I’ve been finding these around my house lately. Wondering what they are. I live in central New Jersey
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.
I’ll try spiderid and let you know if they agree with your ID. Thanks!
I second the woodlouse opinion, your spider looks very woodlousey
Broad-faced Sac Spider according to Seek.
Yep, this seems to match coloration, shape, location.
Surprised this one isn’t upvoted more, seems to be an exact match.
I think you got it! Thanks!
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/
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?
After some googling (i will no longer sleep), I’d say it’s a triangulate cobweb spider.
Seems to be missing the characteristic triangular marking of a triangulate cobweb spider.
Very interestingly, it doesn’t look like any of the 20 species known to inhabit your area. Good luck!
Haha I was looking at chart of NJ spiders before posting this and didn’t see anything like it on the list either!
Broad-faced Sac Spider according to Seek.
Be careful. That spider has many characteristics of a Brown Recluse, though there are some Brown Recluse “look alikes”.
I don’t think this is a brown recluse. The brown recluse has a larger, flat, brown-to-dark-grey front segment to its body, which typically has a very distinctive violin/fiddle marking.
Edit: just throwing out that I still appreciate the concern even though I’m disagreeing.
Seconding “not a recluse”. I live with a bunch of them. Body shape and coloring is wrong.
Phew
Not even close, but thank you for your concern
