Family Filistatidae
Genus Kukulcania
The Crevice Weaver is often mistaken for the Desert Recluse or Brown Recluse because of its color. There is a
very good information page (check out the photos) on Bugguide.net about this much-maligned genus. It's like
being mistaken for your drunken, no-good cousin except YOU don't get squashed underneath someone's shoe
for this error. There's also an article on Bug Shutterbug on the Desert Recluse spider.
I found this female Crevice Weaver in my brother's house in St. George, Utah hiding in between
the carpet and the wall. I had the photo for a year before it hit me it might be a Kukulcania. I
submitted it to Bugguide and they confirmed it. Made my day! © Carol Davis 10-18-2008
The next page shows the webs of the crevice weaver. They are quite unique.
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