Sorry for poor picture quality. Found in France. Never seen anything like it.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Where do you live?

    Very few spiders cover the whole world, but that looks close enough to a brown recluse that you should’ve killed it immediately if you’re anywhere that could even potentially have them.

    They’re not normal spiders, if you get bit by one it will fuck you up bad. A bite could result in dead tissue almost a foot wide within days, and take months to heal even with medical treatment. They’re not going to run at you and attack you, but you don’t want these roaming around you house.

    If the body has that light brown with dark brown in it, they get squashed. And not with a paper towel or tissue, take the time to go get a shoe or a hardcover book. It ain’t worth the risk.

    But again, they’re pretty much only in a chunk of America that isn’t really densely populated, so it really matters where you’re at.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider

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      2 months ago

      Thanks for the answer. Living in France. I didn’t hear of dangerous species of spiders here. But this one had me look twice.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah. I have no idea what spiders are in France.

        A good way to figure it out is find a website with a list of dangerous spiders for your area, and ideally the most common spiders confused for them.

        Chances are you’ll see something like yours on the list.