Spider in Grotto!

[asusundevil]

Killed it. Anyone know what this is?

 

[mguzzy]

Killed it. Anyone know what this is?

Dead.

 

[JamesW]

Maybe a wolf spider.

 

[mguzzy]

I'm guessing a sac spider... how big across was it, and how long was the body...the legs look to spindly for a wolf spider

Spiders

Index of the Spider insect species found throughout North America.

www.insectidentification.org

 

[JamesW]

Maybe a brown recluse. You definitely don't want to get bit by one of those.

 

[Newdude]

Maybe a brown recluse. You definitely don't want to get bit by one of those.

It’s very close but they usually have what looks like a violin on their back. Could be a cousin or another part of the species.

 

[mguzzy]

We need to know some dimensions to better ID that bad dead puppy!

 

[asusundevil]

I wasn't aware that the recluse spider is prevalent in AZ so leaning toward it being a wolf spider.

 

[asusundevil]

We need to know some dimensions to better ID that bad dead puppy!

Body width was probably a half inch. Legs from end to end probably 3.5" to 4".

 

[Newdude]

I wasn't aware that the recluse spider is prevalent in AZ so leaning toward it being a wolf spider.

They are big into woods and dampness, 2 things that aren't so common in AZ. I started looking them up for cross referencing and I’m out. I just can't.

*goes to take a shower to get rid of the itchies*

 

[JamesW]

Maybe an Arizona brown spider.

 

[swamprat69]

Does not look like a brown recluse or Arizona brown spider (which is a recluse) ( I lived in Scottsdale AZ for 5 years) . Recluse spiders have 6 eyes arranged as three pairs and a violin shape on the cephalothorax with the body of the violin towards the front and the neck of the violin towards the abdomen. The spider in question appears to have 8 eyes that are not arranged in dyads (pairs). Speaking as someone who has suffered a brown recluse bite and had a 1 1/2 inch open ulcerated sore on the back of my wrist for about 3 months. After that I learned to identify them!

 

[setsailsoon]

Does not look like a brown recluse or Arizona brown spider (which is a recluse) ( I lived in Scottsdale AZ for 5 years) . Recluse spiders have 6 eyes arranged as three pairs and a violin shape on the cephalothorax with the body of the violin towards the front and the neck of the violin towards the abdomen. The spider in question appears to have 8 eyes that are not arranged in dyads (pairs). Speaking as someone who has suffered a brown recluse bite and had a 1 1/2 inch open ulcerated sore on the back of my wrist for about 3 months. After that I learned to identify them!

Swamp, you sound like an arachnologist. You never know what's behind people's names on here!

 

[RMcGirr83]

 

[Newdude]

^^^^^^. The only correct answer.

 

[JamesW]

Swamp, you sound like an arachnologist. You never know what's behind people's names on here!

I took a class in etymology to learn about insects, but they didn’t really talk about insects much. I’m not sure why.

 

[setsailsoon]