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For the last few weeks I keep spotting this kind of spiders in my basement, bathroom corners, bathtub and today I found it outside right outside my porch, looks likea rabid wolf spider to me, but this ones are thin... I live in north New Jersey, if somebody can tell me what kind of spider is this? And if they're some what venomous?
Thanks MH
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- Submitted: Sep 14, 2020
- Photographed: Sep 14, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Allamuchy, New Jersey, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi, this is a male Grass Spider. They have markings just like Wolf Spiders. The easiest way to tell them apart is that the spinnerets stick out on Grass Spiders. They aren’t dangerous, they try to avoid people and bright light. That makes photographing them at night quite difficult. They can move very quickly too. You’ll see even more of them into Autumn. They’ll be almost everywhere you look. They live in my birdhouses, birdbath, on shrubs, plants, corners of the porch, the junk drawer in my kitchen 🙂 and more. From the ones I’ve watched outdoors, they eat bugs… Read more »