Help Identify a Spider
Need help identifying a spider? If so, then take a look at our collection of spider pictures to see if it looks like yours.
You can also look through the comments below to see if any of the images match your spider.
Don’t see your spider? feel free to upload your photo here and we’ll attempt to id it, and if we can’t, then perhaps one of the visitors can after we post it.
I’ve got a little fella I need help with. I can’t figure out if this is an inoffensive grass spider, or a potentially problematic wolf spider. My wife is horribly allergic to bee stings etc.
Sorry, I forgot to tell you where he is: Riverside County, California, in the mountains, town of Pine Cove, elevation 6000 feet, in my bathtub. Thank you again!
Can you help ID this spider?
I just found a spider that looks just like Sondra’s #62 and I cant find any information on it. I live in southern washington and have never seen one befor. What is it???
I would be most grateful if you could identify this spider found in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hi I live in Paarl south Africa. I just found a spider in the creases of my sons trampoline. It has a round plump white body and 8 black legs. When turned round it has a bright orange marking on its tummy. On closer inspection I have found them all over. HELP!
I’ve recently discovered a very peculiar spider crawling around on the ceiling in my house. The first time I saw it only a few feet away from the front door, and the other was noticed in the kitchen. Both times it was the same spider:
-The whole body was dark brown
-the abdomen was 3 times smaller than the head and had a small light yellow dot
-The head is square shaped with two small white eyes on either end
-Fangs are large and a beautiful shade of emerald green (really caught my eye)
-eight legs which are all dark brown and looked rather musular (the first two after the smaller ones resembled a crab’s back legs)
-There were no stripes, patterns, underside markings, or any other
-type of markings except for the one small yellow dot on its abdomen
That’s the entire description of the spider found – it was a little less than half an inch and when it curled up it looked sort of “fat” or hairy. I’m good at naming spider species, but this onee baffled me! I looked at pictures of the Brown Widow and Brown Recluse, but they simply didn’t match. (I’m in Irvine, CA) I do in fact beleive that this spider is very poisonous, which is why I’m taking the time to identify it for future usage. If ever I’m bitten by it, I’d like to know if it’s a threat or not!
Any pictures matching this description would be highly appreciated!
Hey
I live in Florida and I have just come across a spider that was black and had a red stripe on its back, it was about the size as a dime, I sprayed it with Raid as it was running towards my kid, that’s how I saw it! I’ve been looking at some of the photos on here and can’t see it, it kind of looks the same proportion as the Banana Spider but again black and red!
Please help, I’ll try and get a photo on if I can.
I was just worried as automatically I assume black and red isn’t good! Also I didn’t know if the defense mechanism was to spray eggs everywhere or something. Anything anyone can tell me would be great!
While sitting at the computer, I suddenly found a small black spider on my arm.
Being a softy, I captured it in a medicine bottle and released it in my garage. It probably wont survive the midwest winter, but it probably also won’t ever develop high blood pressure (the inside of the bottle was well coated with bp med powder from my pills).
Make fun of me and then tell me what kind of spider it was. It was small (a little larger than the size of a pencil eraser when it’s legs were puuled tight to it’s body). It was black. It didn’t appear to have any markings. It was thick, not lanky.
Though I didn’t want to kill the spider but probably still did anyway, I care about family and pets infinitely more. I don’t want them to be in danger.
Chuck
A lady had these as pets and couldn’t keep them anymore. She didn’t know what they were and had to get rid of them. We think we know what they are but would like to get some definite positive ID. Any help would be appreciated.
Donnie
#87 i looked it up on this site and its looks like the brown widow, i actually didnt think there was a such thing but aparently there is. it says they’re poisonous but not as bad as the blackwidow but still be careful.
Here is a pic of a spider in Las Vegas. I have found 2 in the last month in my house.
i was bite by something a couple of days ago, i think it was a spider. it left a round bite with a green scab on my left breast. the area around the bite is red and tender, what could have done this?
i just moved to new Mexico about three months ago and don’t know all the species of spider, (i like to know this because i have a sensitive immune system especially when it comes to bug bites), i just happened to see one about 20 minutes ago but cant find him now/ or her, but the little bugger was about the size of a thumbnail kinda fuzzy looking, black and had a red or orange spot on the back of him. i would really like to know what kind of spider it is. mostly because i want to know if it is harmful or not. thank you. Dawna
What kind of spider is in 749, I found one in my pool in hill country of Texas this morning. The underneath looks the same as 749 and the back is black. It does remind me of a small tarantula. It was on the bottom of the pool when I brought it out of the water with the net it immediately raised the front legs.
