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OK this is not a joke!!!!! I do not have a picture because I saw this spider at age 16 outside of my apartment complex (I am 28 now) I am 99 percent sure that this spider is not indigenous to Oregon where I live. The spider was large abdomen the size of a date!!!The spider was black with rainbow colored markings-several different colors. It had regular size legs and was not fuzzy. The apt was next to a wetland and the spider had built a small web on the side of the apartment. What kind of spider is this?????!!!! I have always wanted to know and cannot find pictures on the net of it. Can still picture it clearly in my mind…
This is driving me NUTS!!!! I have found about 50 of these spiders, lurking around my garage, and I’m DYING to know what kind they are. If someone could please let me know, that would be fantastic!
I live in Frisco, Texas, a rural community to Dallas. My garage is warm (obviously, it’s summertime here) and dry. I walk through my garage and can feel myself walking through webs, scattered all about. My brother says that it’s just a brown spider, and completely harmless. But, I’m the type of person to kill first and ask questions later, because spiders scare the bejeezus out of me. I hope you can see the pictures! Sorry if they are small and blurry; I only have a mobile phone camera and couldn’t get very close, as they stay very close to the walls.
I just got attacked by a pale blue butted tan legged spider. It was very small but plump. Any help?
I have a spider with very long green legs. It has a big butt end, egg/oval shaped. The butt end is grayish with yellow and black stripes going down vertically. can anyone help me?
i have spider with long greenish legs, and a big butt end that is grayish with yellow and black striped going vertically on the butt end. I live in new york. Can you please help me in finding out what spider this is?
Hello all the other day I saw a yellow legged house spider with a black butt crawling on the floor in my kitchen it was about 2 inch each way but i dide’t have a camera and I looked on this page and know one has a picture so if anyone see’s one let me know please.
Thanks Jack
I found 2 spiders that look identical to the spider Mercedes photos April 22, 2008 & noticed no one identified it. Please, I already have a phobia of spiders, but this guy is not only big (to me) but soooo ugly & hairy. He jumps & is very quick. Please, is he venomous or not & what kind of spider is he. Please help me. We live in Oregon City Oregon in a wooded area with farm animals. We know it’s not a tick & we don’t believe it is a wolf spider, but it is very hairy & the size of a nickle if you include the legs. He’s thick too.
Thanks for your help.
every year my room, just my room, get to be a spider’s den in the summer i just get two types one ,small -about a dime-and pale yellowish, and one -this one scares me- about as big as between a quarter and a nickel legs and all ,that kinda looks like two small bubbles stuck together, and its head and legs are black but its but is red and it scares the crap out of me because well my room is very small with a lot of places for them to hide and because its summer i like to stay up late and sometimes i will see them on my wall over my bead and if those … things craw over me in my sleep and bite me, well i don’t want to well if it comes to it die in my sleep because of a spider bite
so if you can just tell me what kind of spiders they are or if they sound poisonous it sounds like it looks similar to Jenn’s spider but i don’t know. Anyone please help me!
Thanks,
Mel
Hi, I found this on my chrysanthemum the other day. I searched the internet over and over and could not seem to figure what type of spider this is. I don’t even know if it is even a spider? It’s legs are maybe 1 1/2 inches long. It has antenna’s and 2 beady black eyes and a curled nose? I think the width of it is maybe pretty close to an inch or 1/2 inch? its pretty big. It’s body resembles a shrimp or a lobster in a way. I was just wondering if anyone has ever seen one of these before, this is the first one I’ve ever seen. I’m from North Carolina. If you could help me out with figuring out what it is and if its harmless or harmful I’d be very grateful, thanks. (:
My daughter found a large Black Spider with two white diamonds on its back. There is a large web in the basement in a diamond form. We live in Northern Minnesota. Can anyone identify this Spider and if how dangerous is it. Please e-mail me at wavetherapytherapist [at] gmail.com ASAP. Thank You
Dear Jorge, the spider you showed us was just a Wolf Spider and are very common, and are harmless.
Found this spider last night in my bedroom. We live in West Virginia. It is a very large spider, brown and black, hairy stripped legs.
Thanks,
Angie
I’m pretty young, not a teenager yet. I’m really scared of spiders, I have a strong fear of spiders. I can’t even kill baby spiders. Even though I know some spiders are harmless, it still scares me a lot.
Last night I was on my bed playing on my laptop. At the corner of my eye, I saw some black kind of figure. I turned my head to the left and saw a spider. It was about the size of a quarter, I think. The spider was mainly black. Its legs were banded of orange on it. It crawled like a tarantula, it had average speed. It crawled behind my bed. I was kind of freaked out, so I just took whatever I needed from my room and left.
It would help a lot if you could help me find out what spider it is. Because, well, I admit, I’m pretty scared and I don’t like going in rooms with spiders like that.
Thanks!
I am usually not the type to be afraid of spiders, however, a few weeks ago I was watching a movie on my laptop and I was switching positions when I reached up to move my screen and get rid of the glare. I almost put my fingers on a spider who was just sitting on the corner of my screen. The spider was about the size of a penny and he was thicker than what I’ve seen. By that I mean that his legs weren’t really thin like daddy long legs. He was black with pale yellow stripes.
His eyes glowed blue! He was extremely fast and I couldn’t kill him. I saw him again and failed, again. Finally, I killed one on my kitchen floor. Again, I killed a second on my ceiling in my bedroom. I live in Akron, Ohio. I see little house spiders and daddy long legs all of the time. They don’t bother me. This spider, however, terrifies me and gives me nightmares. I have looked through the pictures and other websites and I cannot find this spider. I didn’t get a picture of these spiders but I would like to know if they are dangerous.
Thanks,
Steffany.
I live in Gresham Oregon(near Portland), I discovered a large spider under a log at a local park while searching roguse beetles. About the size of a U.S. Quarter(nickel when curled in a ball). Body shape similar to a large female blk widow, no hair, milky green abdomen, bright red celothorax and legs, and four yellow dots atop abdomen. (::) Please help, concerned about venom.
i have a spider that i have never seen before in any other place than my house. it is a black spider with red legs, i live in northwestern Oregon. i would have posted a picture but my friend spray painted it gold in an attempt to kill it. there are many on my property but only in my pump house and tool shed. and i don’t see them anywhere else, not even my neighbors house.
Slava that was a harmless cobweb spider
I had the same spider Allan did but in Michigan in my yard on the beach and my neighbors had one at first it looked like a black house spider but I am not sure.
I found this spider on my truck . I live in South Africa. Can you help me to identify it?
