Comments & ID Thoughts
I think its a house spider or at least hoping so.. We have a lot of them lately inside my house..
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- Submitted: Apr 23, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 20, 2018
- Spider: Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spiders)
- Location: Chiloquin, Oregon, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Lateral
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This looks like one of the Ground Spiders (Gnaphosidae).
https://bugguide.net/node/view/931406/bgimage
Are they usually inside the house and is it dangerous to my cat or 9 month old son
Some species are commonly found indoors, it might be the one I linked to above (Scotophaeus blackwalli). They’re not considered to be of medical significance, everyone’s immune system is different though and babies are more sensitive. You can reduce the number of spiders you see in your home by sealing cracks around floors, doors, windows, foundation etc., vacuum everywhere and empty the canister outside. They’re unlikely to bite except in self defense but I know first hand a child learning to walk is going to be spending a lot of time rolling around on the floor, crawling behind furniture etc.,… Read more »
Ok thanks Is there any natural stuff to keep them from wanting to make homes in my home lol?
I’m not aware of any that work well. To avoid pesticide sealing up cracks works well, and for out of the way places that can’t be sealed sticky traps catch things.