20 January, 2012:
Just wondering what this one is? Seems different from other ones we have
around the house. Maybe we weren't paying attention. Found in the
kitchen cupboard in a pot.
California near Santa Cruz, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Redwood forest.
Thanks if you can ID it.
You are welcome to do as you want with the photos.
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17 September, 2011:
Would you please tell me what kind of spider this is? I have been "Googleing" for more than an hour and cannot find it. I would appreciate it.
Thank you,
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4 September, 2011:
This spider bit me today and im wanting to make sure its not a
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7 August, 2011:
greetings. I have a spider problem in my cellar and I don't know what type of spider I'm dealing with. I have tried a number of pesticides and there not working very well. I have enclosed a picture of the type of spiders I keep finding. Could you please let me know if you can tell what kind of spider these are and what I can do to get rid of them. It seems this is the second year I have found them but now their everywhere in my cellar. Of course I'm a typical man that absolutely hate spiders,Lol. Please get back to me so I can either try a different pesticide or call a exterminator to get rid of them. It seems like I'm infested with them at this point. Thank you for your time. Mr. Richard Grady. Manchester.NH
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7 August, 2011:
We're having trouble getting a good id for this spider. She was found sunning herself on the bare rock above Indian Falls, on the Van Hoevenberg trail to Mount Marcy in NY. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Marcy). Could you please help point us in the right direction? |
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5 June, 2011:
Any idea what this might be? It’s the second one with the same markings that I have found near my home in Orlando, FL. I’m thinking Wolf Spider, but it wasn’t especially hairy. It measured a little over 2 inches in length, including legs. |
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Reply: Not a wolf spider, this is a hacklemesh weaver
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29 April, 2011:
Hi there, I hope you can help me. I just found this spider in my house. Can you tell me if it is a wolf spider?
Thank you!,
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glen 13 December, 2010:
Hi,
We found this spider in our house in Cannon Beach Oregon. Could you tell me what this is?
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glen 10 October, 2010:
Hi Glen,
So last night I felt a pinch and turned on the lights and saw this
spider on the ground. However, it was about 5 ft from where I was so who
knows it if bite me.
Here are some pics. I live in CA and was looking at the hobo spider, but
I know it's not here so far. I have traveled last year and was wondering
if maybe I broke some outsider spider in my bike backpack or in my bike
box (I was biking and shipping it around) any way, I was also looking at
the giant house spider and other funnel web weavers. let me know if you
can think of anything.
Thanks!
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glen 10 September, 2010:
I live in Portland, Oregon... was in our hot tub compartment, which our hot tub doesn't work, its empty.... its reddish brown with a violin shape on its butt... its butt is very fuzzy... I've found woodlouse pictures... but none resemble this one. I read that they molt? Is this before they molt? Its very creepy looking... and HUGE!
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21 August, 2010:
In South Carolina. Very shy. Scant and poorly formed web. This one found under an empty, long undisturbed flower pot.
Thanks, Rett
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21 August, 2010:
Greetings, Glen!
We found this spider in our bathroom in Raleigh NC. It's very small (see the recycle symbol), but has very defined markings. I sent it to you a few months back and you responded that maybe it's a house spider, but the striped legs and smooth body don't seem to fit. Is it possible that it's a baby trapdoor spider? Except for the size, the markings and especially the two big "things" in the front seem like a trapdoor spider.
Your site is great!!
Thank you!
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14 August, 2010:
Howdy!
We moved into a new home in Somerset county, NJ and found a few interesting house mates.
One seemed to have a skull on its abdomen.
Take a look...any help finding out what they are would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
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7 July, 2010:
Hello Glen -
I was visiting my father for Father's Day -- he lives in Edgewater, Maryland.
Went through some of his tools/appliances that he has in a shed he has in his yard and came across the spider in the attached photos.
By your site, it appears that this one's a "Black House Spider" -- but I am not certain.
Was wondering if you wouldn't mind identifying it for me, if you have a moment. Use the photos how you see fit, if you find them useful.
Thanks!
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weaver - glen
7 July, 2010:
Hi,
I stumbled across your page looking at pictures of spiders trying to identify this spider that my cats scared out one night. I cannot find an exact match of it anywhere and was hoping that you could identify it for me. Is it dangerous and should I be worried about it or having more of these in my house? Thank you for your time, Ron.
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glen
24 April, 2010:
Can you identify this spider I found in my bathroom sink in lower level of
my house? I wonder if it's a Hobo or Brown Recluse. This was the 5th one I
found in a few day, OUR weather here in Harrisburg, PA was very hot last
couple of days. The temperatures almost reached 90 degrees. Do you think
that has anything to do with sudden appearance of spiders? I found them when
temperatures suddenly dropped into the 40's and 50's.
Thank you,
Maria
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weaver to me - glen 23 March, 2010:
Hi. I stumbled across your site while trying to identify a spider, and was wondering if you could help. I live on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada. We have a very wet climate here, so this guy was tucked in with some dry insulation. I have lived here for many years, but this is the first time I have seen a spider like this. If you zoom in on the first picture I believe you can make out six eyes, it does not look like it has any more than that. I'm sorry the second picture is dark, but I wanted to give it a bit of scale, so I put it a coin by it. (that coin is one inch across.) There was also an odd egg sack beside him(her?), it was a cone shape with very fine webbing around it, I have a picture of it if you want one. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
Jonathan,
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23 August, 2009:
Hello,
I was out side with my laptop around 10:30 pm while this spider charged up a few times having no fear of me whats so ever. I have seen others like it before. They like the dark, specially night time it seems. And appear to be aggressive rearing up its legs instead of running away. I have also seen this spider at a friends house.
