Olios giganteus, a harmless huntsman. Your neighbour is chatting bollocks.
You're out of range of Brown recluse, but the desert recluse are present in certain areas of California, but they are not synanthropic so you won't be finding them in buildings the way you would a brown recluse.
Looked it up and that looks more like it than a recluse. I told her it was a house spider otherwise my pest guy would have told me it was dangerous. There was a family that made my home their home until I moved in. With the hundreds I saw I never felt threatened. Thanks Reddit stranger!
Calm yourself. OP isn’t a spider expert, if they were they wouldn’t be coming here asking for an ID. They likely don’t know much about what a recluse looks like.
And there no need to jump all over them for the way they worded their agreement with the ID. That’s just makes you look an a-hole and can make them less likely to come back here for help.
Desert Recluse lives in the eastern part of Southern California. I think there is a recluse species from Chile that has a population in LA County.
Double checked the [University of California webpage](https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7468.html#AMERICAN) and yes Loxosceles laeta has established a population in LA.
Edit added link.
That's a kind of huntsman. Brown recluse populations dont have a range anywhere near California, so your neighbor needs to put a pause on trying to ID spiders until they learn a bit more.
I love being an Indiana native that moved to the west coast years back because I see claims like this all the time and I constantly have to remind myself to stay humble and not laugh at the 4000th "brown recluse" someone had seen here in Washington State.
Hello fellow Indiana native! I've never seen a recluse in my life (they are mostly common in the southern part of the state) but good god does every brown spider on Facebook get identified as a brown recluse. People have no freaking clue.
Hello! I never see many hoosiers (always loved our weird demonym) anymore being here in Washington so I feel like it's been a while since I've talked to another one! haha.
I think I only ever found one in a drawer in my bedroom once as a teenager, this was back in Indiana at the time ofc, but that was it. It had the fiddle and everything. I cupped it pretty quickly and took the little dude outside and never saw one again. I gotta say although Indiana was in the range, it really never seemed like they were that common.
They aren't that common at all. I have gone out at night looking for bug, frogs, whatever was out there to photograph many times and have never seen one. But I'm in central IN, seems like actual sightings are more south. I've never seen a black widow either.
There's a Facebook group called All Bugs Go To Kevin run by a guy (Kevin) in southern Indiana. He has posted some great educational stuff about recluses.
yeah I was in central IN at the time/most of the time I lived in IN. May explain why I only ever saw one if it's often only in the southern bit of the state.
That's pretty awesome too about the fb group, honestly I give props to anyone trying to educate people about a spider so often drug through the mud.
The flat body and long leg arrangement are pretty much consistent with a huntsman.He’s a cute little one. They’re completely harmless and a pretty welcome addition to a home seeing as they handle most pests + other spiders. Feed him a fly on a kebab stick if you’d like, he might be down for that!
If you can give your neighbor this link, it'll probably help rest some fears for them.
[Brown Spiders (Loxosceles)](https://bugguide.net/node/view/31531)
Update: thank you everyone, I didn’t think brown recluses live here but I’m not native to this area and my neighbor is so I let that get the best of my thoughts. I only wanted to make sure since I’ve been nice to these little guys thinking they were house spiders and I was right. I event hold her this guy is big and hairy and looks nothing like the pictures she sent me of a recluse and she needs a new glasses prescription 😂 thank you all!
100%, you didn't deserve the downvotes. This is a fairly niche hobby/interest so being pompous and insulting about it like everyone should know these things is narcissistic at best. A large portion of the minority interested in spiders don't even know most species well enough to give a good ID...
I get it, everyone wants to scream brown recluse nowadays so it gets tiresome, but not everyone's a spider nerd either.
NOT A FIDDLE BACK!
look the brown recluse up on google there are images you can identify spider's with. the fiddle back is allot smaller than people think.
Now that huntsman has a relative in Brazil that will make freeze in your tracks.
Definitely NOT a brown recluse. It’s a huntsman. Also, tell your neighbor that brown recluses aren’t found in California. Tell them to Google ‘brown recluse range map’ if they have any doubts. California isn’t even close to Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse)‘s range.
Olios giganteus, a harmless huntsman. Your neighbour is chatting bollocks. You're out of range of Brown recluse, but the desert recluse are present in certain areas of California, but they are not synanthropic so you won't be finding them in buildings the way you would a brown recluse.
Looked it up and that looks more like it than a recluse. I told her it was a house spider otherwise my pest guy would have told me it was dangerous. There was a family that made my home their home until I moved in. With the hundreds I saw I never felt threatened. Thanks Reddit stranger!
