bring samples of plants, or animals, etc to them and they will identify them for you. I am thinking of bringing the silver spider if found in my garage
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