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May, 2007:
Hello Glen, I love your site. It is very informative. Just
wondering if you can help ID this spider? We think this may be
the one that bit our dog and gave it a pretty nasty wound. We
live in Navato, California in Marin County just north of
San Francisco. Thanks, Erik
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quite often sent photos of these spiderlings - they are garden orb
weavers and not dangerous, glen.
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May, 2007:
Hi Glen,
Just one to say hello with, take care.
Eddie
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Sergui did some more
research and came up with an ID: The
species is
Araneae
>Lycosidae]
Arctosa Cinerea (Fabricius
1777).
Arctosa cinerea has several German
names such as sand wolf spider , river bank (giant) wolf spider or
Sandtarantel [Sand Tarantula
- my translation]."
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Reply: This
spider blends in with the sea shells amazingly well. It
doesn't seem to have enough eyes to be a fishing spider so
maybe someone can help. Click for a larger view.
22 May, 2007:
Dear Glen, surfing the internet trying to indentify a spider
that I have seen on a beach at the Black Sea shore (in
Romania), I found your webpage. I was impressed. So,...I
dared to disturb you asking to help me with the
identification o the spider. Thank for your time and help
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22 May, 2007:
Hows it goin im serving a tour over in Iraq and we just
got here and have been noticing quite often a particular
spider. He likes to hang around in our mosquito nets
over our sleeping cots, and inside stuff. He is very
agile and VERY fast. One of the guys said one of the
spiders jumped at him so he
was nicknamed the "aggressive spider" since we dont know
what it is yet. We where hoping you could help us out
with this one. It is rather large about 2-3 inches. I
couldent get a good picture of an alive one so this is
the
best i could do. I tryed to preserve the thing the best
i could. I think its a wolf spider of some sort but im
not sure. Anyways your input would be appreciated by my
team and i. Thanks!
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17 May, 2007:
Hello, I
live in Williamson, West Virginia and I saw this spider
crawling across my living room rug. I have searched the
internet and have not had any luck finding a spider like
this. I was wondering if you could help me identify the
type of spider this is and if it is poisionous. I am
worried for my family. Especially my three year old son.
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Reply: It looks like
Eresus
walckenaerius. from my friend
Ed's page here.
11 May, 2007:
Hello there!
Last week I found this green iredescent spider in my
garden here in the Netherlands. It's aboout 7mm small. I
have been searching the web for comparisment, but so far
no luck. For you seem to know a lot about these nice
creatures, perhaps you can help me identify this one. Or
you know someone who can. As I understand you receive
very many of these mails, so I don't expect anything,
but I would be pleasantly surprised to get a reply.
Greetings from Holland,
Marlie Kessels.
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Reply: Could
be one of the tegenaria species to which hobo spiders
belong. Photos sent in should be clear so that eyes,
markings and colour can be seen clearly for a proper ID.
7 May, 2007:
Hello,
I cannot figure out what type of spider this is,
I'm hoping you can be of assistance.
Thanks so much, Ted Bullard
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Reply: Could
be a spitting spider (Scytodes
thoracica)
7 May, 2007:
Hello, I found 2 of these spiders in my house tonight. I live
in Phoenix, AZ. It is very small. Leg span of between a
dime and a penny. Is it dangerous? Thanks
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Reply:
The spider of May 7th, from Arkansas, is a male black
widow spider. Have a nice day! ( or a nice tomorrow, as
it probably is May 8th there already, lol! ). -Nathan.
7 May, 2007:
found in hotsprings village, arkansas,
can you help me ID my spider?
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Reply: Could
be one of the funnel weaver/ grass spider species.
7 May, 2007:
Here is my spider that I killed with some Raid. I
found him in my ceiling and I was going to swat him
with my shoe but he fell to the floor causing me to
run for cover. I then found him on my window pain
and I sprayed. I then decided to take these pics to
send to see if you can let me know if this spider is
poison. I live in Dallas Texas. thank you for any
info you can give me. also feel free to put these
pics on your web site.
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6 May, 2007:
Thanks for replying and being willing to look at my
photo. The spider is so distinctive that I hope someone
with a knowledge of spiders will have some idea or know
someone who might.
Best Regards,
Les
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Reply: Looks like a member of
genus Dolomedes. Due to the size, the location and
general behaviour description I wouldn’t be surprised
that the pictured specimen is Dolomedes tenebrosus.
