Wolf Spider or Brown Recluse?

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Sj2333 Phoenix, AZ Sep 06, 2022

I found a nest of 28 of these spiders and after looking online I still can't tell if these spiders are wolf or brown recluse. Any ideas?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Sep 06, 2022

These are harmless orb-weaving spiders (family Araneidae) that have been captured and paralyzed by a wasp. The wasp larvae will feed on the still living spiders.

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Sj2333 Phoenix, AZ Sep 06, 2022

Quote from Flapdoodle :
These are harmless orb-weaving spiders (family Araneidae) that have been captured and paralyzed by a wasp. The wasp larvae will feed on the still living spiders.


Makes sense as originally I thought the dirt like nest was a wasp nest so I sprayed it with wasp killer. Then as I was breaking up the nest a bunch of these spiders fell out.

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