Insect and Spider Identification: Do you know what kind of spider this is? , 2 by natassia

natassia wrote:
Do you recognize this spider? He looks like he's got a pretty big head, haha.

I live in San Diego, CA close to the beach. This spider appeared on my succulents and I noticed him right away because of his size. I almost thought it was fake because of how round its body was and how black it was! He was a slow mover but still has me on edge when I see the photos. I would say he was about 1 inch long?

I hope these photos help too--when I look at the photos he looks small but I remember him being a lot bigger than any of the other spider I see around here.. His head looked shiny/hard but lower portion of his body looked like it could have had some fur on it? When I took a photo of him with the flash you can kind of see the difference there.

This message was edited Jul 27, 2012 2:37 PM