Spider Photos 2005 (3)

Here's Page 3 of some unidentified spider photos sent in by viewers from 2005. Please choose a section below.

UNIDENTIFIED SPIDERS 2005 (3)

Reply: Looks similar to the steatoda nobilis on this page
29 December, 2005:
I live outside Portland, Or. and found this spider in a shed in our back yard it is 3/8 of an inch across (including legs) it doesn't have a hourglass marking, and does not seem to be aggressive at all. I have looked at various sites on the net but have not found much that is very close in appearance. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me in identifying this  spider. (There is actually at least 4 out there, and it is also December so this may explain it's small size.)   Thank You,  Mike J

Verification from Victorian Museum:
You are correct, what you have is indeed a Black House spider ( Badumna insignis ). The dead give away that it was not a funnel web is the position of the fangs. Funnel webs have their fangs pointing forward almost like two stubby arms sticking out from the front of their head while in this one the fangs are pointing downwards towards the ground. The markings clearly seen on the abdomen are classic for this spider as well.
Peter Lillywhite
Senior Collection Manager
Entomology & Arachnology
Museum Victoria

Reply: From the later photos I would say this is the black house spider Badumna Insignis, which is described as having a row of  faint white V's on their back. The head -(Thorax) is shiny black and the eyes are in two rows of four. The Black House spider comes from the family Pesidae, it is a species of lace web-making spider.

Reply: Could be a bird dropping spider.

12 December, 2005:
can u tell me what type of spider it is your site is awesome john

Reply: Looks like some sort of spined micarathena - glen

5 December, 2005:
i found this spider on one of our hikes up the rio negro in brazil. i have asked all over trying to find out what it is please get back to us on what it is so i can find more info on this cool spider. it is aprox 1 inch long.
thanks for your time james s, alberta canada
 

5 December, 2005:
Hi Glen, can you tell what this is?
thanks,
Julie
Northern California
 

29 November, 2005:
Hi there. I’m from South Africa and my mother is a Grade 0 school teacher. She’s found this spider in the garden and it’s become the class’s “school pet”. It’s easy to feed as it eats the insects you give it, but now it’s had babies and we have no idea what to feed them. Any idea what spider it is and what to feed the babies?
Kind regards
Ingrid Pretorius
 

Reply: The one on the left is most likely one of the golden silk orb weaver family and the one on the right from the garden orb weaver family.

. 26 November, 2005:
hi, I am Vyankatesh Mujumdar From India, I am sending 2 photos of spider witch I found in Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra,India). I like u r web site it is very good can u tell me how can i get the information about spiders in India. I want to reseach on them How can I do that? Please help me . the Information about spiders which i send to u is..
1)Giant wood Spider. widly found in deep forest useawly in Winter.
2)I dont no.

Reply: I think it looks like a wooodlouse hunter too. Could be a male.

26 November, 2005:
I found this one in my dogs water dish, and appears to be belly up, I was  told it could be a woodlouse spider, but I would think the bottom would be a lot  bigger, I live in Northeast Ohio, any suggestions?
 

Reply: Looks like a member of the nephila species which the Golden Silk Orb Weavers also belong to - glen.
22 November, 2005:
I found your website whilst trying to identify this specimen that I found in Northeastern Nigeria. They are very common there, it is not unusual to find a whole tree covered in their webs with several adults living there. Locals say that they are poisonous but this might just mean that they give a nasty bite - I didn't try! I guess the one in the picture I have attached was about 10-12cm in length. I saw some with slightly different colours but they looked the same otherwise. The webs are very strong and span considerable distances. Thanks for any info. you can give. Matt.

 November, 2005:
Hi, I found your website, because we saw a very big spider at our property in Oroville, CA this weekend. I wanted to find out what kind it is and if it can be dangerous to us or our dogs.
Attached is the photo, it was about 2 inches in body size, seemed very big to us. We saw it in the field and it seems to live in holes in the ground. I would appretiate any info. Thank you,
Eva Dehelean

Reply: It looks like a huntsman.

14 November, 2005:
Hi, I found this spider dead (thank god), in the bottom of my swimming pool. I have exausted my searching of the internet, and was wondering if you could help me in my quest to identify it. It has an outstretched legspan of 4" and BLOODY HUGE fangs. Location: Newcastle, NSW AUstralia.
Thanks heaps :) Lox and Helen.

