Spider Photos 2005 (2)

UNIDENTIFIED SPIDERS 2005 (2)

4 August, 2005:
Hi Glen, I found this in my house (in Austin Texas), and while doing research on the internet I came across your site. Can you please tell me what kind of spider it is? It was small, about the size of a dime. Thanks, Marc

1 August, 2005:
Thought you might like to add this to your collection (not that you  need "another" photo of a spider......! This is our "little friend" on our front porch in South Carolina (maybe  he/she has already had an appetizer......). Thanks again for your information, Glen.

1 August, 2005:
Glen-
Can you tell me what kind of spider this is? It's outside of my house in  South Carolina and if it's not venomous I'll leave it alone but it sure is  huge. It has 10 babies with it.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Lee Ann Tarducci

1 August, 2005:
I've attached a picture of spider I found on a bush outside my house (I live in western PA). I've looked everywhere on the web, but haven't been able to identify it. I've never seen anything like it before. Can you help?
thanks,
Ann

31 July, 2005:
This is the spider found in Lincoln, CA in July 2005 He live side by side with Daddy Longlegs with no apparent problems His web is about 4 feet square – but we did not find any of the Zig-zag web in it . . just classic spider web formation. Pictured in a lower corner of his web . .

29 July, 2005:
Ok. I know those photos were pretty bad... I took a few more, and these look like they may aid in identifying it.

Thanks
Bill
 

29 July, 2005:
Hi Glen....I found this big guy in my garage in Orlando, Florida. After cruising your website, I kinda think it may be a wolf spider. Am I right?

Sherri
 

27 July, 2005:
I found the green spider in my garden. The other was inside my house. Ellen

25 July, 2005:
Hi, I'm April from Eugene Oregon, and a couple of days ago spotted this guy on our bathoom wall, not bigger than a quarter I guess...didn't seem too aggressive, but I've been looking up all kinds of sites to try and identify him to see if it's poisonous, adn can't find anything!!!!PLEASE help me, so I know whether to be afraid or not!!! Thanks for the help!

Reply: This is Dolomedes sp.

23 July, 2005:
Hello,
I would first like to say...NICE website. I have attached some photos of what we think to be a black widow with an egg sack we have living outside of our offices. Maybe someone can clarify this for us. Keep up the good work!!
John Catalano

Reply: That is a harmless garden orb weaver, in the genus Araneus. Nathan

23 July, 2005:
Don't know if you still identify Spiders, but I found your site on the net and was currious about this spider. I live in Concord, New Hampshire and this was on my car. Its probably about an inch long.

22 July, 2005:
Hello. I just found another strange spider that I can't identify. I've just looked through a majority of the pictures on your site, and can't find anything there that's a match. I also can't find a match anywhere on the web. We're in Alabama. Do you have any idea what this pretty spider might be? Thanks, Liz

Reply: Looks like it could be a female fishing spider carrying her egg sac..

20 July, 2005:
Hello - -- - I am curious about this spider which we found when my family was on vacation in Western North Carolina (in the Andrews area: We were an the smaller mountains at about 2,000 - 3,000 feet. The hole in the tree was  roughly 3 inches. I also wonder what it was holding and why? The critter on the left  appears to be a slug of some kind.
Many thanks,
Ken

Reply: Looks more like a huntsman to me.

20 July, 2005:
I found this guy in one of the shipping terminals at The Port of Los Angeles. Looks like a wolf spider except for the size. Very agressive too. Any ideas what it might be?
Thanks...Mike
P.S...Cool Website!

20 July, 2005:
Hi, I found these two ladies (I assume they're ladies) in my backyard and was looking to find out what they were (I'm in San Francisco, CA). One of them had a blue egg sack and the other one didn't, so I was curious about that too. Anything you can tell me about them would be great. I love your terrific website!
Elaine

Reply: That looks like an Agelenopsis pennsylvanica --the grass spider. It is a harmless funnel weaver. Nathan
20 July, 2005:
I like your website. I must admit that I am terrified of spiders, but one has taken up residence on my front porch and I would like to know what kind it is. I found your website and compared pictures but I can’t tell what kind of spider I have. Here is a picture, if you know please let me know. I have small children and don’t want any dangerous spiders living on the front porch, however if it is harmless it would be nice to have a little “insect control” on the porch.  Thanks,
Carrie

16 July, 2005:
Hello, Just a Quick enquiry, I have Brought some Peppers from a UK supermarket and found that a spider crawled out.... The Peppers are from Holland, and i am struggling finding the type of spider on the net. Please can you help? I dont know wether to let it go in the garden. will it harm the other insects out there!
Thanks Richard

Reply: That looks like a male Kukulcania
hibernalis, the southern house spider. It is not dangerous. See the pic at the bottom of this page. Nathan Hepworth

 

14 July, 2005:
I live in Southwest Louisiana and have been finding these spiders in and around my home. I usually see them around the moldings in my home. Can you please help me identify it??
Thanks for your help!

