This little guy was hanging out above my patio blinds. I like spiders, but not huge ones IN MY HOUSE. I caught him in a wine glass, took a few pictures, then put him outside. Poor thing is likely to freeze, but I don’t feel sorry enough for him to let him stay inside, even if they are pretty much non-aggressive and harmless.
This is the only shot I got of his eyes, but just the top two rows. Grass spiders have eight eyes, with two in the first row, four in the middle row, and two in the last. The two pointy things sticking out of the end of his abdomen are his spinnerets. They’re really long and prominent on grass spiders.
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