Spider Identification
Need help identifying a spider? If so, then this is the place to post your information.
Need help identifying a spider bite? If so, then select the page on spider bites or insect bite if you’re not sure what bit you.
Simply write a little information about where you found the spider, such as:
I found this spider in the basement and in a funnel like web. I live in Northern Michigan and am not sure what type of spider this is, can you help me identify it?
Then, send me a picture of the spider and I will post it for everyone to see. If I can’t identify it, one of the visitors are sure to chime in.
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#377
I live in Bellingham, WA. We live more on the east side of Bellingham and more in the woods. We have the exact same spiders that invade the outside of our house. They range in size I think just depending on age. Yesterday, I know this might make people angry, but I went on a killing spree with a stick! They make webs that string from the bushes across pathways onto the house, and across doorways, and it is horrible when you try to walk out to your car and you are being attacked by these spiders! Anyway, I’m not sure what kind of spider they are, but I don’t like them. I don’t know if they are dangerous but I know they are hard to get rid of. We had an exterminator that came out just last week, and the spiders have only gotten worse since then! Let me know if you find out any info on them, especially on how to get rid of them!
We found this spider climbing on a cabinet in our kitchen… I’ve never seen anything like it, and it was kind of scary. We live in Northern Mississippi. If you know anything about this, please help us ID it. : Larger spider with HUGE green back with some zig zag pattern on it.
I looks just like number 7.
I’ve been to this site once before and it was very helpful. So, here I go again. I live in North Alabama and this is the 2nd time I’ve seen this huge spider IN my house. THe first was in the spring and it was a surprising addition to the toliet bowl (in the water) and the 2nd was this morning! Both times, it was near the door that leads to the garage and to the patio. Not real sure how they got in. Can you identify and tell me if I need to worry? It’s two front legs are extrememly black and the other legs are not. It is a long body with a yellow’ish stripe - and with it’s legs full out, it was over 2 inches in diameter!
Thanks - Tammi
Hi, I found this spider while working in upstate New York. I have never seen one before and was wondering if you could help me identify it. Thank you very much.
for #72 michelle and #22 rachel that is not not a brown recluse spiders those deifferent kinds of wolf spiders their not harmful unless messed with brown recluse spiders dont have strips on them around their eyes theres a shape of a violin its goes for all spiders if you see one dont mess with it you never know which one danerous to us
forr #121 wayne that is a brown recluse spider plz be careful around it cuz it is dangerous to us dont mess with it and for camlio lopez look at #121 thats a picture of a brown recluse spider
The spider was white with a round “abdomen”. I live in Northeastern Ohio and no bite appeared but it hurts.
This spider was crawling on the bathroom floor. I love spiders and am usually not afraid, but this one scared me. I can not identify it.
The red markings are on the back not the underbelly. I live in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Thanks,
Vicky
Vicky,
The spider you found is a Redback Spider, it’s native to Australia. It resembles the black widow spider and it is a member of the genus Latrodectus or the widow family of spiders, which are found throughout the world.
The female is easily recognisable by its black body with prominent red stripe on its abdomen. Females have a body length of about a centimetre while the male is smaller, being only 3 to 4 millimetres long. The Redback spider is one of few animals which display sexual cannibalism while mating.
Redbacks are considered one of the most dangerous spiders in Australia. The Redback spider has a neurotoxic venom which is toxic to humans with bites causing severe pain. There is an antivenom for Redback bites which is commercially available.
Hope that helps!
Hi,
I had a spider fall on me last night from the ceiling, I think by accident, then it scampered off my bed so fast I thought it jumped. I have a picture, but only after I’d smashed it because it scared me so badly, so it’s pretty unrecognizable. I’ve never seen anything like it, though I don’t have much experience with spiders. It looked to me like a weird daddylongleg, only MUCH larger. The body was about an inch long, maybe just a bit longer, about 1/2-inch wide, and the legs were very long and thin like a daddylongleg’s. The coloring was a sort of greyish-brown on the body, and I couldn’t tell the color of the legs. The light wasn’t really that good and it wasn’t a pretty sight. It didn’t bite me or anything, but the sheer size of the thing scared me half to death, it was about the size of my hand (I have small hands). I keep looking and I can’t find anything at all like it anywhere on the internet, so can someone either try to help me identify it or link me to a site that might help? Thanks in advance!
