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Sep 6, 2022 6:39 PM CST
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I found a nest of 28 of these spiders and after looking online I still can't tell if these spiders are wolf or brown recluse. Any ideas?
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Sep 6, 2022 8:30 PM CST
Name: Johannian
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Neither. Wolf spiders look like:
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And Brown Recluses look like:
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You can always ID a Brown Recluse by the violin shape on its back, toward the front of its body (where I have put a red circle in the above image).

Yours looks to be more like a yellow Argiope, or a Yellow Orb-Weaver:
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It definitely looks to be some sort of Argiope, AKA yellow garden spider.

Edit to add:
You may also want to look at images online of Brown Widows. I can't tell the size of the spider just from your picture, and it definitely doesn't look like a Brown Widow, but you can never be too careful (and those brown markings on the legs do look like the markings on a Brown Widow's legs). Brown Widows are highly venomous.
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Sep 6, 2022 8:53 PM CST
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Maybe this orb weaver?

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