It's absolutely not a funnelweb or even remotely related to one, so you're almost certainly not in any danger. It's clearly a mature male, going by the spurred and distinctively modified front legs, but it might take me a minute to narrow down further based on these photos.
Update: it's a male tube-web spider, family Segestriidae; ostensibly an Ariadna sp. but this group is diverse and not well studied. Totally harmless.
Thanks for ID. I wasn’t worried about the bite, my husband was and we wanted an accurate identification in case we needed to follow up. I’ve been bitten by a number of spiders and had no issue with venom. (An ancestor of mine was a poison taster, so I assume I have a good dose of his DNA.) After reading about the distinct three front pairs of legs arranged forward, I think it’s definitely a segestriidae. I knew he was a male from his body. Wasn’t so sure I agreed that he was a funnelweb, but I’m new to the area and much more familiar with inland, warmer, dryer climate spiders.
If you’re interested in the bite, it feels like a mild burn. Nothing as painful as redback or whitetail bites.
For now, his name is Noodles and he may be heading off to a spider research lab.
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I'm not sure why someone asking for an identification would delete the photos of the spider in question. Not everyone can get to a post within 24 hours.
It almost looks looks like a wolf spider or black house spider both not dangerous, but front legs are a bit long and I see hooks on the front legs for mating (it is a male). It might be a trapdoor which also doesn't have medically dangerous venom like the aforementioned spiders. But I need an expert to give a definitive answer. Unfortunately I can't see the spiders face or its thorax properly in those pictures.
Funnelwebs have a distinctive two prongs that stick out the back of their abdomens. Both male and female. This spider has nothing there. See google pictures for funnelwebs. Also look at how chunky funnelwebs are, much like trapdoor spiders look but trapdoors don't have the funnelweb prongs (spinerets). I think your spider even looks a bit too thin body shape for a trapdoor. But an expert will let you know the answer soon enough I hope
Other commenters has found it to be a harmless tube-web spider 👍 I learnt something today from them 👍
I thought trapdoor until your other commenter showed a picture of a tube-web spider (a spider I've never seen unfortunately). The front legs look like a perfect match in the I naturalist picture he linked. When trying to id a funnelweb. First thing to look for are the two pronged spinerets that spike out the back of the abdomen. No obvious pointy spinerets no funnelweb most of the time. Funnelwebs need long spinerets to make their tripwire strands of web that prey trip on and trigger the spider to their location
It's absolutely not a funnelweb or even remotely related to one, so you're almost certainly not in any danger. It's clearly a mature male, going by the spurred and distinctively modified front legs, but it might take me a minute to narrow down further based on these photos.
Update: it's a male tube-web spider, family Segestriidae; ostensibly an Ariadna sp. but this group is diverse and not well studied. Totally harmless.
Cf. this iNat observation
Thanks for ID. I wasn’t worried about the bite, my husband was and we wanted an accurate identification in case we needed to follow up. I’ve been bitten by a number of spiders and had no issue with venom. (An ancestor of mine was a poison taster, so I assume I have a good dose of his DNA.) After reading about the distinct three front pairs of legs arranged forward, I think it’s definitely a segestriidae. I knew he was a male from his body. Wasn’t so sure I agreed that he was a funnelweb, but I’m new to the area and much more familiar with inland, warmer, dryer climate spiders.
If you’re interested in the bite, it feels like a mild burn. Nothing as painful as redback or whitetail bites.
For now, his name is Noodles and he may be heading off to a spider research lab.
I’m so glad that you’re ok, but I would love to know how you’ve been bitten by spiders so frequently?
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I'm not sure why someone asking for an identification would delete the photos of the spider in question. Not everyone can get to a post within 24 hours.
It almost looks looks like a wolf spider or black house spider both not dangerous, but front legs are a bit long and I see hooks on the front legs for mating (it is a male). It might be a trapdoor which also doesn't have medically dangerous venom like the aforementioned spiders. But I need an expert to give a definitive answer. Unfortunately I can't see the spiders face or its thorax properly in those pictures.
Funnelwebs have a distinctive two prongs that stick out the back of their abdomens. Both male and female. This spider has nothing there. See google pictures for funnelwebs. Also look at how chunky funnelwebs are, much like trapdoor spiders look but trapdoors don't have the funnelweb prongs (spinerets). I think your spider even looks a bit too thin body shape for a trapdoor. But an expert will let you know the answer soon enough I hope
Other commenters has found it to be a harmless tube-web spider 👍 I learnt something today from them 👍
Thanks for ID suggestions. I’m familiar with wolf spiders, so I knew he wasn’t a wolf. Nurse and ER Dr were considering if he was a trapdoor.
I thought trapdoor until your other commenter showed a picture of a tube-web spider (a spider I've never seen unfortunately). The front legs look like a perfect match in the I naturalist picture he linked. When trying to id a funnelweb. First thing to look for are the two pronged spinerets that spike out the back of the abdomen. No obvious pointy spinerets no funnelweb most of the time. Funnelwebs need long spinerets to make their tripwire strands of web that prey trip on and trigger the spider to their location