I live in Hurst Texas which is in Tarrant county.
I don't think it is a recluse as it does not have the classic violin marking. It does have what appears the slightest chevron marking on its abdomen. It's head is black from fang to eyes. Too dark for me to see check eye placement. But I know of no other species that looks so similar without the violin marking. It is definitely a male by the shape and size of the palp.
Have you any idea what this might be? I am sorry for the quality of the pictures, they did not do it justice.
Anything you can think of to narrow it down would be great. I appreciate any time and attention you could provide.
I long time scanner of your wonderful site.
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Douglas
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weaver to me - glen 10 October, 2009:
Hi I found a spider in our garage. We live near Vancouver, BC, Canada in a wooded area. Is this spider dangerous other than to this Daddylong Legs? I have never seen such a red spider around here. Mia Davison (8 years) |
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23 August, 2009:
Hello,
I was out side with my laptop around 10:30 pm while this spider charged up a few times having no fear of me whats so ever. I have seen others like it before. They like the dark, specially night time it seems. And appear to be aggressive rearing up its legs instead of running away. I have also seen this spider at a friends house.
I live in Hurst Texas which is in Tarrant county.
I don't think it is a recluse as it does not have the classic violin marking. It does have what appears the slightest chevron marking on its abdomen. It's head is black from fang to eyes. Too dark for me to see check eye placement. But I know of no other species that looks so similar without the violin marking. It is definitely a male by the shape and size of the palp.
Have you any idea what this might be? I am sorry for the quality of the pictures, they did not do it justice.
Anything you can think of to narrow it down would be great. I appreciate any time and attention you could provide.
I long time scanner of your wonderful site.
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Douglas
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29 June, 2009:
Hello Glen :) I've been visiting your site for a few years now to identify spiders I have encountered in different places of the Unites States. I live in Duluth, Mn, and the other day I found this big one hanging out on the wall at my dad's house. I've never heard of a recluse way up here, what do you think? It was about 2 inches across. Thanks! -Kaleena |
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29 June, 2009:
Hi I wonder what kind of spider this is. I found it in my bathroom and it is about one inch long with it's legs. I live in Central Texas. The picture is kind of hard to see but it has five tan dots on the top of it's abdomen. It also has a small black dot on the very top of it's abdomen when turned over. Thank you, Leah |
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9 June, 2009:
Was wondering if you could tell me what exactly this thing is. It's beautiful and is a bit bigger then a quarter with a body about the size of the dime.
I live in central New York, in the US. Please let me know.
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3 June, 2009:
Hi,
I am trying to identify a spider that was living under my siding. I found your website Spider Rulz and was wondering if you could identify this spider for me?
Thanks,
Gordon
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Reply: Yes it could be - glen
18 May, 2009:
Glen,
Thanks for your quick reply. Sorry for the poor photos. The attached are better. Could it be a hackledmesh weaver?
TJ |
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4 May, 2009:
Hi Glen,
I found this spider on the wall in my Cleveland, Ohio apartment. It
was a cold night and I think he (based on large palps) came in through
an unscreened open window to stay warm. I guess it is a barn funnel
weaving spider given my location, but based on other photos from your
site, it does resemble a hobo, except his legs appear to be banded. It
was rather calm and unable to climb out of the wine glass in which I
kept it before placing it back outdoors.
Thanks,
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12 March, 2009:
Found this one in my bathroom toilet. My mom said it bit her when she
sat down. I live in Dallas, TX.
I'm not sure about the genus but it definitely looks like it's in the
Amaurobiidae family. The url below looks a lot like the one I caught.
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/70115411 |
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5 October, 2008:
Hi,
I am trying to identify a spider that was living under my siding. I found your website Spider Rulz and was wondering if you could identify this spider for me?
Thanks,
Gordon
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Reply from Becky: Glen,
So I put this little buddies picture on a web site & it was identified as this… “This looks like a hacklemesh weaver spider (family Amaurobiidae) - see [HYPERLINK@www.pbase.com] “ The website I used was http://davesgarden.com.
Thank you for your time ;)
Becky
28 August, 2008:
I have not been able to identify this spider… can you please help me? I live in western Washington (State). These spiders have been seen in the wood pile, bricks in our fire pit and the dirt, but this one was on the cushion when I pulled it out of the shed this summer.
Thanks bunches!
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10 April, 2008:
hello i just caught this spider crawling across my floor
today. i live in Kent, OH USA. and from looking through your
websites photos it looks a lot like one of the pictures of a Hobo
spider.. but this is very confusing to me because Ohio is not in
the hobo spiders range. any help on this would be great. i know
the photo is zoomed out quite a bit but it is very clear once
you zoom in. ~Michael
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10 April, 2008:
Hi
I just found this spider in London, UK and I was wondering if it
is a Tegenaria Gigantea. I live in the center(ish) so I guess
it's not a Tegeraria Agreste.
Can you confirm it please?
Ciao,
Alessandra
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10 April, 2008:
Hi Glen, Found this one walking down my driveway yesterday,
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1 October, 2006:
Have found similar spiders in my house, but they were
brown. First one that
I've seen that was red. Are these wolf spiders or something I should be
worried about?
Thanks,
Tony
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