Chelsea M. Comeaux

Reply: This looks more like an Araneus or Neoscona than fishing spider, on reflection. Nathan Hepworth

14 July, 2005:
Hello, I was hoping if you could help me identify this young lad I have living on my back porch. I'm sending two photos. Thanks, Tom Gillis Carney's Point NJ

Reply: I don't know the exact species, but that looks like a spider in Gnaphosidae, the "ground spiders". They are not considered dangerous, but bites from some species can cause mild systemic symptoms such as headache, tiredness etc. Nathan Hepworth

14 July, 2005:
hi!! i was browsing your site and noticed you know quite a bit about spiders. i live in Irvine, CA in the USA and have encountered this type of spider a few times. Do you know what type this is?

Reply: The spiders of the 13th and 8th are both in Dolomedes, and are the same species, only I don't know which exact Dolomedes that would be. Sorry. Nathan

13 July, 2005:
My little girl found this in her boot. Her foot was in there with it!! Do you know what kind it is? I have sent it to the UT Entomology Dept, but have not received an answer yet.

Reply: Looks like some sort of tarantula.

12 July, 2005:
Hi there, I am seeking some advice. We live in Laos since a year now and have seen all kinds of insects,  snakes and reptiles creep up to our house in the rainy season but this
last spider does not make me feel to secure. Any idea what it could be  or where i could get an idea. Many thanks!
Richard

11 July, 2005:
Hello! I was wondering if could help me identify this spider I saw outside of our house last night. It is perhaps the biggest spider I've ever seen. We live in Indiana and there aren't a whole lot of big spiders around here! So, needless to say.....this guy/girl gave me quite a shock!!! The picture doesn't do it justice. I looked on your "Common spiders in the US" but I didn't seem to find it on there. But it did make me feel better because there are some that are even more huge than I would have imagined!!! They make mine look like a cute, little puppy.
Thanks!
Ann Daniel
West Lafayette, Indiana
United States

9 July, 2005:
Hi, saw your site on the web. just ran into this little lady the other nite - with 100's of babies on her back! she was about the size of a silver dollar from foot to foot. is she a wolf spider? this was in northern virginia, USA
wish i could have gotten a better picture. the photo is while we had her in a wine glass for safe transport out to the garden! --  thanx,
fish

Reply: Reply: The spiders of the 13th and 8th are both in Dolomedes, and are the same species, only I don't know which exact Dolomedes that would be. Sorry. Nathan

8 July, 2005:
My husband found this spider on our kids swingset. It is on a 2x4, we would like to know what kind of spider this is and is it harmful? Thank You, Christie - Crowley TX.

Reply: The picture is dark, but that resembles the family Amaurobiidae, the hackled mesh
weavers. They aren't harmful, and even if it isn't Amaurobiidae/ Amaurobius, it isn't a venomous species. See these pics: http://www.gardensafari.net/english/house_spiders.htm Nathan Hepworth

8 July, 2005:
Hello Glen! (or should I say Spiderman??? Sorry you probably hate that...) Thank you so very much for responding to my inquiry. I apologize for the blurry photo (damn digitals)... I've sent you two others that are better quality. Look for the single line marking down the upper body, light brown on dark brown colorings. His lower body is all one solid color. He's a real 'beefy' or husky spider. Like I told you he was huge...If you still have no idea (I'd be happy with an educated guess even a shot in the dark:) Can you tell if he looks venemous or should I say is his venom highly toxic? Are there highly toxic spiders in the Northeast? I know there are Black Widows throughout the Nation and what they can do...  Again any info would greatly help me to sleep at night...being he was in my house. Thank you Glen!
~Kristin

Reply: No you didn't need to be afraid, this is just a huntsman, quite harmless but big and scary.

