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Fishing spider
by: Moni

Candace,
Well, I understand not wanting to be close to large spiders...they are not my favorite either.

That said, they can bite. Fishing spiders' propensity to bite varies with species and other factors. In some cases, an individual may strike at a person in order to defend itself if it feels threatened, or it may bite in defense of its egg sac. However, the normal encounters that put people and fishing spiders close together, they want out as much as you want them out. They should not be considered 'aggressive.'
If they should bite it is not poisonous or serious(unless you have a really rare allergic reaction), but it can hurt.
Same here!
by: Candace

I have the exact same spider that I found in my lower level garage. I took pictures of it as well and long behold after almost 30 minutes of searching, I came to this website with an actual picture of the creature that had me frantic!! I hope that by saying I have nothing to worry about, that I really don't! Because this boy is a big one and although I have 4 other boys that are much bigger than this guy, I do worry about bites.
Fishing spider
by: Moni

If you look in the Insect ID section there was another question titled "Spider" that is the same kind of spider. Do you also live near water?

The photo looks like a Fishing Spider from the genus Dolomedes.
These spiders are can walk on water and then dive below the surface where they can sometimes even catch small fish, hence the common name. Tho large, they are not dangerous to humans.
They are big spiders.

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