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Pic taken late night in a dark damp basement, saw fiddle on it’s back. Brown recluse? About 2.5 inches from back legs to front of front legs.
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- Submitted: Feb 22, 2019
- Photographed: Feb 22, 2019
- Spider: Kukulcania hibernalis (Southern House Spider)
- Sex:
- Location: Atlanta , Georgia, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Basement or Cellar
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal, Webs
Jul 26, 2023
Jul 26, 2023
Pendleton , 
Stunning image! Wish I knew what it is. Some kind of Wolf Spider maybe?
Hi, this is a Southern House Spider, Kukulcania hibernalis.
Thanks Itsybitsy. That one really spooked me. It moved really slow, just like a video I saw on the web of a brown recluse. The color looked darker than all the pictures I have seen of brown recluses. I have a good collection of various species in my basement. I don’t find any wolf spiders though. I read that brown recluses like wolfs for dinner. I guess that made me a little paranoid too. I know where to find black widows outside. I just recently found a brown widow in my mailbox. That’s the first brown widow I have seen… Read more »