7 July, 2005:
Can you help me identify this spider, it was in my shower. It scared me to death (arachnophobic) I jumped out of the shower and fell down, breaking my toe and my pride. Did I have reason to be frightened? Thank you very much, Sandra Cherer

Reply: You are correct. That is a fishing spider, of the genus Dolomedes. Nathan Hepworth

7 July, 2005:
I'm trying to determine is the attachment I'm sending you could be a Fishing spider? It seems your may have an answer for me. This spider is approx. 4-5 inches in total length.
Thanks in Advance for any help here,
Tom

Reply: This is a garden orb weaver. It is not dangerous.

6 July, 2005:
found this spider outside of my back door. I live in Port Arthur, TX and have NEVER seen a spider like this! Can you please try to tell me what you think it is??? The pictures arent great but hopefully they'll work. The one with the black background was taken outside still on his web.... His body is about a half inch or so.....with legs he is a couple inches.... nothing i have ever seen before! Thanks!
Misty in Texas

Reply: That is a Herpyllus ecclesiasticus,
the parson spider. It is not dangerous but its bite has some mild effects. Nathan Hepworth

6 July, 2005:
Hi there, I live in Northern Illinois and we find about 10 of these a week in our house and haven’t been able to find a source. Blackish-brown, silver-white diamond on the tail, silver-white chevron on the back, immediately next to a silver-white hourglass above it on the back.
Cheers, pk

Reply: That looks to be a Theridion species. cobweb weaver. They are harmless. Also, the brown widow is not introduced into Ohio where your Dad lives, but is, to my knowledge, only established in the warmer southern states. See this picture for the Theridion:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/12947 ( please be aware that the black markings on the back
are variable ). This is most likely the species you have. I have never seen a brown widow that was green. However, I have a Theridion sp. ( the same species as in that pic I gave ) in captivity right now, and it has lost its black stripes, and is now more yellow than when I first caught it. So if yours does not have black bands, it does not rule out this species as
your spider's identity. Nathan Hepworth

6 July, 2005:
Hi there I hope you don't mind me mailing you for some advice? I am sure you are really busy and get lots of mail but i just wanted to know if we needed to be concerned or not.
I'll get to the point now !  I live in London England and my Dad lives in Ohio in the U.S and he just sent a parcel a few days ago. Well about 20mins ago i found a spider that i have never seen before wandering around on my bed ! It's not so big so i don't know how i spotted him.
Well i popped him into a glass and thought I'd have a nosey to look up what he might be.
I came upon your brilliant web site and thought I'd look up common US spiders and lo and behold i spotted something that looks veeeery similar but with one flaw. It looks just like the picture you have of the brown widow and it already spun a bit of a web in the glass, it also has been curling up into a ball on and off. The only flaw is that on the underside of it doesn't have any red stripe but it appears to be black. I have taken a few pics that aren't so clear with the flash on the glass and you can't see the markings so clear. Basically its only small about 1cm long with light brown coloured head and legs, the body is a v.pale green looking colour to me with the same marking as in your pic the white kind of stripes with little black dots along the side. I hope you can help and i hope the piccie helps too ? I am sorry to bother you if you are real busy. I was just a little concerned if it is poisonous as i have 4 children - 2 of which are babies and they are all poorly at the mo ( although i hasten to add it was before the parcel arrived).

Reply: That looks like an Amaurobiidae
species, possibly Amaurobius sp. Definitely not a brown recluse.

5 July, 2005:
I live in Alabama and I recently found 3 of these spiders in my 18  month old daughter's room. Can you please help me identify this
spider. At first glance I thought it was a brown recluse, but I am not  sure.
Thanks,
Jason

Reply: That looks like either one of the  Gnaphosidae ground spiders or Clubionidae sac spiders ( not to be confused with the medically significant Cheiracanthium sac spiders ). Your little friend here is not dangerous, but its bite may have a few mild symptoms. Nathan

5 July, 2005:
Hi Glen, we are from England and yesterday we found a spider in a bunch of grapes. When we called the store they told us the grapes were from Mexico. After an exhausting search of the web (ha.ha) we found a picture of the spider but have been unable to find a name for it. Please could you help us out.