Good day,
I get these spiders regularly in doorways between safety gate and door frame, in window frames and in my dogs wood house, have not been bitten yet, they are fast moving and a little
aggressive, have markings on back and a yellow dot on the stomach. This one is black-brown, I got the ones that is a golden color as well. I live in South Africa, Limpopo province.
Please help identify this spider.
Thanks,
Christelle Pretorius
I live in western New York and in my basement I found a big black spider with one white spot on it’s back and am curious as to what it is. Please identify it for me.
hey my name is Jason and me and a buddy of mine where in the foot hills of awhatukee Arizona and we where looking for critters and flipped over a rock and found a spider … it hat white and black legs that where kinda long and on its body was a thin orange stripe above that was a wider white stripe and then a really thick purple stripe every thing else was orange on it any one know what it was?
I walked into my bathroom, and there was a large brown reddish spider. it had 8 legs, and what seemed to be a small ball on the end of each foot. the body looked like a small cricket. any ideas?
Here is a picture of a spider that may have bitten my wife. She had a severe reaction and a trip to the ER. We couldn’t find a match on the web.
Any chance you can help me identify this spider. I’ve seen two within the last 2 months. One on this garbage can, and the second in my house, behind the couch! Not good!
Thanks for your time,
Todd
I was bitten by a spider at a park in Melbourne on Saturday (two days ago), the only reason I know it was a spider and not an insect is because I saw the spider. It came from a couple of picnic rugs we had on the ground that we were sitting on, once they were folded I picked them up and took them to the car, as I was walking I could feel somethng hurting my arm, but I just thought it was a bit of grass or a stick from the bottom of the rug rubbing on my arm, once I put the rug down a small green coloured spider went crawling up my arm from the vicinity of the bite. The bites are really itchy, and look like general mosquito bites but have not got bigger or been anything to become overly concerned about, they have now started to get a little bigger, but that could also be because I have been scratching and scratching. Can someone tell me what sort of spider this was and if there is something I should be concerned about.
Hello,I found a spider like in #28, 143,and 177
What kind is it?
Just some advice on Brown recluse spiders, this is what those seriously dangerous spiders look like, as for the few pics that have been posted here with replies that they are brown recluses compare them with this.
Hope this will clear up some confusion.
this spider is very small. the size of a pea. my wife said he jumped but so far all he does is play dead. until i get him out and he moves fast across a paper towel. i put flies in with him and they die soon after. could you help us identify this guy.
thanks
richard
I found a spider about the size of a quarter outside house, it’s dark black, like a Black Widow, but has a white diamond on it’s stomach. What is this?
If anyone can please help us to ID the spider in #816, it would really help out my landlords and future tenants! We’re getting ready to move and already have to tell him that we’ve killed at least 2 black widows, tons of wolf spiders (one had a body of just under 2.5″, legs put it at almost 4″…), jumpers, various fly spiders…. I would like to tell them that they need to have exterminators come out, but the more info I give them the better and the higher liklihood they’ll actually do it! Thanks!
I found this colorful spider in my backyard and took a few shots in the dark with flashlight. In search of this spider spices I tumbled into your web-site. I attached 2 photos of the spider, hopefully you can assist me to identify this spider and advise me if it is poisonous. Should I squash it?
FYI: The spider body measures approx. 2 cm in length (excl. legs), the abdomen measures approx. 1.0 cm in width, hairy and colorful, only come out in the dark to weave it’s web between the fence and the bush branches, and disappeared in the morning light.
Thank you and regards,
Victor Loo
Hi,
My name is Corey and I live in Fairfield, CA and have had a bunch of spiders in my house (I think it’s time to call the bug killers). Anyway… i have no clue what kind of spider this is. If you can help me identify it I would be very grateful.
Thank you!
I found a small spider in my truck a few days ago (while I was driving). Unfortunately, before I could park and get a camera, it had disappeared and I have not been able to find it again. I did want to remove it from my truck, but I only wanted to relocate, not kill it. The spider is very hairy and predominantly black in color with some white or gray markings. It also had green eyes. Can you help me to ID it? I have never seen one like it before.
