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Please tell me what this is. Upon Googling... the spider it closely resembles is a new deadly spider from Australia (funnel web spider), but I live in Pennsylvania. It walked right into my barn.
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- Submitted: Apr 1, 2024
- Photographed: Mar 30, 2024
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Big beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
A purseweb spider. Possible bite can sting pretty good but not medically significant.
Species Sphodros atlanticus – Atlantic purseweb spider – BugGuide.Net
Thank you so much. I feel so much better now that I know they aren’t deadly. I’ve never even heard of that spider before.
Hi.
I have coaxed a few of these onto my hand, so not like they are an aggressive spider.
(how I leared these) Never bitten but like most spiders, it is possible to provoke a bite.
An interesting spider, a Mygalamorphae like trap door spiders and tarantulas.