Nicole 12
Iona 10

Reply: That is a trapdoor spider, possibly a species of either Ummidia or Myrmekiaphila. It is not considered dangerous, but you can bet that its bite would hurt. Nathan Hepworth

3 July, 2005:
HI found this spider on some floating plants in my little goldfish pond, It didn't mind going underwater which it did when it tired of us trying to take photos. The stick in the lower right section of photo is about 1/4", the spider was about an inch or more. I would like to know what type of spider this is, as I am wary of putting my hands in the water now! We are located in southeastern NC. My apologies to spider lovers everywhere for the title of photo.
Thanks,
Joy

Reply: That looks like it could be a
Dolomedes species "fishing spider". Not dangerous. Nathan Hepworth

2 July, 2005:
Hello, I'm from the Netherlands en while I was enjoying my vacation on the Greek Island Kos this spider was in the appartement. Do you know what kind of spider this is?
Renate Blauw

Reply: Nope. That is a mangnolia green
jumping spider, Lyssomanes viridis. Nathan Hepworth

2 July, 2005:
HI THERE, I'VE BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR FEW MONTHS NOW AND FOUND TRULY AMAZING SPIDERS. AND SOME FAR EXCEEDING THE REGULAR SIZES. ANYWAY I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS A JUVENILE LYNX SPIDER OR SOMETHING ELSE, ANY IDEA ? THANKS , SHAYAN.

Reply: This one is similar in body shape to the netcasting spider here.

2 July, 2005:
Hey I looked all over the web site, and I couldn't find this one. It's probably about 2 inches with leg span and I found it on my door. Any ideas??

Reply: Looks like a House Spider - Tegenaria gigantea.

27 June, 2005:
hi, i found this spider in the garden shed in the UK could you please take a look and identify it for me please. thanks.....

Reply: Looks like a Common House Spider - Achaearanea  tepidariorum

27 June, 2005:
Glen, I live in Southeastern Michigan. I found this spider guarding her eggs next to my front door. The egg sac looks like it is made from brown paper. I have only seen spider egg sacs made from web material (silk?) so this spider really intrigued me. I thought it looked like a brown widow but I don't know for sure. Could you please tell me what you think? You have a great site! Thank you so much,
Cristina Schewe

Reply: Looks like a fishing spider.
27 June, 2005:
Can you please identify for sure what spider this is? I'm very afraid of ALL spiders but am not sure if this one is a fishing spider or a wolf spider. I say fishing spider... I live in Northern Minnesota and my son found this spider over the door to his bedroom. The spider is sprawled across a 2 x 4, and that is the 4" part that the spider is on. I will attach a few photos for you to use! Feel free to use them on this awesome website! (it was very helpful!) Amy Hellman & Scott Buria, Iron Minnesota.

Reply: I can't tell for certain from that
picture, but it resembles an immature black widow (Latrodectus variolus ). Nathan Hepworth.

27 June, 2005:
Hi Glen. I'm attaching a photo of a spider that I found in a bag of grapes  purchased at a local supermarket. My girlfriend freaked out and ran out of the kitchen (news reports from a few days earlier of Brown Recluse spiders being found in grapes fresh in her head!). I took the following picture and  am hoping to find out what type of spider it is. thanks, Jim F. Boston

Reply: It looks like some sort of Orb weaver.

25 June, 2005:
If your interested in posting a another pic of a spider here's one. We  live in Southern California, about 30 minutes from Palm Springs. We found  this in our house. My wife believes it was on her last night and crawled
off of her. Anyway, here it is. Let me know if you know what this  is...thanx.

Reply: This is a sac spider, Cheiracanthium mildei. See this page:
http://www.bugguide.net/node/view/3366/bgpage Nathan Hepworth

23 June, 2005:
Ok I took some better pics little boogers are hard to take pics of anyways maybe these will help I live in Ottawa Canada maybe the region may help in determining what type it is like I said I have never seen one like this before Thanxs again!

Reply: I think it looks like a woodlouse hunter.

22 June, 2005:
okay i finally got a picture. uh the first one died but i just caught another one. now the first one had large fang looking things by his face. this one doesn't have those. but ive got some pictures, he's still reddish and all but this is also a little larger than the other. this is about a centimeter to a centimeter and a half long and about .5 of a centimeter across.

Reply: I think it looks like some sort of jumping spider from the greenish chelicera. They are not dangerous, only to grasshoppers!

21 June, 2005:
This was on my Post Office door the other day as I was getting my mail. I’m guessing (from pics on your site) that this is some kind of jumping spider….??? Is this dangerous to humans, pets, etc.? Thanks, Tim

Reply: It looks like the jumping spider Metacyrba undata.

