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Southern house spider
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- Submitted: Jan 27, 2020
- Photographed: Jan 24, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Crystal River, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc),Under rock, log, or debris
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Yes, male. Nice photo!
It took me a long time to identify it. I also had to get very up close and personal with it. I felt it was a great photo too!
It’s now my phone’s wallpaper! My family wasn’t impressed with me sending them this pic! (Especially my husband, since he’s seriously phobic!) They have always felt I was a bit odd!
My family doesn’t appreciate my spider photos either. Especially if I have the spider on my bare hand in a photo- or a snake on a bare hand – or even a thick glove. I have 2 relatives who humor me and my photos. A very introverted niece picked up on the ‘a spider keeps people away from you’ thing and thinks it’s great! A spider on your phone wallpaper keeps people from snooping through your phone very nicely. If someone won’t shut up, bringing up the topic of being into spiders should end the conversation very promptly. At least… Read more »
Wait that’s a male? It looks like a female…? Males of this species look like tiny knockoff recluses, I thought?
* Itsy Bitsy?* That’s what it says on Bugguide’s identification hints for the genders. You’re right. I don’t know how to tell the genders apart for this species without a relative size reference. I thought the palps looked male, but I’m not sure if it works that way. I haven’t seen a Recluse nor a Southern House Spider in-person yet.