14 November, 2005:
Hi there
I just visited your website which is very interesting.  Anyway, I took a picture of a spider in our garden, but I've never seen one like it. Here is the photo, could you perhaps tell me what it is and where I can get more information on it? I'm from central South Africa.
Kind regards
Rudi

12 November, 2005:
My boys and I were trying to identify this beauty of a spider I found when removing some dusty books from the corner bookshelf. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks,
Analicia, Nicolas and Oscar

Reply: The closest match I could suggest is the yellow sac spider. Check this page to compare.
12 November, 2005:
Dear Glen, I have a little bit of a strange situation. It is going to sound like a joke, but I promise it is not. I am in the Philippines and I have a small baby monkey that was bitten by a spider. He was trying to catch it to eat it and apparently the spider was not willing to go without a fight. It definitely bit the monkey because the monkey rubbed his hand for several minutes after the bite. I need your help in identifying the spider to know if there is anything I can do or should do to minimize the effects of any venom that might be involved. I really appreciate your help. Thank you, Robert Ross

Reply: Don't worry, that is a male Kukulcania hibernalis, also called the "southern house spider." It is NOT a recluse, and is actually quite harmless. Go here and here for info and pics:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN301
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1225163 - Nathan Hepworth

10 November, 2005:
hello, my wife is a complete scardey cat when it comes to any size or type of spider. today she
left a glass of water at our bedside, and she went back to go get the water several hours later and found a huge spider in it. she wanted me to kill it, but I wanted to find out if it was a
brown recluse or not, because we're having a baby in a month and we don't want spiders crawling all over him that are dangerous. when i saw the spider I was freaked out by how big it was. hopefully you can tell from these pictures if it is a recluse or not. (my camera sucks and tries to focus what's in the background instead of the main object) the legs look as if it were a
recluse, but the recluse have 6 eyes and in 3 pairs of duvets or something like that. It's
somewhat like a recluse and somewhat not. there is no violin, lots of hair though. very long legs which the perimeter around the spider's legs stretched out would probably be about 9 inches. the diameter about 3-4 inches.

10 November, 2005:
I live in Seattle and found this fellow in my bathroom this morning. Pretty big about 1 ½ - 2 inches across.
Thanks
Robert

Reply: You have a picture on your website, dated 8 November, 2005, that someone claims is a " spider egg sack. " Actually, it's just a dead spider, covered with fungus. I've got several pictures of them from my parent's basement. Dennis

8 November, 2005:
Hi: If you can help. the attached pics are of a spider egg sack. We found  many of them in our basement. At first glance they look like mean  dangerous venomous spiders but if you look close you can see they are  dummies made from spider silk to look like a mean spider. I would bet  the parents are small and not scary so they built a scarecrow. What are  they. thank you for any help you can add.
Peter Vinci
peterv@ipatools.com

Reply: This is a tailless whip scorpion. It  is related to spiders and scorpions, but it's really neither one. It hides in thin rock crevices by day and comes out at night to hunt, aided by its long, sensitive antennae. It has no venom and is harmless to humans.

8 November, 2005:
Great web site! And, here's another photo for you... Can you help me ID this guy? It was in the house (Tucson, Arizona),
stalking my cat. About 3" wide. It ran sideways as fast as it ran  forward - quite disturbing!
Thanks for your help! Around here, everything seems to be poisonous -  just want to keep tabs on what is moving into my house with me.

Reply: Hi, on this page you have a photo from Amanda in Philippi, WV dated November 8, 2005 of a beautiful spider that is unidentified. We have a similar spider on our deck (see attached), and have searched Google for a match. We found this website that appears to identify it exactly as an Orb Weaver - Genus Larinioides :  Thanks for your great website, Doug
8 November, 2005:
Hi, I live in Philippi, WV. This spider was on the outside of my window today, and I was wondering if you could help me identify it. I would have to say that it was about an inch long (rough approximation...did not measure). if you don't know what it is, it is a cool one that you can put on your website. thanks, Amanda
 

Reply: Looks like a crab/flower spider.
6 November, 2005:
Hi Glen, A couple from England for you. Regards, Edwin
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Reply: It looks like a House Spider - tegenaria domestica - glen

3 November, 2005:
Hi My name is Heidi. I live in Everett, WA. but I found this spider in Marysville, WA. Could you please tell me what type of spider this is? I find these all of the time in my house. I am deathly afraid of spiders. Thank you.

2 November, 2005:
I found this little guy in a window sill...lucky thing! Cheers, Carine.

26 October, 2005:
Here are some cool spider photos I took the other day.

Hope someone can ID them!

