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Phoenix, Arizona
Got ID for us?
Hi I found this spider in a friends house today and I was wondering if you could help me identfy it. I will be most greatul for your help! We live in Cranston Rhode Island.
Terri
Small with red back to 1/2 up then white stripeacross thorax, then black. fuzzy, southern az
well I’ve had MRSA 4 times in all now I have a hot bump forming on my left butt-cheek. Tell me I’m not prone to staph infections all within 2yrs.
I have a large spider on the outside of my loft window. It is rather large, approx 3/4″-1″ (including legs) and I don’t know if it is poisonous and if I should be worried about this being outside a home with children. I have a horrible fear of spiders and I am afraid it might come inside at night and bite my child.
It is light brown and dark brown in color (the best I can tell) or maybe light brown and black. The belly has 4 very small brown dots like this:
: : and what looks like a church bell—black with white outline. Does anyone know what this is and should I be worried? We live in northeast Tennessee.
Posts # 470, 485, 489
Argiope spider, harmless
Post # 502
also Argiope spider, harmless
Couldn’t figure out how to maneuver in your site, so am sending directly
from my email. I hope this picture is clear enough to identify; I am
concerned because in your website, my spider looks a lot like #89 -
which someone chimed in as a brown recluse – from images I have seen of
recluses, it doesn’t look like one(?) For certain it is identical to #22
on your website, so whatever that spider is, I would like to know.
This is the 4th one I’ve found – always crawling on the floor, either
late evening or early morn. I live in Naples, FL. Cannot see too good in
pic, but back has a lightish beige oval mark on back of body, and same
color streak on upper portion of body. It is the size of a quarter, just
like your #22.
Please advise, as I am concerned for safety of my young daughter. Thanks
for any assistance you may provide.
D.Z. Naples, FL
Hello,
I have found two of these spiders in my house within the last 4 days. I live in a garden (basement) apartment in Chicago, IL. I have two very small children and would greatly appreciate if you could tell me if these are Hobo Spiders, Brown Recluse Spiders, or anything else I should be concerned with for that matter.
Thanks!
I found this spider in our family room on the floor. It is the second one I’ve found in the last month. They are pretty fast (I think he lost a leg when I caught him) and this is about as big as a silver dollar. I live in Portland, Oregon. Do you know what this might be? Thanks.
Chris E.
i may have been bitten by a spider i cant identify. it felt like a sting when i went to swat it i found a spider on the ground very mad it was small maybe half to three quarters of an inch with a triangle shape on it intire back with yellow dots on the triangle.
the rest of the spider i could see may have been dark brown to black
by the way i found your site very informitive. i learnt something to day thanks
I didn’t get a picture of my spider because I didn’t think of it at the time. I had never seen this spider in the house before. It was on the basement wall and I captured it in a pill bottle. It was about the size of a dime including it’s leg span. It had a brown bulbous abdomen which looked smooth to me and a dark brown or black body with a blue pattern on the top of it’s head. The head was kind of small. I couldn’t see any marks on the underside of the spider. I hope I have given you enough information to find out if it is a dangerous one.
ok guys one thing i wanted to clear up for everyone i dont know if it has been actually posted or not but here goes anyways a brown recluse is roughly about 1/2 inch in length(body not legs) and as the name describes it is brown may be light to dark shades but brown but it does have one very unique feature the brown recluse spider has a very distinct black violin patern on its back by its eyes if it doesnt have the violin it is NOT a brown recluse.
yes they are not web spinners but they do not live outside they are an indoor spider and they are called a recluse because they do not like the light and will run they are commonly found within bedding, shoes, cluttered or basicly anywhere that can keep they hidden hence recluse(reclusive or hiding) they do move very fast and they venom is deadly but if you are bitten you will now it with in 3 hrs the bite becaomes very painful and like everyone else has described the venom from a recluse causes necrosis( or rotting of the flesh) so if you think you have been bitten by a brown recluse seek medical attention immediatly for it is and extremely dangerouse spider how ever remember if it doesnt have a violin on its back it is not a recluse i know because when i lived in Cape Girardeau Missouri the apt i moved into i found 5 of them and because i know they are dominatly in the southern parts of the u.s i did some heavy research on them and came to find out that the spiders i was finding were in fact brown recluse’s.
how ever they do not dwell in basements or garages due to the fact that it gets too cold (unless finished) for them to survive and because i am a New Yorker I will tell you do to the weather pattern changes over the years and because I work for a moving and storage company that deals primarily with military moves yes recluses and widows are becomeing more common in the northern areas up here due to the fact that the weather is providing them with the climate they need to survive.