I’ve found several of these spiders in my first-floor apartment in western Germany in the bathtub and on walls of the sitting room and entryway, near the ceiling. None of them appeared to have a web, nor did they retreat when I took flash photos of them. The two pictured (since there’s nothing to reference in the pictures) are both 2 – 2.5 inches in diameter, including the legs. I suspect they may be Wolf Spiders, but they don’t have much in the way of distinctive markings on their backs like I see in most of the photos online. Any help identifying these critters would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Rami. The spiked spider you saw is a throned bush spider it is venomous and if bitten seek medical attention immediately if you see them try and catch it with a jar bring to a local doctor to have it examined further… not safe around small children……
Okay, so in My Bathroom I found a brown spider about the size of a dime and it was all fuzzy we live up in Alaska and we just haven’t really seen anything like it before! thanks!
I saw a brown spider with a normal style web in my back yard today the spider was about pinky nail sized and had a large green diamond on its back abdomen. Do you what kind of spider this is?
i found this spider in my home in senegal, but can’t identify it. does anyone have any ideas? maybe a small camel spider?
Hi! Gross spider alert. Anyone know what it is. I live in the midwest
Brown Body, Black head, Black leg joints, White/yellowish christmas tree shape on top of abdomen.
So I live in Northern California, about an hour of San Francisco. My friends and I were camping last night in an area with dry grass and a small patch of forest. When we woke up today in said patch of Forrest we found tiny white spiders with somewhat long almost transparent legs. And there weren’t one or two of these, they were EVERYWHERE! The ground, on the tent, but what they really liked was the mock mossy camouflage I put on the tent, I must of found at least fourth on those spiders in that alone. So what I was wondering is what exactly are these spiders? And are they poisonous?
Tim,
Caught this spider hiding in a box filled with dental material stone in our lab. I Don’t think I was bitten but I would like to know what it is regardless just in case I was bitten. Would love to hear/learn about this spider. Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on this.
Tim
Okay I have a spider in my dirty old back yard it is very very small it it black with to palish white strips on its back it lives in a cave like thing it is not under ground i would a preashate it if someone could identify this spider
oh and michelle , robert, kathy , caisii have a st. andrews cross spider
ana has a wolf spider keven N may have a jumping spider
and rami , pam , krystal , and karen have a orb weaver spider
We found a rather large gray/brown spider when cleaning by the couch today. It was about 2 inches across, including the legs. As my grand kids were VERY interested in it (they are both 3), I wasn’t able to get a good picture until I got it outside, where there isn’t much scale. It had a small head and a larger abdomen. We live in New England. It was completely unaggressive, and I was easily able to catch it in a cup and let it go outside.
Any ideas what I might be? Just want to be sure I don’t have to worry about the grand kids if it comes back inside and they try to play with it.
Thanks
i found a iridescent blue and red spider on my rose busy this morning…it was no bigger than a nickle, but it scared the crap out of me…it raised its front legs and acted kind of like a SHRIMP……?…i torched it but i want to know what it is and if its harmful…i have small children
just posted a comment about the green spider that looked like a tomato stem on top of a tomato. Forgot to tell you I’m in southern tier, New York State.
I was moving bark mulch and saw a very strange spider. The back looked almost like the green stem at the top of a tomato, a disguise for the legs underneath which I couldn’t see. The back was the size of a pea or larger, with some brownish green makings. It was a little over an inch in diameter. It moved quickly and I whacked it twice with the back of my shovel, but he got away. I really wanted to get it as it was so unbelievable!
I don’t have a picture but I woke up to a black spider with a yellow stripes on its legs about the size of a quarter in my bed like a half an hour ago. I woke up randomly and it was crawling on my shoulder. I don’t really know what the streaks looked like because I was half a sleep but, all I know is it was yellow. It possibly came in from outside my window because I had to take off the screen today and was too lazy to put it back in. But, you can bet I instantly put it in after I saw that spider. If I killed it I would of showed you but i was swatting at it and it wouldn’t die and went under my bed and I lost it because it was dark. I did not get bit but it scared the living “beep” out of me. Not really a fun thing to wake up to.
Over the years I have tried to be a grownup about my arachnophobia, unfortunately passed on the habit to my daughters. I have reached peace for the most part with most spiders. I cannot handle wolf spiders in my home, etc. Just background information…
Last night I came upon the biggest spider I have ever seen that was not of the hairy variety. I live in the fingerlakes of upstate NY. I have seen the big black spiders and plenty of wolf spiders, as well as wood spiders, and of course the little annoying ones that try to inhabit every house.
So I am in my bathroom relieving myself and I look up and on the ceiling is the biggest spider—between me and the door. This sends me into a panic but as I am over 50, I try and get a grip. Eventually I put a towel over my head and make it out the door. My strangled cries to my roommate bring her downstairs immediately, as she thinks someone must be bleeding out or some other crisis. She is not bothered at all by spiders. She manages to catch the spider and take it outside where she feeds it to the chickens. I didn’t know chickens were meat eaters, but I am most grateful.
The facts: I don’t have real good facts, because if I concentrated any more on the spider I would not have been able to move. My description would be a big fat black body with relatively short legs. I mean fat like rodent fat. I just mean like this spider’s body was the size of a wolf spider. Then the legs were an addition. Dorothy contradicts me, however. She caught the spider and certainly got a much more intimate look. I was actually crying in the living room at the time. No one I know in general would call me a hysterical woman, but well. That is why they call it an irrational fear. Dorothy says the spider was brown with markings. I thought she said corrugated, (variegated?) but that can’t really be correct. I am very sorry not to be more specific, but as I try and find out what this spider was, I have a problem looking through all the pictures. Hence this email.
One more thing I could add: recently I don’t live where I live much. My house is divided into my little section and my roommates section. I spend most of my time at my boyfriend’s house. For the last few days he was out of town and I chose to enjoy my own little abode. When I was getting dressed yesterday, 3 times as I walked through my bedroom door I encountered that awful (for me) feeling that I had just walked through a spider web—single strand, but much thicker than usual. However, I didn’t see it in any case. As I have a serious mental condition regarding such experiences, each time I did my best to convince myself that somehow I had it wrong. I certainly know the feeling, but don’t expect a single strand across my doorway at about elbow level 3 TIMES within a 15 minute period of time. Seriously, if I had looked up or wherever and saw that spider, I would not have made it to work yesterday.
Do you need significantly more information? I can get a better description from Dorothy if necessary. I wonder if anything is springing to mind. This is not an ordinary common spider. Somehow if I can identify the spider I can relieve myself of having to worry about it in some way. I think. I hope. Can you help me?