Cheers,

Carine.
South Australia

Reply: Certainly looks like a redback to me!!

24 October, 2005:
Hi There, I came across this little fellow inside an overturned kids sand pit in our back yard today and thought that it may be a relative of the red back family. Anyhow my kids would like to find out for sure and I would just like to know if you have ever come across one marked like this or if it is actually a red back.

Location: Kurri Kurri N.S.W

Thanks, Adrian, Bianca & Gabrielle

Reply: That is Cheiracanthium inclusum, the yellow sac spider, which is medically
significant. - Nathan Hepworth

17 October, 2005:
PS. After seeing your site, I found the species of spider that live all  over our home. They appear to be sac spiders (again, see photo), and it  seems that maybe they aren't necessarily the best candidates as roommates.

13 October, 2005:
This one was found on the wall in my house. I live in Victoria, British Columbia. Just trying to put a name to the "face." Thanks , Adam

3 October, 2005:
Hi Glen, Excellent site. I was hoping to have this aggressive spider identified. I live in San Antonio, TX. Found him today (10-12-05) in my garage crawling fairly slowly against the wall. Around an inch and a half long. Not the best climber as it had trouble climbing vertically out of a 2" cardboard lid. Reared up and attacked anything that got close to it (wet cotton ball, popsicle stick... I have a video clip if you want it.) I thought it might be a Southern House Spider, but doesn't quite fit the look. Looks very similar to a Sydney funnel spider, but I don't live in Australia, and perhaps it's a bit small. His fangs have quite a grip (on the stick). I didn't see any other spider that had such short, stout legs and the glossy body. Can you help me? I'm concerned about whether or not it is venomous since I have an 8 month old that's starting to crawl around. Also, any pointers on keeping him alive (feeding, shelter, etc?) Thanks a lot. Aaron

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Reply: This is an Opilione, a harvestmen.  They are also referred to as daddy long legs but should not be confused with similarly named spiders the Pholcidae. Opiliones are not spiders and have no spinning organs, fangs or venom glands and are harmless to man.

9 October, 2005:
He looks much like a Daddy long legs but he had 5 legs and 2 very long legs 7 all together. Attached are a couple photos I took.  I had to degrade the quality a bit to send them but have the originals if any more quality is needed. What kind of spider (or insect) is this?

Reply: It is Dysdera crocata, a woodlouse hunter spider.

9 October, 2005:
Hello, I live in england on an island called the Isle of Wight and found this spider in the house... it was crawling very sluggishly and couldnt really move, even with a bit of a poke. So we put it outside and it died on us as soon as it touched the ground! Can you tell me what sort of spider it is please? We had never seen this type before! Thanks! Josef

Reply: It is a grass spider/funnel weaver spider. They closely resemble wolf spiders but have the longer spinnerets at the back of the abdomen. They are not dangerous.

10 October, 2005:
We found this spider in our shed in Keaney, Nebraska. Can you tell us what type of spider it is. Your welcome to use this picture for your website.

Thanks!
Shawna Erbsen

Reply: It is a male and some sort of a myglamorph. Possibly a Trapdoor.

7 October, 2005:
I found this big guy in a water bowl what kind is it and is it and is it harmful, it looks thicker bodied than I usually see around my area(coastal North Carolina)

7 October, 2005:
The Silver back on this guy caught my eye at a Queensland rest stop.

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Reply: The spider on the top appears to be a Dolomedes not sure what sp., see some
pics here http://departments.ozarks.edu/zooweb/new_page_8.htm. Brian Post

5 October, 2005:
I just came across your site tonight, and thought I would share a couple of my many spider pictures. Both of these were taken in my backyard; one on the surface of my pool (2 inches long), and one in my driveway (3/4 inch long) ... K. Mason

Reply: Tegenaria agrestis is commonly known as the hobo spiders and their bites can be quite bad becoming very infected with the skin necrotizing.  However not all bites have poison injected, many are dry and this does then not occur.

5 October, 2005:
Dear Glen
Some close friends said they found this spider on their stairs and weren't so comfortable with it in there house. strait away i new it was A Tegenaria agrestis I was wandering how bad the bite was although i've been bitten by many venomous spider and spiders that cause a blister such as the Argiope bruennichi so please tell me how venomous it is.

