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 Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion BIG spiders. Reply
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| Eljer |
06/25/2007 07:09AM They are much too fast on the water to catch. When I was a kid my family camped on an island on PelicanLake (by Orr), and by the water was thick with them. They will defend themself as I found out, scared they H#!! out of me. We left the nexted day, Mom wanted to pack it in that night. Us kids wanted to go spider hunting to see how many we could catch. |
| go solo |
06/24/2007 09:04PM That's cool. I'd like to see them in person. If they scamper across the water, could you lasso a few and have them drag me across the lake? :) |
| stubs |
06/23/2007 10:49PM I wonder if the bass are as scared of these monsters as we are, or would they gobble the little guys up? |
| chadwick |
06/15/2007 07:58PM put a hook in em and swim them a top the water, see what hits. I could never do that. I cant even touch one. |
| dogwoodgirl |
06/15/2007 07:06PM Awwww, they're so cute!!! I like 'em too, buzz. |
| Portage Monkey |
06/15/2007 02:20PM Nothing...if you're into things with 8 legs and fangs that could drag off your children and small pets! |
| buzz17 |
06/15/2007 01:15PM I happen to like spiders and think they are fascinating! Not sure what all the commotion is about. |
| Portage Monkey |
06/15/2007 01:09PM I had almost blocked out the time I saw one of those on Beartrack Lake. Almost. Thanks for the reminder. Guess its time to dust the machette off for my next BW trip. |
| The Great Outdoors |
06/15/2007 11:44AM ekffazr, Unfortunatley they were witnessed attacks, & still have trouble sleeping at night. Not a very pretty sight, seeing those ugly bugs carrying away their victims body parts to be enjoyed at a later meal:) |
| ditchpickle6996 |
06/15/2007 10:39AM Yeah those things are amazing! When spooked they actually run across the water or run down the black rubber around our dock (which goes well into the water) and come up the back side under the dock. A relative of mine actually said one reared up to defend itself when cornered by his dog. I didn't see it but that's what I was told. |
| eglath |
06/15/2007 09:28AM those things are creepy. this picture was taken at the campsite on Section Three Pond (just south of Snow Bay on LLC) -- those legs on the bottom of the picture are actually touching the surface of the lake: 
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| overthehill |
06/15/2007 01:09AM I'm sceert. Never be the same after this! 17? 44 anaconda for ones in boat! Will bring extra lifejacket. |
| ekffazr |
06/14/2007 11:02PM of course that was 17 "reported attacks" |
| Trygve |
06/14/2007 09:51PM The only time I don't like them is when they pop up in my boat when I'm out in the middle of a lake. Or scamper over my when I reach under the boat seats. They usually get evicted with an oar and end up swimming back. |
| The Great Outdoors |
06/14/2007 09:41PM serenityseeker, Not to worry, in my many years in northern Minnesota, I have only witnessed seventeen attacks on humans by these spiders. They were all fatal, but 17 attacks in almost 60 years, no big deal! Trygve likes to use 22 bird shot to deal with them. Myself, I prefer the 44 Mag hollow point which usually stops them in their tracks after 2-3 direct hits:) |
| izzy |
06/14/2007 09:04PM I saw one like that about 15 years ago on Sag. Was in a wood pile. I think he was stealing our wood. Izzy |
| kanoes |
06/14/2007 08:30PM a little oil...shorelunch batter. yummy Jan |
| Trygve |
06/14/2007 08:25PM Eh, Don't worry. They only hang out around the water, they don't want to be in your tent. |
| serenityseeker |
06/14/2007 08:09PM I really have to quit checking this thread. bigger than a slice of bread, 6 inch legs. thanks a lot Trygve. I don't care what they eat, they can still bite and scare the **** out of me. I EVER see one of these things, you had better pray for those with me, b/c I will be gone so fast they won't know what happened. |
| kanoes |
06/14/2007 05:52PM we normally have the MN "barking" spider around the campfire at night. Jan |
| Trygve |
06/14/2007 05:50PM Three inches... I've seen ones with more like six inch legspans. Bigger than a slice of bread. People used to shoot them with .22 birdshot... We are hicks. |
| faspich1 |
06/14/2007 05:48PM That spider is Dolomedes Tenebrosus or Dark Fishing Spider. It is the largest spider found in North America. They do not eat humans. They eat crickets etc. Their legspans can reach three inches. They wander inland to hunt for prey. |
| ditchpickle6996 |
06/14/2007 04:32PM We get those things sunning themselves on our dock in Ely all of the time. Call me a p**** but I can't stand those things! |
| snakecharmer |
06/14/2007 03:39PM I'm the same way. I get the willies just looking at Soledad's picture of a spider. |
| nofish |
06/14/2007 01:42PM Just wait until you turn a rock over to find a Wolf Spider hiding under it. That will make leave you looking for a change of huggies. I'm 6'4" and 25 years old and a Wolf Spider will send me screaming like an 8 year old girl. |
| Soledad |
06/14/2007 12:28PM There is a rock just east of Tiger Bay on LLC that we used to jump off of. In order to get on top of the rock we would have to glide our canoes under one corner of it. There was little room under there. We sort of have had to lay back and use our hands on the rock above to make it in. It was however wide enough for two canoes. There are many of those same spiders under those rocks. I am pretty sure these are the ones you are talking about http://canadianarachnology.dyndns.org/data/spiders/19650 
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| snakecharmer |
06/14/2007 12:25PM And blood-thirsty sabre-toothed chipmunks! 
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| Maddog |
06/14/2007 11:44AM Thanks for the nightmares!!!!! Should I be concerned about bears as well????? Are there cougars in the BW????? |
| snakecharmer |
06/14/2007 10:12AM They are very skittish. I've tried photographing them on several occasions...unsuccessfully. I guess you just have to find one that isn't camera shy. |
| Tommy |
06/14/2007 08:43AM If it helps, serenity, they avoid humans, and the bite is non-toxic to us (except in rare cases; people can be allergic to almost anything, of course). |
| serenityseeker |
06/14/2007 08:20AM If there was one thing that could keep me out of the BWCA it is spiders the size of tarantulas. I would have liked to remain ignorant of the fact that these spiders live in MN. I can live with snakes and bugs and severe weather, but spiders the size of tarantulas might be a deal breaker. Chadwick - thanks SO much for starting this thread. |
| ekffazr |
06/14/2007 12:10AM The dock spiders hunt tadpoles and such, but I would like to ask about another spider I have seen several times It seems that the dock/fishing spiders do not build webs. I have run across a few larger ones in bwca that build a web, once across a path that someone walked into (yuch). one evening we were treated to watching one build a web in our camp they are large tarantula looking things (we call them banana spiders, since they are comparable size to the ones from bananas from asia) any idea what those are? |
| chadwick |
06/13/2007 11:22PM that is it. dock/ fishing spider. do they eat fish? |
| The Great Outdoors |
06/13/2007 10:40PM You must have seen what are commonly called, "dock spiders". Though that isn't their scientific name, they look like a tarantula, minus the hairy legs. |
| thecanoeman |
06/13/2007 10:38PM I think their called fishing spiders. is it on this link? http://lhrimages.com/WildernessPhotographyBB/YaBB.pl?num=1180543169 |
| moose plums |
06/13/2007 10:24PM nasty looking aren't they? They aren't wolf spiders. |
| chadwick |
06/13/2007 09:58PM I just came back from the bwca and on Lac La Croix there were these big spiders on the rock faces right next to the water. Are these wolf spiders? I have only seen them on LLC and on Sandpoint lake. they are about the size (diameter) as a tangerine. |
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