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To my best knowledge, this is a ground or crevice spider. As for the specific species, I have no idea. I can't seem one with such a design on the abdomen. Molted the day after this picture. I'm pretty sure it's female. Found under a large board on grass, web structure is cone shaped. I still have "her", she's easily doubled in size, approx. 1' now.
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- Submitted: May 1, 2024
- Photographed: Apr 8, 2024
- Spider: Teminius affinis
- Location: DFW metroplex, Texas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024
73505, 
An eastern parson spider.
Species Herpyllus ecclesiasticus – Eastern Parson Spider – BugGuide.Net
I disagree only because the pattern isn’t that obvious in person. She’s mostly black-ish. I’ve caught others in the same area, exact same spider, just a bit more brown. Idk, it’s my best guess.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/931410
The spinnerets are very thin and pointed. Usually ground spiders have thick noticeable spinnerets. My guess…and ti’s a total guess ….is that it could be a prowling spider in the genus Teminius. See this one for comparison…T affinis..
.https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/298612-Teminius-affinis/browse_photos
Their abdomens are sometimes very dark and featureless
Prowling spiders don’t build webs to capture prey….. but they are nocturnal. They hide during the day and build a sac like web for protection.