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31 August, 2010:
Cool site! Thanks!
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31 August, 2010:
Hi,
I found this spider in my backyard on a tomato plant. I took this picture, then went to take another from a different view, but it was gone by the time i turned to take another picture.
I just want to make sure it is harmless.
Spider from Sacramento, CA. On 8/26/2010
Thank you.
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31 August, 2010:
I lived in Texas 12 years and never saw this one. Went back last week and saw this one in Refugio, Texas.
People are dying to know about it.
Thanks – I will post your site on my facebook page with 1500 fans ! Treyce
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Reply: This is a
garden orb weaver - glen
31 August, 2010:
Hi there -
I was recently hiking in Croatia and kept seeing spiders like the one in the attached pic. They had huge webs that would often span from one side of the walking path clear across to trees or bushes on the other. Not knowing whether they were venomous, I was careful to avoid disturbing them. Any idea what kind of spider it is?
many thanks!
Michael
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Reply: This is a
garden orb weaver - glen
27 August, 2010:
Hi Glen,
This picture was sent to me. Can you identify this spider. It was found in Northern canada close to the ground. Outside the basement.
Thank you.
Any informaiton is appreciated.
Barbie
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Reply: This is a
garden orb weaver and they usually live outside- glen
27 August, 2010:
Please help me identify this spider! I live in Rocky River, Ohio (Cleveland) and found this spider in a table lamp!
Rachel
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Reply: This is a
garden orb weaver - glen
27 August, 2010:
Hey Glen -
Can you tell me what kind of spider this is? She/he keeps making a web outside my friend's back door in KS.
Thanks!
Ginny
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Reply: No I think this is a
garden orb weaver., not a huntsman - glen
21 August, 2010:
Hello,
Your site is fantastic… based on the images on your site …
I believe this is a Huntsman spider, female.
July 31 2010 8:52pm Near Sacramento California USA near our front door by the news paper & mail box post.
Thanks Ben
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21 August, 2010:
Hello from Alabama. We live on Lay Lake here in Shelby County. I found this little critter the other day. Every night it creates a new web and each morning, it literally pulls it up and goes into hiding. the thorax is about the size of a 1/2 dollar. Due to the fact that we have children in the home, I would like very much to find out if big guy is poisonous. If not, we will just let him be, due to the fact that anything he munches on, is one less thing I have to worry about in my house! I appreciate any information that you could give me, thanks!
Honestly,
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21 August, 2010:
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21 August, 2010:
from californiaClick for a larger view |
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21 August, 2010:
this spider lives on my deck can you tell me anything about it.
Thank you.
TerryClick for a larger view |
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14 August, 2010:
Hi, I live in East Tennessee and I have found two spiders that I am unsure of what kind they are. I'm hoping you can help. One was crawling on me during the night, I literally jumped up to the ceiling!! (first 3 pics) It was pretty big, a little bigger than a silver dollar. Then the second one made a web on my front porch. It was the size of the first one, maybe a little bigger because I never seen it with it's legs fully extended. I am attaching some pictures.. The second I find very fascinating. I love the way it looks! |
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14 August, 2010:
Hello I found this guy/girl setting up camp in my window (outside). Its the most peculiar little thing! He/She builds a web every single night, catches the moths that come to my porch light and then in the morning the spider, web, body casings of prey and all are GONE! :D Its very interesting to say the least. Now I am a HUGE HUGE arachnophobic and taking the pics I have enclosed just about did me in!!! The pics look like they are taken from a very close shot but I can assure you this is NOT the case. I was sweating bullets and shaking just from standing on my porch to take the pic of him. I used the programs on my computer to enhance the pics and zoom them. Now, this little dude has been chilling there in that window for about a month now. Every night its the same and last night I found out that we have another one on the other side of our house in the window by the back porch light!! If they are not poison then I plan to just live and let live ya know? :D So long story short here, any help in identifying this guy would be most welcome! Thanks so much in advance!!
~~The pics show him eating, its a moth that my husband caught and then tossed in the webs direction so it would get caught when it flew off all confused like. So that I could then watch what a spider does when it catches prey. My husband is trying to educate me on spiders in the hopes that I will get over my unusually strong fear and give in to him wanting a Goliath Bird Eating Spider...Ha! Yeah right! Anyways, thanks for any help you can offer!
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14 August, 2010:
can you identify this spider from florida south sarasota county it appeared in my truck while driving hanging from the ceiling next to the cracked open window .scared the crap out of me.
if you need more photos i have more
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14 August, 2010:
Hi Glen.
I've been looking at your website and thought I would email you to see if you can help identify some spiders.
