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Spider - Loxosceles reclusa - male
Copyright © 2007 Terry Allison

Spider - Loxosceles reclusa - Male
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
June 25, 2007
Size: 6 mm
Found this spider in my bathtub. Haven't noticed one like it before. body length is about 6 mm, but leg span is about 36 mm. Would appreciate ID, if possible. Thanks a lot.

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Spider - Loxosceles reclusa - male Spider - Loxosceles reclusa - male
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Contributed by Terry Allison on 25 June, 2007 - 3:10pm
Last updated 25 June, 2007 - 4:23pm

Male brown recluse.
This is an adult male brown recluse, Loxosceles reclusa. Very nice images. I wouldn't panic. Recluse spiders are often abundant, but cause few bites. Simply be careful of putting your extremities in places you cannot see.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 June, 2007 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
EEK!
This is the first one I've ever seen, even through many years of rummaging around in stored items under my deck and in my outside storage cabinets. Thanks for your help. I guess I'll now be checking my shoes before I put them on! I hope this was the only one. I was messing around in a rock pile yesterday for quite a while; I'm hoping he was just a hitchhiker, and a solitary one, at that.
… Terry Allison, 25 June, 2007 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Males.
Male spiders of all kinds wander in search of mates, so you are much more likely to encounter them than the females, which really ARE reclusive, and keep pretty much to their webs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 June, 2007 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

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