Comments on: Spiders

By: Justin N.

Justin N. — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:15:02 +0000

I attached a photo of a spider I found by my house. I can't find anything like it on the internet. I need to know if it's dangerous or not.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:11:00 +0000

Hey there, I took these photos over the last few days, the first one was taken in our basement in the evening about 8pm near our washing machine. It is approximately slightly larger then a silver dollar full span and is the second we've seen of this species. The second photo was taken outside in the early morning (about 7am) and the spider was feeding at the time. The web is very "cobwebby" and chaotic and is in a sump type basement window below ground level. The spider is currently feeding and looks to have a "widow" type shape. Its quite small maybe 1-1.5 cms but very pretty I think and didnt seem particularly bothered when i stuck the camera in its face. We are located in Southern Ontario Canada about an hour west of Toronto in the Kitchener/Waterloo area. Feel free to use the photos/description on your site, I dont have online photo hosting so felt a comment was redundant without a photo. Regards and thanks in advance Pete

By: Emily B

Emily B — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:24:04 +0000

This post is in response to Kris M’s picture!

Kris, you’ll be glad to know that this isn’t a spider at all – what you have in your home is an American Spider Beetle, which are completely harmless to people. They typically can be found in kitchens and (in my case) the bathroom. Beetles, although some of them can look large and menacing, NEVER bite humans. The American Spider Beetle, because of its small size and long antennae, sometimes is mistaken for a bed bug or a spider. But trust me, this little guy just wants to eat your leftover food. You can tell your son he’s safe and sound.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:51:41 +0000

I found a spider that is grey with a widow’s body and it has a dark blue diamond on it’s back and I can’t find anything on what kind of spider it is. Do you know the resources to find out the breed of spider it is? I also have a house spider that has laid two egg sacs and is super aggressive towards any of the spiders we put in with her except the brown widow

By: nici

nici — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:49:44 +0000

Hi have just seen a light brown beige color spider in my garden spinning a rather big web. It look just like a little little crab nothing like the common crab spider with the over grown front legs but all the legs the body it looks just as if a baby crab is spinning a web. It has a cross on the belly in red and brown and black. Does any one have any idea if its poisonous please help.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:25:32 +0000

Please help me, me and my mom where letting my two dogs out and we, saw this spider about 2″1/2 inches including the legs it had a dark brown head and abdomen with light brown legs. I looked at a picture of a brown recluse and it had looked a lot like it then I went to scoot it outside as it was trying to but it couldn’t.

I went to help it and it lunged at me luckily I shook it off the shoe before it could get to me the it ran at me then I had no choice but to smash it before it could harm me my mom or any other part of my 5 member family not including my 4 pets it would be able to get to. Please I’m begging you please help me.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:06:11 +0000

My neighbor was bit by a brown recluse spider in Secaucus. Also, a woman in the next town told us her daughter was bit on the cheek. Both luckily sought medical help quickly or else necrosis would have set in. Down south they use liquid smoke to counteract the venom before they get to a doctor. I saw it near the catsup in a supermarket. I’m keeping it on hand. Killed a large reddish brown spider in my bathroom. But the exterminator I brought it to said it had eight eyes and brown recluse spiders have only six. how could I tell without a microscope. It had a brown spot on it but it wasn’t the violin shape he said.

By: Tiny Clanger

Tiny Clanger — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:30:58 +0000

Hi, I live in the UK, and we were in assembly this morning (me and my best friend) and in the theater in school, there is a gap about 1cm deep between the floor beneath your feet and the chairs in front of you. Well, this morning, we looked down and there was this really weird spider in the crack. It was like two inches long in the body (which was only a little thicker than a stick insects) and all its legs stuck out at the same angles and were folded up quite small to it. The legs made a perfect M shape from where we were sat.

It was sooooooooo horrible!!!! It was a weird whitish grey and had no eyes, and we just moved are bags away from it so as not to disturb it, and then kept are legs back and lent away from it. We have to sit there again EVERY TUESDAY and if it is there, I don’t know what we r gonna do cos it made us both feel Sick it FREAKED US THAT MUCH!!!! Please we really need help, in case they are anywhere else in school too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please Help US !!!!

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:16:20 +0000

I live in Florida. There is a small hole, about 2″x2″ in the corner of my bathroom. My girlfriend got me out of bed one evening to show my a brown recluse about the size of a silver dollar in the bathroom. I’m terrified of spiders. I killed it with a broom. Looking between the jacuzzi and wall, I saw at least fifty egg sacks. Should I call the exterminator or burn the place down?

By: Flow

Flow — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:19:38 +0000

Hi. I got bit by a spider and it swelled about the size of a quarter with two puncture wounds. The spider was one i could not find anywhere. The legs was light brown it had a an abdomen that wasn’t big but you could notice it. The head part was a little lighter than the abdomen. The spider altogether was about the size of a nickel or a quarter. I live in Indiana. I’d really like to know please, thanks!