~Saya
I live in Peyton Colorado. One of these spiders was in my wall trying to get out where the light switch is. I saw its legs coming out around the plate and let it out. The body wasn’t so big is the only thing.
This one was on my porch. What is it?
#89 Chris I’m not a hundred percent sure but it looks alot like a wolf spider,according to some research I did it is not harmfull.It may cause mild pain,swelling and itching.
i live in southern california, a couple of weeks ago my sister and i found a unusual spider on its web hanging upside-down in a corner in our backyard. First we thought it was a black widow ( we once had one on our shower, so we figured ) we told everyone and we thought just to leave it alone. So in the morning we saw it was gone, at night it came back. we thought it would leave every night and crawl back around 9:00. but 3 days later we saw that it was just hiding in a corner and saw 6 eggsacks! we got so scared! we did some research and found out that the spider was actually a brown widow. we found out they were not very poisonous. We thought we could leave it.but we still wanted it gone. But my sister saw a baby spider crawling the next day. We didnt know how many days the eggsacks were there, we know they hatch in about 20 days.
We thought it was one of her her babies. later that day we put the brown widow (that we named luisa) in a jar with her eggsacks in another. she is playing dead a lot, trying to trick us into letting her out. But i know that spiders play dead a lot. We just left her and she would just stand there. Sometimes would crawl around. She has yet to make a web and really, i think just wants to know her eggsacks are ok. When we show them to her she calms down. But a jar is no place for 6 eggsacks that will hatch and make over 200 spiders per sack. What shall we do with the eggsacks?
i live in grant county kentucky and i was outside moving wood to another place on my farm and as i was puting a piece down i seen this huge spider about 4 inches in diameter and it was brown and had black spots and it was fuzzy. its legs were about 1/4 of an inch in dia. and i am deathly afraid of and kind and size of arachnids and now im scared to go move wood again oh and it had a kindof white sack under it or it might have been its belly i dont know i wasnt getting close enough to find out and i tried killing it but it ran away so please tell me the name of this spider and if it is harmful or not. thank u
This spider lives in the seed house at our nursery. It eats butterflies and has recently built 3 ‘felt buckets’ ! We fear lots of babies and would like to know if it is dangerous. I live in Cyprus.
Many Thanks
Hi there. A few weeks back I was bitten by something (I think).
At this point it is a spot about the size of a quarter. It is the color of a pale, fresh bruise and the edges of it are raised, though it does not seem swollen. It is not hard, but soft-ish, and the raised edges and one spot on the dead middle are usually crusty (as if covered in dry skin) and sometimes bleed a little. Sometimes it because extremely itchy and remains tichy for the next hour or so, despite scratching.
I think it has gotten bigger since I noticed it and it has caused some concern among my parents. I cleaned it with peroxide and covered it with a bandage, but it hasn’t changed much.
Does this sound like a spider bite?
Found spider in the shady side of an orange tree in Sacramento, CA. We watched it kill a dragonfly. The abdomen is 6×12 mm. We are sending two pictures.
#409 Vicky,
Hi,
From the shape of the spider and style of markings, I would probably say that that one is a Castianeira descripta, otherwise called a Red-Spot Ant Mimic. I can’t be too sure since most pictures I’ve seen show a shinier body than the one in yours, otherwise it comes pretty close. I wouldn’t worry about it being a redback, redback females have a “widow” body (big round body) so the shape in your photo would be wrong for a female redback. Male redbacks are actually a light brown color with white markings. Either way - both genders of redbacks have the hourglass on their underbellies - so if it’s not there - chances are it’s just the ant mimic.
The kids saw the spider just outside our house in Irvine, Ca. I killed it with a hornet spray. I’ll get it to poison control tomorrow for identification. Brownish with white stripes, orange hourglass on belly. Legs are light and dark brown alternating.
Jim & Other Arachnid Fans:
I posted yesterday but do not see the comment here so I’ll try again.
I’ve lived on the west coast of south-central FLA (south of Tampa/St. Pete) for over 30 years and am familiar w/ the local flora & fauna. However, over the past 2 weeks I’ve had 3 sightings of a spider that I’ve never seen before. Sorry, no pics, but I’ll describe in detail.