Unfortunately it came in a bag of grapes, of which i don’t know the originating country… shortly after discovery, it passed away…
Identification advice and/or suggestions appreciated!
Thanks,
Dave
I found this spider in an extremly strategically placed web (right to the side of a light, near enough to catch a large number of moths and mosquitos when the light is on, but far enough away to stay dry when it rains. I’m quite comfortable having him live on my porch, as he disapears mysteriously during the day and reappears happily in his web at night. As long as he doesn’t try to move inside for the winter I’m quite satsified with these arangements.
I can’t find anything on what TYPE of spider he may be, however.
I live in western NY (rochester area) the other night my wife and I were at the laundromat and she saw a large spider (about the size of a penny) moving along the floor. I personally am terrified of spiders so i didnt get up to get a look at it but she described it as ‘black with greenish spots on it’s back” and that the abdomen was flat. I looked up about Brown Recluse thinking it could be that but i don’t think they come in black. Does anybody know what this might be?
I found a spider that looks like Robin #95, and sondra #62 last night in my bed. Is it dangerous?
I found this spider in my house and can’t figure out what type it is. I live in South Central Georgia. Thanks in advance for any help.
So I’ve had a spider for a short while now. I caught it about a month and a half ago, and decided to keep it, considering it was pretty huge. Thought it would be interesting to watch and stuff, and I was so right about that. I put the spider in a critter carrier( clear, plastic cage ) to be sure it would not get out. The spider has made an amazing nest/web so far. I’m not sure what the spider is though! I thought it was a wolf spider, but I think it’s actually too big. When I put the cage together, I tossed in random wood bits and dirt from outside, along with a few larger pieces of bark, that kind of created a cave. The spider created two tunnels, and also one larger one, that sort of goes around the whole cage itself. I also thought it might be a wood spider, or at least what I called a wood spider. Not sure about that either. It’s very aggressive, and attacks most moving things in the cage. It will go after a metal rod if I put it in there. I would send a picture of the spider, and it’s habitat that sort of formed, but I currently don’t have a working camera.
The spider itself, was brown when I found it, with some paler brown markings along the top of it’s abdomen. Recently, it shed. Now looking at it once again, I’ve noticed that it’s darker in color, so closer to black. The spots are now a rusty brown/orange color. The spider is slightly larger than half dollar.
Any idea? I’ve had a lot of fun with this spider so far! Just watching it and such.
Oh, one other thing. It did not build the tunnels until I threw in a smaller, similar looking spider, which I am almost sure, was a wolf spider. The body shape was differ than it. The smaller spider disappeared completely, so I guessed that it became lunch. I also thought, that it was a male spider, which freaked me out a little. I don’t want babies!
Anyway, any help would be great. If a picture is needed, I can try and get a friend to take one with their cell.
I’ll try and check back here, or my email. Not sure where my answer to this will be =P
I found a black, yellow and white spider on the outside door of my house in delaware. Can anyone tell me if it’s dangerous? I hate to kill it but it is freaking out my roommates. It looks similar to a picture of a wood spider I saw but that was from India.
I stumbled across your website while trying to identify a particular spider. We have 2 of these spiders in our front yard. They created very intricate webs from the lower limbs of a plum tree to the bushes below. I am terrified of spiders and just want to know what we have in our yard. Hope you can help.
Concerned Mom
Georgia
I have found these spiders in my place before.. and havent been able to get a good picture of them. This one has been running my window and wall today, I can’t find anywhere what it is?
Thanks,
Jessica
What kind of spider is this. I live in Iowa. I’m sending a photo to you via e-mail.
the picture i am providing came off of this website. i actually found one of these spiders at my dads farm house is ohio and actually was reasearching this spider when i cam across your website also reasearching another one. it is an argiope it is also called a bananna spider yellow garden spider zipper spider and golden orb spider and last lastly known as the writinf spider. they spin a zig zag web and hang waiting for the prey to fly into the web for attack because they have poor eyes sight. this spider is a harmless spider that is non venomous although can land a powerfull bite. the females are larger than the males and has a differant look to them. i wouldnt worry bout them and would feed them cause their webs are only thirtyfour percent effective
This type of spider keeps popping up on my front porch, which is disconcerting for me. I have tried to figure out what it is, but none of my internet research has proven fruitful. Any information on what kind of spider it is would be greatly appreciated. I live southeast of Atlanta.
Taken 12 Sep 08 off Willow Creek, Prescott, Arizona
Any idea what species? Beautiful, almost tropical, coloring, and very tiny.
Regards,
Alan F.
