What kind of Spider is this

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State43

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Okay, so I managed to take a really good picture of one this time before termination. I sent the photo off to someone at UNL and she is telling me it's a brown recluse but I can't help but to think its a yellow sac spider. When I google a brown recluse, they don't really resemble all that much. What do you think?
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Okay, so I managed to take a really good picture of one this time before termination. I sent the photo off to someone at UNL and she is telling me it's a brown recluse but I can't help but to think its a yellow sac spider. When I google a brown recluse, they don't really resemble all that much. What do you think?
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Bugs4cy...where ya at?
 

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Okay, so I managed to take a really good picture of one this time before termination. I sent the photo off to someone at UNL and she is telling me it's a brown recluse but I can't help but to think its a yellow sac spider. When I google a brown recluse, they don't really resemble all that much. What do you think?
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Sure doesn't look like a brown recluse to me
 

PabloDiablo

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Okay, so I managed to take a really good picture of one this time before termination. I sent the photo off to someone at UNL and she is telling me it's a brown recluse but I can't help but to think its a yellow sac spider. When I google a brown recluse, they don't really resemble all that much. What do you think?
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Looks like a yellow sac to me, they are commonly mistaken for brown recluse but don't have the "fiddle" on the back. Some say their bite effect can resemble recluse bites though.

Brown recluse w/ fiddle outline:
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But what do I know, it's not like I went to UNL :jimlad:
 

DurangoCy

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Got bit by a spider this weekend while camping (was asleep) on my thigh. After my leg no longer felt like it was on fire, it now itches like a mofo. I hate spiders and I'm going to them all.
 

State43

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I got these bastards from the cypress mulch I got from Menards. I remember seeing it for the first time when I dumped a bag out and it was crawling on it. Stomped it into oblivion but obviously there was more
 

ShopTalk

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Ha ha aren't those poisonous as ****?
I don't have a fear of spiders unless i am in the dark and feel one on me. Then bets are off, but centipeeds on the other hand creep the **** out of me. Too many damn legs, you can't trust them.

This is getting good. So at what number of legs should one stop trusting?
 

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Sorry, worked blocked CF on the network so I'm MIA during the day.

Honestly, I hate identifying insects from tiny little pictures … but with that said I'm leaning towards the yellow sac spider.
 

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I got these bastards from the cypress mulch I got from Menards. I remember seeing it for the first time when I dumped a bag out and it was crawling on it. Stomped it into oblivion but obviously there was more

Straight from Georgia or Louisiana swamps.
 

State43

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Sorry, worked blocked CF on the network so I'm MIA during the day.

Honestly, I hate identifying insects from tiny little pictures … but with that said I'm leaning towards the yellow sac spider.

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MaccloNe

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Looks like the famous itsy, bitsy spider to me. Did you find any on your water spout?