Sightings: once early morning after sunrise w/ full web, once pre-dawn w/ full web & once mid-evening (fully dark) spinning web. seems to be HIGHLY secretive as s/he “looks” at me and then the web is literally gone in less than an hour.
The Arachnid: S/he’s a dull greyish-brown w/ no other discernable markings, abdomen symetically round about 2mm wide, not particularily hairy or spiked, legs are similar in shape & proportion to a common house spider w/ very faint banding, total diameter w/ legs splayed 4-5mm.
The Web: Outer boundries are rectangular (4 anchors; 2 on the ground & 2 on the roof over 10 feet high) w/ the classic spiral about 2 feet in diameter. During the pre-dawn sighting my teacup chihuahua literally bounced off of one of the anchors & came back in immediately.
Now I’ve had my fair share of run-ins w/ black widows & brown recluses (caught one last night & sent him about his merry way in an empty lot across the street ), but i wonder if this is some kind of central or south american transplant and if it’s venomous. Haven’t seen s/he in a few days but will ensure photos will come when able. Any input is much appreciated.
Found this spider in my backyard floating alive in the pool…..I live in southern california, and lately I’ve been seeing a variety of spider species this past year that I’ve never seen before around my front yard and backyard. It’s like they all decided to move in at the same time. I have kids that play in the back all the time, is this spider venemous?
Thanks,
Ryan
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I found this today in my hostas. Do you know what it is? I live in southern New Hampshire.
Any info you have would be great.
Thanks, Kelley
just took these in southern california. Our yard is infested with these things i spray they come back.
The babies are everywhere little ones i’ve never seen anything like this before
Hi, I live in south Africa and I just want to find out what type of spider this is, sorry the foto’s is bad but its all I have, the spider is black and its small and it jumps, I just want to know everything about this spider because I see them all around the house.I do have banana trees in the garden are there any spiders there that could harm me?
Hope you can help me.
Thanks.
Chantal
I found this spider at my Son’s preschool while dropping him off thismorning. It was definetely in a web, and the butt resembled a 3D kind of bubbly wasp butt…I have never seen one like this. I live in Santa Monica, CA. Can anyone identify it??? I would like to know if it is posionous, as it was on the school grounds. Thanks!
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#401 & #377, That is the same spider I have encountered; When I stumbled upon it, it did not seem agressive at all. I am concerned that this is not your average house spider though, and also want to know more details regarding the species. Was this spider aggresive towards you? If either of you find out any details, please let me know. I have also posted a picture of my spider this morning. Thanks!
Here is a website to help you find the spiders you need! Btw the black spiders with red on their backs are called Austrailian redback spiders, also known as the austrailian widow. Look them up to see if it is the spider :]
I’m having a hard time finding my spider myself
To #7, #8, #26, #29, maybe #37 and those referring to it as an “argiope”:
These spiders are Orb Weaver spiders (family Araneidae) which create the spiral wheel shaped webs that most garderners find. An Orb Weaver has eight matching eyes, legs are hairy or spiny and no stridulating organs.
I found a spider on our pick-up truck that is just like #7 one person said it was a garden spider on here but I just want to make sure. Any help on this woould be great thanks in advance! Oh btw I live in central Wisconsin
Hi I have an up-date to my comment I am 99.9% sure my spider that I found is a white cross garden spider. It looks exactly like #7 on the bottom but on top it has white dots in the shape of a cross.
Want to know if anyone can identify these 2 inch furry black spiders with a hard upper shell and feelers in front that are half the size of its legs. I recently foung three of these in my home in Corpus Christi, Texas. Please help.
Can you please help me identify this spider? We live in N.W. Georgia and found it in the garage on the bottom of our work bench. Could it be a wolf spider?
This spider was found in Atlanta, GA and had spun a huge web overnight in the front door frame. I’m sending a photo. We would love to know what kind it is and if it’s dangerous. The spider was approximately 1.5 inches long. Thanks! Diane
#433 - I have one posted (#404) just like this one - the dead variety. I live in North Alabama. This is the second one I have found in my house. I think it is a garden spider or wolf spider, but have not confirmed. I don’t think that either is dangerous - just too big to be in the house! They don’t seem very aggressive, but I’m hoping a spider expert will soon reply!
