Trying to ID this for a friend. Any ideas?
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Trying to ID this for a friend. Any ideas?

I agree. Kukulcania sp., hibernalis? Filistatidae. I caught those in Texas. The cool thing about these, is unlike most other true spiders, and like tarantulas, The females can continue to molt and grow after maturity, so there is opportunity for very large spiders. Also the males have palps that are kept tucked under their pedipalp's tibial segment, also like tarantulas, and unlike other true spiders. I say these spiders look like a link between Widow spiders, recluse spiders, and tarantulas. Males look very similar to recluse spiders.

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