TOM L that is a brown widow samething as a black widow but brown
Dan that is a male black widow
9-14-08
I found the same spider crawling in my little girls tent and have no idea what kind of spider it is. I not sure if i should be afraid or just scoot it out on its marry way.
If someone has identified it or someone has told Duane, please let me know. There has been at least 4 spotted in our fourplex and we have 11 children playing around here.
Thank you (from a very concered father)
Steve A.
I dont have a photo but live in orlando florida , near a pond and conservation…nothing big.
I have a spider that has moved with me through 3 houses , its redish , has a look simliar to a black widow , its bottom/butt turns a silver color when they get older/ more mature and they mainly like to live under boxes and tiny low to the ground crevices and do not make webs or climb walls and you really never see them until you lift something up. They are easily killed with the swiping of a broom over them…they mush instantly. They look pretty serious.
Im wondering how serious they are and if I can get a name for these little buggers.
this spider was alive not now outside of my house in columbus ohio, what kind is it, is it dangerous, cause i am worried it has family!!!!!
I live in Orange County, California. Westminster. We have lived here about 10 years. Every other year, I find a black widow and squish it.
I got bit about 2:30 pm today. I was not even sure that I got bit.
The spider was hiding in our patio chairs. I was out reading on the back patio, and kicked my feet up onto a patio chair. I felt a pinching on my foot. I moved my foot to see what was causing the pinching, and found a brown widow. My foot had been laying on top of it, almost squishing it.
When I removed my foot, it tried to run away. I squished it.
I felt a cramping or charlie horse feeling on my foot directly below the ankle. There was no visible spider bite for the first hour or two.
I felt the crampy feeling moving up to my ankle area. The crampy feeling was weird, but had no flexed muscles, the muscles were flaccid, not tight. About every 15 minutes the sensation moved about 3-6 inches up my leg. When the sensation got to the top of my leg, I complained (a little) to my wife.
I went to the urgent care center, and they sent me directly to a room, and had a nurse come in.
The net result, is that I am a big guy (200 lbs), and it is a little spider. The venom is a neuro toxin, and will create the cramp/charlie horse/pulled muscle feeling.
They gave me an anti-biotic (as spider bites are known to become infected) perscription for 10 days, as well as recommended benadryl every 8 hours.
They also gave me a tetanus shot.
There is not much to be done for the spider bite itself, but continued observation. They are looking for signs of anaphalactic shock… Shortness of breath, sweating, tingling, headaches, etc.
The crampy feeling got as high as the top of my hip, after about 2.5 hours.
About 3 hours after the bite, there is a little red splotch, barely noticible on my foot.
I went outside to take my medicine out to the car, and noticed another brown widow on the front porch. I took pictures and will send them in. The spider was in the middle of the web, just hanging out. With the lights on, it was in plain view on the front porch.
The spider just ran away, up to the handle of the garden hose rack, where the web was anchored. In the handle there is a honey combed area on the back side of the handle. I found two of the prickly egg sacks.
I sprayed the area with wasp spray (what I had on hand at 8pm at night). The spider dropped out of the hose rack and ran around on the porch. I sprayed the egg sacks down. I packed everything into a ziplock bag.
It is 9:45pm – 7 hours later. The crampy feeling that traveled up my leg is gone. The site of the bite is now on fire/burning. There is an area about 1.5 inches radius from the bite that is on fire. The burning feeling is like stepping on a hot coal. When the wind blows on the skin, it seems to fan the burning feeling, almost like an extra-EXTRA strength BenGay ointment.
I am going to knock down all of the spider webs in the yards. I definitely do not want our kids to get bit by one of these venomous spiders. I think that this could really hurt a little kid.
Our next door neighbors have a little girl about 8 years old. The height of my leg, is about the same height as her heart. I would hate to see what would happen if the crampy feeling got to her heart.
Ted T.
Any idea what sort of Spider this is ?? our dog found it in the garden earlier very hairy lookin thing never seen one before and we thought it was a baby tarantula !as its very hairy but didnt realise there were so many different types of garden spider till I looked it up on the web , hope you can help.
Tracy.
this spider is outside our house im wonderin if its poisonous because i have a 5 month old daughter and i take her outside every once a while. it had a web 4 ft by 4ft on top of our house between 2 cables but we had a storm last night and now its on the ground with an even bigger web im not sure about the width but its 7 to 8ft high now
For John #516… I have the exact same type of spider living at my porch light. I also have one living in between some hedges. Their webs are very intricate. The bottom of the spider has four white dots, right?