Could anyone please help me identify the spider in #739? It’s pretty cool looking and we’d like to know what it is!
Please help us to identify this spider. Was found in my bathroom this evening. I have attached a photo.
Thank you
Liliane
Hi! My 6-year-old spotted this spider in a little trash can in my parents’ bathroom. (Nothing else was in it other than a Kleenex and a q-tip.) My mom’s house is like a museum — spotless! We live in central Mississippi.
Thanks!
Kelli
My son found this on the front porch on a rocking chair. He was already dead. We live in Reno Nevada. Can you e-mail me with what kind of spider this is?
Thank you
About six of these have appeared in our pool. They crawl along the bottom and sides at depths anywhere from 1 inch to six feet. They are as big as one inch body length. When I fish them out and put them on the edge, the will crawl back in to the pool. I am in Louisiana. Pool water chemistry is good (saltwater pool, 7.2 pH) and temperature has been between 54 and 65 degrees F. The picture is of one about three inches below the surface. As you see, they don’t have air sacks. How do they survive and what are they?
Thanks
Rudy
Spider found in the garage, about 1/2″ overall with colors brown and gold in wavy bands (aligned from head to tail) on it’s body.
We live in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area and my children found this spider climbing the wall in our hallway. Please help me identify it. Because we have lots of snow on the ground here, the kids want to keep it until we can let it go in the spring, but I’d like to know if its poisonous.
Thanks,
Mandi
i got bitten by this spider outside a restaurant which is located near the woods and i was wondering what kind of spider it is and if it’s poisonous or not.
Hi
I found this spider in an empty water bottle next to my bed. I live at the very end of long island NY. I have some pretty dried up wet lands by me. It freaked me and my g.f. out and we were wondering what kind and if it was poisonous.
Thanks So Much
James K.
i was in my room about four nights ago and saw a small spider on the wall. i went to kill it, but failed (somehow) and it disappeared. the next morning i woke up with a red bump on my nose, and its not a pimple. i tried to pop it somehow, but it didn’t work so i tried to prick it open with a safety pin but all that is coming out of it is blood. it is still there, and i know there is fluid inside because it is swollen and you can move the bump around. it has a small cavity barely noticeable at the top, almost like a volcano shape. i have no idea what this is, if anyone knows anything about the symptoms of a spider bite or if this is even a spider bite, please let me know
-worried
my grandparent have a summer home up in Bancroft, Ontario Canada that me and my parents go to for the summer and it is infested with wolf spiders i caught one last summer on my dock and it had a 4 inch leg span and was multi-colored with brown a bit of black and a little grayish colors
it was hairy but not very long hair it wasn’t a very bulky spider it was quite skinny, now i i were to get bit by it what do i do step by step.
i need to know this because i see them everyday when im up there, and they sleep on the front of my dock by the water and i always almost step right next to them or on them. thanks again
-Adam
Help! What type of spider is this? Live in urban but wooded home in North Carolina and have never seen one before. Hanging outside my window. Thanks!
201 Beau Noriss: Latrodectus hesprus ( one of the Black widow species)
all are poisonous. call exterminator!!! Though it most likely came in on a shipment from Africa and should not survive the winter’ I do advise calling an exterminator as you have a child on the way.
202 Andy Manla: What you have is a young Recluse spider. Kill all of them you find and call an exterminator.
211 Dianne: What you have is a Hobo Spider. They are in the Recluse family and should be killed. Yes they are poisonous!!! They are often mistaken for Wolf Spiders.
312 Vince D: What you have is a Huntsman Spider. DO NOT HANDLE THIS SPIDER!!! EXTERMINATE!!!
214 Laura: You also have a Huntsman Spider. DO NOT HANDLE THIS SPIDER!!! EXTERMINATE!!!
216 Lauren: What you have is a Wolf Spider. While harmless their bite is painful and should be treated by Medical staff if the person is a small child or elderly.
218 Anish Bastin: What you have is a Wolf Spider. See 216 above.
220 Jeff: What you have is a young Black Widow Latrodectus species.
CALL EXTERMINATOR!!!
