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Thought was a daddy long legs at first glance, but up close is not like any daddy long legs I have ever seen in the area. After searching online, have not found what it could be. Grateful for any help in identifying this spider.
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- Submitted: Oct 21, 2020
- Photographed: Oct 21, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Wisconsin, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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The shape and leg proportions remind me of Family Scytodidae, the Spitting Spiders. The closest I’ve found is Scytodes globula, which has heavily banded legs and may have dark markings in the form of symmetrical splotches. The other Scytodes species I looked at had bars instead of splotches.
Here are some images of S. globula at BugGuide.net:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/793801/bgimage
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1921651/bgimage
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1926089/bgimage
What do you think?
Those do look close. After going through so many photos online I thought maybe a fishing spider?. Those double triangle markings on it, I couldn’t find a good match. Appreciate your response.
This is definitely a Harvestman, otherwise known as a Daddy Long Leg. Based off the markings, it is most likely Odiellus pictus https://bugguide.net/node/view/1331032/bgimage
Okay! Those markings confused me into interpreting it as having two body segments, but I can see the similarity with the photo you shared.
That was my first thought when I seen it was a daddy long leg, but it is different then those I have usually seen around here, that photo definitely looks like it. Thank you.