Please ID this spider

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pwnell
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Please ID this spider

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Is it venomous? Dangerous? I see them every night in my house :S

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These were taken at 1:1 on 35mm FF with the top down view uncropped, as a measure for size.

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This is a wolf spider, family Lycosidae. Most spiders are 'venomous' in that they have venom, but wolf spiders are not dangerous. Its bite would be like a bee sting at most.
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MarkSturtevant wrote:This is a wolf spider, family Lycosidae. Most spiders are 'venomous' in that they have venom, but wolf spiders are not dangerous. Its bite would be like a bee sting at most.
Thanks! That is good to know.

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