Tammi
I don’t have a picture.
Uhm, i was on the bus, in the UK and this huge black spider was crawling on my friend, it was a bit bigger than a 50 pence piece, black, had huge legs, a smallish body, and ran as soon as it hit the floor.
Scared the bejesus out of me.
#22, That spider is called the north american funnel web, not to be confused with the Australasian funnel-web spiders that is the deadly. It is commonly known as the grass spider and is completely harmless. Believe it or not it is one of the most common spiders found in homes across america. It is very timid and will hide if given the chance so that is why they are rarely seen. If you look at your bushes outside, you may see large webs as we all have, more likely that is from a grass spider. The one in your picture is a male, becuase the female almost never leaves it’s web. He was probably looking for a mate and nothing more. There are likely many of those in and around house, very large in size. If you are creeped out by that may I suggest spraying the outside of your house and then bug bombing the inside.
#433, That too is a grass spider. It’s harmless, big and creepy but harmless
I see a great deal of photos and replies about the supposed brown recluse spiders. Of the pictures I’ve seen, only one maybe two are of the brown relcuse. The others are as Dave #437 has said, simply common grass spiders(north american funnel web, garden spider), Completely harmless. The brown recluse is often mistaken for the grass spider, but on futher inspection it is easy to see the difference.
Please help me identify this spider. I found it along side my hay stack. Its web looked like it went from one end to the other in all different styles and directions. approx. 30 feet long and 2 feet wide. Its styles veryied from flat circluar and simectrical to scattered with depth no real shape definition. The web where i found the spider sitting was circlular flat and semetrical. The picture isnt very good due to the lighting (it was very bright out) and I am terrified of spiders and didnt want to get too close! The spider looked to be just larger than a quarter including leg span. it was a very light washed out brown color with darker banding on its legs. Body shape was VERY similar to a black widow. its underbelly coloring was a little lighter with two rows of six small white squares each. inbetween the squares was a wedge of dark brown. I thought it could be a young or different type of widow.
Dave, thanks! I feel much better now! I can live with a grass spider!
Tammi
Thanks for your help in identifying this big spider, approximately 1.5 inches long and living in Atlanta, GA.
Diane
The pictures aren’t great but I was wondering if you could identify this spider. I found it in my bathroom in Washington State. I was thinking it was a hobo spider but I don’t know much spiders so an identification and some background information would be very helpful. Thank You!
I have a spider with cream and coffee coloring, with a large black almost square with two bright white dots on the bottom of it’s abdomen spinning a web this evening in a place that is not high traffic, but easily fallen into. It looks much like Donna’s in #7.
I live in southern Illinois. my boyfriend was bit last night by a spider that was crawling on his arm while we were asleep. I don’t have a picture because he killed the spider and threw it out. It was the size of a pencil eraser. It appeared to be furry. It was all black except for a tan-brown spot on its abdomen on either side of it. I’ve looked all over the web for a picture that was even close but can’t seem to find one. Can anyone help me identify it?
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I live in southern Illinois. my boyfriend was bit last night by a spider that was crawling on his arm while we were asleep. I don’t have a picture because he killed the spider and threw it out. It was the size of a pencil eraser. It appeared to be furry. It was all black except for a tan-brown spot on its abdomen on either side of it. I’ve looked all over the web for a picture that was even close but can’t seem to find one. Can anyone help me identify it?
my mother in law found this spider in her hanging basket in the front of her house. we have been trying to identify it and need some help. it’s brown with a white cross on it’s back. including the leg span it’s approx. the size of a nickel. i’ve attached a picture. we live in northern illinois close to wisconsin. we also want to know if it’s dangerous. thank you.
Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?
please could you help me identify this spider. i live in the uk.
from zoe.
Hey,
I found this spider in a garden in southern Indiana. Please help me identify it.
I have a spider in my back yard that spins a big web. And it is really tiny and looks like a little crab. Can you tell me what kind of spider looks like a crab?
hello ,
I find this spider aroud my house
I think it the same spicies than Donna McKune
#7.
can you identify for me please?
thanx a lot.
