Scotophaeus blackwalli
(Mouse Spider)

Picture ID 56513

Comments & ID Thoughts

Is this a baby tarantula?

Submitted by:
ss2010
Submitted: Apr 10, 2019
Photographed: Apr 10, 2019
Spider: Scotophaeus blackwalli (Mouse Spider)
Location: Simi Valley , California, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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April 10, 2019 10:07 pm

Hi, this looks like a Ground Spider (Gnaphosidae), Scotophaeus blackwalli. These are sometimes called Mouse Spiders because of the soft gray hair on their abdomens but shouldn’t be cofused with a genus of medically significant species that shares that common name, they are of no relation to Missulena spp..

Ss2010

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

April 10, 2019 10:10 pm

Thank you! I was working out outside I thought I brought it in and we have spiders outside so I thought it might be a baby tarantula because it’s hairy