Subject: What’s this spider
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains California
November 7, 2016 8:51 am
I was out I was out getting silverfish for my blue belly lizards. And underneath one of the two by fours on the deck was this pretty large spider. which I have never seen in my 50 years living here. I like spiders because they eat mosquitoes and other nasy pests. so can you help me identify it?
Signature: Fixitwill
Dear Fixitwill,
Though your image lack critical clarity, we believe this might be a female Crevice Weaver Spider in the genus Kuculcania. See BugGuide for some images.
Wow thank you so much for your time!! It was hard to get a good picture because it kept moving around on me.
I think this looks more like a Hacklemesh Weaver (Amaurobius) female than a Southern House Spider.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7019
I think this looks more like a Hacklemesh Weaver (Amaurobius) female than a Southern House Spider.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7019