2 May, 2007:
i found this spider in my compost box....i have not seen one
like this nor in size it measured 3 inches wide and about 5
long...i handled it and did not bite nor try to run off.. i
was wondering if you could help me find out what kind of
spider it is. I live in Ottawa Ontario, Canada . I found it
today...it is still a little cold out here and i haven't seen
any other spider out yet which i found odd to see such a big
out and about.
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28 April, 2007:
Hi there,
My name is sam, I live in Portsmouth, England.
I know you dont identify spiders but i found this one on my wall
in my garden. I have searched the net but i cant seem to find an
answer, i'm under the impression that what it was was a Sac
Spider. Which i am told is not poisoness, however i have a 3yr
old daughter and am woried that if there are more are they a
danger to her or myself and even my cat. If you can shed any
light on this i would be really greatful.
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Reply: Could
be a spitting spider (Scytodes
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28 April, 2007:
Hey!
I live in Houston
, TX
and I am recently finding these kind of spiders
around my house. I cant seem to indentify it, please
help!
Thanks,
Melo
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Reply: Could
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28 April, 2007:
Hi Glen, how are you? do you know that
spider,i found him in my room. Thank
you.
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Reply: This is
a jumping spider of the genus Phidippus. Very common in
the US and very voracious eaters. The spiders make
excellent and interesting pets and are completely
harmless. In fact they are extremely beneficial to
humans and can often be found close to or even in human
houses. Stefan
21 April, 2007:
Glen- What a great
website! I spent hours there this morning
trying to identify this guy or gal that I
found in the corner of my screen door. It
dropped down right next to my head this
morning while letting the dog out! It’s
about 1cm or so in size. It has a large egg
sac, but I couldn’t see a “web” per se. I
got two decent photos that show the red dot
and white “cross” markings on its back. It’s
quite hairy, and one photo shows its face
pretty well if you zoom in a bit. Does
anyone recognize this specimen? I haven’t
killed or removed it yet, so I’d like to
know if it’s dangerous or a garden friend
before I decide how to proceed. Thank you so
much- Troy and Christina Cleveland , Ohio ,
USA
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21 April, 2007:
Hi guys, do you know if this is the Sydney Funnel Web spider?
We live in Hornsby, NSW. Persistent little bugger. Tried to relocate
it twice but found the empty sac/nest and a few days later its back
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13 April, 2007:
Hi
Glen, I just came back from a trip in
Venezuela - Gran Sabana region. I took lots of
photos of plants and animals from there. In one
treck on a mountain I noticed one nice spider
(maybe a tarantula or a solifugae) and
managed to take one picture of it before it ran
away. I attached the picture to the email. I'm
unable to identify it, as I cannot find on
Internet enough information about Venezuela spiders
to figure it out. In case you can help me with this
and it's not much trouble for you, can you please
kindly tell me which species
is? :-) Thanks in advance. Regards, George
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26 March, 2007:
Hello Glen,
I really think your website is very informative, thank
you for that.. Although I looked at most ALL pics on
your website, I still was unable to identify these baby
spiders... I live in SW Missouri and found these on the
side (outside) of my garage while mowing today (3/24/07)
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Here is a pic of them, feel free to post this on the
site for others to see and possibly help identify ..
Thanks for your time..
Dave
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Reply: It looks like one of the
tegenaria family which includes the hobo spider so be careful with
it. You don't say where you are from and that would be a help in
identifying if it was or not.
26 March, 2007:
Hi Glenn, can you identify this spider, dangerous?
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23 March, 2007:
My 10 month old neice was bitten by this
spider and we are trying to identify it. It is about
the size of a nickel, the body is about 1cm long. We live in
Sedona, Arizona. The spider found in the house by the bed.
We can see the two fang marks where she was bitten however
there is not swelling or apparant pain any longer. Needless
to say we are
concerned. Thank you for your help,
Anita
AndersonHowson@pghmail.com
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Reply: The first two look like a
yellow sac spider and the second either a wandering crab spider or
house crab spider.
12 March, 2007:
Hi Glen, Went out walking the other day looking for
some wild fungi and found these two very small ones
under some logs, have you any idea what they might
be, they are from the UK, I have a couple of books
on spiders but I can not find these, I think one
might be a form of crab spider but I am only
guessing, if it is too much trouble then don't
bother too much. Cheers, Eddie
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family of Thomisidae and completely harmless. Stefan
6 March, 2007:
Hi Glen... I'm from Alabama and found this spider in
my home. At first glance, I thought maybe it was a
wolf spider, but it is very aggresive. It pretty
much has stayed in attack mode, raising it's front
legs as if it's going to strike something. Could
this be a Hobo Spider or Huntsman Spider, If it is,
how cautious should we be, since this was in our
home and we have a small child in our home and are
these spiders common in Alabama? The pictures, I'm
attaching has one where it's in the attack/striking
mode. If your not sure, could you add them to your
site to see if someone else may know?
