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brown recluse (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This looks more like a jumping spider, than a brown recluse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

well, it is brown and it is alone...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep. That's a jumper.

This is a brown recluse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider#/media/File:Loxosceles_reclusa_adult_male_4.jpg

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You can tell by the fact that jumping spiders are cute and recluse spiders are not.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's a joke that every spider, no matter what it looks like, will eventually be called a brown recluse (usually by someone who doesn't know how to recognize a brown recluse)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Travis has an excellent video about the brown recluse. It goes into rather excruciating detail! He even covers the story about all the false attributions, including a map which shows how it comports with the spider’s range. Interestingly enough, people who live inside its range are much better at correctly recognizing the spider!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

The trick is, if you see it, it isn't a recluse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Godwin's law (of spiders)

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

Yeah Jumping spiders are cute and harmless. Brown recluses are like somebody tried to optimize a scorpion and abandon the stinger concept.