13 Dec
2001
13 Dec
'01
4:10 p.m.
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
The wolf spider is frequently mistaken for a brown
recluse even though
they're grey, not brown; they're considerably larger; and they definitely
don't have the fiddle marking. This is unfortunate since people take
shoes and other implements to wolf spiders who are good to have in the
house as they keep insects down to a minimum, and don't bother people.
I wouldn't say they *never* bother people. I was bitten by a very large
wolf spider once, and it screwed me up for a couple of weeks.
Peace... Sridhar