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  1. 09-23-2008, 10:14 AM #1
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    My wife found this little guy on the bottom of our pool, can anyone identify it.



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    Looks an awful lot like a wolf spider to me.
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    I was thinking a wolfy, but the ones I usually see around and in the house were nowhere near that size. They are one of my favorite spiders.
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    Yeah, I work in Natomas.... We have HUGE wolf spiders here.

    The QC guys are scared of them... LOL.
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    No, no...you guys are waaaaay off on this one. That my friends is the infamous and deadly California Drowning Spider, from the genus Cannotus Swimus. Also, a common nickname is the Quarter Dollar Spider.
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  6. 09-23-2008, 07:49 PM #6
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    Maybe that spider's got a whole stash of quarters down at the bottom of your pool.
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  7. 09-23-2008, 07:58 PM #7
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    Scott,

    A quarter sized wolf spider is actually fairly small!

    I saw one that would have barely fit in the palm of my hand (it wasn't a California Tarantula either. Unfortunately, I have also seen those)

    And I hate spiders...
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