I tried to take a photo of the spider I just killed, but it was worthless. It’s a brown spider that’s about 3/8 of an inch long, has a rounded abdomen towards the thorax, and comes to a point at the end. The abdomen is a lighter brown than the thorax or head, and has some darker-colored spots on it, as well as two markings on either side that look like angel wings. The legs don’t appear to be extremely long, but, being dead, it’s curled up, and I have no intention of using my only pair of tweezers to find that out! I just moved to Honolulu, Hawai’i, and this is the first spider I’ve encountered in my home. It died on my couch, may it rest in peace, and may it’s bretheren stay outside of my home… but I’m still curious as to it’s species. Any clue?
I stumbled across your site and thought it would be great to send two pictures to you to help me ID some spiders that I’ve found around my house, but can’t figure out:
I live in Southern California — Rancho Cucamonga, to be exact (roughly 50 miles north east of Los Angeles and at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I found this weird spider and after looking at your website, thought maybe you could identify it. Unfortunately, it died and shriveled up before I could get a good picture, but I am hoping the yellow and black design on the underside will be meaningful. Kind of looks like a scull and crossbones to me! It was odd because it walked like a crab. You can’t see it too well in the pictures but the front had a fairly large yellow area with a solid black design on it. Legs were red and checkerboard. Any ideas? I live in a suburb of Chicago and I’ve never seen anything like this one.
Thanks.
My kids found this one crawling across the kitchen floor this morning going
from the table (which is near the sliding glass door) to the kitchen island.
I trapped it under a cup and then double bagged it in ziplocs. It could
easily fit on a dime, is entirely brown with lighter brown on the upper part
of the body. There aren’t any stripes on it but it does have two browns on
the upper part of the body, just not sure if it is a fiddle shape or not.
I’m not getting close enough too it (even with it being in a ziploc) to look
at it’s eyes since that would help narrow down the type. We live in Northwest
Florida and have had issues with brown and black widows around the outside of
the house before (one black widow in the house) and even though this isn’t one
of those I want to make sure it isn’t a brown recluse which we do have in this
area. Thanks for the help.
~Jennifer
I found this spider outside of my walk-out basement but also found one in the storage area in my basement. I have two small children and I am nervouse it might be dangerous. I live about 30 miles North of Philadelphia, PA.
Sir, I came across your web site and wanted to see if you could help me identify this spider. We live in Colorado, and my brother found this one around the Highlands Ranch area.
I LOVE spiders, and have had tranula’s since I was a kid, so I love your web site.
There are two possiblilties, one is a Wolf Spider, although I have never seen one gray or this big, well in Colorado anyway; when I was stationed in California we seen some huge wolf spiders, but always brown.
The other is a male tranula, but I am unsure of the species. This is the right shape and body structure of one.
This measures about 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches from leg tip to leg tip. It will not let you get close enough to hold it, but otherwise is a beautiful spider.
Can you please let me know. I would truly appreicate it. Thank you,
Laramie R.
LWR_ADR@ msn.com
I found this spider in the top corner, outside edge of a door frame. The door goes to the outside. I did not see any web. I live in Denver Colorado and am not sure what type of spider this is, can you help me identify it?
Steve
I live in South Florida and was out in my yard with the dogs, luckily I had my flashlight and didn’t walk into it, but the web seemed like it was just floating in the air….don’t quite know what it was attached to. I have never seen anything like it…..can you identify it?
Thank you so much!
Hello. This spider has taken refuge in the top of my front porch. I am an avid spider-hater, when they are inside, but as long as they are outside I am fine. I will be the one oohing and ahhing them in their glorious webs. I just am curious about what type this one is? I have spent hours trying to find one similiar on your site and many others, but no such luck has fallen upon me. Can you please tell me (1) what kind of spider is it and (2) is it poisonous to humans or dangerous to my dogs? Thank you so uch . I love your website. I live in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina if that helps.
I live in central CT. This spider lives outside of my garage & has a very large, detailed web. There were 2 spiders on the same web (different kinds) but 1 has disappeared. I wonder if he was eaten by this larger one. We seem to have several different kinds living around our house but this is the largest, ugliest one. Does it have a specific name?
I am afraid of spiders yet they intrigue me.
Thank you
Trish
Found a red spider, black legs (white spots at the joints), 3/8 inches long, has dark bands around tail section, almost like a bee. I thought it was the red fuzzy cow ant (wasp) until I counted the 8 legs.
I can tell you from my research in looking for my spider, that number 20, 32, and 48 are garden spiders. My spider’s body covers a quarter and it is fairly black in color. I took pictures of it but don’t know how to place it on the net. I found it crawling across my living room floor. I found pictures on a site tht resembled it just not quite right. The mouse spider and a trap door spider, which fit close in size and color.
I live in Morgantown , West Virginia. This spider was on the handle end of a tennis racket on my back deck. I do live on the edge of woods.