Reply:
This spider appears to be a Steatoda triangulosa, see a pic here -  Brian Post

2 October, 2005:
Any idea what this fellow might be? He was in an asymmetrical web  outside of my guitar case near the floor of the music room. I'll send some more pictures. Thanks. Mark Vancil

Reply: That is a male Steatoda sp. (
poss' S. borealis ) "false widow." Nathan Hepworth

30 September, 2005:
I was wondering what kind of spider is this. I live in Anchorage Alaska.  Thank you for your time. Sandy

30 September, 2005:
Could you please how me ID this spider? I live in Northeast Ohio.

Thanks,
Roy

Reply: This is a ladybird spider (Eresus cinnaberinus) and is protected in some places. The males have the beautiful colouring.

30 September, 2005:
These are pictures of a spider we found in Baghdad Iraq while deployed there in 2004. I was wondering if you could tell me what it is and if it is poisonous. Thanks

Reply: This is a type of huntsman - Badge (Huntsman) Spider (Neosparassus diana)
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/spiders/detail.aspx?id=0&pic=3

28 September, 2005:
Glen ,further to my reply I don't have a camera suitable for closeups so tried scanning and have attached the results. Regards Doug. T

Reply: This is Castianera amoena, an ant mimicking spider. Thanks to Matt.

28 September, 2005:
Found this spider this summer in northwest Arkansas. I saw that someone posted a similar one on Aug 21, 2005. Any idea on the ID? I forgot to post information about the size. It was about one cm long, pictures were taken through a dissecting microscope. Thanks for posting them. Thanks, Ricky

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Reply: Looks more like some sort of Araneus. glen

27 September, 2005:
Hi Glen, I was recently in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada and found this spider on my backpack. I've included two photos of it and was wondering if you could help me identify it. I thought it might be a wolf spider as they are common in this area but I am unsure. Thanks in advance, Laurie March

Reply:  I agree it does look like a spitting spider. glen
Update: Why is it that I can find a spider that matches mine AFTER I send it? Anyway – looks to be a spitting spider, but could be mistaken. Dave
23 September, 2005:
Have these pretty much all over (9 of them last night) the outside of my house here in San Antonio. Appears to have 6 eyes, however, no violin marking. Understood that not all recluse have the violin. Is this a desert recluse? Also, found 8 more black widows on the house last night (1 inside). We’ll have to learn to co-exist. Dave B, San Antonio, Texas

22 September, 2005:
Hi Glenda, Another one from England for you, hope you like it, found it out on the moors.
Cheers, Eddie  Click for a larger view.

22 September, 2005:
As much as I hate spiders, they seem to like me and my camera, so I've taken some shots of some beauties. Two of these are garden orb weavers (at least I think that's what they are), both of whom have lived in my back yard in Southern California at some point this year. The one in the nighttime photographs had an incredibly beautiful web and my fiancé's and I spent plenty of time just watching her work. The ominous and HUGE yellowish/whitish and black beauty remains a mystery to me. (Any guesses what make and model she is??) She was oblivious to me and the other hikers who were marveling over her during a hike into Waimea Canyon on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai last December. Fascinating, beautiful creatures -- just so long as they stay out of my house!  Lori L. Drawbaugh

Reply: These look like some sort of argiope.

22 September, 2005:
These guys were from the ocean trip Orb Weavers I think. Two of these are the same guy-Rich Swanner Click for a larger view.

22 September, 2005:
Hello I live in Seattle WA, and have found a few of this same type of spider in my house over the last six months or so. I found this little guy sprinting across my bed sheets last night, and would like to know if it's anything I should worry about. Any help you could offer would be appreciated! Keep up the awesome work on the website, too! Thanks. Zack

21 September, 2005:
Also, forwarded a picture of a large, unknown spider. Possibly Carolina wolf? Quite large – would estimate 4” or more legspan.

Dave B, San Antonio, Texas

Reply: This is a Brown Widow, Latrodectus geometricus. While its venom is not as potent as other Latrodectus sp., it can still cause a medically significant reaction so be careful.
Brian Post

19 September, 2005:
This spider was on my front porch, what kind is it and is it harmful, troy

Troy Crosby

Reply: This is a Lycosa aspersa. It is similar to some Dolomedes, but the eyes are different and the abdomen of the aspersa is more rounded. See the pic here - Brian Post

17 September, 2005:
Hello, I just moved from Germany to Little Rock, Arkansas and found this morning
a  big spider (dead) in our garage. Since I moved to the US and I found your  web Site I can handle the spiders a little bit better :-)) Your web site gave me so much information and finally I am leaving the house :-)) I attached the picture and I would be very thankful if you could tell what  kind it is. We have a little daughter (3 yr) and a very tiny Chihuahua so I am very scared. I looked all over your web page but couldn't find this one.
Thank you so much in advance!
Aleksandra Wight

