CLOSED: this spider bit my father and it still hurts him. could someone here id it? we live in southern romania, the spider is about 1.5cm long

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cineva3277 Bucharest, Romania Jul 16, 2020

this spider bit my father and it still hurts him. could someone here id it? we live in southern romania, the spider is about 1.5cm long

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 16, 2020

It looks like a woodlouse spider in the genus Dysdera. They can inflict a very painful bite, but their venom is not dangerous to humans.

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cineva3277 Bucharest, Romania Jul 16, 2020

Quote from Flapdoodle :
It looks like a woodlouse spider in the genus Dysdera. They can inflict a very painful bite, but their venom is not dangerous to humans.


i've asked in multiple places. half of them think it's Cheiracanthium, half Woodlouse. but both of them look the same to me so i'm confused

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 17, 2020

I owe you an apology. I re-examined your images under higher magnification, and although not too clear, the eye pattern appears closer to that of a Cheiracanthium than a Dysdera. I was mislead by the size of its chelicerae; I had never seen a Cheiracanthium with such large ones before.

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cineva3277 Bucharest, Romania Jul 17, 2020

thank you. that about settles it.

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