Spider in the shower: Ok, this guy decided to hang around at the shower today. I know there is a chart on here somewhere to identify them by their eyes, but I couldn't find it. Body is...

woodsliv Loc: Tehachapi,CA

Ok, this guy decided to hang around at the shower today. I know there is a chart on here somewhere to identify them by their eyes, but I couldn't find it. Body is about 3/8" with legs about 1"

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jerrylh Loc: Texas

Google Brown recluse. That is what it looks like to me. You do not want to get bit by it as its venom kills tissue quick.

woodsliv Loc: Tehachapi,CA

I was bitten by one in 1996, Have a nice hole in my thigh from it.

jerrylh wrote:

Google Brown recluse. That is what it looks like to me. You do not want to get bit by it as its venom kills tissue quick.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

This is not a brown recluse. Many spiders have a brown marking on the top of their cephalothorax. This is the recluse: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1489908/bgimage Here are their eyes. You can see they are tightly clustered into groups: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1248749/bgimage
This spider? Not sure, but it does look like a male running crab spider (not necessarily this exact species): https://bugguide.net/node/view/897438

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

This is not a brown recluse. Many spiders have a brown marking on the top of their cephalothorax. This is the recluse: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1489908/bgimage Here are their eyes. You can see they are tightly clustered into groups: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1248749/bgimage
This spider? Not sure, but it does look like a male running crab spider (not necessarily this exact species): https://bugguide.net/node/view/897438

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

jerrylh wrote:

Google Brown recluse. That is what it looks like to me. You do not want to get bit by it as its venom kills tissue quick.

YESYESYES much better safe than sorry. Healing process from bite long, wound becomes necrotic,you get a gaping hole.Looks like a male.

woodsliv Loc: Tehachapi,CA

Thanks Mark, My pic's didn't really give a view of it's eyes, but I know they were not 3 sets of 2 close together

Mark Sturtevant wrote:

This is not a brown recluse. Many spiders have a brown marking on the top of their cephalothorax. This is the recluse: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1489908/bgimage Here are their eyes. You can see they are tightly clustered into groups: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1248749/bgimage
This spider? Not sure, but it does look like a male running crab spider (not necessarily this exact species): https://bugguide.net/node/view/897438

woodsliv Loc: Tehachapi,CA

Thanks for looking

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

woodsliv Loc: Tehachapi,CA

Thank you for looking

newtoyou wrote:

YESYESYES much better safe than sorry. Healing process from bite long, wound becomes necrotic,you get a gaping hole.Looks like a male.