Is this a brown recluse?

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Pdarnold66 Aug 02, 2013

I keep finding these in my basement suite, 15 or so in the last week and I'm concerned it could be a brown recluse as I have young kids. It's not the best picture but any help us appreciated.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 02, 2013

Very hard to tell what it is but it isn't a recluse. Where are you located?

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Pdarnold66 Aug 02, 2013

I'm in Kamloops, British Columbia - it's very dry and arid here, high summer temps and colder, dry winters. Good to hear its not a recluse though, thanks

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 02, 2013

It almost looks like a Wolf.

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Pdarnold66 Aug 02, 2013

Don't know anything about spiders, are they something to be concerned about?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 02, 2013

Large wolf spiders can give a painful bite if handled carelessly, but the bite is not dangerous.

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Pdarnold66 Aug 02, 2013

Thanks for the feedback

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Aug 02, 2013

I agree with Kwanjin, it does not look like a recluse spider.
As for the wolf spider, they can bite, and their bites do hurt, but they are not venomous in the way that the recluse and widow spiders are.

here is info on the many members of the Lycosidae family to which wolf spiders belong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_spider

and since the picture is a bit difficult to say for sure, it could also be one of the fishing spiders in the genus Dolomedes

http://bugguide.net/node/view/1985

This link may be of use to you in the future

http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/spiders.html

info on the brown recluse and brown violin spiders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider

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Pdarnold66 Aug 02, 2013

Awesome, thank you all so much for your help. Great forum!

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