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Comments & ID Thoughts
I believe this to be a brown recluse. What do you think?
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- Submitted: Mar 20, 2022
- Photographed: Jan 5, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks),Forest
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Wandering Spider (Ctenidae sp.)
I actually think it’s a fishing spider.
The only fishing spiders I am aware of that could be found in Costa Rica are from the families Trechaleidae and Pisauridae. Neither families have members with those abdominal markings. However there are several genera of Ctenidae spp. that have them, such as this Ctenus sp. from Costa Rica https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105135728 The one you posted here is a mature male, hence the lanky legs and long, reaching palps. I am sure that many Ctenidae spp. are are at least half-decent swimmers but I don’t think it is a Fishing Spider or Long-Legged Fishing Spider species.