# Anyone want to guess what kind of spider this was from a blurry photo?

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**Created:** [April 5, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-guess-what-kind-of-spider-this-was-from-a-blurry-photo/617929 "2012-04-05T17:37:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-guess-what-kind-of-spider-this-was-from-a-blurry-photo/617929/1 "2012-04-05T17:37:59Z")

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We were looking at a 1750s farmhouse in southern Maine when my husband found [this thing](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2F1-vK1Htj8/T33YJkWDxoI/AAAAAAAAKqU/OegKmJxqhSc/s512/IMG_6109.JPG)dangling from the basement ceiling. He didn’t focus correctly, though, and the photo didn’t turn out. The body was a bit bigger around than a quarter, he says (I didn’t go look at it, because, ick.) But seeing the photo, I’ve never seen another spider like it, and it’s sort of cool, in an icky way.