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innocuous? ever see photos of a spider bite that became necrotic?
Sorry... not very Christmas-y
OK... communicated with the Oracle of Boquete when it comes to SPIDERS.
Ctenus sinuatipes is the scientific name. Yes these suckers can hurt you badly but they can't kill you. They are in the same family as the Brazilian Wandering Spider without the killer venom. It's venom is weaker. BUT it could put you in the hospital. The bite is extremely painful and it does have a weak neurotoxin poison that can make your arm numb. I think we should kill them on sight.
So what do we call it? The Panamanian Wandering Spider?
Wolf spider. I find them in my house from time to time, some significantly larger than this. (They may not hurt you, but they can make you hurt yourself.) Tarantulas are much stockier. Neither are a real danger and should be relocated or left alone if possible.
One of my dogs had a face off with a tarantula many years ago. The tarantula got up on his hind legs, and was waving his front legs at the dog--clearly a defensive posture. He (the spider) was not aggressive in the least.
Nice little spideys can't hurt you...
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002855.htm
Not a wolf spider. See: http://panamaprattle.blogspot.com/2016/01/wandering-spider-final-an...
Thanks Floyd.... I know this article and the author...and tend to agree with the conclusion although wishful thinking pulls me in another direction ...although I keep getting different conclusions like this thread here still....I just play it safe rather than sorry... if you take them outside and they find a mate...then they can lay up to 8000 eggs on your lawn... and if it IS the Wandering variety.... there goes my spider phobia.
I remember many years ago when I was traveling in the center of Costa Rica, I stopped at a place with my family to get gas... my 6 year old son at the time was intent on a hole in the ground and was about to put his finger in it ...when the Zico fellow screamed and ran over and pulled my son away from the hole in pained fashion. He said there was a spider that lived in that hole that could kill a horse. Spider phobia or not...I still wonder about that spider.
Guy, I see them in my house from time to time. According to the link I posted, not a huntsman or wolf spider. I am going with phoneutria, although the article leaves the conclusion somewhat open. These have 6 spots on the top of the back end. The good thing is that as far as I can tell is they don't hide, always on the floor or wall and they are so damn big, hard to miss them. On the plus side I have never heard of issues with them here in Boquete.
Floyd... yes I think you are right about being phoneutria ... But they are still in the Wandering Spider Family and do have venom... but never heard of a problem here.... They may be reluctant to bite. But they must have been here for a million years and to not hear locals complain about them has to be good news. Although they don't complain about Coral Snakes either...lol
May be on my "don't care if they go extinct list".. like cockroaches, mosquitoes, sharks, etc...
Sure looks like a Brazilian Wandering Spider. Though from the online pictures.... one of the traits of a Brazilian Wandering Spider is that they too, when threatened get on their hind legs and wave their front legs from side to side .... I would hate to test it since one kills you and the other scares you... I have seen a lot of Wolf spiders in my life but never seen one even 1/10th this size. This one also has much longer legs. The internet says you can tell by looking at the type of eyes it has... so far it looks like the eyes of a Brazilian Wandering Spider.... need to get a closer look or better eyes... by the way I have an aversion to spiders. Snakes, sharks, tigers, bears...no problem... spiders... not so much...
Suppose we are wrong and these spiders are the Wandering variety?
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