I went outside and I found a metallic white body with black and yellow spotted leg spider dead on the ground. I can not find anywhere what it is. I have lived in New Mexico all my life and I have never seen anything like this. If anyone has any ideas on what it is that would be great!
Thanks,
Ashley
Sorry, no picture is available yet-I took it on a cellphone.
It is a light brown color with dark brown stripes along its legs.It also has an orange looking stripe down its back. It isn’t very big, maybe 2 inches big uncurled,but its legs are very thin. Any help?
Recently I removed a quilt from the closet to use on my family member’s bed. It had only been there for 2 or 3 weeks. Today while tidying up, I came across a pale tan/white spider around 3/4 of an inch long with two very distinctive dark or black stripes running vertically (pointing at the head). Should I be concerned about it? Or is it just another pest.
I posted a coment on here about a spider on my front porch. But apparently the picture didn’t go through. But anyways, it looks identical to #522, except mine is a darker color and has a light tan shape of almost a hourglass on its back. The legs were striped just like #522’s. Does anyone know what this spider is and if it is dangerous?
#89
THAT IS A WOLF SPIDER WHITH ITS WHITE AND BLACK COLOUR AT THE BACK.AND WHAT IS THAT THING NEAR ITS FANGS?
I recently woke up one morning to discover I had nine points of entry on my buttocks and thighs, that looked like little pimples. I thought a bug had bitten me from sitting on the ground at an outdoor gathering. Two days after, most of them were swollen huge, red and hot to the touch. They were also very painful. I went to the clinic and explained to the doctor that felt I was bitten by a bug. Any way I was treated with fourteen days of antibiotics and painkillers, while at least four of the sores drained pus profusely. After two weeks I discovered another such pimple. Could I have bitten by a brown recluse so many times in one day in the same general area? I have seen a spider on two occasions since then but cannot say for sure if they were brown recluse spiders. As far as I can recall they actually looked almost transparent but the abdomen was really dark in color. Could they have been brown recluse spiderlings?
Candi J.
Hi I see spider only at night in my back yard. He re builds a web every night. There is 2 of them they are whitish in color with black & white striped legs. They are quite large larger then a quarter I will send you a photo.
Hi I see spider only at night in my back yard. He re builds a web every night. There is 2 of them they are whitish in color with black & white striped legs. They are quite large larger then a quarter I will send you a photo.
I forgot to tell you I live in South Florida & I believe #544 Brianna G has the same scary spider.
Hello,
I found this spider near my garage. It was quite large (about 3 inches) and just hung out in it’s web. Any idea of what it is? I saw some pics of a St. Andrew’s Cross Spider on your site and think this may be one. Are they dangerous??
~Eileen
I live in the central GA. area and I am being over run with the brown widow. About a month ago, I saw something moving in my mailbox when I reached in to grab my mail. After I bent down to look, I realized that it was a black widow.
2 days later I found a brown spider in my car wash bucket but didn’t think too much about it – just figured it would drown when I put the water in. I poured the water out when I was finished and saw the spider with the bright orange spot. I hadn’t heard of the brown widow so I wasn’t too alarmed.
Then, last week I was going to sit on my chair on front porch saw these funny spiked eggs through the wire mesh of the seat bottom. Curious, I flipped the chair over and when I tried to remove them this HUGE spider dropped out and rolled up in a ball. After searching the internet, I discovered that I had a brown widow. Since then I have killed about a dozen egg sacs and about a half dozen spiders. I am sending pictures of the eggs and spider I found under the seat of my Schwinn – and the spider I manged to put in a jar to take pics.
My daughter suffers from an auto immune disorder and receives Remicade infusions every 8 weeks to keep her in remission. A bite from one of these could put her in the hospital – at the very least.
I think these guys are cross breeding too- found a black widow with the spikey egg sacs. I know it not only looked like one but came out of the web looking for a fight!! The brown ones I find always curl up in a ball – playing possum. I can not spray heavy pesticides as they make my daughter sick – is there a natural predator for these spiders? Since they are not from this country and take a defensive position when disturbed, I wondered if they had a natural predator in the country they are from and since they have none here they are breeding out of control… my neighbors on either side have also discovered the egg sacs but had no idea they were widow spiders.
Today I found another brown widow in my mailbox. I am doing all I can to reduce the numbers of these things but feel I fighting a losing battle. I will continue to kill them as I find them but I think I am only making a small dent in the population.
I would appreciate any information as to how to rid myself of these spiders… I am pressure washing the house this weekend and hope to disturb/destroy any that have set up house on my house.
