New subject: Wierd Things you've found inside... (was Smoking around compu ters))

13 Dec 2001

...
   I've seen
the brown recluse in my home, among several
 other species. Can't always tell which is which but I 
 can tell that some are different from others.  
 The brown recluse has a very clear fiddle mark on their body. You can't
 mistake them for anything else. I've found them in camp showers (eeek).
 They are unpleasantly fond of human company. 
I'll bet you're presbyotic (far-sighted) or have perfect vision,
and aren't near-sighted... that or you wear contacts or always
wear your glasses.... anything further away than a monitor 
screen is *usually* a complete blue for me.

Plus, isn't the fiddle on their stomach? Should I ask the spider
to "present, front and center" so i can check?

;)

...
  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. 
The wolfs are probably what I've got, then...

-dq