I apologize for the sub-optimal lighting in a slightly dark corner of my living room.
Does anyone have any thoughts on what this might be? The location is North Carolina, USA. I’m no expert, but looking around at some photos, my best guess might be a grass spider of the genus Agelenopsis. Hopefully this isn’t too mundane of a spider for this community.
The size I would estimate is around 15mm or so. Fortunately, they were a very cooperative photography subject and did not move while I went and grabbed a ruler for the last image below.
Probably a Wolf Spider. They eat other bugs so they’re nice to have around. If the food dries up it’ll leave. They aren’t aggressive and only bite if provoked.
It’s not a wolf spider. The long spinnerets and the eye position (3rd pic) makes this an Ageleniid.
I agree. Hard to narrow it down more than that though…
I don’t think there’s such a thing as “too mundane of a spider”.
It’s not a wolf spider, but a funnel weaver from the Agelenidae family, so you were in the right area with grass spider.
Reminds me of a brown recluse, but I can’t say for certain that that’s what it is
Just going to put this here: https://archive.is/PjzSG
TL;DR: Brown recluse mythos is driven by word of mouth and are MUCH less dangerous than you probably think. They can be dangerous but our collective fear of them is specious.