Reply: This is a Lynx spider, possibly Peucetia viridans. Its bite is believed to not be dangerous to humans.  Brian Post

16 September, 2005:
What is this?

15 September, 2005:
To whom it may concern, I found this spider in my garage tonight and it scared me to death. I don't like spiders and I seem to have found more and more even in the house this year. I have never seen on like this before. Please can you help me in telling me what kind it might be. This picture I did as close to actual size as possible. It was what I consider HUGE! I usually put diazinon down but haven't this year except once so I figure this is why Im having a problem. I I have seen big ones in the house as well and I really don't like that. I also was bitten by what my doctor said a brown recluse last year and was on antibiotic for the bite. I love my yard work but now don 't like it as well with the increase in spiders. I hope you can email me ASAP on the type this might be. Thank you. By the way, your web site is really great though I shouldn't have looked at before going to bed.  thank you again, It's Wed. night the 14th now.  Marjie
mpowgarden@earthlink.net

Reply: This spider looks like a Southern house spider, Kukulcania hibernalis. Its bite is believed to not be dangerous to humans.
Brian Post

11 November, 2005:
Another Reply: With regards to the response by Jim to the spider on September 15, 2005, I thought I'd send a few pictures of the black widow I found without the hourglass marking on the underside. I don't know if you can use this at all, but if so, I'm glad to share it. Elaine

Some more info: Your site is certainly informative and interesting, although the weird stuff I come across now and then, I can never seem to find, seems there are tons of spiders here in Ohio that haven't been classified yet, oh well. Any rate, there was one thing I noticed you posted and I think you should be aware of it, less someone thinks the pretty shiny large black spider crawling out of their newspaper is harmless because it doesn't have a red hourglass. The northern black widow found in my area can have no discernible red mark or marks on the underside at all. I have found a couple in my 1920s home, one on my porch, in newspapers I brought in to start fire and the other outside in an old camper, I am vary familiar with widows and am not a novice, I have caught many in Florida while visiting there (they did have an hourglass of course) and I have since learned they can have a slight yellowish mark also, but have never seen this first hand. This is in reply to this you posted, again, nice site, thanks, Jim

 Reply: This looks like a Black Widow, probably Latrodectus mactans. I cannot be sure without seeing the red hourglass shape found on the underbelly, but Black Widow bites are medically significant, so be careful.
Brian Post

15 September, 2005:
Hi I was just wondering if you know what kind of spider this is. I found it crawling up my wall one morning. Thank you.
Brooke

Update: Glen, I don't know if you remember I sent you these pics a while back for identification, just thought I'd let you know I sent these pics to ohio unversity and took the spider to our extension office and found out it's a wolf spider.
14 September, 2005:
I found this spider in my house and almost had a heart attack. It's the biggest spider I've ever seen.  It's all black, top and bottom. It's about 2 1/2 inches long and about 1 1/2 wide. I've looked all over the  internet but can't find what kind it is. Your help would be appreciated.  The smaller spider next to it is a grass spider which I use to consider large until I found this big boy.

Reply: I think the 9/13/05 spider is a Triangulate Orb Weaver. We have a lot of
those in Missouri. Thanks, Tim St. Louis

13 September, 2005:
Hi, We found this spider when we were doing some construction in Northern  Virginia... it's brighter red in color than the photos indicate. We  have searched your website from top to bottom and can't identify  it... can you help? Thanks! Ross Andrews
Manassas, VA

12 September, 2005:

A great photo by Rich Swanner.

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Reply: The picture  looks like a common house spider (Tegenaria gigantea) and is found worldwide. Alan

9 September, 2005:
Hi, I think this spider is that of a Hobo...not 100% sure. I found it in my sink in the kitchen. I live in Kamloops British Columbia, Canada. After researching it is believed that it was introduced in Seattle Washington back in the 30's shipping cargo from Europe. Wow all the way up in Canada. There is a possibility that there are recluse spiders in our area as well. Thanks...hope this picture is clear enough.!

Reply: This looks like a funnel weaver spider.
9 September, 2005:
Hi, This spider has been living in a hole behind my shutter in the front window. We've been watching him for about 2 weeks. My husband was going to remove his web before we knew he was living in there. I told him to leave it so we can watch him. I've been looking at pictures and I can't seem to match him up to any on your site. He looks a little like the
grass spider, but mine looks a lot bigger in the rear. Can you possibly send this on to your people that identify or can you identify yourself. Thanks for you time. Sincerely, Elle Wolpert/2 inches long including legs. Thanks!!!

