Palystes
(Rain Spiders)

Picture ID 11144

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Please help identify. Is this from the Wolf Spider family or Loxosceles genus?

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shalak
Submitted: Apr 30, 2018
Photographed: Apr 30, 2018
Spider: Palystes (Rain Spiders)
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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April 30, 2018 10:48 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Tentatively given the amount of detail here and my limited knowledge of what is common in your area … this looks like a Rain Spider (Palystes sp.).

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Palystes (Rain Spiders)

Picture ID 11144

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Palystes
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