21 June, 2005:
Awesome pictures in this site! Could you Identifty this spider? He or  She likes to jump(Carl lewis would be proud).Thank you ... !!! Brian

Reply: That is a harmless harvestman or "daddy longlegs". It is not a spider, but a member of the order Opiliones. Nathan Hepworth
21 June, 2005:
What is this? I live in north Texas and found this guy crawling on my wall. It's about 4 cm long.
-Hal

Reply: It looks like a pseudoscorpion. Click here for some info.

19 June, 2005:
I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME I FOUND THIS BUG ON MY BATHROOM MAT A FEW DAYS AGO. HAD IT NOT MOVED WOULD'NT HAVE NOTICED IT AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS VERY SMALL. IT ALSO MOVES VERY FAST FORWARD OR BACKWARDS, COULD IT HURT MY CATS OR US IF PICHED ? WHAT HAS CAUSED IT TO COME INTO MY HOME ? WE LIVE IN GOLDEN BC CANADA SOUTHERN INTERIOR OF THE EAST KOOTENAYS.
THANKS GLENDA

Reply: It looks like a solfugid - otherwise known as a camel spider, wind scorpion or sun spider.  Click here for some info.

18 June, 2005:
Hi, Found this in my house (in Henderson, NV) last night. It's active and  fast. Can you identify it and offer some info.? Where does it live;  what does it eat; is it dangerous/poisonous? Thanks, Vic

Reply: It looks like a fishing spider.

18 June, 2005:
Hi Glen,

I was hoping you could help us identify this spider we found in our garage.

Thank you,
Jerome Stevens and Family
Oak Park, Michigan

Reply: That is Kukulcania hibernalis, the southern house spider. It is not dangerous. Nathan Hepworth

18 June, 2005:
Hey, I was browsing your website and I hope I can get some insight as to what kind of spider this is. I moved into another apartment in my complex, and I've been catching these things (smaller ones INSIDE my apartment) for the last 2 months I've lived here. I'm terrified of them, but I also worry about if they're poisoness because my cats love to catch bugs, etc. From browsing, I think it's a brown recluse. This is the biggest one; it lives outside in a hole in the patio ceiling that some carpenter bees drilled out. You can see a very thick sticky web all the way around the hole. Oh, and it's about the size of an Eisenhower silver dollar if you have one. Huge to me.
p.s. I've been asking my complex if the apartments have been bug sprayed on schedule and they claim so. If this thing doesn't respond to pesticides, this might be why. :)

16 June, 2005:
Hi, Glen! I continue to find Huntsman spiders periodically around the house. Here's a photo of what may be a female. I'm guessing, of course. Her backside is much bigger than another Huntsman I have in the house and she's now ensconced in this corner of our sliding glass door under a cover she has built. I don't know if she's guarding eggs or what. Pat

16 June, 2005:
Hello Glen: After much searching I found your great site. I've looked through hundreds of spider pictures and I can't quite find a photo of the one that I recently discovered in my yard.
This guy rarely is seen in spider form, he usually looks like a stick. He does spin a web that often sports the webbed infill pattern so I thought he might be an Argiope or relative. I've seen about five or six different sites with these creatures mostly around plants - in rose bushes, etc. I live near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - North Eastern USA.  The attached pictures show a few different angles, including a blurry one when I saw him wrapping up a meal. I just got a macro lens so I've been shooting a lot of spiders and other creatures in my yard. The variety is quite staggering. Anyway, thanks for any insight as to exactly what flavor of spider this is. joel

Reply: Joel. I believe that is Uloborus
glomosus, the featherlegged orbweaver. See this site: -Nathan.

Reply: Looks like a fishing spider

15 June, 2005:
Hello, you asked me to mail you here because my pictures where to big.

Reply: I can't tell definitively from that picture, but it may be a male Kukulcania
hibernalis, the southern house spider, which is a harmless species. See this site. Nathan Hepworth.

15 June, 2005:
Hello, I would like to first say that your site is awesome! I spend quite a bit of time there learning about spiders. I recently came across a spider in my house that I’m wondering about. Its body is about 4mm long; leg span is about the size of a 5 cent piece (US). My first instinct was that it was a cellar spider, but when I reviewed the photos that I took, it began to look more like a brown recluse. Unfortunately, the spider scampered off before I could get a good look / picture of the eye pattern. I’m questioning whether it is a brown recluse though, given my location. I live in the North-East corner of Wyoming, USA which from what I’ve read, isn’t a location where brown recluses are normally found. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for your awesome site. Tony