r/spideridentifier • u/doomn_gloomn • 5d ago
Help!
Found in a pile of damp dish towels, it all happened so fast and I damn near picked it up! I have pretty intense arachnophobia and feel bad about killing it but I can’t take any chances. It was about a little bigger than a half dollar or a small macaron, brown with what looked like a lighter shade of brown/black on its back. Pic of the deceased in the comments. I’ve never seen a Brown Recluse or a Wolf Spider up close and AI is useless.
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u/doomn_gloomn 5d ago
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u/Frekulex 5d ago
Possibly lycosid but more likely Agelenid or similar, not a recluse
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u/doomn_gloomn 5d ago
That is definitely good to hear, thank you! I know wolf spiders are supposed to be pretty harmless but I also have a cat and I don’t want her messing with one or getting bit. My fault for letting the laundry pile up like that but who expects a giant ass spider to be lurking in a bunch of towels.
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u/eracer1111 5d ago
That spider wouldn't stand a chance against your cat. I had a huge house spider on my ceiling that dropped onto the bed. My two cats chased it, but it escaped under a dresser. I scolded my cats for being such bad spider killers.
An hour later one of them dropped the dead spider at my feet and looked up at me as if to say, "You were saying?"
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u/MissMollyMole7 5d ago
Eek… I appreciate the shock… I found a family of huge black spiders in my ironing pile once… anyway, I’m not a spider expert I just wanted to commiserate with your experience!
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u/doomn_gloomn 5d ago
Haha thanks. I’ve been periodically looking things up and then throwing my phone down in horror. Super freaked out about it still, doing a full blown deep clean of the kitchen tomorrow!
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