Metaltella simoni
(Hacklemesh Weaver)

Picture ID 4794

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I thought recluse but it doesn’t have the fiddle as far as I can see.

Submitted by:
pleiades111
Submitted: Jan 31, 2018
Photographed: Jan 31, 2018
Spider: Metaltella simoni (Hacklemesh Weaver)
Location: Spring , Texas, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris
Found in web?: Yes
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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January 31, 2018 7:27 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 Tentatively this looks like Metaltella simoni, definitely not a Recluse (Loxosceles sp.).
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1481716/bgimage

Pleiades111

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

February 1, 2018 12:14 am

Yep! That’s definitely it. Neat!

Ampickle

July 24, 2018 2:50 pm

I have 100s of these, maybe even more underneath my back door ramp. Leaves started to rot and the yard started to smell so I started cleaning them out and they would run EXTREMELY fast so I had a hard time catching a photo. Finally caught one and took some pictures.