About 1.5 to 2 inches across. Found in Santa Cruz, CA

Edit: Thanks all for your responses!

    • Hucklebee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, thought this too. Identified a similair looking spider with an app once.

      Big nope vibes.

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          4 months ago

          The bite like wolfies? Because I had one hit me like when bee sting when I scared her up.

          • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
            8·
            4 months ago

            Yeah, probably. A bee sting is a pretty good comparison for spider bites in general, though with a very low chance of alergic reaction compared to bees or wasps. And that’s really where the danger is.

            Otherwise it will just hurt for a bit and then go away.

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      Thanks, that was my assumption as well from some minor googling but wanted to get another pair (or 3) of eyes on it

  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
    19·
    4 months ago

    I just got a reply back from a buddy that is an actual publish arachnologist and he confirms it’s Zoropsidae (the false wolf spiders, and the family including the widley suggested Titiotus).

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      Thanks, I also thought it was a wolf or false wolf as well from some minor googling. I appreciate you reaching out to your friend for the expert opinion!

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    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.

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      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)

      • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        or perhaps regular wolf spider

        Nope, easily exluded by what you can see in the pictures, by the eyes. The entire cephalothorax region is wrong for a wolf spider. I was first stuck on Gnaphosidae.

        And your picture was brilliant. You won’t believe the shitty pictures some people expect you to give an ID from. And you gave a proper size (though we prefere body lenght over leg span and centimetres) and a location.

        This post was perfect. Even got the “oh a brown spider, must be a brown recluse” comment …

        Join !spiders@lemmy.world maybe?

      • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        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.