Comments & ID Thoughts
Can you tell from this photo if it is poisonous. Brown recluse?
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- Submitted: Dec 19, 2018
- Photographed: Dec 18, 2018
- Spider: Larinioides cornutus (Furrow Orb-weaver)
- Sex:Male,
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal
This is not a Recluse. It is a male of one of the Orb Weaver spiders in the family Araneidae.
Furrow Orb-weaver, Larinioides cornutus. Like most spiders they have venom but are unlikely to bite except in self-defense and are not considered to be of medical significance.