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What is this spider? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by hangry@slrpnk.net to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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Sorry for poor picture quality. Found in France. Never seen anything like it.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Where do you live?

Very few spiders cover the whole world, but that looks close enough to a brown recluse that you should've killed it immediately if you're anywhere that could even potentially have them.

They're not normal spiders, if you get bit by one it will fuck you up bad. A bite could result in dead tissue almost a foot wide within days, and take months to heal even with medical treatment. They're not going to run at you and attack you, but you don't want these roaming around you house.

If the body has that light brown with dark brown in it, they get squashed. And not with a paper towel or tissue, take the time to go get a shoe or a hardcover book. It ain't worth the risk.

But again, they're pretty much only in a chunk of America that isn't really densely populated, so it really matters where you're at.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider

[–] hangry@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for the answer. Living in France. I didn't hear of dangerous species of spiders here. But this one had me look twice.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

if you're in France, than it's probably this one ☞ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9g%C3%A9naire_g%C3%A9ante

En dépit de sa taille impressionnante, la tégénaire géante est totalement inoffensive pour l'Homme.

Il n'existe pas d'article scientifique ni de publication médicale faisant état d'un cas direct de morsure d'une araignée du genre Tegenaria sur l'Homme. Les accusations sont portées a posteriori, à la suite de la découverte d'une tégénaire dans la maison d'un patient souffrant de lésions de la peau. On trouve pourtant d'autres explications médicales bien plus plausibles (virus, champignons, eczéma, maladie de Lyme...),.

Particulièrement craintive et docile comme sa cousine Tegenaria domestica, Eratigena duellica cherchera toujours à fuir en cas de dérangement. Eratigena agrestis ne partage pas la même réputation pacifique, mais semble tout aussi inoffensive.

please be more careful with their legs next time. Looks like 3 are crushed

it may as well be this one too ☞ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica

[–] hangry@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Thank you for your reply. I think this is it. It was indeed not aggressive. Now that I know it's inoffensive, I will be more careful in the future

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. I have no idea what spiders are in France.

A good way to figure it out is find a website with a list of dangerous spiders for your area, and ideally the most common spiders confused for them.

Chances are you'll see something like yours on the list.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

we don't have dangerous spiders here 😅

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