I’ve been finding these around my house lately. Wondering what they are. I live in central New Jersey

  • Capt. Wolf
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    3 years ago

    Hey neighbor!

    Looks kinda like a woodlouse hunter. Though the coloring seems darker, but body type seems similar and it looks like it has the same nasty grabbing chelicerae. You could try putting it up on spiderid.com to see if someone can tell you more difinitively.

  • Jakdracula
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    3 years ago

    The bite of the Broad Faced Sac Spider is initially painful and often produces a painful erythema, similar to that of a bee or wasp sting. This is also due to the large fangs of the Trachelas tranquillus. Some people who are sensitive to arthropod venom may experience more severe reactions. Overall, its bite is not considered medically significant.

    Sac spiders are more often seen in autumn when temperatures fall outside and they hide into warmer houses.

    You can find more information about it here: http://usaspiders.com/trachelas-tranquillus-broad-faced-sac-spider/

  • Nurse_Robot
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    3 years ago

    Very interestingly, it doesn’t look like any of the 20 species known to inhabit your area. Good luck!

    • Bad_Scooter@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 years ago

      Haha I was looking at chart of NJ spiders before posting this and didn’t see anything like it on the list either!

  • Parkkid
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    3 years ago

    After some googling (i will no longer sleep), I’d say it’s a triangulate cobweb spider.

  • parascope_a_dope
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    3 years ago

    It can be very difficult to tell from a single picture like this, but it may be a black lace-weaver or a woodlouse hunter?

  • halfempty@kbin.social
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    3 years ago

    Be careful. That spider has many characteristics of a Brown Recluse, though there are some Brown Recluse “look alikes”.