Comments & ID Thoughts
No idea. Never seen this spider before and we have a lot of spider varieties. The only ones I've seen this big are wolf spiders. About 1&1/2-2 inches.
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- Submitted: Apr 2, 2018
- Photographed: Apr 2, 2018
- Spider: Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers)
- Sex:Male,
- Maturity:Adult
- Location: Crescent mills, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This looks like it might be a Hackelmesh Weaver, maybe genus Callobius. The color looks like he just recently molted and will probably get darker.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/554388
https://bugguide.net/node/view/691946
Tentatively filing to family (Amaurobiidae).
Thanks. That’s exactly what it looks like. Did look fresh too, was thinking it might’ve molted. Went back out later, but it found a better spot I guess.