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What kind of spider is this?
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There is a phone ap that identifies spiders.
I have used it, but my wife has an ap that identifies wild plants.
I have been calling things the wrong name, my whole life.
I have used it, but my wife has an ap that identifies wild plants.
I have been calling things the wrong name, my whole life.
Well aware that spiders are great for killing bugs, but they make a mess and I prefer to not have them in my house, shop or barn. ...Try fighting one of those orb weavers for the TV remote, no thanks! Time to break out the big guns!
man a lot of spider hate here. here in socal we have shit tons of black widows. I generally leave em alone. We used to have herds or swarms or whatever you call a hundred tarantulas walking along. You haven't lived till you open your top drawer in the island and a tarantula is staring at you lulz. Nope didn't kill him put him in a jar took him outside. That was 15 years ago and they have all disappeared maybe due to drought?
I've got a mix of spiders and geckos doing insect control at my house.
The spiders are kind of a bit of a sometimes I leave them, sometimes I feel they look bitey and I vacuum them up.
The spiders are kind of a bit of a sometimes I leave them, sometimes I feel they look bitey and I vacuum them up.
Definitely an orb weaver of some type. They're relatively harmless to humans, but they do spin big webs that'll turn you into a ninja in .03 seconds.
Out here in Oklahoma, August through October is orb weaver season. As I'm out hunting hogs at night, I unfortunately walk into about 50-100 of these every year. One of my least favorite things to do. They'll stretch their webs 10' or more across trails through the woods, or put an anchor line 10' down off the edge of a tree.
Out here in Oklahoma, August through October is orb weaver season. As I'm out hunting hogs at night, I unfortunately walk into about 50-100 of these every year. One of my least favorite things to do. They'll stretch their webs 10' or more across trails through the woods, or put an anchor line 10' down off the edge of a tree.
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This one was on the the inside of a heat pump. I have not seen one like it before.
Any one know what kind it is?
Black widow has an hour glass on the belly. This one is marked on its back.
Australian black widows have it on their back but I am in east TN
Australian black widows have it on their back but I am in east TN
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Seriously though, I have orb spiders all over my place. My wife is infatuated by them and they always get a safe space card with us. I like to keep the good insects and snakes around
Red Widow. I have seen a few of them, we used to find them up one particular mesa. I caught some black widows at another spot, that all had white hour glasses on the their back.
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@DarnYankeeUSMC Black Widow can have color on top too. Did you flip her over to look at underside?
I'm pretty spider friendly, but cut the asses off widows.
I'm pretty spider friendly, but cut the asses off widows.
Luckily, she was focused down range looking for deer when I killed it. 
The legs don't have a red'sh color to them. But then I am also partially color blind.Red Widow. I have seen a few of them, we used to find them up one particular mesa. I caught some black widows at another spot, that all had white hour glasses on the their back.
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They themselves are somewhat of ninjas too. The biggest ones can spin lines between trees across a forest path. Dirt bikers who rode face first into their webs without a visored helmet have lost control of their bikes in the initial surprise. But they are non-venomous and harmless to humans though. The sight of their webs glistening with dew during a sunrise is downright beautiful.
My daughter is freakishly into bugs, especially spiders. She said she knew this one but looked it up for confirmation.
Too late to capture. I usually leave nature to itself unless I am filling up the freezer so I left it alone.
I have some around the outside of the house and it's interesting to watch them change their webs and see what they captured.
100% a northern black widow.
we get bed spiders from time to time, not sure what kind they are but they seem to be friendly and only want to cuddle. friendly, neighborly bed spiders.
its when you get scorpions in the bed that it gets a little spicy. luckily the last one i brushed off my leg thinking it was a loving bed spider, was not really too upset about it and didnt sting me, even after 2 brushes.
its when you get scorpions in the bed that it gets a little spicy. luckily the last one i brushed off my leg thinking it was a loving bed spider, was not really too upset about it and didnt sting me, even after 2 brushes.
Down here bed spiders are not very friendly. Especially if it is the recluse type.
My neighbor back home threw her robe on one morning and felt something on her back so she patted her back. She came to find out it was a black widow and it had bit her a couple of times. She felt a little crappy for a couple of days but that was it.
Certain people can have bad reactions just depends and is pretty rare. I've seen recluse bites swell up like softballs.
Just watch; the term "black widow" spider will soon be considered racist.
You heard it here first.
You heard it here first.
Have an abundance of those little sumbitched.
Driveway is a mile long. Clear a dozen or more out on the way to the mailbox and they have full webs up by the time you get back.
Friend of mine has a chunk about the size of a golf ball missing in his leg from necrosis from a recluse bite. No pain until there was, and it was too late.
I leave the critters alone, as evidenced by my earlier comment, but in GA the recluse can seriously mess you up. Like yellow-jackets, dispatched without prejudice.
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less worried about spiders than I am communists they are just worse a pain .