Reply: That is a Heteropoda venatoria huntsman spider. They are not dangerous, but they do have a painful bite. Nathan Hepworth

8 September, 2005:
Hello, I found this spider stuck in the door jam of my car today! I live in Sarasota, Florida. From the various photos I have seen on the web it looks like either a wolf spider (although it does not appear to be hairy like the ones in your other photos) or a brown widow. Could you shed some light on what it is? Also if I should worry about a nest in my car! Thanks a bunch, Holly

Reply: This looks like a funnel weaver spider.

7 September, 2005:
Hi Glen -  What a fantastic site you have!! I have a tidbit for your Denver, CO individual (4th picture down on your main page today) who's entry is dated October 18, 2004. The spider has to horn shaped formations on it's abdomen. I also live in Denver, CO and had the exact same spider living in the crook of a tree outside my front door the summer of 2000. I sent it about the internet a bit and got an email back from an entemologist in Brussels. He said it was most likely some type of a common barn orb spider. Also, I found this guy in my basement....he was on his last legs when I found him. I think he must be some sort of wolf spider, but I'd really like to know. I doubt he's poisonous, but again, would really love to know. He is about 1 1/2 inches long including legs. Thanks!!!

Reply: That is an Araneus sp. orbweaver, possibly A. cavaticus. It is harmless. Nathan

6 September, 2005:
Hi, I found this spider while visiting family in Northern Michigan, and am not sure what it is. It's very large, would cover at least the palm of my hand, and was not aggressive. It did not build a web, so I know it would be some type of hunter.  Thank you!  Mandy

Reply: This looks like a fishing spider.

6 September, 2005:
Hello, We recently spotted this spider in Northern Wisconsin but can't seem to
identify it. Thanks! Mike and Katie

Reply: Your spider is a Kukulcania hibernalis, the southern house spider, and she is
harmless. If you enjoy keeping spiders as pets, you should visit www.arachnoboards.com/ab if you haven't already done so. It is the hub of the invertebrate
keeping hobby in North America. Nathan

6 Sept, 2005:
Glen, Thanks soo much! I hope you are able to ID her. She's been a great spider (tarantula?); I've kept it for like 7 years or more. I've been tempted to hold it at times, but not knowing if it is dangerous, I've just stuck to feeding her. It recently molted which was really interesting to watch. I first found her in a small hole (no bigger then a dime) of a block wall, located in Palmdale (the climate is dry and desert like). The web is pretty sticky and funnel like. If you have any questions, just let me know. Best to you! Ken

Reply: This is a Venusta Orchard spider.
6 Sept, 2005:
Found this spider in the bushes around the pool cage. It looks somewhat like a widow but the side picture is different. Could you identify it for me? Steven Walker

Reply: This is a black and yellow argiope. I am getting around 5 emails a day about these spiders and they have their own page so please check it out before emailing!!

5 September, 2005:
I notice this spider while I was gathering Snap Dragon Flower seeds. A search of the internet has turned up nothing.
Richard Hoag
Walled Lake MI

Reply: It  looks like the harmless "grass spider" or funnel weaver, species Agelenopsis pennsylvanica, same as the one below. They are very similar to wolf spider but have longer posterior spinnerets.

2 Sept, 2005:
HI live in Bartlett, Illinois, near Chicago. This thing was in my garage  at 2 am last night. Any clue as to what kind of spider it is?

Reply: It  looks like some sort of jumping spider.

1 Sept, 2005:
Hello, I live in south florida and came accross this spider which I have  never seen, it is under 1/2 inch large and lived in a furry type of web  in the corner of my garage. I tried looking it up on the internet but was unable to find anything on it. Thanks for your help.

-Chris

Reply: It  looks like the harmless "grass spider", species Agelenopsis pennsylvanica, sent in on 16 August.

1 Sept, 2005:
We hope you can help us out. We just moved into a new house and have found two of these things climbing up our walls in the last week. They have both been about the size of a quarter. We live in Iowa...can you tell us what type of spider you think this is? We were looking through your site (very nice, by the way) and were unsure if we were dealing with a funnel or a hobo spider. Since we have a new baby, we would like to be sure what we are dealing with and if there is any need to worry. Any input you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mike & Jamie