222 Stacy: You also have one of the Latrodectus species. CALL EXTERMINATOR!!!
223 Casii M: Your spider is called an St. Andrew’s Cross. One of the orb weaver species.
224 Blueseashell : Sorry to burst your bubble… What you have is a “MALE” Black Widow Spider. CALL EXTERMINATOR!!!
226 Julie E: You have one of the Jumping Spider species.
228 Chistopher: You have one of the Wolf Spider species.
232 Jeorge G: What you are looking for is one of the Recluse Species. The pic is a young Wolf Spider. Painful bite but harmless. You should also see if you dogs are allergic to bees as spider bites would have the same effect.
233 Elizabeth F. You have one of the many Jumping Spider Species. Young children and the Elderly should avoid getting bitten. For most adults the bite is painful but harmless.
240 Cortny Vipperman: You have a young Black Widow Spider
Latrodectus Geometricus . They usually come in cargoes of fruit. It should not survive the winter. CALL A EXTERMINATOR !!! Just to be safe.
Z 243 They were Brown Recluse bites some people have a tolerance to them. As to being homeless. I’ve been there too. Lived under a bridge in ’06. I am glad to hear you are doing better. Keep up the GOOD WORK. May God be with you always.
244 Tina White: You have a Recluse. Kill all of them you find and CALL A EXTERMINATOR!!!
251 Donna: You have a Jumping Spider. The bite can hurt. Like a bee sting. Unless you are allergic to bee stings, are Elderly , or are a young child you do not have to worry about their bite.
258 Ciara: You have a Wolf Spider. They come in a range of colors and sizes.
259 Ken P: you have a Water Spider. The largest recorded was 6″ and could catch small fish. Seek Medical Attention if Bitten.
260 Evan: You have Latrodectus Hesperus one of the Black Widow species. call A EXTERMINATOR!!!
261 Angela: You also have one of the Black Widow species L. Hesperus same as above. CALL A EXTERMINATOR!!!
268 Chris L: You have a Wolf Spider. Though the bite fell like a bee sting they are harmless. If you are allergic to bee stings seek Medical Attention.
272 Manny: What you have is an Brown Recluse. Kill all that you find and CALL A EXTERMINATOR!!!
274 Ben S: Same as above!!!! CALL EXTERMINATOR!!!
278 Tom L: You have one of the Black Widow species Latrodectus Hesperus. CALL A EXTERMINATOR!!!
Hi, last summer, I took a vacation to the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota. One morning when I woke up, I found a huge spider on my tent. Any ideas as to what it is?
Hi
I live in Johannesburg South Africa and have this spider living on my
veranda .
Can you tell me if it is a Brown Widow which is what I suspect it to be.
Should I kill it if it is in fact one of these.
Thank
Hillel
Hi,
I have had this picture for while but I have not been able to pin down
the species.
The colour on this one is really neat, I live in Manitoba Canada,
I am assuming it some type of crab spider as it appears to hunt like I
have seen them but I can only identify 4 eyes all facing forwards.
I have many more pictures in higher resolution, if you are interested.
Any information or idea’s you have would be great.
Thanks,
This spider was found living in the Cape Fynbos in South Africa, it
strings its web across the paths. Note the 3- White dots on its belly,
can you identify it for me.
Regards,
Richard Pietersen
Hi
I found a spider in my backyard near the washing line and a bush and it is brown all over with white stripes on its legs. Its back had a certain pattern of black and it was about 2 to 3 cm.
It was spinning a web and I’m fairly concerned about the safety of my family seeing I’m no expert in the field of identifying spiders. I really hope it isn’t poisonous and hopefully I can get reply a.s.a.p.
P.S. I live in Australia
Thanks
James
#59 looks like golden orbs have heaps i my yard
it’s the third time i find a similar spider in my house, i live in Lebanon, beirut and there are trees around my house
im in the fst floor,the spider in the picture jumped on me while i was on the balcony and creeped me out, i still have it in a box and trying to feed her from time to time other smaller insects.
it has two big fangs, i like to know if it’s dangerous and how to stop them from coming into the house.
thanks in advance.
I live in central California, Modesto to be exact. I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve never seen this spider, starting since last summer though I usually find one every other week or so, usually on a wall or ceiling. They measure about 1/2 an inch from front “toe” to back “toe”. Not sure what they are or if they bite, but since I seem to be harboring more than a few of them I’d like to know if they pose any health threat from bites or whatnot. The picture I took is from an old dead one I found in the back of one of my cupboards.