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I'm not sure what this spider is. It's been hanging out on my bathroom wall for three days. I'm hoping it's not a brown recluse.
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- Submitted: Mar 17, 2019
- Photographed: Mar 17, 2019
- Spider: Philodromidae (Running Crab Spiders)
- Sex:
Male, - Maturity:Adult
- Location: CUMMING, Georgia, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Help identify this spider
Apr 1, 2020
Mar 31, 2020
Nashua, 
Hi, this is a Running Crab Spider (Philodromidae).
Thank you! I thought it looked crab like, but couldn’t find a match. I kept seeing the giant crab spider. Do you think he would be happier outside?
Yes, he has a better chance of finding a mate outdoors.
I’ll miss him, but I put him out in my flower garden, so he can hunt for food… and find a girlfriend.
It sounds like you’re kicking a teenage son out of your house.
I kind of feel that way. Last night, when I went to brush my teeth, I looked over to where he always hangs out above me and said, “I miss my spider friend.” My husband said, “He’s gone to a better place.” That actually makes it sound he died.
When I removed spiders from our house to the outdoors for my husband I used the phrase, “She’s going to a NICER place.” It was the truth without death implications.