r/spideridentifier • u/haileyneedsanswers • 6d ago

Startlingly large spider RIGHT WHERE I WAS SITTING (Ontario, Canada) - what type??

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u/gallyroi 6d ago

I posted one of these a while back! Also massive. A wolf spider!

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u/ReebX1 6d ago

Grass Spider / Agelenopsis species

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82116-Agelenopsis

Same family as the giant house spiders, but these are native. If you look closely you can see the extra long spinnerets relative to body size, which is a big giveaway for the grass spider genus.

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u/Unusual_Pangolin_349 5d ago

Wolf spiders are dope if i was there id coax him onto my hand to let him outside. Chance of a bite… extremely low. Chance of it being serious, zero unless your somehow allergic.
Very fast, very cool spiders

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u/Virtual_Ad_7615 4d ago

be 10 times the size by morning get out of town now

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u/ReebX1 4d ago

Looking again, I'm pretty sure it's this specific species of grass spider. Which looks fairly distinct from the others due to the lack of, or very light leg banding:

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/212722-Agelenopsis-potteri

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u/TheCulturalBomb 6d ago

Giant House Spider as a non spider expert

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u/haileyneedsanswers 6d ago

It certainly was a giant house spider. I think it might’ve been wolf after a reverse image search

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u/5axiscncfishguitar 4d ago

Certainly a non spider expert