Every spider is a brown recluse unless it’s a black widow.
The brown recluse can actually be identified by a “violin” shape on their body! I’m a bit of a nutter and let most spiders chill where they are in my apartment if they are safe lol
It’s chilling inside. It ain’t bothering me, I actually like the company lol. I might move it outside later but It’s kind of cold out and it seems happy.
I have some house rules for spiders: no bed, no hanging above bed, no sudden movements, avoid open spaces, no counters, get away from my feet. They are welcome to any dark corner of my home.
Here’s a baby step towards spider tolerance: neither of those spiders can make a Charlotte-type web. So, any spider you see hanging out in one of these 🕸️ is not only not a danger to you, she’s taking prey and space away from the scary ones, so you want more like her to crowd them out.
I like these Halloween orange guys! Their web lines look too thin to hold them. Took me awhile to find a picture where the web wasn’t torn, because they like to build where light is coming from a window or door at night, to catch night bugs, so people tend to find them by walking into it face-first in the morning. But they’re good guys!
Looks like a crab spider to me. Maybe Xysticus funestus. But it’s hard to tell.
Approximate size and geographic location can confirm the species.
Edit: They do live in Maryland. It could be a different crab spider. But X. funestus looks closest to me. Not medically significant. Ambush spiders. Live in leaf litter.
That seemed the closest to me as well. I wasn’t sure as I don’t know my spiders very well. Thank you!
A/S/L?
As others have said, looks like a crab spider or running crab spider. I’ll see if I can take a crack at the genus tomorrow
Apparently they’re called Flower Spiders
as well, because that’s where they like to hide
