Once again in need of an ID
I just moved into an apartment in New Port Richey, Florida, next to a nature preserve (lots and lots of trees). There have been 2 different types of spiders we have found in the apartment, this is one. It was a little bigger than a quarter, but I saw one last night that looked like it, and was about the size of a half dollar. If this helps, this type seems to like corners. The one last night was in the corner of the pantry, and this one was in the corner of the bathroom. Sorry for the bad photos, I was too scared to get any closer..
TL;DR New Port Richey Florida, ID this please.
Posted Jun 3, 2012, 7:05 PM UTC
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Maybe a female southern crevice spider? The males and females look different.
Yes! That's what they are, thank you.
Sorry, but this is definitely a male spider and not a crevice weaver. See the two little "boxing gloves" in front of his face in the second picture? Those are the palps, and are the main way to tell the gender of the spider. In most spiders, the palps are more bulbous at the end on males, but southern house spiders are one species where the males don't have the bulbs at the end and rather just have longer palps than the females.
I don't really know what kind of spider you have, but I can tell you it's not anything dangerous. Maybe a funnel weaver or a wolf spider? I dunno.
edit: or a gnaphosid maybe?