Kukulcania hibernalis
(Southern House Spider)

Picture ID 9733

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Hi, please help! I have found about 6 or 7 of these in my dorm room in Durham, NC and killed them all. Some of my friends believe that these are brown recluses. I found this guy in my closet, just crawling around on the wall. I want to make sure that it’s not poisonous, and not a brown recluse. Thank you!!

Submitted by:
clare
Submitted: Apr 16, 2018
Photographed: Apr 15, 2018
Spider: Kukulcania hibernalis (Southern House Spider)
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes:

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ItsyBitsy

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April 16, 2018 11:35 am

Hi, welcome to Spider ID. 🙂 This is a male Southern House Spider, Kukulcania hibernalis. The extra long pedipalps (appendages near the spider’s mouth) are an easy way to tell them apart from Recluses (Loxosceles sp.).