This isn't a brown recluse is it

[Kellop]

I found another spider and it was very jumpy when I first found it.. I thought it looked a little like a wolf spider but I would like to make sure it's not a brown recluse. I live on Arizona if that helps

 

[Teal]

Absolutely NOT a Loxosceles.

 

[Kellop]

Absolutely NOT a Loxosceles.

I wish i wasn't so bad at identifying spiders.. I'm going to continue looking

 

[WeightedAbyss75]

Look at Dolomedes species, colloquially known as "Fishing Spiders". From the pictures, your spider seems to have very similar colors and patterns to one I kept previously, Dolomedes okefinokensis. Also it is most likely to be Dolomedes tenebrosus, as okefinokensis are MASSIVE. Hope this helps!

 

[Quetzalcoatl Nyarlathotep]

Definitely looks like a dolomedes, however, of the species I am not sure of. give her lots of sticks and logs to climb!

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I don't think that exists a (so common, I mean) spider able to scare the hell out of people like the "... brown recluse". Ditch the specie, screw the scientific name, for that is 'brown recluse' the new code word for Fear

I spot (real) L.rufescens on a regular basis on my garages/cellar and, once, a Napoli city (Naples, Italy btw, not the Florida one) old man that was working as a gardener for me screamed: "Iiiih, a reclusa, reclusa! Schiacciala @!"$%"

Nah... I love the WC L.rufescens that lives near me, and sometimes I act as a 'mercyful King' and I leave little CB crickets on their bricks-hole-web

 

[Greasylake]

I don't think that exists a (so common, I mean) spider able to scare the hell out of people like the "... brown recluse".

I think the black widow scares people more, it's just not misidentified as often. I had a female Latrodectus a friend brought me and as soon as my mom saw it she pretty much lost it, telling me it was going to kill me in my sleep and it was going to escape etc. I laughed and asked if any of the other 20 or so venomous animals in my room had killed me in my sleep or escaped, and that was the end of that.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I think the black widow scares people more, it's just not misidentified as often. I had a female Latrodectus a friend brought me and as soon as my mom saw it she pretty much lost it, telling me it was going to kill me in my sleep and it was going to escape etc. I laughed and asked if any of the other 20 or so venomous animals in my room had killed me in my sleep or escaped, and that was the end of that.

Yeah, but the 'Latrodectus' card could be played mostly in the U.S, while the 'brown recluse, brown recluse!" rapture fear is spreading her wings skyrocketing worldwide, like the number of Hollywood actress that passed into Harvey Weinstein's bed

It's a race, and 'brown recluse' is winning

 

[Quetzalcoatl Nyarlathotep]

I think the black widow scares people more, it's just not misidentified as often. I had a female Latrodectus a friend brought me and as soon as my mom saw it she pretty much lost it, telling me it was going to kill me in my sleep and it was going to escape etc. I laughed and asked if any of the other 20 or so venomous animals in my room had killed me in my sleep or escaped, and that was the end of that.

Mother's do have a tendency to do that don't they? My grandma actually thinks they are quite beautiful, while my mom is warming up to them, she still warns me about being bitten, even after twenty or so years of free-handling almost every species of spider endemic to north America and never being bitten once... haha! I handle my widows all the time when I put them in larger terrariums. They haven't cannibalized yet, even after the fourth molt, though, I did allow some to wander about the space of my outdoor laboratory and they are doing quite nicely as well now that the cellar spider situation has been dealt with. I haven't told my mom this, but I told my grandmother, of whom the house next to the laboratory resides in. She likes them, and knows that most are sure to be collected next year once they naturally mature in a safe and relatively warmer environment than that which will be outdoors in the northern Michigan winters. Fortunately, she is native here, so I need not worry about those whom disperse into the forests across the view of our steading. I have one more egg sac awaiting dispersal, but it is getting rather cold here now, nights reaching into the lower 40's within the lab. The widows hatched in their 3rd and 4th instar are actually doing quite well in this climate, feeding actively on the slower moving flies succumbing to the cold of autumn!

 

[Smokehound714]

this is a baby Arctosa sp

 

[pannaking22]

Agreed with one of the lycosids and Arctosa sp. young'un sure looks right.

 

[Quetzalcoatl Nyarlathotep]

It does kinda look like a Lycosid now that you mention it. I would have to agree with pannaking22, l. Arctosa juvenile is probably what you've got. Give it plenty of substrate to burrow, and a few pieces of natural vegetation and you'll be good.

 

[Kellop]

I think the black widow scares people more, it's just not misidentified as often. I had a female Latrodectus a friend brought me and as soon as my mom saw it she pretty much lost it, telling me it was going to kill me in my sleep and it was going to escape etc. I laughed and asked if any of the other 20 or so venomous animals in my room had killed me in my sleep or escaped, and that was the end of that.

I actually have a pretty nice Latrodectus.. I wasn't too scared of catching it because I knew that I was going to be dealing with a lot of web and i went in prepared.

 

[Kellop]

It does kinda look like a Lycosid now that you mention it. I would have to agree with pannaking22, l. Arctosa juvenile is probably what you've got. Give it plenty of substrate to burrow, and a few pieces of natural vegetation and you'll be good.

Yeah I think you guys are right I thought it was a dolomedes at first but I had givin it some substrate and it made a burrow right away

 

[Greasylake]

I actually have a pretty nice Latrodectus.. I wasn't too scared of catching it because I knew that I was going to be dealing with a lot of web and i went in prepared.

I'm pretty jealous, the patterning on yours is much more impressive than the one I used to have. My female made a sack for me and just a few months later she died, so I've had my eye out for a replacement.

 

[Kellop]

I'm pretty jealous, the patterning on yours is much more impressive than the one I used to have. My female made a sack for me and just a few months later she died, so I've had my eye out for a replacement.

I've been getting pretty lucky since i started collecting spiders myself. Ive been very grateful for my luck for sure. I found a Scytodidae "spitting spider" and it made an egg sack a few days later. I'm just waiting for my turantula to molt now