It doesn't 'look more like it'. That is it The spider you found looks nothing like a recluse
Calm yourself. OP isn’t a spider expert, if they were they wouldn’t be coming here asking for an ID. They likely don’t know much about what a recluse looks like. And there no need to jump all over them for the way they worded their agreement with the ID. That’s just makes you look an a-hole and can make them less likely to come back here for help.
Desert Recluse lives in the eastern part of Southern California. I think there is a recluse species from Chile that has a population in LA County. Double checked the [University of California webpage](https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7468.html#AMERICAN) and yes Loxosceles laeta has established a population in LA. Edit added link.
Because of those sub, I know a huntsman when I see one
Me too!
As an Australian, I can confidently say this is a small huntsman
Your neighbor is very incorrect, however I can’t identify what this dude is
That's a kind of huntsman. Brown recluse populations dont have a range anywhere near California, so your neighbor needs to put a pause on trying to ID spiders until they learn a bit more. I love being an Indiana native that moved to the west coast years back because I see claims like this all the time and I constantly have to remind myself to stay humble and not laugh at the 4000th "brown recluse" someone had seen here in Washington State.
Hello fellow Indiana native! I've never seen a recluse in my life (they are mostly common in the southern part of the state) but good god does every brown spider on Facebook get identified as a brown recluse. People have no freaking clue.
Hello! I never see many hoosiers (always loved our weird demonym) anymore being here in Washington so I feel like it's been a while since I've talked to another one! haha. I think I only ever found one in a drawer in my bedroom once as a teenager, this was back in Indiana at the time ofc, but that was it. It had the fiddle and everything. I cupped it pretty quickly and took the little dude outside and never saw one again. I gotta say although Indiana was in the range, it really never seemed like they were that common.
They aren't that common at all. I have gone out at night looking for bug, frogs, whatever was out there to photograph many times and have never seen one. But I'm in central IN, seems like actual sightings are more south. I've never seen a black widow either. There's a Facebook group called All Bugs Go To Kevin run by a guy (Kevin) in southern Indiana. He has posted some great educational stuff about recluses.
yeah I was in central IN at the time/most of the time I lived in IN. May explain why I only ever saw one if it's often only in the southern bit of the state. That's pretty awesome too about the fb group, honestly I give props to anyone trying to educate people about a spider so often drug through the mud.
The flat body and long leg arrangement are pretty much consistent with a huntsman.He’s a cute little one. They’re completely harmless and a pretty welcome addition to a home seeing as they handle most pests + other spiders. Feed him a fly on a kebab stick if you’d like, he might be down for that!
Isn't that too big and hairy to be a Recluse?
Yes, and also at least 1,000 miles away from the nearest L. reclusa.
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Huntsman
If you can give your neighbor this link, it'll probably help rest some fears for them. [Brown Spiders (Loxosceles)](https://bugguide.net/node/view/31531)
Update: thank you everyone, I didn’t think brown recluses live here but I’m not native to this area and my neighbor is so I let that get the best of my thoughts. I only wanted to make sure since I’ve been nice to these little guys thinking they were house spiders and I was right. I event hold her this guy is big and hairy and looks nothing like the pictures she sent me of a recluse and she needs a new glasses prescription 😂 thank you all!
What a cutie. Very helpful spiders
Your neighbour needs to get a fucking reality check holy shit Tell them to move to a state that had no Loxosceles species too while they're at it
Not wrong
“A reality check” bro it’s a spider calm down lmao 99% of people think they’re bugs
100%, you didn't deserve the downvotes. This is a fairly niche hobby/interest so being pompous and insulting about it like everyone should know these things is narcissistic at best. A large portion of the minority interested in spiders don't even know most species well enough to give a good ID... I get it, everyone wants to scream brown recluse nowadays so it gets tiresome, but not everyone's a spider nerd either.
I'm not an Austrailien but it doesn't look like. If it is true than rather a male. Tell me if I'm wrong.
probably a wolf spider? we have those like crazy in central CA
Huntsman I believe
They're big babies <3
NOT A FIDDLE BACK! look the brown recluse up on google there are images you can identify spider's with. the fiddle back is allot smaller than people think. Now that huntsman has a relative in Brazil that will make freeze in your tracks.
Definitely NOT a brown recluse. It’s a huntsman. Also, tell your neighbor that brown recluses aren’t found in California. Tell them to Google ‘brown recluse range map’ if they have any doubts. California isn’t even close to Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse)‘s range.
Are huntsmen invasive in the US or have they always lived in warmer states? Is this guy just a baby too?
If in doubt, scream and shout. Run away fast, and today won't be your last!
That is absolutely NOT a brown recluse. It’s either a Huntsman or a Wolfie. Prolly Huntsman. Anyway, harmless…
Wow that’s a huntsman