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This spider bit me, after which I hit it. I Thought it might be a brown recluse spider, but I don't think so anymore. I think in my pictures (I have more) I can see it has eight eyes. Furthermore it also seems to have spikes on its legs. Found in the bedroom
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- Submitted: Mar 1, 2019
- Photographed: Mar 2, 2019
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: San Juan , Puerto Rico
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
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This spider bit me, after which I hit it. I Thought it might be a brown recluse spider, but I don’t think so anymore. I think in my pictures (I have more) I can see it has eight eyes. Furthermore it also seems to have spikes on its legs. Found in the bedroom
I dont know the name of this spider, but I do know it’s very common, and as far as I can tell, its harmless, I have encountered these spiders many times and not once have they bit me, so idk why it bit you, you must’ve startled it or something, but i usually find these in my garage hiding, they are nothing to worry about I dont think, I am not a scientist I just know a lot about puertorican spiders since I live here and I come across them and research them, this one I’ve never found online, but… Read more »
Hi, this definitely isn’t a Recluse (Loxosceles). It looks like a Ghost Spider (Anyphaenidae), but I’m not familiar enough with the species in your region to be certain that’s what it is.