I found the following large green spider eating a wasp. I wish I had a bunch of them because I really hate the wasps. Is it harmful in any other way? Thanks.
i was wondering if you could help me identify a spider i an allegic to. they are the size of a pin head and red or orange and found in both PA and texas.. i only know they are in texas because i have been bit by one again..
I live in Little Rock AR and I found a spider with a brown boddy and red legs with 4 white dots on its belly. What kind of spider is it? Is it deadly?
#442???
Does anyone know what the spider was from #442?
We just saw one in the backyard (at night) on a HUGE web. We’re in City Island (NYC).
We’ve had a few of these in our house, and my wife is getting worried about our 15 month old boy getting bit. Can anyone help identify this spider, and if its bad. Also, what to do about them? I’m fine with just living with them (they kill mosquitos!) but my wife is scared to death and waking up at night now because one was on the windowsill next to our bed a few weeks ago. We live on the west side of Wisconsin along the Mississippi River. Any help / advice greatly appreciated.
Hey wade!! #482 the web is for a funnel web spider almost looks like a wolf spider, but has a funnel web. They are poisonus as far as I know, but google funnel web spider. I see a whole lot of wolf spiders on here though. Especially the ones that have the large front ends. Wolf spiders do not have webs, and they carry their babies on their backs. Upon application of raid they purge the baby spiders. I see a couple hobo spiders on here too. I found out that I have red widows living in my house!! Damn spiders!! OUT!!
Also if you think it’s a widow check the stomach if it’s red it’s a widow. Also test the web with a stick if its’ sticky and doesn’t give easily then it’s a for sure widow.
This guy is living near my front door. We live in the Phoenix, AZ area. Can you tell me if he is dangerous??
THanks!
Christi
rick
#64. October 10th, 2007 at 9:58 am
I found a spider in Michigan that looks like #64, photo and email sent in by the fellow above. Can you tell me what it is. The coloring and shape was very similar but with a more bulbous body.
Hey Tom #501, I’m in East Mesa Arizona (by the desert) and I’m sure it’s a brown widow. I have a ton of them living around my house. I looked at #64 and it looks like a possible wolf spider, but it’s hard to tell without me looking at a clear shot. There are all kinds of wolf spiders. If it has a web than it’s not a wolf spider it’s something else.
there are several spiders making webs outside my window. they are all the same, and theres about ten of them. they are all very small, no bigger than a quarter, they are a teal looking color with bright orange on their back and bottom and i was wondering what kind of spider they are?
if you could send me any information i would appriciate it very much, sorry i do not have a photo.
Can you identify this spider? I found it on my neighbors house. I live in Northeastern Indiana.
This fella stopped by my job at a laundromat in Garfield, NJ this morning. He was just walking along the floor, i dont know where he came from. He was pretty quick, but he stopped long enuff for me to take a pic of him. Can you please identify him for me?
Thank you, Cathy H.
A very large spider has taken up residency in our small back yard enclosure. We live in a townhouse apartment in Colorado Springs.
After looking closely at the spider, I did some searching on the web (pun intended). I came to the conclusion that our spider is an Orb Weaver/Grass Spider. However, we did not find any pictures that exactly matched our specimen, but it’s web structure does match that of an Orb Weaver. It has shown no aggression, but my husband will not allow the kids or the cat outside until he knows for certain what this is. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Rachel B.
Hi-
I saw your website and I’m hoping you can help me identify this spider. I found it sitting on top my clean folder towel in my bathroom, which is in the finished basement of our home.
Thank you.
Marissa T.
ps;
I forgot to add that is is only about 3/4″ big, but I trapped the spider in a clear container so I could take a picture.
i saw this spider outside my door the other day and i dont really like to kill them as long as there outside but i just wanted to make sure its not dangerous. i’ve looked it up and i think it is a wolf spider but thought you could give me a more definate answer.also i noticed that there were babies on its back how many can one spider produce?
I live in Oregon and I was watching television with my brother the other night. Out of the corner of his eye, a huge! approx 3 inches BIG! rounded the corner from the hallway like a dog! I have never seen such a huge spider before. I know many people exaggerate the size, but I am not kidding. It was the length of my index finger…My brother tried to smash it, over and over and it stood back up like nothing happened. He finally grabbed a heavy shoe… I didn’t get a picture, but I am so freaked out and scarred to go to bed! We bombed the entire house with a total of 9 bombs!
Has anyone heard of a spider inside that is that large? I thought it was a prank.. but it was very real. Any help would be great. I am concerned like most a) what it is? do I need an exterminator? or b) is it poisonous?
