Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832
parson spider
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Jul 22, 2009
A.M. Mazza
40.6495, -80.2988
1
Added: Jul 22, 2009 at 12:15:22 PM MSTI found this spider sharing the living room couch with me this morning! Based on its size, I believe it to be a female. I really hope that it did not lay eggs and that I won't find more.
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Jul 20, 2009
Kate Mangan
42.1575, -71.1268
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Added: Jul 21, 2009 at 8:40:56 PM MSTI just found this Parson spider in my house. I was very glad to identify it and find that it is not poisonous. I got a picture, and it matches other pictures of it here, but my computer doesn't have an SD card slot. If it's possible to come back and post a picture, I will once I get it off my camera.
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Jun 25, 2009
Lynda Nelson
43.1151, -89.5085
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Added: Jun 25, 2009 at 9:57:21 PM MSTI found another female Parson Spider in the house. Big and moving fast - surprised me initially, but then I started wondering what kind it was. I found where it hid and caught it easily. Will release it into my garden boxes near a problematic ant hill.
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May 25, 2009
Lynda Nelson
43.1151, -89.5085
1
Added: May 25, 2009 at 9:12:47 PM MSTFound 1 female Parson Spider while adding fresh cat litter to the litter box. It was just sitting on the side. As was mentioned in a previous submission, I was going to squish it, but I was so impressed by its size that I carefully captured it. It took me a while to identify it, but I finally found it at http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders2.htm which has a great listing and photo guide of spiders. Thanks for the help on determining male or female.
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May 9, 2009
Mark Douthwright
45.3866, -75.7459
Added: May 9, 2009 at 11:51:48 PM MST -
May 5, 2009
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Aug 23, 2008
Brett Barry
42.0977, -74.2731
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Aug 8, 2008
Kevin Pfeiffer
44.0436, -103.2655
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Added: Aug 9, 2008 at 6:33:28 AM MSTFound indoors in residential structure. -
Jul 23, 2008
Jerry Y. Garboni
42.033, -88.1763
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Added: Jul 24, 2008 at 12:21:19 AM MSTI have found a couple of dozen of these spiders in my house in the past year. Crawling on the floor or furniture. I had captured 2 and fed one to another. It was the mother of all battles to observe. I have never seen these around here before. I finally figured out a good way to diable a spider to do microscopic observations. I drowned it but it wasn't easy. It's hard to see if a spider has 6 or 8 eyes when they get dehydrated. Drowning works well. You can then pose it naturally and it will stay for quite a while before dehydrating. -
Jun 21, 2008
Kevin Pfeiffer
35.2674, -75.5421
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Added: Jun 23, 2008 at 9:35:47 AM MSTObserved on rotting picnic table near swimming pool -- most likely chasing a nearby cricket that was also observed. -
Jun 3, 2008
Hugh B Shannon
41.5575, -81.4408
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Added: Jun 3, 2008 at 10:08:19 PM MST![Herpyllus ecclesiasticus (Hugh B Shannon [Jun 3, 2008])](/observers/images/uploaded/Thumb_120_2008-6-3_release 008.jpg)
This spider was biting my wife for a few days and she finally found it in the bathtub. She has about half a dozen welts up her leg.
I had researched all spiders capable of biting humans living in Ohio and the OSU database came up with seven species, so I could readily identify the parsons spider by its markings, although this particular picture is not very clear.
I believe this is a female because the pedipalps are relatively small.
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Jun 30, 2007
Bev Wigney
45.1465, -75.6088
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Added: Jun 30, 2007 at 6:45:41 AM MST
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