I live in canada, Québec , saguenay
I find these spiders in the garage, outside in rocks, and today found 4 in the house and haven’t seen any webs. With a young child, I’m very concerned. I live in Southern Arizona-Tucson and am not sure what type of spider this is, can you help me identify it? I’ve scoured the internet for Arizona, Southern Arizona, and Tucson spiders and haven’t come to a conclusion yet. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I live on vancouver island in BC Canada…my cat was chasing this thing around and I’ve never seen a spider in my house quite this big before. I thought at first it was a wolf spider but it doesn’t have any hair on it….ahhhhh! My husband flushed it so whatever it is it’s gone but I just wanted to know what it was in the first place. Thank you:-)
I live in Hamlin NY and have seen these spiders (22) as well and after seeing that someone thought it was a Brown Recluse I freaked a little and checked out another web site. Judging by the pictures I would say that it is a wolf spider instead, which is much more common and much more benign.
I think we can relax a bit- phew!
These spider has been living inside the window rail for about a year and a half, I dint know it was there until I cleaned the spider web to install an alarm device. Two days later the spider web was build again, but this time bigger. I been tracking this thing for 2 weeks now, I tossed an insect to the web trying to get this thing out and I finally got a pic. of it. My question, Is this a Brown Recluse Spider?. I don’t like spiders but when they do clean the place I let them alone, obviously I don’t want a Brown Recluse Family in my home. Appreciate any help
I found this spider crawling on my neck today. Live in NC and have been out on the pond fishing most of the afternoon. Was driving in my car after our fishing trip when I found it crawling on the back of my neck. Did not get bitten. Knocked it off and took this picture. Have not seen one like this before. Could you tell me what it is and if it was dangerous. Thanks.
thats definently a brown recluse u should seriously kill it or somthing… like now the bites are bad.. like very bad! and painfull
Hello.
I live in Iowa and found a large spider trying to drag a leaf into it’s web. It looks like the picture posted by Donna on September 10th. Could you please tell me what kind it is and is it dangerous? I have seen the brown recluse and it doesn’t look like that. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
I found two of these spiders living outside my house. I live in southwest Michigan. I have never seen one like this before! It’s about one to one and a half inches around (legs and all). It’s abdomen has a black hourglass shape. Please tell me if this is a dangerous spider! I have a 10 month old to worry about!
can anyone help me ID this type of spider? Its web has been growing greatly in my backyard where I park my car. I’m not sure if those balls are food or eggs, since I don’t know much about spiders. I know that the big one must be a mom because it was the only one there at first and then there was more and she won’t leave the web, she just stays in the corner. I also live in the California area if that helps.
I found it hanging near my front door. Is this spider deadly? I hope these photos help. Never seen one like this in my yard.
Dalia N.
Will send you a picture to address you gave. Spider is mostly red, legs are varigated light and black, large body. Folds up in long vertical line when resting, looks like a pine needle on the wall. Web is large orbed. Hides in the crevices of the wooden stairway to our apt. Builds webs at night across the walkway. Entire circumference of spider about 2 1/2 inches including legs, but it more elongated than round. Thanks, Anne
About a month ago I saw a small spider (about 1/3 the size of my pinky) in the window(on the other side of the glass)it was light brown with 6 light blue spots on it’s back & it was fuzzy. Last night I saw it again, but this time it was jet-black(like a black widow) & it was smoothe(I’m sorry I don’t have a photo for you). What kind of spider is it? If it gets out could it kill hurt me or my little brother? If it can, what kind of toxin does it have? How can it be treated? What are the signs of a bite?
P.S.
I live in Mid. GA just so you know(in case it’s a habitat thing)
Hello,
I found a large spider with bright orange legs and a bright yellow body with 2 blck spots hanging onto my truck yesterday, can you help me to identify it? I unfortunatley do not have pictures because to be quite honest with you it scared th crap out of me! I’ve looked online and the only thing close to it had black stripped legs - the one I saw had solid, bright orange, long, jointed legs. Thank you
Hi,
I live in northern NH (Mt Washington Valley). This spider has made a home for itself outside, under an eave above our back door. A large (about 1foot round) spider web. It hangs out all day out on the web, and creeps back to the corner at night it seems. It is end of summer right now.
