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Thinking some type of possible recluse but not sure due to leg length
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- Submitted: May 6, 2018
- Photographed: May 6, 2018
- Spider: Pisaurina mira (Nursery Web Spider)
- Location: Cottontown, Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Sep 5, 2024
Sep 1, 2024
Mahopac, 
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Tentative given the amount of detail in the image, but this looks like a Nursery Web Spider, Pisaurina mira. It doesn’t look like a Recluse (Loxosceles sp.).
Looked it up and pretty sure you are correct, lived in Tennessee most of my life and this is my first time seeing one.
Hi. Spiders can be like that. I got interested in spiders years back growing up in a rural area, then hunted for them right in my own property. Over 15 years, I was always finding spiders I never knew were even there. They are all around us, and I know I found over 200 different spiders in that time. Until they catch your eye and attention, you just sort of take them for granted.