I live in Northern Arizona about 15 Miles North of Prescott in Chino Valley. I have been seeing alot of little black spiders that are furry and have red butts and maybe some white spots on their legs. I am wondering what kind of spiders these are and if they are dangerous at all. I have an 8 month old son and I have killed 6 in my house just yesterday. Please let me know if I need to worry. Thank you so much. Nicole
Hello, I was bitten by this gent a month or so back. The bites are just now healing. Is there anyone here who can help identify it?
(For Scale)
The bite, a week or so advanced.
Thanks.
-Greg
Hi –
I found this spider on my garage door. I live in Manhattan, IL. It looks like the spider posted in #20….but, I didn’t see any comment as to what it was or might be. My husband knocked it down with a broom and tossed it in the vacant lot next to us. Just curious as to what it was and whether or not we should have been concerned about it.
Thanks much!!!! Carol B.
just found your site, love it. i was infested with some strange spider last year and have yet to identify it. if i see more this year ill take a pic and send it. i could identify alot of the spiders but could not find a place to reply. most of the spiders were a breed of wolf sider, there were a few orb webs species, one rosehair, and multiple widows(alot of ppl dont realizer there are 5 species of widows)and a few more i recognized.
ok… I live in the panhandle of Florida I was cleaning a window outside my employers house and found a destroyed wasps nest in front of the window and was sweeping the mess when i noticed a nest of dead spiders among the mess, we were wondering what they were…
they were maybe the size of a nickel and had no fur but had red legs and at the end of the legs were black and yellow bands and on the body (particularly the butt) had a shape (on the back or top) that looked similar to a diamond or a cross with small horizontal line that was yellow when the rest of the body (not the legs) were black… I wish I could have taken a picture in but I’m so scared of spiders that i was more worried of them coming back to life (i know, weird.) maybe someone can help; I can’t find a picture among local Florida spiders… Please help I want to know if they are poisionious in case I find more…
Hey #578
I think it is a garden spider…. If it is then it is not harmfull at all just scary… but double check. I had done some research when I had found a spider in my yard and it kept coming up with that…. but I still could be wrong. Hope this is of use to you…. Also what I read said they are not aggressive…
Ashley
Sorry I ment #573
#412
I don’t think that is a spider but rather a wind scorpion… I live in Albuquerque and we have them and they look like a spider.. They have another name though but we call them wind scorpions.
Ashley
Hello,
I found this spider in my bathroom. I didn’t see a web. I am in south-east Arizona. Does anyone know what it is, and if it is poisonous?
Thanks,
Erica
my wife found a spider almost identical to that of #8 it has yellow bands on legs and and it’s second pair of legs is longer than the others. Also on its back/butt it has two raised bumps. They are almost directly above where the last pair of legs joins the body. Leg span approximately 1 to 1 1/4″ has what i think are large spinners on the front of it’s head. We live in northern mid-michigan, city of West Branch area if that helps… We look forward to hearing what it is and plan on releasing it back in the woods soon. Tried taking pictures but they just came out too dark to see any of the detail i have just described..looks ALOT like #8 though.
thanks in advance
Curtis
To Michael T #560
This spider is called a Green Lynx Spider-Peucetia Viridans.
Here is some info I found on them:
Lynx spiders get their name from the way that they sometimes pounce on their prey in a catlike fashion. These spiders spend their time hunting for insects in bushes and low plants. They are fast runners, but can occasionally be seen lying in wait for prey beside flowers.
They build no web for prey capture, but they do release a silk dragline as they hunt among leaves.
While the Green Lynx spider aggressively attacks its insect prey, it very seldom bites humans.
Several comments on here were made by someone identifying photos as “brown recluse.” These identifications are not correct. I looked at all the photos on this page and none of them are brown recluse spiders that I can tell. Most of the brown hairy looking spiders with the black markings on their backs are either Wolf spiders, Hobo spiders, Grass spiders, and varieties usually referred to as House spiders. The Hobo is the most serious of these, but unfortunately it’s not possible to identify a Hobo from a Giant House spider, for example, without a microscope and a lot of professional experience. In the South there are Giant European House Spiders which have these same markings but can grow as big as your hand.
They are quite nasty to see walking across your couch. (I know, I’ve had dozens of those in my apartment when I lived there.) Brown Recluse is actually a fairly rare spider. I have lived in Connecticut, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Florida, New York and Massachusetts, and I have seen everything from Black Widows to common Garden spiders, and everything in between, but I have NEVER seen a Brown Recluse (which we were taught to identify in Boy Scouts). Brown Recluse is the most serious spider to encounter, even more than Black Widow, so it is best to learn what it looks like.
