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Is this a woodlouse spider? It is about 7/8" long from hindmost to front most leg. It bit me on the lip about 40 minutes ago. Tiny swelling, just want to make sure it is not super-poisonous before I free it.
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- Submitted: Sep 23, 2022
- Photographed: Sep 23, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I think it was nestled in a reusable straw. I was taking a drink through the straw when I felt a bite (I thought it was a bee sting) on my lip. But the straw was by the sink, so maybe it crawled into the straw next to the sink.
Broadfaced Sac Spider was my other guess, but aren’t they smaller than this? The online descriptions say they are 10mm largest, this one is around 22mm.
I would say it’s most likely a broad-face sac spider… Maybe this info will help you be able to distinguish what it is:
“The Woodlouse Hunter is nearly identical to the Broad-faced Sac Spider, with one major difference; the exceptionally long jaws (chelicerae) and fangs make it appear to be a menacing force of the arachnid community. The Woodlouse Hunter has its meal of choice right in its name.”
Probably a Dysderidae (Family) OR Trachelidae (Family).