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Gingerbug134 Fort Thomas, KY Sep 03, 2008

Help. we ran into this ugly looking spider at Natural Bridge Park in Kentucky. Can anyone tell me what type of spider it is? It had a web built in the base of a tree that had an opening.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Sep 04, 2008

This appears to be a nursery web/fishing spider (family Pisauridae). The female carries her egg sac about with her chelicerae ('fangs') - see http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2153507041_e405529c53.jpg?v=0, whereas their close relatives, wolf spiders, carry their about at the end of their abdomen - see http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/lycosa_hell2.jpg.
Large specimens can deliver a painful bite if mishandled, but are not dangerous to humans.

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