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Found this crawling across my kitchen floor. I killed two others like it about a month ago, also in the kitchen.
A couple of people I've asked were quick to say it's a brown recluse. From my research, I'm debating between a recluse and a male southern house spider. I live in Texas. I know it's rare to see a recluse come out of hiding but I was told by my pest guy that I may have caught it while it was hunting prey.
I have a toddler who is the kitchen often so a brown recluse concerns me, although perhaps they aren't as scary as the media makes them out to be?
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Dec 4, 2018
- Photographed: Dec 2, 2018
- Spider: Metaltella simoni (Hacklemesh Weaver)
- Sex:
Male, - Maturity:Adult
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Feb 4, 2020
Feb 4, 2020
Baton rouge, 
That looks very similar to one I just submitted. Similar structure and abdominal pattern, but I’m in Houston. I really wish we could find some more information about this spider. I’m nervous about it being a brown recluse as well.
Mjack, good news! I posted on another site and was told this is a hackleweb spider. When I looked it up, it looked just like it. They are harmless!!!
https://www.google.com/search?q=metaltela+simoni&oq=metaltela+simoni&aqs=chrome..69i57.19344j0j4&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=AL5GhWUMHMI-9M:
That ID is correct (Metaltella simoni). Also yours is a mature male, so he was likely wandering in search of a mate. 🙂