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littleduck730 Saint Augustine, FL May 11, 2009

I originally posted this at Yahoo! Answers and the three people that answered so far said it was a brown recluse spider but I am not completely convinced. You see, it has like a diamond shape on it's abdomen with two little dots on the left ad right point of the shape...I don't know...lol

I found it in a cricket bin. I live in NE Florida however, it is possible it could have hitchhicked in the cricket container before it was shipped. The crickets came to me from LA. So, therefore, it could be from either FL or Cali. This is not the first one I've found.

Here is the link to my picture: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Sarabanara/015-1.jpg

I am glad I found this website; I really hope someone here can identify this! THANK YOU!!! :)

EDIT: Also, it is about the size of a quarter.

Another EDIT: The pictures I looked up of Brown Recluse Spiders seemed to have a longer abdomen and no markings on it at all. Maybe it could be a baby one and younger ones look much different than adults as far as markings and shapes go?

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This message was edited May 11, 2009 4:41 PM

Thanks for your help. I will mark it as solved. I am believing it to be a hunstman spider as someone mentioned at yahoo answers. Thanks again!

This message was edited May 12, 2009 3:25 PM

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 11, 2009

Definitely not a recluse spider; I'm not at all sure, but it might be a prowling sac spider (family Miturgidae) - see http://tinyurl.com/ozdyrd for an example.

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