Need an Id please...

[thesupermonkey]

I found this spider in Northern/Central Georgia in a dark closest.
I have my suspicions as to what it is but I hoping it's not since it's the
3rd one I've found in the house and I have two small children to worry about.

The spider itself is slightly smaller than a quarter and VERY fast.
Its thorax is dark so I can't seem to make out any patterns on it.
I noticed the palps(?) have large lightly colored sacks mid way through them.
The abdomen is notably darker than the rest of the body.

I tried my absolute best to get a decent snapshot of the thing; specifically the eyes, but between the flash and the focus my digi-cam just doesn't seem capable of doing any better.

Can someone please id this?

http://www21.brinkster.com/thesupermonkey/spider.htm



Thanks,
Munkey

 

[Skypainter]

Not sure what it is but it can't be L. reclusa.

 

[Scorp guy]

well, from the pictures ive seen of them and descrption, it looks much like a brown recluse. they are very dangerous if bitten. somone in a town about 15 miles from me was bitten and apparently her skin practicaly melted away. it was in the newspapers might wanna whip out the bug spray lol!

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

Hallo,

don't panick, it's just a Tegenaria, a male one.
Even if it is T. agrestis ("hobospider"; cannot judge from the picture), they are not agressive!
Necrosis after a bite is also only a rare occurrence!

Good information on hobos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider#Toxicity_and_aggressivity

greets
Bernhard

@Scorp_Lver:
Welcome to my ignore-list, your post are only uniformative and trollish stuff!

 

[thesupermonkey]

Whew... feel a bit better...

Thanks for the input,
Just curious, how are you able to distinguish it from L. Reclusa? I know L. Recluse has 3 pairs of eyes(staggered) and the fiddle-shaped marking on the thorax but since the spider is too dark to get an adequate picture of these features, how else can I distinguish it?

Thanks again,
Munkey

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

Hallo again,

it is like you said:
Loxosceles sp. have six eyes, arranged in three groups,
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8 8

Your spider has eight eyes in two rows, no "fiddle back" and the overall habitus does not fit.
.... and it looks like a Tegenaria

I hope this helps
Bernhard

 

[thesupermonkey]

I couldn't tell how many eyes were there.
He was just too dark and his eyes were too small.
Guess I can let the kids out of their cages (jk)