Comments & ID Thoughts
Good day everyone. Does anyone know what spider this is please? I was bitten by it but have no idea what it is. The spider is from Parys, north west province, south africa.
Thank you
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- Submitted: Apr 4, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 3, 2018
- Spider: Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spiders)
- Location: Parys, South Africa
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This looks like one the Ground Spiders (Gnaphisidae). Reminds me of Scotophaeus and there are a few species in the genus in Africa but I’m not certain.
Thank you very much. Glad to hear that it’s not a venomous spider that we need to worry about.