#120 — no that is not a Brown Recluse. That is almost certainly a Giant European House Spider. I have seen dozens of these guys in my apartment in Florida, and they can grow as big as your hand. I am told they bite but it’s nothing serious. They’re just scary. I one time saw a dark shape moving across my couch out of the corner of my eye and I thought it was a rat — turns out it was a Giant European House Spider. He could clear the entire length of my couch in about six or seven seconds, which is pretty fast. Takes half a can of Raid to kill one too.
you still in the business of identifying spiders? this one lives outside our window in brooklyn, ny. thanks.
Hi. I tried to send this about a week ago, but the picture didn’t go through. I hope it does this time. My spider kind of looks like #571. Is it dangerous? I live in the Piedmont area of North Carolina if that helps any. Thanks.
Sorry for the poor quality picture, I hope you can help me with it. We have seen a lot of these spiders in hour house in the last few days, usualy see them this time of year but not this many in the house. They are about quarter sized, the largest was larger, to me looked almost half dollar size. (I am terrified of spiders so not positive on the largest size since it was squashed)
The largest spider was aggressive, my son almost stepped on it then backed away, the spider ran at him, he moved to other side of room and it kept following him, he grabbed a book and sqaused it. I believe it is the same kind as the one below which I killed with Raid.
Can you tell us if these are poisonous, what kind of spider and how to get rid of them please, like I said before normaly we might see one or two a year but have seen dozen or more in few days in the house.
Thank you very much for your help and your time.
Lea
P.S. If it helps with info, we live in Junction City, Oregon
I live in the Columbia River Gorge area of Oregon. (Cascade Locks, OR)
This spider was crawling across my desk this morning.
Any ideas what it is?
Thanks,
Kat
I was cleaning out in my backyard and the grass where I was is about 1-2 feet high. I almost put my hand on this spider and I think it bit me. It was about 4-6 inches long and it was brown. It had a silver butt and I never have seen one like it. What was it???
Here’s a photo of a brown spider found in Portland Oregon this month.
Hey I have a question, I read and seeing pics from Laura #461 from Ca, What kind of spider is that, that she has cause i live in Milwaukee Wi, and I found that SAME spider as odd as it sounds????
Sara
This is Sara i just emailed you i meant The Pictures from Laura #462. What is that??
Last night:
My picture from last night looks alot like #7, and I believe Chad V. #429 answered my question as to what this little gem is- I seem to have an Orb Weaver residing right outside my front door. It was quite startling at first- I was rushing out the front door last night when there, waiting to greet me was this robust-bodied thing hanging about 6 inches in front of my face! It was dark so I didn’t know exactly what it was, but I flinched backwards (with a few choice expletives…) and retreated back inside with the storm door closed. I then turned on my outdoor light and it was a scene right out of Charlotte’s Web! There was this huge detailed web that was literally blocking my entryway door! The proud owner was sitting smack-dab in the middle eating a moth! The web must’ve been about 3ft by 2ft. I’m glad I got my camera but I regret not getting a picture with respect to anything. It’s bulbous body was near the size of a quarter! I never really saw it’s legs stretched out, but it was impressive- much larger than any spider I’ve seen here in Minneapolis, MN. When I went to capture it in a box, it made several violent lurches towards me like it was going to attack… pretty aggressive little guy!
A spider bite last year:
I’d like to include some pictures of a bite that I sustained last year from what I believe was a Northern Black Widow. About this time last year, I was pulling wood from a large woodpile in my backyard for a fire. I never saw the perpetrator, but I suspect it crawled up off the wood while I was carrying it, and it bit me. No doubt, exactly where a vampire bites- on the side of the neck! (This was directly over the gland area immediatly under my left jawbone.) I had a few drinks that night, so I didn’t notice anything until the next day when the effects of the bite became fairly dramatic. There was a large red swollen area on my neck which continued to swell throughout the day. My face started getting numb and droopy, and I complained about it at work when a coworker (an Environmentalist) told me there were two definite fang marks on the left side of my face. He said I likely got bit by a spider. The jury is still out on what kind of spider it was- but I did a little research and Northern Black Widows like to hang out in woodpiles, and they do leave prominent tell-tale fangmarks such as mine… Anyway, if anyone has similar symptoms from the bite of an unseen perpetrator, you can see the scary pictures of my face and judge for yourself…
I live in Aurora Colorado and have these spiders that I have only seen downstairs. It is Bight Bright red and the butt is tan. the butt is the smallest part of its body. What type of spider is this? Should I be worried?
Hi, I found the attached spider today. It has a red shell and white markings with brown and tan legs. I live in Ottawa, ON Canada and have never seen anything like it around here. Can you tell me what it is? Thanks.