I have two young children, and would like help Identifying to make sure it is not harmful to humans.
The spider is about 1-2 inches (body) and maybe 3-5 inches if legs were splayed out?
Thanks so much! Great website!
Is there anyway to tell what kind of spider this is? it has been living on my front porch for 2 months.. it only spins its web at night and she lives in hat thats on our front porch.. its an ugly spider but it had distinct yellow and white dots on its abdomen.. We live in North Texas and this spider is getting on my nerves but it stays out of our way its frightened easily and runs back in the hat.. is this spider dangerous or is it benign just wanting to eat..we killed a black wido spider 2 weeks ago that was laying a nest egg in our trash can outside.. i have photos of that bug too although she was pretty she was killed pretty fast because of my kids..
This guy (girl??) is living in the garden, early fall in the midwest. Overall size of body only about 1 1/2 inches. Web is orb shaped with zig zag stitching at the center. Color is black and white
i have a spider that is white with two red lines down its back.is it harmful ,havent seen one before. many thanks lyn
Please help me identify the spider in the attached photo. It was found on a construction site near San Diego, CA
Hello. I live east of LA. I have been seeing many of these spiders both at
home and in the warehouse where I work.
Can you identify for me? Dangerous?
Thanks,
Zach
Please help us identify this spider.
Hello,
I found this spider outside under the carport around 8:30 or 9 am . It was not aggressive at all . there were no webs around . I live in western NC . it was on 7/8/2008 . may of the locals here have never seen one like it. even the hunters , fishermen and the like. After taking the pictures I let it go on its way. I am very curious as to what kind it is though. any help would be greatly appreciated.
hey can anyone help identify this spider found it outside in southern california sent pics in
maybe you can help me or point me in the right direction to identify what looks to be an arachnid. I do not have any experience in this field besides the fact that I and my family hike a lot and see much wild life here in Oregon but nothing like what is in the attached photograph.
We found this strange bug inside a hole in rock on a trail by Triangle Lake in Oregon, I wish we would have put something in the photo for scale reference. All I can say is that it is big! The hole circumference was slightly bigger then my closed fist and the depth is just a guess about 6- 8”.
Please if anyone can help…I have spiders that have been appearing in my trees in my backyard, I reside in Jacksonville Florida. The spider is about 3-4 in when the legs are extended, the legs are yellow and black striped the body looks like a hard shell and is pale brown to white, it appears to be aggressive when coming near its web..the legs end in a point instead of blunted or rounded. Could someone tell me it this is posionous???
No pic available. and i can not get a good eye count. I live southern wisconsin along lake michagan. the specimen was found in my backyard, hanging from a web of no definable shape.
the spider body @5/8″, and overall 1-1/2″. the legs appear almost hairless (very light fuzz) and have a segmented color of black/brown tips, light tan, black/brown, etc. inward. the body (back side) color is made up of white, tan and brown. white being dominant. a symbol resembling a medical emblem extends from behind the head, rearward, to the middle area made up of brown and white. then a band of tan wraps the back like a belt. the remaining back is a continuation of the white stripe from the upper symbol with four brown spots, two on each side. the bottom of the head area is a tan color with a brown center spot. the abdomen is a light tan color with a symbol like that of a tulip with the outer side petal being black. it appears aggressive if disturbed, and otherwise seems to faint death. the web it uses is microscopic.
Today I was heading up from my basement and found two spiders in the same spot. I quit killing them a few months ago because all they’re trying to do is live…
SO two things I have to ask:
First:
One was an australian wolf spider. I tossed her outside so she could live free. The next spider i still have and its sitting in front of me. I’m concerned that it may be a hobo spider. Its about as big as a quarter (legs and all) its a tawny brown color with a lighter brown-tan abdomen thats pretty hairy. Each leg has a band or two of a darker brown color. Kind of striped if you will. Its petapalps are big and unusually long with bulbed ends.
Is it a hobo spider or something else???
Second:
I keep finding these really freaky looking spiders in my basement. They are red and glossy and get pretty big. Their abdomen however is thin and a tawny tan-gray. They’re pretty aggressive. Any time i lay on my floor or happen to be on the floor for whatever reason, these spiders run at me. They never get the chance to actually reach me. They’re creepy and pretty horrible. I need to know what they are and if they’re poisonous or not.