Spiders and I are not really friends. They're mostly friendly but like a lot of people, my initial instinct is extremely negative. I do know they're beneficial though so I'm trying to learn to tolerate them. They only really bother me when I find them in places where I am or my animals are a lot of the time. Spider2 and Spider3 were both found in our sunroom/patio where the dogs spend a lot of time, including nighttime. I'm tempted to say Spider2 is a wolf spider also, because of the reflective eyes, but this spider was up in a web on a string of lights in our sunroom. There is one picture where the flash washed the spider out but caught the web, so I'm including that one. When I blew on the spider to get it to move (to see if I could get a different angle picture) s/he scurried into the nearby light fixture it looks like it's been hiding in. Both Spider2 & Spider3 are small, definitely no bigger than a dime.
We live in a smaller town about 30 minutes east of San Antonio and an hour south of Austin in Texas. We live in our own house in a neighborhood, not in a condo/apartment and not in the country.
Thank you very much for any help you can provide!
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14 August, 2010:
I live in Southern California in the Ventura area.
Jeneane
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
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Reply: It's a a garden orb
weaver and not dangerous - glen
14 August, 2010:
I live in Philadelphia Pa. and it's in my backyard, is it dangerous?
Thanks in advance!
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8 August, 2010:
Never seen one this big in Missouri. His body was about the size of my thumbnail.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
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8 August, 2010:
do you know what kind of spider this is?
thanks, Howie
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8 August, 2010:
Hi,
I looked on the internet a bit but couldn't find a match and I don't know enough about them to know where to head next. I saw your site and you said "send them in" so I am! Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
I live in Chicago Illinois, I have a decent yard with trees, garden etc but I am in the city proper. This guy has been coming out after dark to spin his web on my porch awning to railing - on the side of the door opposite the light, maybe about 4-5 feet then from the light. Its a very large web, and it seems like he goes into hiding during the day then respins it at night. He's easily 2" tall (including legs).
I primarily want to know if its safe to peacefully co-exist because I do have myself and a dog and don't want one of us to get bitten, we do use the porch at night. I might have to catch him and release him somewhere else...
Thanks! :D
Dawn in Chicago
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8 August, 2010:
HI
I recently took these photos of a spider on holiday in England.
Originally, from across the room, I though it was a big stain on the curtain - and then it moved.
I have never seen a spider with such markings in England
Would you be able to identify if for me please?
With much thanks
Dawn
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3 August, 2010:
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2 August, 2010:
Hi there I was looking at your website and you have a lot of information on there. Would you be able to identify these spiders? I just want to make sure they're not poisonous since I have a lot of animals. Thanks so much for your time.
Sincerely,
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2 August, 2010:
This was found in my van. I've been trying to find out what kind it is and general information about it, but even looking at pictures of spiders gives me the creepy-crawlies so I was hoping you could help me out with identifying it. Feel free to use the picture if you want to. |
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2 August, 2010:
Hi. I live in Central Florida and found this Black Widow living in my sons' sand and water table. It was in the hole where the umbrella would go. A couple of days later I found the other spider on the ceiling of my pool screen (on the inside). I was hosing off some ants that are trying to invade our pool via the screen and this one came tumbling down and ended up drowning. Since finding the black widow, I am a little paranoid about what this other spider is. Is it a widow (juvenile black or brown) or is it an orb weaver. Is it dangerous and should I worry that there are others as I have 3 small boys. The web seems very sturdy/sticky similar to the black widow's.
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1 August, 2010:
Hi Glen,
I've been using your site for a couple of years now to help identify spiders and get over my phobia of them. It's been extremely helpful. I recently moved and the new house has a lot of spiders in the area, so I took some photos of them to help me ID them. The first two photos are of Garden Orb Weavers. Both build their webs in the evening and then take them down in the early morning hours. The first one lives in the wind-chime on my porch, and rebuilds in the same spot every night since the guideline hasn't been disturbed. She's about the size of a nickel. The second orb weaver is much larger. The first night we came across her I accidentally disturbed her web, which wasn't hard to do since it's guidelines were larger than me. She had built a web between the eave of the house, the driveway, and a neighboring tree. Unfortunately the guideline on the driveway was right where my roommate parks so she got disturbed.
The last two photos are of a Common House Spider and it's egg sac. It's built a series of webs near the back porch light, and it's been doing really well.
Thank you for having such an awesome site. Please feel free to use these photos.
Sincerely,
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31 July, 2010:
This spider has spun a web at my back door for the past 3 nights it spins its web catches food eats and by morning its compleatly gone i have a few pics i took threw the back window. no clue what it is or if its poisness but i thought it was cool looking. maybe you can tell me more info abought it?
