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This is the fourth of this type of spider I have seen inside my house in that past two days! First 3 in back bathroom and tonight in the kitchen. Please help I can’t figure out what it is so I can get rid of them-starting to think my house is infested with spiders!
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- Submitted: Sep 23, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 22, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Pike Creek , Delaware, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi, my best educated guess from the photo is Dysdera crocata, a woodlouse hunter. They may have been trying to come indoors to escape colder weather, like some insects do. They eat insects found in rotting wood. If you have an old wood-sided house like I do, there’s lots of spider and insect action going on under the vinyl siding. My house just needs to last as long as I do. The spiders won’t attack you or stalk you, they are focused on their basic needs. If you are bitten, the two potential risks are: bacterial infection from the puncture… Read more »