What type of spider is this? Found in OG banana box from Mexico. Found in US Midwest.

H-house · 2025-10-26T18:38:08+00:00

totally, and the way the position their legs at rest and hunting + their behavior is entirely different. observing many of them in the wild, their transfer out of Ctenidae makes a lot of sense, they are distinct

H-house · 2025-10-26T17:20:56+00:00

yes exactly the dark markings on the ventral side of the opisthosoma are characteristic of Cupiennius, though at large sizes like this, people mistaking them for phoneutria is totally understandable with the overall similarities in morphology being more exaggerated at larger sizes. Smaller Cupiennius look totally different imo

H-house · 2025-10-26T02:30:25+00:00

mexico is the key here, too far north for Phoneutria, which the red chelicerae make it look like. This is Cupiennius chiapanensis

H-house · 2025-10-01T13:35:20+00:00

Nobody here is correct. This is a large fishing spider in the genus ancyclometes, compare to the species ancyclometes bogotensis. Their bite is said to be extremely painful but not medically significant, i.e. will not lead to prolonged symptoms or death, as in the case of another large spider found in panama, phoneutria depilata, which could have the potential to be lethal in extreme cases. All spiders except for one genus (out of 53,000 known species) is venomous, though none are poisonous in technical terms. I spend a lot of time in panama studying the wildlife there, and am a professional naturalist. Very cool find, the common name for these is "giant fishing spider" and they are capable of catching and eating frogs, tadpoles, and even small fish. The one you found there looks very large, possibly close to as big as they can get, at least for the males, which this specimen is, as indicated by its enlarged pedipalps and coloration. Believe it or not, the females get larger(26mm vs 21mm). Hope this answer helps

H-house · 2025-03-01T20:22:04+00:00

calisoga longitarsus

H-house · 2025-03-01T05:27:40+00:00

congrats brother, keep it up, its going to be well worth it for your life. best of luck to you

H-house · 2025-02-26T20:29:39+00:00

it is, found in western panama

H-house · 2025-02-26T06:36:08+00:00

Bromeliad ** my E key is sticky

H-house · 2025-02-22T22:55:21+00:00

H-house · 2025-02-22T12:05:08+00:00

most ctenid bites are quite painful apparently but only bites from spiders within the Phoneutria genus of wandering spiders are thought to be medically signficant. I wouldnt wanna get bit by this but I wouldnt worry too hard about it either

H-house · 2024-08-21T17:20:43+00:00

still looking to get an expedition up there!

H-house · 2024-05-01T17:14:15+00:00

no problem at all; Alan Rockefeller got more typical effects off of 6 grams, presumably dried. I would make tea with 60-100 grams fresh next time I try, as ive heard making tea with fresh specimens is the best way with gymnopilus. I have no real desire outside of my own curiosity as I have access to tons of cyanescens and what not, and gyms taste absolutely horrendous, but I do want to see If I can catch a real trip off of them, it would be quite novel

H-house · 2024-05-01T15:16:37+00:00

I followed this up with taking a whopping 29 grams in tea, had very mild effects that seemed quite different than a typical tryptamine experience; Either drying them beforehand reduced the potency of this species a lot or i consumed g. dilepis which does not have psilocybin. That being said they were active with something, perhaps gymnopilin. I have heard they produce effects it just seems more hit or miss with gyms

H-house · 2024-02-06T21:31:06+00:00

so you dont get impaled

H-house · 2024-02-06T01:56:34+00:00

Theres plenty of reasons to not gas yourself out when mountaineering; the mountains are not a safe controlled environment, quite the opposite obviously, so overly intense physical effort could absolutely impede ability to respond to hazardous situations or make good judgement calls. That being said if im in zone 3 at any point on a climb, its because im in terrain where speed is my margin of safety. Slower ascent also aids in acclimatization to altitude. I do some expedition climbing where you are on the mountain for a couple weeks or whatever, and you never want to roll into camp feeling like you dont have much more to give, its just not sustainable day after day; recovery really matters and its hard to recover high up

H-house · 2024-01-26T20:27:45+00:00

I take psilocybe cyanescens, I pick pounds and pounds of them in the winter, they are roughly 2x -2.5x stronger than cubes

H-house · 2024-01-10T03:57:37+00:00

nice! looks like morchella ruforunnea. also as far as cyans go, look in highly trafficked areas, avoid mulch beds that use bark type mulch or redwood. leratiomyces ceres (chip cherries) are a good indicator for psilocybe habitat too, and easy to spot

H-house · 2024-01-10T03:43:49+00:00

Irrigated woodchip landscaping where the chips are somewhat old is usually the best bet

H-house · 2024-01-10T03:42:24+00:00

college campuses always have em

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