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[Solved] What kind of spider is this? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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About 1.5 to 2 inches across. Found in Santa Cruz, CA

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

or perhaps regular wolf spider

Nope, easily exluded by what you can see in the pictures, by the eyes. The entire cephalothorax region is wrong for a wolf spider. I was first stuck on Gnaphosidae.

And your picture was brilliant. You won't believe the shitty pictures some people expect you to give an ID from. And you gave a proper size (though we prefere body lenght over leg span and centimetres) and a location.

This post was perfect. Even got the "oh a brown spider, must be a brown recluse" comment ...

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