About 1.5 to 2 inches across. Found in Santa Cruz, CA
Edit: Thanks all for your responses!
Some species of American false wolf spider
Yeah, thought this too. Identified a similair looking spider with an app once.
Big nope vibes.
Thanks, that was my assumption as well from some minor googling but wanted to get another pair (or 3) of eyes on it
A spider that's terrible at hiding
Thanks for sharing this! I quite enjoyed it.
The choice to
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muffle the microphone when the spider covered its head with sand
was a brilliant touch.
P.S. I wish Lemmy supported >!inline spoilers!<. The current spoiler markdown is pretty clunky.
Ha! I thought it was on a paper towel or something until it actually moved the sand at the end.
Looks like a wolf or false wolf spider. Good spiderbro.
Arthropods aren't my forte, and its hard to judge without a sense of scale and/or a look at the eye layout. So someone more knowledgeable should correct me. That said, it I looks to me like a Titiotus. Various species of which call California home.
Thanks, I didn't realize how varied eye layouts were in spiders otherwise I would have tried for a better pic from another angle. Hoped the rough size estimate would be sufficent but I understand how a picture with a banana (or similar) for scale would be more helpful. Appreciate the response and it seems the crowd has spoken -- false wolf spider! (or perhaps regular wolf spider but either way is good enough for me)
Your size description was good, I'm just terrible at imagining sizes well. But I get why getting it to stand next to a coin or something for scale was not an option. I love spiders, but they don't take direction.
Brown recluse
I think they don't appreciate Entomemeology jokes here
Don't have an answer, but hope things are going well. I miss living there.
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