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Looks like a huntsman with tufted legs. Also looks like a tufted-leg orbweaver, but it is the wrong color and pattern.
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- Submitted: Jun 17, 2022
- Photographed: May 28, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Please help me identify this guy. I have looked everywhere in books and online and cannot match it.
Ok – what about a white wolf spider, hogna lenta white? It would explain the hairiness, the tufts, the pedipalps. However, the eyes definitely don’t match, ie, the row on yours of similar sized eyes vs. the stacked variable size eyes of a wolf spider.
Also, what about a huntsman like this: https://backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/huntsman-spiders/
Yours doesn’t have all the other light hair but they both have the spiny tufts.
Yes, these are close, but they are not definite matches, right? The eye arrangement is unusual, I think. Thanks for your research! It is so fascinating and frustrating to try to identify spiders, sometimes.
Also I can’t tell the size from the picture, how big is it? If it’s smaller than I think, consider this octopus spider: https://spiderid.com/picture/157812
Body about 2 cm, overall about 4.5-5 cm. Similar to the octopus spider, but different eye arrangement.
Hi. I’m just a site visitor that enjoys trying ,and usually failing, to identify these beautiful creatures. I think ure spider is a good match for one of the flatties ..selenops insularis. There’s one on bugguide.net from Florida. Brilliant picture by the way.
I think you are correct! Mine is a lighter color, but this is the closest ID yet. Thanks very much to you and to YellowSacKeeper.
Now, how do I change this from “unidentified” to “identified?” Selenops insularis Keyserling 1881 – Encyclopedia of Life (eol.org)