Bonnie Moffett
Enrollment Services Specialist
Tompkins Cortland Community College
i found a spider in my basement in northern Illinois walking across the sealing it was a little bit larger than a quarter in diameter. It was bulky like a baby tarantula it was also very furry. It was all black with one white stripe down its abdomen. I am curious so please get back to me if you know what it is because i cannot find it online.
thanks,
bryan
For all of you wondering what that hairy black spider is that has either white or orangish spots on it’s butt (sometimes resembling a face), it is called a Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus Audax).
They are hardly poisonous (nothing more than a bee sting). Just so you know.
P.S. They make great pets.
I just came across a spider in my home. Its black, has one orange spot on its back 4 eyes 2 are green and bright green pinchers! Help me!
I found a spider with long then not harry legs small black body with little white dots on the back and orange on it’s tummy. I have never seen it before. It was by our pool. It was kinda small. I can’t find any pictures of what it looks like.
I was sitting at my dinning room table when this spider came racing across it. It looked reddish-brown with a black tip on its abdomen and legs. I freaked out!! I grabbed a paper towel and killed it immediately! Can you identify it for me? I have encountered several different kinds of spiders around my house. Some are brown with oblong white circles on top of their upper bodies. I haven’t seen any webs except for outside of the house. Others are small and brownish-black in color. I encountered a very large one, about the size of a quarter in our garage. He was black with funny markings on his abdomen and very stubborn/aggressive!! I am very concerned because I have a 10-year-old and a 3-year-old. Should I be concerned? Should I have a pest control company come and spray my house? Please respond. I live in southern Alabama>
Hi I’m Heather, i live in Las Vegas Nevada, i have on 2 occasions come across these tiny clusters of spiders between my kitchen and dining room. they are about the size of lead of a pencil. they are in a cluster of 20-30. they have very thin webs. the little ones look to be solid black. but not sure they are really small. they tonight i was on the phone and looked not a foot away from my head and there was a bigger spider next to me climbing the wall. it had thin black legs, with a solid red body, and a black head. it was no bigger than a dime. of course i killed it before thinking of getting a picture. have pest control coming tomorrow but figured i would post to see if anyone else knows or have had this problem.
Very hairy front legs. Body is mostly black. Legs connected by small brown area that is connected to black body but has a wide white stripe on left and right sides. Spider is about the size of a nickel. I live in Ohio.
Any ideas?
My dad was cleaning out our garage the other day and in one of are storage things out there he found 2, about a size of a quarter, dark black spiders. We have never seen ‘house spiders’ or any other ones like it before. We live in the Tri-City area in Michigan. I looked online and the only to venomous ones were the Black Widow and the Brown Recluse. Any ideas of what it might be? My dad ended up killing them and putting them in a jar and on one of the them you can clearly see fangs.
Thanks!
I found a spider in my basement and i have never seen one like it before and i can’t find any pictures of it. it was big. it had short legs and it was tan and it had a brown stripe on its back. It was also fat. i didn’t take a picture of it. I was just wondering what kind of spider it was? It is late spring.
I live in south central Oklahoma, and today my boyfriend saw a black fuzzy spider with one white spot on it’s back and a light blue dot on each of its front legs…Then I saw another one and it swivels and jumps really good. Could you please tell us what kind of spider that is, neither one of us have ever seen one with blue dots like that before.
Thank You!
Michelle W
I just got bit by a spider that was mostly black ad red body with red legs and beige markings on its abdomen, is it poisonous?? I live in Bella vista Arkansas and squished the spider when it bit me so there’s nothing left to take a pic of >.< I guess I’ll probably find out probably before this gets answered!!
Okay, so we were at my memorial day family picnic today and we were asked to put the flag out for my grandmother. Although she was not really sure where the pole was installed. She could only remember the near about location in the front lawn. So any hole I saw I gently went to unburry it in search of the pole. When I located this one I screamed and suddenly was unable to breath due to fear and asthma…..as I had moved the small ball of grass away from the hole this big black spider ran out and jumped at and on my hand. It had like a yellowish or like Orange clinging down its head to it back and huge news like eyes staring at me. As well as also can shoot liquid from behind him. I do have a few pictures of him that I took as I began to catch my breath again. Just tell me how to load them into the sight. I am trying to correctly identify the species as well as learn if you can feel a spider bite if you were or are bitten. Could anyone let me know? Thanks.
Not sure if this guy is harmless or not, but it was found on my shirt. Don’t know if it came in from my garden or not. It looks like a over weight daddy long leg. I live in Philadelphia, Pa. Thanks for ur help .
I was walking to my fishing spot in Edison NJ. When i was walking with my friends i saw a spider on my arm. I Blew it off then i felt something on my hand i looked at it and a as completely white and had brown or black eyes. It bite my hand. My hand is swollen, is hot red, burns, ad my skin is really hard from the bite it itches a lot too.
Please tell me what this spider could be. And its name and effects it has on people.
i live in UK . i have these little yellow spiders they form themselves into a ball when you probe them then disperse on little threads before reforming.
so i live in new york upstate area a few days ago we opened our pool days go by spiders and bugs of all sorts were drowned needless to say a spider caught my attention it was shaped like a common wood or wolf spider but was a whitish tan about the size including legs a half dollar it had little hairs and a diamond like shape on its butt the diamond was brownish black it sat on top of the water and seemed like it could move around easy on it i eventually kept hitting it with the net crying like a little girl and killed it id really like to know what kind of spider this is thanks so much if any one can help i hate spiders eww!
thanks again,
shayna
Caisii M, the name of your spider is a saint Andrews spider, it is a low risk non toxic spiders to humans.
Hey, I live in the upstate NY area and my mom found a small, skinny black spider in our house and I was wondering what type of spider it is because we’ve seen many common spider except this one and I looked it up and its NOT common……I guess.
Help! I have a 5 year old daughter who wont go outside on the back porch. We live in central Kentucky and one night we were on the back porch watching lightening bugs. My daughter starts to scream and as I turn around, there was a funny looking spider on the wall. It had the body built like a black widow, but it’s butt was white and it had a row of black squares on its back. I’d never seen anything like it! I’ve spent the last hour on the internet trying to figure out what kind it is, but nothing has turned up. If anyone has ever seen a spider like this one and knows what it is, please, PLEASE, let me know.
I have found a spider outside my pool about a inch and a half to two inches and it has peach fuzz on it but not to hairy and it has black and a little brown In areas …it was in Cleveland Ohio ….can you help??