I live in Cleveland,Ohio.Ive been seeing spiders about a half inch long,brownish-black,with yellow stripes.Are they a danger to people?
i want to know if you have any idea what kind of spider this is. it was in our wheat field and there is many of them, it’s body alone without legs and head is for sure a quarter size if not bigger and all together probably 3-4 inches long. they’re very temperamental when we tried to move them off our combine and they scare me.
next, i’ve seen the spider that popped out of this web in the photo below and it was not anything like the one above, it was a darker brown color, very different body shape and about 3 inches long. i decided to bring my camera when i noticed on a 100 acre field there’s probably 200 of them. what kind of spider builds this web in a wheat field? they also move unremarkably fast.
Found this in Florida a wasp was attacking it . I tried to move it with a stick and then came after us so now he is a dead spider.
I am hoping you or somone on the site can help me identify a spider.
Hi, This is not a spider bite but I wonder if you know what kind of spider this is? Thanks M.B.
Hey Sarah!I was on a website because my friend had a very very fadel spider so i wanted to see what kind of spider it was.Anyways the spider you have i assure you that it is a red&black jumping spider.That is exactly what it looks like.But…..it doesnt jump very often because it said “the black & red jumpind spider only jumps if their is its prey or if it is hunting for food “.So it could possibly be poisinous….it doesnt tell you or i dident look hard enough.If the website gets an update,ill give you a warning.Thats all for now.
Love& peace,
Amber
Hey Christy!The spider looks exactly like a yellow garden spider.Yes,they are poisious.On a website they tell you about poisinous spiders in the u.s.a and it seems to match perfect with you picture.Thats all for now.
love&peace,
Amber
p.s. Be careful they bite!
hi i got bit yesterday and i dont know whether it was a spider bite or a bee sthing or what but i was just riding my bike and i got a shot of pain in my upper arm and almost made me crash but i dont have any pics rite now but i will send one of my bite or whatever asap and i live in Tacoma, Washington
Does anyone know what kind of spider this is?
I live in South Carolina (Spartanburg) with woods and water on our property. We recently had a nice, big European Orb weaver dangling from the paneling on the ceiling of our screened-in porch. He was there last night, but tonight he is gone. Instead, there is another little guy in his place. I have looked everywhere, but just cannot find it on the web. Can you help? I have attached a photo for reference. Thanks for the great website!
My son had a hitchhiker this morning from his towel in his bedroom to the bathroom. when he finish showering, and started drying off, he got bit. We live about 40 miles west of Chicago near cornfields in a small newly developed subdivsion.
The spider was put in a bag for a photo-op. He is about 10mm without legs and 20mm with legs. Light reddish-brown legs, tan abdomen, dark reddish-brown head area. Is there a reason to be concerned about the bite? It is a large red circle right now, about 1 hour after it happened. Thanks.
Shari C.
Hi,
I found this spider in my apartment in Aurora, CO and have been bitten several times. Can you identify what it is?
Thank you,
Margo Kelly
Hey,
Found this spider in Central Virginia and can’t figure out what it is, wonder if you can help??
Thanks
Rodney F.
I went up to my boyfriend’s family’s cabin in Northern Michigan (Gladwin/Westbranch area) and we saw this spider in the garage. At first my boyfriend tried to convince me it was a black widow, and after a closer look we decided that it wasn’t at all — but it does look very similar. I’ve tried looking it up online, but having trouble finding an exact match.
Hi.. I live in middle Georgia and curious about a spider, i’ve never seen before.. It’s light brown with light brown and dark brown striped legs.. Distinctive black marking on belly with four white dots.. I’ve looked on the web to try and see what it is but couldn’t find a pic of the belly.. I’ve only seen it at night and only every other night.. I looked for it during the day, but only find the web cut loose. I live away from the city, so it obviously prefers to only be seen at night.. Donna in #7 and Amy in #469 are an identical match and also John in #444 gives same description.. I dont wanna harm it if isn’t poisonous, but it has started to weave its web in the walkway.. Deadly? Please help me save this spiders life..