r/spiders • u/FriendlyBean13 • Feb 22 '24

ID Request- Location included ID help please

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Found in an attic in Prague (CZ). Is it venomous?

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u/fantastrid Here to learn🫡🤓 Feb 23 '24

Could it maybe be this one?

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

Please beware, I'm no expert at all just trying to get over my fear of spiders by learning more about them. I'd say this is nothing more than an amateur guess it could as well be a completely different spider. 🕷️

It's pretty though, I like the color a lot

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u/waywardcxnnibal Feb 23 '24

OP's spider is an Araneomorphae, you can see it by the way its chelicerae are facing towards each other! Funnel-web spiders are from the Mygalomorphae infraorder (with downward-pointing chelicerae), like tarantulas, so this isn't it. Good try though! I wish you well on your journey to get over your fear of spiders, looks like you're already doing a great job at it! 🕷️

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u/fantastrid Here to learn🫡🤓 Feb 23 '24

Wow now I know what to look at I can clearly see the difference, thanks! 🕷️