Comments on: Jumping Spider

By: Sierra

Sierra — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:03:50 +0000

Tonight my husband and I were sitting in our living room and we both saw this large black spider on the wall near the patio door. It was fuzzy and had a single white dot on its back. I looked it up and I am pretty sure that it was a jumping spider. I know that the bite isnt supposed to be dangerous but my husband is allergic to spider bites and I have a 3 year and a 1 year old, as well as 2 very small dogs. I have never been bitten so I dont know if I am allergic. Is there any effective way to prevent them from coming into our home? We hardly ever open the patio door and with it getting colder, we wont be opening it at all. I would really appreciate any help keeping these guys out of our home. We are all terrified of spiders to begin with.

By: emily fretwell

emily fretwell — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:27:01 +0000

theres a huge spider in my house and i have a lot of animals there close to it what do i do HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!

By: drax

drax — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:32:07 +0000

I have always found these guys to be incredibly cute, and have only been bitten once, when i was foolish enough to try catching one by covering it with my hand while it was on my arm.

Today I found one at work in receiving, and tried to pick him up to put outside. First I tried shooing him into a box, then had to settle for the bare hands, he was too smart to fall for a box. The strangest thing is he had a weird defensive behavior. Instead of the usual leaping away, he did BACK FLIPS in place. I guess to make himself more menacing. it was quite funny. I looked him up and the breed as far as I could tell was a Daring Jumping Spider.

By: Ash Arachne

Ash Arachne — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:54:38 +0000

I love Jumping Spiders. They’re what started my love for all spiders. I caught my female Jumping Spider, Paulie, and kept her as m own little pet. I can honestly say we’ve grown attached to eachother. I think she admires me because i feed her twice or so a week. But she’s getting ready for hibernation now. I already miss her. She’s building her web in the small little bug conatiner i hav her in.

By: eva ssinger

eva ssinger — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:03:56 +0000

I seen a jumping brown spider the size of a Canadian dollar, brown in color and hairy legs. We are in Edmonton. Alberta. The spider was on the wall and when I went to take a closer look, it jumped off the wall. It really scared me.

By: Arthur K.

Arthur K. — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:00:41 +0000

Ring-like rash might be an indication it was a tick (another type of arachnid “spider” that is parasitic instead of predatory), as that is a common reaction, although not all tick bites result in a ring. Did the ring originally look different than in the picture? It’s usually a very pronounced, solid red ring with the bite in the middle. Might want to try researching other insect bites that leave rings or asking your doctor.

By: Melyssa

Melyssa — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:30:54 +0000

yesterday morning I was weeding my grandmothers rose garden, we live in Massachusetts. When I was done I sat down and looked at my leg, I saw a small red dot with a light pink ring around it, It didn’t hurt at all. About 4 hours later I looked at it and it was then a white dot surrounded by a very bright red circle, about the size of a quarter.I woke up this morning to the same bright red circle, but now have a larger light pink ring around the red and white. I’m curious as to what kind of spider I was bitten by.

By: JW Wallace

JW Wallace — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:39:13 +0000

We built a log cabin in the mountains in Western NC.It was a heavily wooded lot. I have been bitten eight times by small black hopping spiders. Always on my feet and mostly between my toes. Three or four of the bites had two holes. The last one I killed before it could bite twice. They itch extremely bad. Then the next day they swell badly, turn very red and look infected after three days, even with antibiotical salve. It really looks bad for several weeks. it takes three or four weeks to clear and the skin peels off. Does anyone know what this sounds like. I check every pair of shoes before I put them on. A couple of the bites occured at night. Help

By: Shelby

Shelby — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:15:26 +0000

I just about an hour ago was bitten by what I believe is a jumping spider. I’ve been bitten by one before a couple years ago. All that happened was the puncture marks turned white, redness around the bite, minor pain and itching, and the bite got hot. Usually when I get bit by a jumping spider the effects only last about thirty minutes.
But will I start to develop an allergy to the venom if I get bitten many times? Because we have lots and lots of spiders and other critters. Just Curious

By: splitline

splitline — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:25:07 +0000

I have this little jumping spider that is hunting on my monitor at night since little insects are attracted to the light and radiation from the large monitor. Hope he/she kills those nasty fruit flies that come in from the fruit I buy. Never heard of anyone keeping them as pets. I might try it out.