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I originally thought it was a wolf spider, but the stripe looked too bright. He runs away from any light, and was missing a leg when I caught him. He's still pretty fast even missing a leg.
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- Submitted: Apr 2, 2021
- Photographed: Apr 2, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: East Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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Update: After a little research, I’m pretty sure this is a parson spider!
https://spiderid.com/spider/gnaphosidae/herpyllus/ecclesiasticus/ You got it! The quickest first step for IDing your own spider is to tap your state name and see what we have for filed photos. A lot of submitted photos aren’t in the gallery, but all of the most common for each state are there. And yes, the Parson Spiders are impressively fast and agile. I watched one race across my kitchen table, across the underside, doing fast loops. Thankfully that pale pink stripe marking is distinctive. I can’t think of any other common spiders with pale pink markings. Congratulations on your new spider sighting for your personal… Read more »
Its missing some legs XD
Haha yeah. She actually molted about a week ago and has all her legs back now 🙂
My jumping spider was missing one and i heard that if they lose there pedipalps they die or so