Hunting Wolves
Never would I have imagined that I’d spend half an hour today trying to get rid of a spider at work.
As I was sitting around this morning working my way through some of the paperwork that had accumulated overnight, I happened to notice a bit of movement out of the corner of my eye. I glanced over and didn’t notice anything except maybe a bit of dirt, so I didn’t really think too much about it. After a while, I saw some movement again and decided to go take a closer look. What I discovered was a much larger spider than anything I’d ever seen before. I had a wolf spider wandering around the floor.
In terms of pictures, the closest I could find was this shot, showing not only the size and markings, but also the two black front legs.
Knocking it out of the office was an interesting process that involved a sheet of paper and a bit of patience. With a tap of the paper, the spider would start charging off in some direction or other. With the paper as a wall, I could roughly direct its motion. Putting the paper in front of its running path made it come to a dead stop. Sometimes the thing would get stubborn and not run when tapped, which made matters a bit annoying at times. And then, of course, it occasionally decided to try running underneath something, and I wasn’t always fast enough to catch it with the paper, which also slowed things down.
Ultimately, I did manage to knock it out the door, at which point it ran away pretty quickly in search of shade.
May have also been a “huntsman spider” they’re all related. But, at any rate, while the little beasts look pretty scary they’re relatively harmless. They only bite if you squeeze ‘em. Also they have no *real* venom.
They’re fast though aren’t they?
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