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I wouldn't doubt the presence of others in my home; I've observed S. triangulata in two adjacent counties, and even had one female that I captured spawn a pair of egg sacs in captivity in my home (pretty sure none of the spiderlings escaped, though!). Sounds like I need to find a decent guide to...

Interesting. Seems there's a very healthy population of L. reclusa, S. grossa, and another type of cobwebber I haven't attempted to view the dorsal side of yet; it has a brown underside. Wolf spiders in this house aren't unheard of, but they show themselves from time to time. And of course, male...

Yeah, I was hugely unhappy with the whole situation myself. I'd've been better off catching the critter and exhausting it long enough for a more accessible photo session and proper lighting. At any rate, my "How to Know the Spiders" only covers abdomens designs of female Steatoda. I'm guessing...

Sorry about the lo-res pics; this photo session was far from optimal, since this spider was in the basin of a sink and I don't have magnification on my camera (I use a triple lens with a frame around each lens, held up against the camera lens-- it makes it very difficult to use the flash without...

You raise an interesting point...the orientation of the last pic is very different from that of the first...and the vegetation within appears to defy gravity if that photo is right-side-up. :P I've seen brown recluses upside-down, but it's a very rare sight...and I can't think of why one...

For whatever it's worth, the spider in #3 is definitely not hanging upside-down in a web. The perspective of the photo is particularly intriguing-- it's as though the spider is supported by the ground, but the root beneath it puzzles me. Anyway, it does look very much like a recluse...awaiting...

Um...you mean violin, don't you? Brown recluses don't have an hourglass. Suddenly the photographic confirmation seems a bit more important.

Thanks, all!

It would be awesome if you wouldn't mind taking the time to upload a photo at Wikipedia, where readers outside their natural "outdoor" range currently have no idea what a wild brown recluse home looks like. I've yet to see one in person outside the comfort of a brick structure.

Would've thought 2 mm could be so cute? I think this is a jumper, going from the eye formation, but I'm not positive. It jumped onto my camera strap which was a few inches away, so that supports my theory. There was another spiderling nearby that wouldn't stand still long enough to get its...

You're right...I had misread the entry in How to know the spiders and I was just about to correct that-- those sections aren't marked off very clearly in that book. Thanks! It happens that this has actually led me to the identification of a female S. grossa I found in my home last year, too...

Should have done my homework before criticizing your diagnosis, marclar! I just checked the description for the Latrocectus males, and I was astonished to see the males are shaped just like this and actually the same size as this! I wasn't aware male cobwebbers looked so similar to...

Marclar, it's 6 mm long, and it's shaped like a hunter, not a cobwebber. Managed to get a look at the eyes during the preservation process just now. It's something like this, so now I'm sure it's not a recluse:

Just posted photos of the spider. It's rather attractive compared to most brown recluses, so I'm not sure it actually is a brown recluse. It's definitely male, though! Side note-- during the photo session, I accidentally caught his leg between the jar and the lid, and upon breaking free from...

Unidentified sicariid... [UPDATED WITH PHOTOS] Identified as a male Steatoda grossa. Thanks, marclar and Widowman10! I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth and found a large brown recluse in the sink. An all-too-familiar situation; I'm constantly collecting recluses from my home. Ran...

Actually, most of them you find indoors are domestic, so you're putting them in danger if you release them outside. But, you'll never see them again, hopefully, so you can just forget about them once you kick them out.

Recluses are only aggressive when they feel threatened. It's probably scared to death of you and is avoiding you. You'd have to pin it up against something to make it bite you. The only reason chemically-treated recluses are more dangerous is because their nervous system is partially broken down...

Let it build a web in a corner in your basement or garage; it'll eat any bugs that get caught in its web and maybe even a few spiders.

Heh, forcing yourself to face a fear won't help overcome it-- that can often times make it worse. The only way to overcome a fear is to learn about it and learn why you have nothing to fear. In many cases, it's good to be afraid of things-- spiders, for instance, can produce deadly bites, so...

Most spiders that are living in this person's house won't cause any problems. If there are brown recluses in the house, though, which is highly probable, the last thing you want to do is spray those. Recluses usually withstand most legal chemicals, though their nervous system breaks down from...