I caught this wandering around in my house.

Turns out, it's a new invasive species from the mediterranean called Zoropsis spinimana, and the California Academy of Sciences is tracking its spread across the San Francisco Bay Area. I sent these pictures to a real actual scientist and they confirmed it! Cool, eh?

Also, I still have it. It's under a glass bowl on the counter in my kitchen. Want it?

from	Ubick, Darrell 

to	Rus

cc	Wanted Spider 

date	Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:37 AM

subject	RE: possible zoropsis spinimana?

mailed-by	calacademy.org

Many thanks for your email and information.  Yes, we 

are still keeping track of the Zoropsis spider, and much 

appreciate your input.  The images are great; clearly a 

Zoropsis male (a juvenile one mould from maturity, as 

can be seen by the swollen palpi).

 

With best regards,

 

Darrell Ubick

Department of Entomology

California Academy of Sciences

55 Music Concourse Dr.

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco  CA  94118 USA