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I am uncertain but it should be between a nursery web spider or possibly a violin spider... please help with finalising the identification
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- Submitted: Nov 17, 2018
- Photographed: Nov 15, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Can someone just confirm whether this is a violin spider or not??
Hello, I didn’t know that “violin spider” is a common name in Africa for Loxosceles redusa. They’re usually called “ brown recluse spiders” in USA. I did a search and I found that there is a lot of media hype promoting fear about them in the Johannesburg area. There are scam websites feeding off of the fear too. It doesn’t look like a nursery web spider as we call them, Pisaurina species. It does look more like the violin spiders in your area. One way to be sure is that the violins have six eyes in three pairs. They look… Read more »
Thank you for your comment @TangledWeb , when I find another one I’ll try get a more in detail photo and maybe catch it for further evaluation!
What is your opinion on it’s sharp cone shaped back? Could that not be a characteristic that could help identify which family it might / might not belong to? From images I’ve seen, there are no violin spiders that have such a sharp end on it’s back ( I suppose sac is the correct term?).