Ctenidae
(Wandering Spiders)

Picture ID 19472

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hello there, i've never done this before, but this spider scares the crap out of me, i found this bugger in my garage and it's creepy! after i took the pic, the bastard was running towards me, the flash pissed it off, i'm afraid to go back in there and i need my drill...

Submitted by:
concerneddad
Submitted: Jun 15, 2018
Photographed: Jun 12, 2018
Spider: Ctenidae (Wandering Spiders)
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: El Paso, Texas, United States
Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Eyes

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Tequilamockingbird

June 22, 2018 1:18 am

This is a wolf spider, family Lycosidae.

ItsyBitsy

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June 22, 2018 9:19 am

Hi, this is an adult male Tropical Wolf Spider/Wandering Spider – the family is Ctenidae, maybe Ctenus for the genus. I’m not sure which species would be likely turn up in that location… assuming it’s a described species I’m thinking it might be one that has it’s range listed for Mexico and I’m not familiar enough with those to suggest a species … Ctenus valverdiensis is listed for TX, but I think that’s found further east and in caves … Ctenus minimus is another that lists it’s range as “North America” but is only known from the type specimens, not… Read more »