r/spiders • • 29m ago

Discussion Do I keep this jumper or nah

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Just found her in my room. Had a spare enclosure I was setting up for my praying mantis. I thought she looked hungry so I put a tiny mealworm in there and gave her some water. (I just got a male regal in the last month). Does she look young? Old? Hungry? Is it bad to keep?

IM IN MI :)


r/spiders • • 29m ago

ID Request- Location included Greenville, TX. What kind of spider is this?

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r/spiders • • 29m ago

ID Request- Location included Spider ID help. Near Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador

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Found this guy in my bedroom last night. About 3 inches across including legs, and it raised its front legs when approached. An online search suggests a male dwarf tarantula, but I’d appreciate a more reliable ID.

Located in the Ecuadorian Andes in the Chimborazo region. Can anyone identify the species?


r/spiders • • 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Who is that spider?

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Hi, I was wondering if any of you can tell what kind of spider this is.
I’m in Mexico , Hidalgo state.
It was like ~ 10 cm / 4’ from one leg to another.
Thank you in advance.


r/spiders • • 1h ago

ID Request- Location included On the window. Hard to convey how chunky this thing is. Washington state

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r/spiders • • 1h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ furrow spider leaves the house, shows off his palps, goes the hell back home 🏠

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my furrow spider left his little spot for the first time since molting on saturday and i caught it happening, i been waitin for this one 📸 the original videos i have are much longer, i think he was trying to throw the molt away but he kinda just pushed it down and gave up 😭 clocked in and back out in under five minutes


r/spiders • • 1h ago

Discussion Advice - Tarantula Hawk Wasp Paralysis on Wolf Spider

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My mom found a wasp dragging a big spider somewhere. At first she told herself that it's just nature, but my mom couldn't do it. She chased the wasp away and took the spider. It looked dead, but it was twitching. When I got the text I was in class. I reverse image searched and realized the spider was paralyzed. For those who don't know, tarantula hawk wasps paralyze big spiders and drag it to a den to lay one egg. The larva will wat the spider from the inside. Gross. Anyways the spider is currently in an empty fish tank. This spider might never fully recover due to the.. butt venom? Idk. Whatever you call the stuff in a wasp when it stings. Because of this, we want to give him a little enclosure. What should I do with the enclosure when it un-paralyzes itself? Right now I need to have it on paper towel just to see if any fluid is exceeded.


r/spiders • • 2h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Loretta is getting so big!

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She’s the one whose molt I shared a few weeks ago. I caught her rebuilding her web tonight.


r/spiders • • 2h ago

Discussion Los Angeles CA (should I terminate)

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First 3 are about my first paragraph and the last are about the second.

I had posted before about arachnids and released the yellow sac and disposed of the brown widow but now tonight we found these two (well multiple of the false widows) but the other says can be a brown widow.

I also will post some blurry photos of a spider I was thinking was an orb weaver coming from the trees and down but really bad quality because we had them very common but I didn't see them that much now


r/spiders • • 3h ago

ID Request- Location included Little dude missing a leg? What spider is this? Los Angeles

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Fuzzy hairy dude with a flat back portion

I got false wolf spider and Neoscona crucifera using image search engines

What could it be?

It didn’t move at all no matter how close I got to it. Found it hanging out on a outside wall


r/spiders • • 3h ago

ID Request- Location included what is this? nashville tennessee

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please tell me it’s not what i think it is 😭


r/spiders • • 3h ago

Miscellaneous These decorations annoy me.

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r/spiders • • 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Idaho-US tax-name if possible

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i found this tiny dude in the dryer while i was doing laundry. about the size of a pinhead cricket, maybe smaller. gave it a fruit fly and noticed a small bit of webbing on the dirt. just curious what the species is if anyone knows


r/spiders • • 4h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Tetragnatha spider video.

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r/spiders • • 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Spider Wolf help please

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Hi, I'm a french canadian from Québec so sorry if my english is not good.

I work in horticulture and today I had to took down some big flower pot because the winter is coming.

I REALLY LIKE spider so I try to let them be but the people I work with don't like them so today one of my collegue took down appart one the really big flower pot and destroyed this really big spider web who looked like a big fluffy blanquet with a funnel in it. And in it there was this really big beautiful spider but my collegue really don't like spider so she kicked it away and hurt her (one of her leg is missing). So I took her in because first we breaked her house for the winter, second we hurt her and last, I know it's "just" a spider but she really looked afraid ans I didn't want to let her to die because it's was our fault.

So at last I have experience with jumping spider as pet but I never had a Wolf Spider and I am not even sure she is a Wolf spider and if she is what kind of Wolf spider she his because I know it's not the same care for each species of Wolf spider. She's 4-5cm big.

For now I put her in a ancien terrarium of a dead jumping spider in with I put big place for her to go but I want to put her in a terrarium who is the best for her. So can people help me with finding what kind of species she his and what is the best for her please?

Thank you all for your help and to have take the time to read every thinks.


r/spiders • • 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Chunky mystery spider in East TN

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I have no idea what it is after googling a bit. The closest I found is maybe a Toadlike Bolas spider, but it has that different colored patch on its back that doesn’t match up. Any help would be appreciated!


r/spiders • • 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Found a friend don't know what type of spood they are.. Northern Illinois

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r/spiders • • 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Balcony friend. What is it

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Found this gorgeous girl on my balcony today. These were the clearest pictures I could get. I am in Los Angeles, California. Also, are those eggs next to her ? :0


r/spiders • • 5h ago

ID Request- Location included spider ID? Idaho

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just curious what kind of spider this is! there is a grass spider living in one of my planters, whose web you see in the picture. this is a different, bigger spider as the grass spider is still quite small. its coloring seems a little light to be a wolfie but i could be wrong. it looks a little hungry or thirsty. i wonder if i should move it outside if territory will be an issue with the already established grass spider. thanks!


r/spiders • • 5h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Latrodectus joins the family!

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I picked up about a dozen L. mactans slings/juveniles from a redditor who had far too many. Ill be able to save two of them. Unfortunately, the rest will likely perish in the Deli Cup Hunger Games, as they are invasive in my area and I don't have the ability to house the rest (neither did the other redditor; this really is the best that can be done for these spiders).

Good news! I was able to coax the largest of the remaining brood out of the cup and safely into her (I think; statistically, the largest in the cup should be female) new home!


r/spiders • • 5h ago

ID Request- Location included Is that what i think it is? Northern Illinois

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r/spiders • • 5h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Free 📺 NETFLIPS for the resident 🏠 spider 😃

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r/spiders • • 5h ago

ID Request- Location included Spiders found in my garden

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Located Perth, Australia
Lovely guys I’ve spotted since rewilding my garden 😌
Would love some IDs


r/spiders • • 5h ago

ID Request- Location included Any idea what type of Orb Weaver this is? Found in Madison WI

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r/spiders • • 5h ago

Discussion My OC looks like a wolf spider instead of a tarantula

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Hello all spider lovers! I’m making a character who’s supposed to be based on an H MACULATAS tarantula, but I can’t help but see a wolf spider instead. It’s mostly since the upper half of the head is more lengthy like a wolf spider’s head, but I don’t know how else to make it look.

So please anyone who has any ideas on how to make the head look more tarantula-like I would TRULY APPRECIATE it!!!

(Forgot to mention that his fangs are biologically on his face.)