OK so I found this spider on my wall and it was black fury and had yellow dot looking thing on back… What is this?
btw i live in california Tulare Ca, im the one that asked bout two different kinds of spiders i get in my home
i actually have a question i seem to get two different types of spiders and i don’t know what kind they are one is a reddish orange with long skinny legs and two looking like pinchers in the front of head crawls really fast i’m scared should i be..the other one are dark brown a little hairy kinda look like tarantulas but i don’t think they are these are to small please someone help me to identify these spiders i’ve looked at lots of pics but can not find…than you
Hi all, I live in North Dakota and have never had a spider problem before. tonight a spider ran across my hand while I was sitting in bed watching TV. It was a fairly small spider maybe about a centimeter long. I could really get a picture of it because once we managed to find it again my sister killed it. it looks to be black with brown. it was a speedy little thing. I know we don’t have many types of spiders here. I was wondering if anyone might have any idea what kind of spider I might be looking at because I want to know if I should worry about it being harmful to my pets or myself. any advice on what it might be or where to look would be greatly appreciated. thanks a bunch.
I found this spider living in the corner of my basement next to a sliding glass door. There are 3 of them in the same corner. They are a grayish color with a black marking that is not quite a violin shape (and even if it is it is on the abdomen not the thorax and its “stem” faces the thorax which should rule out brown recluse).
I live In Pittsburgh PA.
It eats stink bugs interestingly enough and encases its prey in a wrap of webbing before eating it.
I cannot find an ID for it anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
Hey, I was outside yesterday and when I went to bed I found round, black and yellow colored spiders all over me, I have spider bites all over me to, and now I think they are making me sick, what should I do, and what kind do u think they are? I live in new York and those stupid spiders are crawling all over my room.
I found a large spider in my basement. It was just in the middle of the floor. It was furry and what white on its back. My husband killed it three days ago and it sat there on the floor. Than a day or two later it was gone. Now today its back and alive and kicking. I live in lower Michigan and have never seen a spider like this.
I found a spider last night that really freaked me out and I cannot figure out what it is. It has a purple body and red, skinny legs. Can anyone help? I have a picture but I do not know how to post it!
I keep finding these spiders around my house. Each of them are larger than almost any other spider i have seen. The smaller ones are a darker brown that the big one I found, either way, they have long thin bodies with a white stripe that follows the curve of their abdomens. The smaller ones I have found were a little smaller than a dime, while the larger one was about as big as my palm. I did kill it. It has been about two years since then, and with a little bit of research these sound like grass spiders or garden spiders on steroids. It had a thinner body than a brown recluse and was a lot hairier. The legs were shorter and the fovea, i think that’s what it’s called, was longer and much thinner. It also had larger palps than a brown recluse. The small ones look exactly like the big ones only a lot darker and I see those about twice a month.
Hi, I’m sorry I don’t have a picture, but today I found a spider hiding under a towel I left on my floor.
My room is in the basement and I live in central New York.
The spider was about a 1 and 1/2 inches long I believe. It was dark brown, almost black, and was a bit furry and on the beefy side.
What kind of spider could it have been?
Hi, earlier today (late May in Maryland, a warmish-hot day after a week of rain) I was outside on the porch and saw this nickel sized (with legs) spider.
It was black with yellow stripes or markings on the legs and body, and its head was about twice the size of its abdomen and body, sort of comical looking, like a cartoon dinosaur, with eyebrow-bone-looking bulges above its bigger eyes. It had two huge eyes on the front of the head and a bunch of tiny ones on the sides. Also, it was fuzzy, like a tarantula.
It moved kind of comically too, sometimes forward like I would expect from a spider, sometimes side to side like a crab. When I moved it swiveled to face the movement, then after a few minutes jumped a few inches down onto the table and started climbing the umbrella quickly, then pausing, then climbing again.
Later I saw it (or one like it) a few feet away climbing down from the porch to the ground.
I don’t have pictures, but what could it be? I’m not really concerned about bites, I have two tarantulas as well, I’m just curious as to its funny head.
Google wasn’t very helpful.
Thanks,
Noelle
About the spider being called a hobo spider, if it is bigger than an inch long then it is more than likely a giant house spider, and they aren’t lethal. If you were to get bit, no worse than a bee sting.
Just wanted to share this incredible shot I got of a huge black widow spider I found in my garage in South Georgia the other day.
could you please tell me what kind of spider this is?
thanks.
We were on holiday in Spain and arrived back home to wash our underwear and go on another holiday the next day for 2 weeks. We left our suitcases and bags in our lounge and suddenly there was this massive (more than 20 cm) spider with a short body and long legs. He was dark and had a friendly face
We do not like to kill spiders but he kept hiding behind our warm gas fire (always on) but when he came out of his hiding place I had to kill him since we did not want hundreds babies of that massive spider when we came back from holiday. It had green blood. What kind of spider do you think it was?
So I found this spider today on the chair outside next to my cell phone which I had trouble getting! It was Grey with orange bits like on his legs and he had two huge orange antennas and his butt was curled upward like a scorpion….. please someone let me know what this is!!!!!!
I live in Apopka, FL woodsy area
ORLANDO basically
I FOUND A SPIDER IN MY BATH ROOM COURSE I LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY SO THEES A LOT OF BUGS OUT HERE. THE SPIDER WAS ALREADY DEAD IT LOOK LIKE A WOOD SPIDER BUT NOT SURE IT WAS BLACK IN HAD BROWN ON HIM LITTLE SPECKS OF ORANGE SO I’M NOT SURE WHAT IT IT BUT ITS NASTY LOOKING. I ALREADY KILLED 4 SPIDERS IN THE LAST TWO DAYS IN LOOKS LIKE THERE LITTLE SPIDERS OF THE SAME ONE THAT WAS DEAD IN MY HOUSE.
SO ANY CAN HELP THANKS.
OK seeing as I am petrified of spiders I didn’t close enough to take a picture before smashing this thing to pieces. I have seen two of these massive half of a dollar bill sized(maybe a little bigger) black, hairy spiders in my house today. I have a small child so I sprayed my house. I would like to know if these things are harmful, because they are kind of aggressive acting. I am dead serious- this thing is massive. Its the biggest spider I have ever seen (with the exception of a tarantula). I haven’t noticed any webs from these spiders. They are spindly, they are like mini tarantulas… I can’t find a picture that matches what I’m seeing nor can I find a reference for them. If I see another one I’ll try to take a picture before I just go on a smash spree, but I’d rather not get bit seeing if they are venomous.
Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Amber
This spider was found just hanging out on my wall in the laundry room, which is in a kind of semi-basement area. It did not move or run away – just waved a leg or two – when i got right up close to take a picture. It was about an inch span across, including the legs – not very big. I left it alone because i like spiders to eat the other bugs, but i’d like to make sure it isn’t the type to give me or my pets a painful bite. From what i can tell, it isn’t one of the very dangerous ones. I live in the North Bay Area of California (Vallejo, north of San Francisco) and there were no visible webs around. There are plenty of nooks and crannies to crawl away behind, however.
When i went back later, it was gone. Sorry the photo is not more detailed, but all i had with me was my phone camera. I did the best i could to get a good focus and used the flash. Hope this is good enough to give me an idea!
