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Please help me identify this spider. She is about 3 to 4 inches long. The baseboard is 6 inches for comparison. Found her at 6 am in a dark hallway.
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- Submitted: Oct 6, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 6, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Basement or Cellar
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I think that is spider I have currently now, I’m not sure but I can’t tell what it is.
It is the shape of a Fishing Spider. Here’s a link to Fishing Spider sightings in North Carolina: https://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch.php?taxon=1985&location%5B%5D=NC It has “eyeshine,” which is the word for when an animal’s eyes seem to glow in bright light, like a deer in headlights. Fishing Spiders and Wolf Spiders seem to show that the most. The spider may be following a sense of water, they tend to show up in laundry rooms. It has venom, but it isn’t considered medically significant. It might bite if it feels threatened or pained. It’s almost time for her to make an egg sac, so it… Read more »