Unidentified

Picture ID 56929

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    maxomenia
  • Submitted: Apr 14, 2019
  • Photographed: Apr 14, 2019
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: basel, Switzerland
  • Spotted Indoors: Other
  • Found in web?: No
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BugmanDan

Nope, quite harmless. The only medically significant spider I am aware in your region is the widow spiders. There are recluse spiders around Europe so can’t rule those out. Your little friend is neither. Probably can bite like many,but not any more dangerous than a bee sting. Don’t know of a spider so aggressive to bite without provocation, spiders don’t run around biting people Been handling spiders over 50 years, 4 bites to show for mishandling, like a bite every 10 years, maybe. Have had 4 other bites like most people, trapping under clothing. Really, bites are the last thing… Read more »

BugmanDan

Sorry, I really don’t know, give me a day, I can likely peg this, only other option is sift through xcess4all and find a spider guide, that is a lot of photos to compare. Seen this or a similar spider posted before, but US cant search other countries to narrow this down. Looks like it may be one of the false wolf spiders, but my thinking like that usually ends in confusion. Itsy Bitsy may get by and quite good pulling the rabbit out of the hat, but I will look for this in my university data base. >> found… Read more »