As mentioned before, i found this little guy in my laundry room, just sitting on the wall, not moving for a long time. When i went back, though, it was gone. Did not seem agressive, but it also was not particularly skittish, as i was able to get right up near it to take that photo. It didn’t react much even after i used the flash. Just waved one leg a little bit. It was about an inch long, maybe a tad more. I live in Vallejo, California.
I don’t necessarily feel the need to remove spiders from the house, as they are natural pest control of other things that are less welcome, so it is still roaming about the house – but i would like to make sure whether it is a bad neighbor or not…
Thanks!
a spider fell on my neck its tiny black and the abdomen has a brown skull looking design on it or maybe an anchor design its really small and hard to really tell all i know is it looks like a face i live in Springfield, Missouri
id really appreciate if someone could identify it thanks!
I was bitten by a spider last night. It has taken a white, almost pimple like, center and I was nauseous all morning. Its gotten a large pink circle around it and has gotten bigger as the day has passed. It hurts to touch, but I don’t feel nauseous anymore. I saw a spider in my room before I got bit, so I’m assuming that’s the culprit. It was small, black and had yellow stripes along its back. Should I be worried?
I saw an inch and a half long brown spider today in my backyard while cutting the grass. It seemed to have a narrow vertical yellow or tan stripe on its back. Any ideas as to what it may be?
Hi Rob here. I have a spider with a leg span of 6cm and a body length of 2-3 cm. it is brown/black in color with two bright electric blue blobs on its back any help would be appreciated thanks
I got bit by a spider that had light blue legs and a normal body. Is it poisonous?
I found a spider outside my house. I live in Anchorage, Alaska. It was about the size of a nickel (including its legs), brown, had hairy long legs, one white stripe on its back, and the back (butt) wasn’t very big. I would really like to know what it was since there are children and small pets living here. I tried searching for a picture but have yet to find any similar to what it looked like. Information would be greatly appreciated!
I found this spider in our garden. It has a unusual greenish, shiny color pinchers, and white, black legs.
Could you tell me what it is please? I’ve seen them multiple times, I live in Texas. Got any clue?
OH NO!
I was just in my basement and saw this creepy spider. It was not that big,had short legs,size of a dime,all black,kinda furry and had a white spot on the end of the abdomen.It might just of had eggs or spun a web.THAT’S EVEN WORSE!
Geez Louise.All I’m saying is that this thing was really creepy.I killed it and got away WITHOUT getting bit.(LUCKY) Help please, I need it.I have children and elderly who goes down there often.
Any help would be appreciated.=)
April
Ellen S.
and possibly Jenni
This is an Eastern Parson Spider. I just found one in my house. Although they look scary, they are completely harmless!
Hello,
I recently moved to a new apartment in Western New York. I live in a tall apartment building, on the seventh floor. Recently, I have noticed there are spiders that appear each night out of almost all of my apartment windows. They have spun orb webs. They also only appear at night and are the size of a quarter, including their legs. I have no idea where they go during daytime hours.
I am deathly afraid of spiders and when I was in college, I encountered similar guys in my dormitory (I was also on higher floors). I was once bit and reacted very badly to this bite. One bit my leg and I could barely fit my leg into pants, it was also very painful. I am really afraid that these spiders are going to get into my apartment as I fear being bit again and now I also have a little dog that I fear for too. I and would really love to know what they are, especially if they are dangerous. I can take a picture if needed, but I am afraid even to get that close (pathetic, I know).
Thanks for all your help,
Alexis
I am hoping that someone can help me figure out what kind of spider I found in my car. It was smaller spider. It had a creamish colored body and a kind of narrow, very white butt. I was driving and looked up at the window and there was a spider hanging down from it. I live in spokane, WA. I hope this helps.
Earlier this week I encountered a very strange spider, maybe half the size of a quarter perhaps. It was light brown and, from a far distance seemed to have a wood-like texture. I suppose you’d say it was ‘flat’, no round abdomen or anything… But I had to squish it three or four times (With a tissue) before It died. It managed to scare the life from me by skittering very close to my hand.
I wanted to know what kind of spider it was, unfortunately I was in school and could not take a picture.
Thanks!
-Jake
i live in south Louisiana and i keep finding small black spiders with a white line from head to bottom with light brown legs.I do not know what type of spider it is and i have an infant in my home.can you please help me.
I don’t have a pic, i wish i did.
I’m afraid (like 95% of people who see something that could be a brown recluse) that i’ve just killed a brown recluse. I’ve been researching for about 3 hours now, and i can’t figure it out. I can’t see all of the eyes, but the eye placement is inconclusive. Also, the ‘violin’ on the abdomen may or may not be present, as there is a darker brown middle line starting, but the abdomen is crushed where the violin neck would be.
one thing i’ve yet to see explained: every picture of ‘southern house spiders’ has the two little appendages near the head very narrow, while all the pictures of brown recluse have them rather far apart, nearer the front legs than the midline. could this be my last clue? please let me know
Hello, I am needing help identifying a spider that we are having problems with. These just started showing up in our house earlier this week. Just wanted to make sure they aren’t poisonous. I live in central Texas.
Thanks
Hi There,
I have found several of these spiders in my Arizona home. I would love to know what they are and if I should be worried.
Thank You,
Chris
Found dead in a glass of water by my bed. Was wondering if you can identify what kind it is?
We have seen many of these lately in Florida. They are a light almost silver color. Do you know what they are?
I haven’t found my spider amongst these, but I am ‘creepy, crawly’ right now. WHILE I was DRIVING back home today, I live in Eastern Virginia, a spider started crawling along my drivers wheel shaft and was rapidly approaching my hands ON THE WHEEL. I freaked out, and immediately pulled over to the next side street! NO PHOTO was gotten, but I got a pretty good look of ‘it’….. it was a tad smaller than a dime, was fuzzy, black with white stripes on its legs-which were all about the same size– and appeared to have a turquoise blue spot on its belly. I have NEVER seen that spider before and tried to never see it again, but I missed ‘getting him’ and he is abiding somewhere in my car at this very moment. I used some Raid bug killer in the openings around the wheel, and he did not appear.
I MUST USE MY CAR IN A FEW HOURS and I am hoping, no…praying, that he does not reappear, but it will be DARK when I have to return home from my choir rehearsal…..so a reply as soon as possible is requested. IS THIS spider dangerous??? poisonous? WE do have lots of spiders here but since I’m fairly new to the area I don’t know which are good spiders and which are not so good. WE DO HAVE RECLUSE and BLACK WIDOWS, I know that for a fact.
THANKS
Rosanne from Williamsburg, Va.
