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Can you help me identify this spider? It was found in our garage. Specifically I'm trying to determine if it is a brown recluse.
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Asked August 06, 2024, 5:01 PM EDT
Can you help me identify this spider? It was found in our garage. Specifically I'm trying to determine if it is a brown recluse.
Douglas County Colorado
Expert Response
Hi Pete,
From what I can see in the photo, that is a funnel-weaver spider (not to be confused with the Australian funnel-web spider!)
These roving predators are common in Colorado, and are nuisance invaders of homes. Brown recluse spiders do not naturally occur here. More information can be found in this CSU fact sheet: https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/insects/spiders-in-the-home-5-512/
I hope this is helpful!
Cordially,
John