Thanks, Karen
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2 March, 2007:
Hi Glen, I regularly check out your photo page to
see if anything new has been posted and noticed that
you have not put any new photos on since October,
2006. I don't know whether this is because you have
not had any submissions or you have discontinued
updating the page. So, in case you are still in the
business of posting new photos, I am sending you a
couple photos of Mygalomorphae for which we have had
some difficulty obtaining positive identification,
There is some suggestion that they are species of
Trapdoors. So maybe if you post them on your site,
some body may see them and come up with a more
positve answer. You have to admit, they are not what
you would call attractive ladies.
Regards, Col Halliday
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27 February, 2007:
Hello there, I live in Northern California and my
daughter found a spider in our yard and brought it in
the house. We have been keeping it in an aquarium now
for about 6 months. We have fed it moths, crickets, but
it seems to prefer the moths. I thought it was a baby
tarantula at first, but as time goes by, it's getting
bigger and is not hairy. It is bigger than a U.S
quarter. I'm just not sure what kind of spider it is. I
tried getting some pics of it today, I was hoping if you
had time you could take a peek at them and tell me what
you think.
Thank you
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like a wind scorpion/sun spider/camel spider - species -solifugids.
It's a bit darker in colouring than the ones I've seen photos of
though.
27 February, 2007:
Hi there I am a commercial diver working in Oman at the
moment we are staying in Sohar while we work at the port
building a quay wall , now the other night myself and my
mates came back from work kicked back and relaxed on the
porch and then saw this little beastie crossing our
threshold en route to the inside of our house so we
scooped it into a container for observation it was
really aggressive tried to chew through the plastic and
when it sensed movement near by it raised its abdomen
like a scorpion can you please tell us exactly what kind
of spider this is? it looks like a wind scorpion.
thanks Robin Day
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27 February, 2007:
Hi,
I found these spiders in my garden, they are very small. I
think the smaller one is the male, he keeps on jumping off
the female and chasing away the other male spiders. I live
in South Africa and cannot find anywhere the identification
of this spider. Could you please help me with this.
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Reply: This is Cupiennius getazi, a male
specimen. Stefan
17 February, 2007:
Hi Glen,
Here is another spider from the same mountain in Costa
Rica. It was identified by another website as a Huntsman
spider. Is that what you believe it to be? I looked up
Huntsman spider on other sites and it doesn't look like
this one.
Jordan
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31 January, 2007:
I found this spider on a lavender bush in my garden.
Unfortunately I was unable to get clear pics, but these may
be enough to identify it. It is about 2cms long, has very
spindly legs with stripes on the front ones. The head is
very small in comparison to the body. I have attached the
pics even though they are not clear. Thanks in advance,
Ann M.
Here is an update on my spider. "She" has made an egg sac. I
have inserted pics.
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A reply from a viewer:
I stumbled across your site after my sister got me interested in
studying spiders when she found a large, what I found out to be
a female Garden Orb-Weaver, in a parking Garage, why she was
there is beyond me, probably got carried in with a plant or
something. Anyway, I noticed that Elaine from New Zealand found
a reddish-brown spider with a light brown butt hanging around in
a tree outside her apartment. Well I recognized it because about
six months ago or so my best friend and I found the same type of
spider in my room, and it just so happens that I have a huge oak
tree outside my apartment. We were concerned because we weren't
sure if he/she was poisonous so we looked it up on the internet
and discovered that it is known as a Woodlouse. They are
primarily tree dwelling and feed on woodlice. They can be found
almost anywhere woodlice are found. They are harmless despite
their large fangs which are developed for catching woodlice.
They are ugly but fun to study. I could be wrong on this so you
should probably check it out for your self...their scientific
name is Dysdera Crocata, Check 'em out!!!
-Kaiti
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28 January, 2007:
Hi Glen,
I know you probably get tons of these kind of emails
but was recommended to you as you seem to know alot
about spiders. I'm from Ireland but living in Auckland,
NZ for the last few months. We have this spider (in pics
attached) living in a tree outside our apartment. Being
from Ireland where we don't have anything like this, I'm
just a bit concerned, but curious and fascinated about
what kind of spider it is also. Biggish spider. He/she
has a body length of about 3cms and a leg span of about
5cms. Its hides away during the day but comes out at
night and sits on its web.