My cousin found some insects on her porch. I’m not sure if they are even spiders, but I will be grateful if you could identify what they are for me. They’re small and black. They have many legs and they have bright red bulb butts. It sorta seems like they have light reddish orange tipped legs. Please help.
I have a problem with spiders. There has been 2 or 3 so far that I have seen. They are kinda small but not tiny. they are fury with brown and dark brown. they haven’t made webs. they just crawl around and not to fast or slow just in between. I found them in two different rooms in the house and there was also one at school. I thought they were the brown recluse but have changed my mind after doing research. Please help.
Hi Share here.
Just found this curious looking spider and wondered if you or anyone could help identify. Especially if it’s poisonous.
Thanks a lot and for your time.
Hi there, I saw your page with the different spiders…
today and a few days ago i found in my house this….
I was wondering if you could tell me what type of spider it is, I live near Jerusalem in Israel, if that helps at all, and i keep finding them here.
Thanks.
We found this in our bedroom under the dresser and a pile of clothes. We are also not entirely sure what it is. Can you help us identify it?
Hi my name is Dan. I have these spiders (dozens) in the spring/summer. They ONLY come out after sunset, and hang around the walls outside our condo. I haven’t really seen a tangible web so to speak. We live in Western Connecticut BTW.
I’m afraid that they’ll bite one of us based on the abundance of them.
Thanks for the help!
Dan
I reside in Southern California, and a few days ago I walked into my home early afternoon and found a spider, I believe it was some kind of tarantula. I don´t like spiders at all. But even with my dislike of spiders I actually thought this one was quite pretty. It had a blood red back, I am guessing it was the stomach, and the rest was all black. It looked like a miniature tarantula and I cant seem to find any pictures anywhere to identify it. Is it poisonous? Please help I have children and pets!!!
Hello I’m from western PA and i saw 2 brownish spiders with a large middle section and tiny brown legs i know its spring and they’re coming out of the walls but could anyone help me identify it? it was about one inch in diameter it was hunched up from the ground about .75 inches and it was very fast it traveled about 7-8 feet in less than one second as i was scurrying away from the little weirdo…any help would be appreciated…
thank you!
my dad was sleeping and he found a spider that is all brown.on the head it a tan streak and it has a tan dot on its butt. it looks like the one in Jorge’s description.
For Mariana I think you have a found a brown recluse spider. They are highly poisonous and need treatment right away. If you want you can look them up but otherwise I think that if it isn’t one then she is allergic to a spider of some sort that may be poisonous. If not then its the brown recluse, or the banana spider of south America. if it helps great.
I have found a small hairy spider. It is mostly brown with some dark brown on it and it was in our family room which is downstairs and also on the dining room on my computer desk. I found the first on awhile ago and the latest one was early spring. I think it might be a brown recluse but after some research have changed my mind and now I think it is the fishing spider. I found them somewhere down south near Tennessee. They didn’t have a web and the crawled semi fast but not speedy quick and were around a centimeter to two centimeters long. Please give me an answer soon. I am worried about it and if it is dangerous or not. Thanks if this helps. Remember it is hairy and brown with some dark brown too. it matches perfectly to the fishing spider only not the size. I need help.
OK I was napping in my bed, I felt a tickling sensation on my front right shin.. closer to the ankle… It was enough to wake me up and look, as I got up to sit Indian style, the spider slid off my leg and on to my bed.. it was tight in front of me…. I immediately emptied my med bottle, so I can catch… well. Without a fight I got em….. It was a size of a quarter. Its black mostly. On the abdomen it has one big white spot and 2 little ones just underneath, there is little linear and specs of white as well the legs are black and white. Plus it has neon green fangs.
While all spiders have some degree of toxin in their bite, the 2 types of spider bites to cause a real alarm within the United States are the Brown Recluse and Black Widow. Remember, the Brown Recluse has the distinct violin shape symbol on the abdomen while the Widow has the distinct red hour glass figure.
The female of the Widow species is toxic. They do not chase or run after you but if you step or lay on one then they are prone to bite in defense. Remember, spiders are beneficial and there is no reason to fear them. I came in from the garage earlier to find a beautiful 4 inch long tarantula in the next room on the floor. It’s always good finding a new creature living in the house.
A couple month ago I was out walking my dog. While walking I notice this spider which I have never seen before. It was around the size of a quarter, or bit smaller. It had black and white stripes. Not knowing if it was poisonous or not I tried to keep my dog away from it, so I did not have a chance to take a picture. Although I did not take a picture it looks a lot like the spider from the movie James and the Giant Peach.
I have been trying to identify it for a long time, I would appreciate to anyone who can identify it and tell me if it’s poisonous or not. Than You
Hi,
We found this spider on the bathroom wall of the rental house we stayed at in Orlando, Florida. It scared us out of our wits! Luckily we discovered it on our last morning there, rather than our first lol! Its body was approximately 1 – 1.5 inches long and its length, including legs, was about 5 inches! Way too big for our comfort level! We’d love to know what it is. Thanks so much!
Hello,
I am usually good about identifying the spiders out here in Arizona but this one has me stumped. I t looks like a black widow but it is red or maroon with a white hourglass on the bottom and some stripping on the back. So far I have not found any that are very large, most have only had an abdomen about the size of a green pea. I now have one that I am going to keep for a while to see if it changes to more of a black widow or not. All of the black widows I have ever seen around this size are brown/tan and white until they get larger. Any info will be of great help.
Thanks
Paul
hello i live in Florida i found this light brown spider outside webbed from the side of our house to the fence I’ve looked on a bunch of sites and i couldn’t find a pic anywhere to help me find out what kind it was. Then i came here and i found a pic that Stacey put on here it looks almost identical to the one i found but i couldn’t find any answers to her questions. So I’m still wondering what kind it is and if its venomous. I have three children if anyone could help me i’d appreciate. it
thank you.
Hello All, just a short note to say the following, 1. spiders DO NOT lay eggs in a bite. most either carry or guard there egg sacks, so again, SPIDERS DON’T LAY EGGS IN BITES. 2nd, in the U.S, there are only about 6 kinds of venomous spiders of medical importance to humans, there are 5 sub species of black widows, and the brown recluse is represented well, by the desert recluse, the brown recluse, the Arizona recluse, and in one very small area of los angeles, the Mediterranean recluse, or loxoceles reclusa laeta.. a few other spiders such as the hobo, or aggressive house spider, and to some extent the yellow sac spiders and their kin.. if you don’t live in the southeast or southwest U.S., you have nothing to fear really.
