Dead.Killed it. Anyone know what this is?
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.Maybe a brown recluse. You definitely don't want to get bit by one of those.
Body width was probably a half inch. Legs from end to end probably 3.5" to 4".We need to know some dimensions to better ID that bad dead puppy!
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.I wasn't aware that the recluse spider is prevalent in AZ so leaning toward it being a wolf spider.
Swamp, you sound like an arachnologist. You never know what's behind people's names on here!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!
I took a class in etymology to learn about insects, but they didn’t really talk about insects much. I’m not sure why.Swamp, you sound like an arachnologist. You never know what's behind people's names on here!