Comments on: Spiders

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:48:39 +0000

I really need to know what kind of spider this is, I can’t find an answer anywhere. I took a picture of it in Greensboro, NC in a forest. It was yellow and orange with black and white legs. It’s body was bulbous and maybe about 2 inches long. Anyone know what it is?

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:56:28 +0000

I went to visit my dad for the summer once and decided to go for a walk in the woods out back. I took my phone with me because it had a decent camera on it, and I take pictures of everything. Anyway, I came across this one spider that I had never seen before. it was small, and if I had looked any faster, I would have just assumed it was bird poop, but I stopped because I saw this “bird poop” walk on a web. I watched this spider in awe of its strange body. I had never seen anything like it before. Then when i tried to take a picture of it, the spider was so small that the auto-focus wouldn’t work, so I took a leaf, got it as close behind it as I dared, and took a closeup picture of it. I didn’t know if it was poisonous so I didn’t get too close. I finally decided to do some research on it and found that it was a Spined Micrathena spider.

By: Karry

Karry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:34:39 +0000

I saw this weird spider in my house around maybe febuary this year an it was a red-orange with almost a cone shaped body, it had hard outer shell and moved very quickly. Luckily, I killed it after screaming five times.Does any one have a clue what that thing is? I could not find a picture of it on the internet.

By: denesha

denesha — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:26:53 +0000

i have a spider bite it has tiny red spots on it and cant find out what it is

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:20:13 +0000

I found a 1/8 inch black smooth oval/round shaped body 6 legged bug, the body seemed more oval like not interrupted found in my 15th floor apartment brooklyn bathroom, bathtub to be exact ?
looks very much like the picture for 34 above here on your web site
when will I hear a response as I don’t see any to the inquires above?

By: Madi

Madi — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:22:49 +0000

Kris M from post 34 and 35. I reposted your picture trying to find out what these are because I have seen similar insects in by bathroom. Here is the response I got:

“It is a “spider beetle” in the genus Gibbium.

Spider beetles of this sort are well-known “stored product pests” that infest flour and other dry foodstuffs. Locating the infested material and discarding it should end your problem, though Gibbium has been known to thrive in old houses with no obvious means of sustenance….

Store vulnerable foodstuffs (including dry pet food, birdseed, etc) in glass or metal containers with tight-fitting lids. Plastic and cardboard offer little resistance to hungry insects with chewing mouthparts.

Use any “.edu” website that addresses stored product pests for more information, and low-cost or no-cost do-it-yourself control measures.”

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:43:40 +0000

hey all i hope someone can help me identify i have a spider on my mail box that i’m terrified of it’s white with like brown stripes it’s about the size of a nickle with it’s leggs included. i can’t seem to find it so far yet on the net but any input would help

thanks

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:33:47 +0000

hello my mom and dad found a spider in our house here is a description: yellow kind of a hexagon shape we don’t know what it is they took it to my school science teachers and they don’t know what it is either so if you know anything about this PLEASE reply

thank you
thomas

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:59:08 +0000

Response to Bob #50

I found something almost exactly like what bob found in his apartment his post is number 50 it totally freaked me out, then it started coming after me. I pinned its abdomen down with a stick and tried to see how large the fangs were, they were rather large. It bit the stick I used to see the fangs and a crushed it, maybe I was a little harsh on the poor thing but I was bare foot getting fire wood and I would rather not get bit. I live in CA near the coast and I myself have done some searching on the web but have not found anything myself. The legs though seemed more red then brown to me.

I can’t shed any light on it but I thought I should post this.

By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:19:59 +0000

Response to #34 Kirsten, That picture looks like a bedbug.