I have been bitten, actually saw and felt the bites, of both a brown recluse, and a black widow. i went to the doctor for the widow bite, only after the abdominal cramping started, they only monitored me, there’s really no safe antivenin for widow bites, and none for recluse, my recluse bite only resulted in some localized itching , numbness, and eventually, a very small(less then 1/8 thick inch ulcer appearing about 5 days after the bite, it healed in two weeks,, rarely a spider can actually infect a person or being with bacteria from its fangs, and the right bite with the right bacteria and in the right place on the body could in very rare instances result in a serious infection, like staph, but this has never really been proven… spiders look scary and 1 or 2 can and probably happily kill you, but they don’t live in north America..
sleep easy all you worried moms, your child is likely to eat more spiders in there sleep or mixed with food, than they are to be bitten by a venomous spider in the U.S….. oh and spiders aren’t poisonous, they are venomous, there’s a difference.
have fun, all
Hi,
I have seen the most unusual spider. Never seen one like this before. I live in Northwest Ohio(Toledo area) and I seen it crawling on my garage floor slowly. It had a red head and a white creamy looking body. It reminded me kinda like a squid. I’m sorry I have no pic. I hate spiders so I didn’t want to mess with it also it looked ominous. If you could please help me out w/ id’ing it that would be awesome or if you could send me in the right direction. Also the whole spider itself looked kinda elongated. My intrigue is getting the best of me. Like I said I have never seen one like that before.
Thanks,
Jacob
Late night i went to the bathroom and saw a spider that had a brown upper body and a beige lower body with red legs. I have never seen one like this in Chicago. I’m afraid of spiders but managed to kill it with the mop. ooh and its body was about ab eighth of an inch shorter than an inch. If you could tell me what kind of spider it was that’d be great.
Thanks,
Nikki
i found a small spider in my basement in Kentucky. it has spots and what i thought looked like an hourglass on its body. when i caught it, he curled up into a ball like a potato bug. I’d say he’s tough because of all the dead spiders he had in his web and the area. he’s still curled up to the size of FDR’s ear on a dime. thanks in advance!
stacy i found the same spider in my bathroom crawling across my wall did you ever find out what kind of spider this was and if it was or wasnt harmful?
to christy. your spider is a harmless garden spider
To Duane: this is a wolf spider. most look alike in gerneral but come in a few different shades depending on where you are located but can be found in any shade anywhere.harmless
To Leslie: youve got an orb weaver. i wouldnt worry about it. a buddy of mine had the same story and we used to throw bugs in his web. the coolest of which was a REALLY big roach we found.
hey fellas…. i got a bite on my neck of some sort. my girlfriends mom says it looks like a spider bit….im curious but not worried because it seems more like a really annoying pimple on the back of my neck and doesnt bother me unless i mess with it…..anyway upon searching for the culprit i found this site and so found this page…i dont see anything similar but i think i may be able to help some of you…..
i see several pictures of what seem to be the same spider.. huge yellow black and gray with monstrus webs(generally 3′-6′ with the largest ive seen at 12′-20′) anyway i used to live in Pensacola Florida and we had these everywhere, locals called them banana spiders wich would imply they are venomous. this simply isnt true.as a child i would get a stick and wrap them uip in their own web wich became yellow. hence their real name, the yellow web spinning spider.once they made their way out of the web i would hold these spiders and play with them all day long….i know the ones in pensacola are harmless and even friendly albiet frightening looking. however i see pics and comments of this spider here on this site are anywhere from california to africa…so they may not be the same spider…hopefully i have helped you out and maybe you guys can shed some light on my own situation…….oh yeah…….anyone living in southern north america(south of kentucky i believe) there are ONLY 2 spiders harmful to humans…..the black widow and the brown recluse…..any and all other spiders are harmless to us(given that they are native and you arent illergic) p.s. all spiders are venomous but few are harmful to humans
Hey Guys, yesterday I saw a spider and it was an unusual spider it was a greenish flourish colour and it had white on it I was wondering if it was poisonous as I have been bitten and it has been a stream of pain running through .. :/ please reply!
My Mum might of been bitten by a spider unfortunately we don’t know yet but she felt a stream of pain run through her pinky! She was folding clothes that was hung that night and came across a spider and threw the shirt on the ground screaming for HELP! I didn’t get a photo but I shall write a description… The spider was fat And looked like it had a shell it spread it legs out as soon as we tried to squish it and it was probably the size of a 50c Coin, it was pale brown with a stripe of white on its Back! I really hope it’s not poisonous… We are all really worried for her!
Please Reply!!
Regards,
Courtney
We found a yellow spider and golden colored spider its small and spins a golden wed we live in Ohio could it be a juvenile banana spider?
Hello.
I found this baby spider in my bathroom sink.
I live in Orlando fl and I just wanted to know what kind of spider this was.
This little guy bit me and gave me a small infection on my back. Its not detailed but the abdomen is dark brown, the the cephalothorax is tan with two brown stripes on top, and the legs are tan with a few brown stripes around the leg. Also the abdomen is almost triangle shaped. Doesn’t look like anything I’ve seen on the internet yet. Thanks for your help!
After looking through all these freaking disgusting pictures of spiders, no one had my spider!
Anyway, I have little red bites all over my feet, and today I found a tiny red spider crawling across my bed. The bites itch like crazy, but I haven’t had any other reaction. But they definitely look like spider bites. I killed the spider, so I can’t put up a picture. It was a tiny red spider, with thin legs and a short, thin body. HELP?!
Hi,
Please help me I have a spider bite it is red, has 4 dots, and is swollen….I’m tired of the kids calling me ”Spider Belly”!!!!! Please help me!!!
Hi there!
I live in Ontario, Canada. I found this guy on my basement wall. Do you know what he might be? We have a new baby and I don’t like the fact that he is lingering around somewhere!
Hello,
My boyfriend and I just moved into a house the first of the year and have had serious pest issues. We found out we had bed bugs in the house pretty quickly but have had thermal treatment last week that we hope have taken care of that problem. While getting the house prepared for the thermal treatment we noticed many insects, tons of rolly pollys, and a few big earwigs and a small centipede. We have also seen a few of these spiders around. It is about the size of a dime and its legs have been hunched up since we caught it. Im not sure if this is how it normally is or if it is a defense mechanism. My boyfriend got bitten by something a few weeks ago, once on the leg and once on the back. They were big red welts, about the size of a nickle. We have also gotten bitten in the last few days, but these seem like another kind of bite because they itch and are smaller. We are hoping they are not bed bug bites. During the bed bug treatment, we also had an exterminator come out 3 times to spray pesticides, but I think these were specifically for the bed bugs. Don’t you think that the thermal treatment would have killed these spiders and other insects though? The whole house was heated up to 140 degrees for 4 hours. Anyway, any identification you could provide would be extremely helpful as we decide if we need to have yet another exterminator come out or just ride out the rest of the cooler months in hopes of them migrating back outside.
