Hi. First off there are no recluse spiders that far north, you won’t find them there.
Your spider, a very harmless funnel weaver, Eratigena atrica species, the giant house spider. They are about as harmless as spiders come, zero threat.
I find them cool spiders to have around. These males are wandering looking for true love, so do stray indoors now and then, I simply coral them with hands, pick them up and put them outside or in the garage out of the way. https://spiderid.com/spider/agelenidae/eratigena/atrica/
Everything I’ve read online is pointing to brown recluse and I’m just hoping someone can tell me otherwise
Hi. First off there are no recluse spiders that far north, you won’t find them there.
Your spider, a very harmless funnel weaver, Eratigena atrica species, the giant house spider. They are about as harmless as spiders come, zero threat.
I find them cool spiders to have around. These males are wandering looking for true love, so do stray indoors now and then, I simply coral them with hands, pick them up and put them outside or in the garage out of the way.
https://spiderid.com/spider/agelenidae/eratigena/atrica/