What kind of spider is this?

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I would like to know what kind of spider this is because they are all over and around my house. I am fixing to have a baby and I really would feel better if I knew what kind of spider it is...

I live down in South Alabama where it is humid??

just to clarify the spider if probably no bigger than a half dollar. the picture makes it look bigger b/c my boyfriend took it close for detail.....

I think I have been looking up that spider and to me it looks like a brown recluse. Also, they are commonly found in Alabama .....what do ya'll think?

I just now looked up a southern house spider on google and they look alot alike ????

Answer 1

I think you and cowboy are right - looks very Southern House Spider to me. So, don't worry about them. I suspect they'll help keep down the household pests for you. Recluses have three equal-sized pairs of small eyes in one curved row at the front of the 'head'; you can see this guy has two very large eye-reflections at the front. Also, the webbing in the photo is consistent with a Filistatid, but would not be expected of a Recluse. The other guesses, while imaginative, are wrong.

Answer 2

I even have purely got here upon a nest, in my backyard, of what seems to be a hundred's of little yellow and black spiders newly hatched...on no account seen them earlier in my existence.... Being slightly apprehensive (Yellow and Black is many times natures serious warning call) I even have accomplished countless searches... After trawling the internet plainly it per danger be a form of Argiope (black and yellow backyard spider) besides the fact that it is a US spider and that i'm living interior the united kingdom... greater finding shows their is a 'Wasp Spider' it is contemporary in Contienial Europe and often the South Coast of england... which remains a secret as I stay interior the Midlands(England - uk) it is miles from the any coast enable purely the South Coast.... could I be charging human beings to return and pass to my backyard to work out this uncommon internet site or is there yet another form of spider out right here? they are not volatile to people are they I have confidence??? - my mum is extremely anxiouis!!! Damon

Answer 3

Are you in the northern hemisphere (like maybe the USA?)

Looks a little like a brown Tarantula.

With over 900 types of Tarantula identified, its hard to find an exact match to yours. The hairy body sure looks like one.

I would have an exterminator come out and make a positive ID. If they are tarantulas - they are actually good to have around. They keep bugs down and keep other bad spiders away. With no reference of size its hard to guess too.

Ok, 50 cent piece size....sounding more like a wolf then...

I don't see any "violin" pattern on its back - not a recluse.

Yeah, way too hard to guess over the net - call an exterminator that specializes in spiders - have him positively ID it.

I think you got it with the Southern House Spider. It has the classic lighter colored joints between the body & legs. I'll agree with you on that one.

Answer 4

i doesn't look a huntsman spider (or whatever they're called) to me. and it definitely doesn't look like a wolf spider. It looks poisonous to me. you should have a professional come out and destroy them all. i would personally rather burn the house down than live in there with those things.

Answer 5

It looks like a Hunstman spider to me.

Answer 6

Holy crap! Where do you live with spiders like that? Run for your life girl.

Answer 7

It looks like a different type of trapdoor spider?
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