Uliodon
(Vagrant Spiders)

Picture ID 6365

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I think is same spider from other post. Saw this one outside same morning I captures other on.

I think its a Vagrant or Hobo spider

Submitted by:
dpreciado
Submitted: Mar 2, 2018
Photographed: Mar 1, 2018
Spider: Uliodon (Vagrant Spiders)
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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March 2, 2018 6:50 pm

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 It looks like a Vagrant Spider to me (Uliodon sp.).

dpreciado

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

March 2, 2018 8:06 pm

Thank you for your input – that’s what I thought. I’m having trouble convincing people of that – everyone else thinks its a Wolf spider. I think my cat was bitten by one of these and it’s making him sick. There isn’t much information about Vagrant Spiders in New Zealand, nor their bite information other than joint pain. Do you know of any other resources that may have information on this type of arachnid?

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to dpreciado

March 3, 2018 12:04 am

Definitely not a Wolf Spider (Lycosidae). They have a significantly different eye arrangement: https://bugguide.net/node/view/716028 https://bugguide.net/node/view/89936 Earlier this evening because there were only a few possibilites it could be I wanted to see if I could narrow it down to species but the listed refrence for some of the species didn’t have any useful images and was written in German (I think) so I decided to leave it at genus. One of the species had a few more references for it, that might be an indication that it’s more common and most likely the same species as your spider. Unfortunately the… Read more »

dpreciado

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Reply to ItsyBitsy

March 3, 2018 2:27 pm

OK thank you so much. I had the vet treat my cat as if it we knew for sure it was a spider bite – and from what I could find, the bite from a Vagrant spider is similar to a bee sting and could cause joint pain in a human. So for a 3kg cat it could have a more significant effect. That said, the vet agreed and treated him accordingly, and this morning my cat is almost back to his normal self, despite not eating. We’re getting there – thank you again for your efforts!