Comments & ID Thoughts
This was found in West Virginia and want to know what kind it is. I’m thinking orb weaver???
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- Submitted: Sep 15, 2020
- Photographed: Sep 14, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: West Virginia, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus (Eastern Parson Spider)
I’m 90% sure this is an Eastern Parson Spider, the image is a little blurry so I don’t know for sure but I could tell it was because of the white mark on its head. It’s huge!
https://spiderid.com/spider/gnaphosidae/herpyllus/ecclesiasticus/
Thank you very much!!