I've been searching around on the New Zealand bug
identification list but can't seen to match it up to
anything I've seen. Would you know what kind of spider
this is?
Thanks a million, Elaine
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at its face and feet). toolman 28 January, 2007:
Hello, I just came across your site while trying to
identify this spider. My boyfriend and I just moved to
Orlando, Florida and have found two of these in our
apartment. They look to us like a Chilean Recluse, but both
were found on walls in a well-lit room, which doesn't seem
to fit a recluse. Just wondering if you might be able to
help us out! Thanks and Great Site!
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28 January, 2007:
Hello J ,
I found this spider climbing out of a box at my job.
Could you identify which kind it is and is it
poisonous. Since the spider was still alive during
the photo shoot, I could not get a clear picture of
its underbelly.
Thanks JJJ . Dan
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A reply from the West Australian Museum:
The spider is a
local trapdoor spider, probably a male black wish-bone spider,
Aname
diversicolor (family: Nemesiidae).
Funnelweb
spiders, as in the Sydney Funnel-web and relatives, do not
occur in Western Australia. The family Hexathelidae is found
along the east coast of Qld, NSW, Vic. and Tasmania. There are a
couple of species
also found in the Flinders Ranges in Sth Aust.
Funnelwebs require very specific conditions to survive and have
never
successfully crossed the Nullarbor in luggage or other
transported goods
from eastern Australia.
Although our local trapdoor spiders will rear-up and act
aggressively
they very rarely bite humans, most people (even children) will
step back
and give them a chance to run. There are no records of bites
from local
trapdoor spiders resulting in live-threatening or even fatal
reactions
in humans.
Perhaps the cool, moist weather of last week has increased their
activity, such summer storms are what the male trapdoor spiders
are
waiting for and they will vacate their burrows to wander in
search of
females and sometimes stumble into human habitation. They do not
live in
domestic gardens or buildings and usually dehydrate and die
inside
houses. The best method to deal with these spiders is to collect
the
animal into a container and release it in the bush.
Yours sincerely
Julianne
Technical Officer
Dept of Terrestrial Invertebrates (Arachnology)
Western Australian Museum
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Funnelweb spiders don't live in Western Australia so it is more
likely to be a trapdoor spider.
8 January, 2007:
Hi, Last night my wife found this spider in our bedroom.
I captured it and took it outside where I released it.
About 4 hours later a slightly smaller one was found in
our lounge room which I flushed down the toilet at my
youngest daughters request. I need to know if it is a
Trapdoor spider or a Funnel Web. I live in Perth Western
Australia in the hills (forest).
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This is a myglamorph of some kind but not sure which one. The pale
sections on its underside are its primitive book lungs.
8 January, 2007:
Hi Glen,
I was on my patio just a bit ago and came across this spider.
It's not moving very quickly, at all. I immediately came inside
to research it and try to identify it as I had never seen this
type before. Yours was one of the first and most informative
sites I found. Can you tell from these pictures what this may be
and if it's dangerous? I live in East Central Georgia, Augusta.
Thanks,
~Ben
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Reply: This is
a Sparassidae ssp, very common in next to all tropical and subtropical climates and quite harmless.
8 January, 2007:
Hello Glen,
here is another spider from Costa Rica, can you tell me the
name of this spider and if it is dangerous.....my room was
full of these guys!
tks in advance
Clara
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here is Cupiennius coccineus, a female. Stefan
8 January, 2007:
Hello,
I am Clara from Genoa (Italy). Last month I was in Costa Rica
and took the 2
attached pictures and would like to know the scientific name of
those 2 spiders. As you can see in one picture there is a wasp
with a very big spider (light brown with red stripes under the
legs) and someone told me that the wasp injected a sort of
anaesthetic to the spider to
carry it to his nest and insert eggs into the poor spider for
the little larves to eat it...... is that true? you are auth to publish my pictures in your site.
thank you in advance for your assistance. best regards Clara - Genoa (Italy)
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This looks like a wolf spider.
8 January, 2007:
Dear glen,
I discovered this spider on my kitchen floor in Honolulu, Hi. I
was
thinking is was a Wolf spider of some sort but am not really
sure. Can you
help?
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This is an ogre-faced or
net-casting spider, genus Deinopis. Stefan
8 January, 2007:
Hi,
My buddy found the attached spider in his orange tree (Sydney,
NSW) today. I've been scouring the net to try and find out what species it is
and if there is any relation to it living in a citrus tree (does
its food source live off the citrus etc.) I'm thinking its some type of crab spider, but can't be sure, have
you seen this guy before ?
Thanks
Kane
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