Another Brown Spider~ Please help ID?

Question

I posted a picture a few weeks ago of a brown spider & asked if someone would ID it, (I have small children, so I'm a bit concerned about bites).

I got some great responses, (i.e., Hobo Spider, Wolf Spider, common brown house spider, Tegenaria house spider funnel weaver, Amaurobius hackled bandweaver & Brown Recluse).

I FINALLY found another one in the house (basement steps) & got a close up of him. I'd really like to rule out the brown recluse, as I've had spider bite dreams for the last few weeks.

Can anyone positively ID this?
Including out-stretched legs, I'd say you could place a quarter on top of it & it would be a perfect match for size.

[IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/cmlane1/march5733.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks,
Christy-Western PA

link to pic of spider in my photobucket...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/cmlane1/march5733.jpg

Answer 1

Why is this is Psychology?

Answer 2

seems much like a advantageous male Amaurobius. those are individuals of a set noted as 'cribellate' spiders that spin fluffy hundreds of webbing below rocks, logs, or basement debris. particularly, i wouldn't undertaking approximately spider bites a lot, if I have been you - there are various methods childrens can get harm, and a great number of issues that may chew or sting them, and spiders are waaaaaay down on the record of probable applicants. the only US spiders i could be heavily in contact approximately could be Widows - not that they are so existence-threatening, yet that widow bites have such excruciatingly painful consequences.

Answer 3

Here's a website that you can "find a spider"

To me, that looks like a wolf spider, we had them in AZ, but you know the ones I've seen were always two colors or all brown, so I really don't know. I found this one called a black house spider:

http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/find/spiders/504.htm

i doubt it's a brown recluse... those are skinny looking, not like the one you showed.

Just take him outside gently or squish him and hopefully there are no others or eggs.

EDIT: here's another website with a wolf spider that is black like yours: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2060.html

No worries!

Answer 4

Not a very good image, I can't see any markings. There are only two really dangerous spiders in the US. A couple simple tips for recognizing them:

Black Widow spiders are shiny and have and orange or red hourglass on their abdomen. http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dblack%2Bwidow%2Bspider%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8&w=277&h=225&imgurl=bexar-tx.tamu.edu%2FIPM%2FSH%2520Graphics%2FBlack%2520Widow.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbexar-tx.tamu.edu%2FIPM%2FPest%2520of%2520the%2520Month%2520Oct.htm&size=7.5kB&name=Black+Widow.jpg&p=black+widow+spider&type=jpeg&no=3&tt=6,445&oid=f9e5407964874b66&ei=UTF-8

Brown recluse spiders have a violen shaped marking on the top of their thorax. http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dbrown%2Brecluse%2Bspider%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8&w=300&h=205&imgurl=www.daviessaudubon.org%2Few.brownrecluse1.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daviessaudubon.org%2Fbrown_recluse.htm&size=32.9kB&name=ew.brownrecluse1.jpg&p=brown+recluse+spider&type=jpeg&no=7&tt=2,501&oid=27cdd6edf351bc86&ei=UTF-8