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Garage Spider - Zoropsis spinimana
Copyright © 2006 epak

Garage Spider - Zoropsis spinimana
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California, USA
February 4, 2006
Size: 1.5 to 2 inches
Found this in the garage. What kind of spider is it and is it dangerous?
Contributed by epak on 5 February, 2006 - 3:14am
Last updated 3 April, 2006 - 10:36pm

Not dangerous.
I'm not sure what it is, but the short legs remind me of a crab spider.
… Lynette Elliott, 5 February, 2006 - 8:45am

 
Lycosidae.
Pretty sure this is a wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. The large abdomen almost threw me off, but this might be a gravid female. I am taking the size given seriously, by the way:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 February, 2006 - 2:17pm

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