About Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829)
Sphodros rufipes spiders are solid and strong-looking, with bodies that range from reddish-brown to black. Males have distinctive long red or red-orange legs starting from the femora downwards, while females have legs that match the color of their body. Females reach a total body length (including chelicerae) of about 25 mm, or just under one inch. Males are smaller, with a body length of about 15 mm. In males, the fourth pair of legs is the longest, measuring around 15 mm; in females, the first pair of legs is the longest, measuring around 15.5 mm. Like other members of the infraorder Mygalomorphae, these spiders have fangs that point straight down instead of crossing over one another.
