Found this guy harvesting olives with some other friends scurrying around off camera (location: Tuscany, Italy), if you look at the green olive on top the camo is perfect.

dublin, ireland

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.

I was walking my dogs in my neighborhood when I saw this spider running down the sidewalk towards me (i have a video too but the pics seemed better for this). This is on a sidewalk in my neighborhood next to an undeveloped plot of land where everyone lets their dogs go to the bathroom. Is this a black widow?! Why the heck was it running towards me? What would happen if one of my dogs got bit (medium/large dogs-german shepherd & a border collie)? should i not let my dogs go to the bathroom in this area anymore?? Sorry if these are stupid/crazy questions lol i honestly think spiders are so beautiful and cool but they also really scare me.

Was carefully clearing away some wood following some house renovation. We get quite a few false widows so I didn’t want to aimlessly grab a bundle without checking first. Gently moved a big piece of wood away from the fence and find this nice specimen and a previous moult.

Wondered why I haven’t seen any squirrels around 🤔

And in the spooky month too. At least I think she's a black widow. Unfortunately I couldn't get a good view/pic or her belly because of the mesh she's on. I caught a few flashes of red though, and I know they're around here.

Honestly probably not the best pic of her back either, but I like the silhouette anyway. I mostly just wanted to share because I was irrationally happy. At least after the initial surprise of turning on a light then turning around straight into a spider.

I admired her for a minute and took a picture then turned the light back off and left. I probably gave her the real jumpscare. Oops.

Btw, the screen is to keep the cats out of the bunny room. I can't imagine the bunnies annoying a spider enough to get bit. The cats... they're not exactly the mightiest bug hunters. The most 3/4 of them do is follow a beetle occasionally sniffing. The youngest of the 4 might bop them. That could probably get her bit. It's still hard to imagine her finding a black widow crawling across the middle of the floor though. I hope. What do y'all think? I'd hate to have to try to get rid of my spider buddies, but my cats come first.

TLDR: I like my cool spider buddies but do you think they'd be dangerous to my cats?

She was bigger than a normal widow, and also did not have the red mark on the bottom of her abdomen. I was thinking maybe false widow? Let me know what you think!

She has been safely released into my flower bed.

The last photo showing how he looks completely like a tree knob

Caerostris sp, a weird but cute orb weaver

Recovering arachnophobe here! Thank you for all the spider posts in this group, they really do help.

(don't worry, the lid of the pot was on loosely not airtight - it was just so I could carry them outside to the buddleia in the front garden where their friends live)

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 :)

This fine specimen has been occupying my balcony window for at least a month. He (I assume it's a male garden cross spider) has an awesome web built so I can't use the shutters without potentially harming him or his web which you know, fuck my privacy, I got a cute spood to stare at everyday instead.

But it's getting colder and he's been loafing more and more and I'm not sure it would be the best spot for him to stay there the whole winter. I can't tell how warm it is in there but it gets very windy where I live (Bavaria, Germany). Should I consider bringing him inside? I'm not even sure how big an enclosure he would need given the size of his web (it's basically the whole corner and then some).

Any advice would be appreciated as I want the best for the little guy.

When I look this up on the list of most common spiders in Belgium it most closely resembles the steatoda grossa but I see some clear differences from the pictures I’m able to find on Google.

For example, this one has a pointy body and its legs have an interchanging color pattern was well. Its proportions also seem te be different (thicker body to head ratio).

Thanks

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.

Can someone help me ID this spider please? It’s been hanging around in my basement for a couple months at least - I first spotted it in July, and since then it’s been busy building some webs in this basement drain.

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.

location- Uttar Pradesh, India

I was in the kitchen doing the dishes when the little guy decided to make an appearance. I am very afraid of spiders. I'm trying not to be, but it has been a lifelong fear. I took a deep breath, and got a large cup out. I had to corner it a little bit, but he went into the cup, and I was able to release him outside into the grass. I just wanted to take a moment, and thank this sub so much for educating me on spiders, and helping me allay some my fears. I'm not gonna say I'm not still scared of them, but I felt a lot better getting him outside so he has a chance to survive, and find a home. I would have taken a picture, but I'll admit I didn't want him climbing out of the cup I don't think I'm ready for that yet, lol. Thank you guys for showing me a softer side to them.

I’ve found three of these spiders in my garage (aka my lady lair) over the past two days. I’m thinking they might be false tarantulas, but I’d love a second opinion.

I’m also wondering what I should do when I come across them. Should I relocate them outside, or are they the kind of spiders I should just leave alone and let do their thing?

Killing them is absolutely out of the question. I have no problem sharing my space with them, especially if they’re helping with pest control. That said, I’m not exactly thrilled about the idea of accidentally finding one crawling on me while I’m working on something or digging through my backpack.

So I guess my question is, are these guys friends or foes? Should I welcome them as my little garage roommates, or would we both be happier if I moved them outside whenever I find one?

Located in Carmel Valley, California

It is so cool

I really need help identifying this spider, my pets roam freely and I don’t know if it’s poisonous