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I found it in my Yuba City, CA driveway under chopped up palms from my palm tree.
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- Submitted: Feb 21, 2024
- Photographed: Feb 21, 2024
- Spider: Kukulcania hibernalis (Southern House Spider)
- Sex:
- Location: Yuba City, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Jul 27, 2023
Jul 27, 2023
Pendleton , 
This is a female southern house spider, they are totally harmless.
Species Kukulcania hibernalis – Southern House Spider – BugGuide.Net
These are somtimes kept as pets or indoors in dark quiet places.
Their worst is their webs where females spend their life of up to 8 years.
This is our website’s first filed submission of the species for California. 🙂
I am a little surprised at that. In the early 80s they could be found maybe as far north as Stocton. Their range has certainly expanded, now including counties as far north as Shasta, most of Nevada, up through central Utah.
Two other species in the southwest are K. arizonica and K. utahana.