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This spider was quite tiny, a juvenile for sure. The picture was taken extremely zoomed in, so it isn't the best, but the best I could do given the size of the creature.
Based on the area in which I live, I believe this spider to be either a southern house spider, or a brown recluse. Does anyone have a guess at which it may be? If I am incorrect, please do correct me. Thank you! :)
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- Submitted: Jul 16, 2018
- Photographed: Jul 16, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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Hi, this might be in genus Amaurobius. It could be a young southern house spider too. I’m still learning the most common American species. It’s not a brown recluse. They tend to be pinkish brown and kind of see-through with a rounder cephalothorax. I recommend memorizing photos of them. We don’t have brown recluses where I live but most locals don’t know that. Ironically, we DO have two species of black widows in this range and I haven’t found anyone who knows that. I didn’t until a few months ago. Unfortunately, doctors keep the confusion fueled by diagnosing bacterial infections… Read more »