Oh, and we live in midwestern Indiana.
I have a picture of a spider that I witnessed on the beach. The beach is located on the inner coastal water way off the Gulf of Mexico, Pensacola Fl. In the picture is a metric rule for scale. I have to identify this spider for a college, zoology project.
Thank you if you can help.
Jesse
I came across your website after finding a fairly large spider in my house. Could you please help me identify it? Let me know if the pictures aren’t good enough. I can try to put it somewhere else to take better shots. Thanks in advance!
My daughter found the same spider as Vince D. , March 14, 2008. We live in Mobile, AL. Please tell me what kind it is and if it is dangerous. I am concerned for my grandchildren.
The size is approximately a dollar coin.
Thanks,
Sonya
I found this critter crawling across my living room ceiling and also, I found 4 more mini ones just like it in the bathroom and 1 in the kitchen. usually I wouldn’t be that concerned but my 14 yr. old son woke up with a bite or something on his forearm and I’m not sure if its from the spider or what.
today a friend of mine was bitten by a brown spider with black spots a fat body and medium length legs. We live in northern Ohio and its March. The bitten area is now red with a white cap on it and the limb feels inflamed. What kind of spider would it be and is this a life threatening bite? Its on her hand and her entire hand is swollen please let us know immediately.
hello i live in the united kingdom, wales, barry and i need some help my little sister found a spider whilst she was on the toilet it had a red upper body and red legs with a yellow lower body it kept running for her feet but when she lifted her feet of the floor the spider ran away so i was wondering if you would be able to let me know if the spider is dangerous as if there is one there may be others and i really really don’t want any of my younger siblings to get hurt it scares me i have never seen this type of spider any where before
please get back to me asap
thank you
Hi I’m from SG and i found a small spider… about 1 cm long, black in color and has 2 white stripes. One of it is on the back of its head, the other on the front of its abdomen. When it moves it jumps pretty high.. like about 3 cm at most. Could you please tell me what type of spider this is? I am quite an insect lover and would like to know more.
This is a spider I found in Virginia, it has six legs that look like knitting needles the colors were gray at the tip followed by a red stripe followed by the rest of the leg being blue. The body was the shape of a black widow and the color was also blue with white polka dots and it glowed in the dark. I found this spider close to a cotton field. I have been trying to find this particular spider for about ten years and am really curious as to what it was thank you in advance.
This spider was found in the house in southern South Carolina in late February. I think it could be a wolf spider but it didn’t seem very hairy and had a rather large abdomen. It wouldn’t back down or run away even when I hit hard right next to it. It’s leg span was probably half an inch.
Hi my name is lyrishia i live in South Africa and last night i found a spider in my house, he was about 2 inches big and was hairy with black and yellow stripes, i would like to know what there names are so that i can go do a background check, i am really afraid of spiders and would like to know what to do in such a situation!
kind regards
Lyrishia
I’m trying to find out what type of spider this is and if it is poisonous or not. A post was made on the same spider before from a woman in Western Oregon; however, I live in Queens, NY and caught this spider last night.
I was walking around a nature trail in Southern Florida and found this crazy looking spider! I have NEVER seen a spider like this at all! I can’t seem to find anything that look exactly like this spider.
The only thing i’ve found somewhat similar is something called a jewel spider. It was so small that in order for me to get a photo of I had to carefully place a piece of paper under it.
Hello!
I have a pet spider that my friend caught for me in his garage. My biology teacher said that it was a wolf spider and I looked up some pictures and it looks like a dark brown with gray spider. It looked a lot like the Carolina wolf spider but I read up on them and it said they don’t make webs and mine did. That was the only thing that was different but I think that it is a very important thing in a spider. I want to know if a wolf spider can make a web and if they will make one to live in. and if not if you could give me some names of spiders that may look like a wolf spider but isn’t.
Thank you,
Desi and Erick (my spider)
I found the site very interesting. I just found a brown spider with distorted black spots on his body. I could not find it on the site …
Hi,
So this past summer while setting up for my sisters wedding I came across a very scary spider that I had never seen before. It was in a funnel shaped web in the window sill of her shed. I was actually hanging picture frames on the wall beside the window when the spider decided to show himself. His/her? body was about an inch to an inch and a half in diameter and was bright yellow and almost looked hairy. Its legs were much longer then its body and were striped black and white and looked really spindly and thin compared to its body. The scariest part was in had HUGE bright red fangs. I live in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada and have never ever come across a spider quite like this one before. Its been bugging me (no pun intended) to try to figure out just what the heck it was so if anyone could help me figure it out you would quite possibly become my hero (at least for one day that it)
Hello,
Today I opened to door to go outside and I saw this smallish black spider with orange on its legs, can you identify it?
The spider I am wondering about looks exactly like the one in the photo from Julie in Milwaukee, WI dated 4-01-08. Can you tell me the name & anything about it?
THANKS
- Patti
I today found a black spider with three white marks on its back, it was tucked up underneath our rain gauge in the garden, I live in Brisbane Australia and would love to know what it is.
A spider was on my neck when I woke up. Quite small, like a big mosquito with the long legs. It has a yellow long abdomen and red fangs. It nearly looked like a daddy long leg except for the colors. I still feel the tickling on my whole body….brrr! Could you please identify? Thank you.
Hey, I found this spider in my room in the basement. It’s ALL red. Medium sized, leaning on the large size. It was dead and shriveled up, so I couldn’t inspect the legs all that well. But it was totally red. A little bit of some darker red coloration to the joints of everything, but no black or brown or anything else.
This a bad sign?
Thanks! Morgan
These are some really cool spiders. this info is helping me complete my report! thanks!
We have this spider that has and big shiny dark brown butt, dark brown or black legs and a brown body. It’s eyes are 2 rows 4 grouped together in the middle and 2 apart from the 4 on each side. And 2 tan stripes on the under side of the but.
Dear Julie Evans Milwaukee, WI. I have found a spider just like yours, I live in Canada Ontario, and it was in the cupboard in the kitchen. I have been wondering if you have found out what kind of spider is was, Thanks
Hi , my name is Yulissa Martinez. I have a spider that has blue eyes and a black body. I want to know a name for this spider.
My 10 year old daughter and I were getting ready to decorate for Christmas and I looked behind the chair (BIG MISTAKE!) and here was this guy- He is dark brown with no markings- first time we have seen this kind- we see wolf spiders all the time (or what we think are wolf spiders) we even have a garden spider in our yard-(which is pictured on your site numerous times already) This one has us stumped- Is he dangerous? We live in Northern Georgia- (Southern Atlanta burbs)
I will email a picture-
Thanks for any info!
Kasey and Hannah