Hibana incursa

Picture ID 12996

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Located in Santa Barbara, California.
Got a bite on my eye in the middle of the night, and my eyelid swelled like crazy.

Submitted by:
eyelidspiderbite
Submitted: May 12, 2018
Photographed: May 12, 2018
Spider: Hibana incursa
Location: Santa barbara, California, United States
Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Lateral

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BugmanDan

May 13, 2018 2:31 am

Hi. Your spider looks like a young tubeweb spider,Segestria genus or similar.
Given spiders are not bloodsuckers or have any reason to bite sleeping humans,I doubt a spider is responsible for your eye issue.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/54565/bgimage
Welcome to the site.

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ItsyBitsy

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May 13, 2018 3:39 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a Ghost Spider (Anyphaenidae), Hibana incursa.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1179904/bgimage

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Hibana incursa
Family Genus Species
Submitted Jan 31, 2018
Photographed Jan 31, 2018
ommontes
Male
California, United States
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