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31 July, 2010:
Dear Glen,
I found you website online, searching for help. We have had a new visitor to our front etrance. It is rather big, fits in the palm of our hand. It does not have the specifics described on your great and informative website, of the banana spider, different legs and body shape. I was unable to find any spider on your site similar to the attached pictures.
We like to let all animals live within their chosen environments, however, my wife has
a spider phobia and I may have to “move it” somewhere else.
Can you assist in identifying the attached.
Thank you kindly,
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Reply: This is a garden orb weaver, probably a male -
glen
23 July, 2010:
Can you please id this spider for me. I've had about 3 or 4 in my house so far this summer.
Thank you.
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23 July, 2010:
I discovered this spider on my purse. Recently we bought a very large tv that was shipped from Mexico (we live in southern California) and is still in the box and in our livingroom and I've been setting my purse on it when I come home. That's the only place I can think of as to where this spider came from - as he started to make his home on the side of my purse. In length I would say that he was no less than 1 inch (as in the photo) but with his legs extended - closer to 1 1/4". This is a species that I've never seen before and growing up on a farm in California I've seen my share of spiders!! Thanks!!
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23 July, 2010:
Hello Glen my sister lives in Brunswick, GA and found this spider on her covered porch this July 2010. Do you know what this is?
Kindest regards,
Marie, St. Augustine, FL
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Reply: This is a garden orb weaver, probably a male -
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8 July, 2010:
Glen,
I came across your site today trying to ID this spider. It was on the ceiling in my house. Pics 5333 and 5336 are taken with it inside a 1 quart jar that is about 4 1/4 inches across. The other two were taken after I let it out outside.
My guess is that it is either a hobo or a running crab spider. Any ideas?
All the best,
Reuben
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7 July, 2010:
Glen,
found this spider outside my front door in corpus christi, tx. its about an inch and half long.
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22 June, 2010:
Found in Groves, Texas
Thanks,
Baja
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17 June, 2010:
Hi Glen,
Can you tell me what this scary fellow is. Tons of them where I work. Are the poisonous?
Thanks,
Alan K
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Reply: This is a garden orb weaver - glen
17 June, 2010:
Hello, A whole lot of these spiders recently started
popping up in my apartment and apartment building in Chicago, IL.
While I'm sure its not a recluse, it doesn't look exactly like the
pictures I've seen of hobo and other house spiders. Hopefully, the
pictures attached to this email aren't too fuzzy. I was hoping you
could positively identify this spider. I've captured five in the
past week or so, and I really want to know what they are. Thanks for
your time! Jeff |
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Reply: This is some sort of orb weaver - glen
10 June, 2010:
Hello: Could you help identify this Spider. Thanks
Dave
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28 May, 2010:
H2 pictures ... spider s about ... around 3 cm big(bodywise) not legs. um hes creepy..looks more like a squid...O-o what is it...? sending 2 pics
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24 May, 2010:
Hello.
I would really appreciate your help in trying to identify a spider I found in my backyard. I live in Las Vegas NV. I have spent the past few hours on your webpage and did not find the exact one. I don't have the best camera but I have attached two photos. In the first one it is smack dab in the middle of it's web. The second is on some pavers. It is yellow in color with almost a repetitive hourglass on it's back. It is a bit furry as well. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much for your help. You can use my photos if you would like.
Take care,
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dangerous - glen
21 May, 2010:
Can you please identify this spider? It has made a web outside my house the last 3 nights and always takes it down before sunrise. It has been very interesting to watch.
thank you,
Beth
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Reply: This is a garden orb weaver and not
dangerous. You could move it to a more out of the way spot though so
it doesn't build its web across your doorway - glen
26 April, 2010:
Hi Glen,
We found a spider in front of the entry door of our house. It doesn't seem to go away and it is a little aggressive.
It seems to be a garden orb spider but we are not sure. Do you know if it's dangerous or not?
Thanks for your help.
Céline.
Western Australia.
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Reply: These are all garden orb weavers. The ones
with the smaller abdomen are males. If the first 2 were near the
other photo of a giant lichen orb weaver then it could be a male of
the same species - glen
1 March, 2010:
Hi Glen,
While in Canada (Nova Scotia) I took these spider pictures. I was hoping that you might be able to help me identify them.
First two 8472 and 8480 are of the same spider. It was quite a large spider. Found it outside dangling on a silk thread.
Next one 8715 was under a leaf in the garden.
8757a and 8758 are of the same spider. It was quite high up between the wires (orb web – large spider – some sort of orb weaver)
8810 was a large round bodied spider (orb web below not in picture), thought it could be a marbled orb weaver.
8891 another orb weaver of some sort, on the small side found it out in the woods. What do you think?
Thanks,
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7 February, 2010:
What kind of spiders are these, Glen? Hope you can use these pics for your website.
MC
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