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.
My name is Amber and I am looking to find out if the two kinds of spiders i found in my back yard are dangers to me or my pets.
I have been looking on many websites and I am not finding what I am looking for. I am from Manitoba Canada and I have just moved in to a house that had a pool left behind that was all deflated and mashed up and unused for a long time and wet on the ground and when I went to move it there was brown spiders with little white bums on them. Me being scared of spiders didn’t look to hard but they moved fast and if i saw them right they could fit on a quarter. The other is very very tiny almost hard to see little red spiders i found on my deck. I don’t have any pic’s as of yet but if i can get us the courage, I will take a few.
Thanks
I saw a spider that had a yellow fuzzy body and black legs not afriad of water cause i tried to drowned it with the hose very fast runner just wonderinf what kind it may be. We live in noth western arizona.
I and my parents were tearing up our deck when I spotted one of these skittering around. I couldn’t tell you what the webs looked like because we tore them up with the deck without realizing it. There was also one that was identical in shape but smaller, with a slight purple sheen to it.
The one in the picture was small in comparison, I was worried because I haven’t ever seen this type of spider before.
Oh my gosh! I live in Boise, Idaho and i am very use to seeing only the typical house spiders… with the exception of when my family goes camping up in Northern Idaho. Sometimes some interesting eight-legged freaks hitch a ride in our backpacks and we find them as we are unpacking. So,I found this exotic spider that was frighteningly large in my house a couple days ago. I thought that maybe it was from when I came back from vacation( I went to Colorado Springs), until I went to my friend’s house and saw the exact same spider- she lives about five blocks away.
The spider is a yellowish shade with a very large abdomen. It has red and whitish-yellow striped legs. On the upper area of the abdomen, there are two very large horns. It is a little bigger than a penny! It was making an extravagant web near my t.v. chair and i usually don’t disturb spiders if they are not harming me, but i wanted to examine it closer. My younger brother and I were attempting to put it in a bottle, and we were successful for a few seconds, and then the spider popped outta the bottle perfectly accurate through the not so large hole! We were both shocked! Then we realized that it was still hooked on to its amazingly thick web, and it also appeared to be playing dead. I am afraid of how absolutely clever and intimidating this spider looks, but i can’t find any information on it.
Anyone got any Ideas?
Couple of these spiders are appearing around outside of my house and I was wondering what type of spider they where. They have funnel type webs and this is in North Carolina. Thanks in advance for your time and help.
Just got bit in the big toe by something… I presume a spider (can’t find it) while sleeping. I have two puncture marks in my toe and the bite woke me out of my sleep…it felt like I got electricuted. Any thoughts? I live in Illinois.
We found this spider on our living room chair — first floor. We live in
Cleveland, OH. We’ve never seen a large spider like this in our
area…probably 5-6 inches.
Can you identify, please?
Thanks for the help,
Mike Brediger
Cleveland, OH
My children found this spider on the side of our house. We live in Massachusetts, in between Boston and Plymouth. It appears to have a ton of little ones as well – so small that they are barely visible unless you are looking closely. Any idea as to what it is?
Thanks,
Stephanie
I found this spider in my garage. I live in Southeast Michigan. Oakland County.
Can you help me identify this spider?
Tom Braun
Hi there, my name is katie and i live in boise, Idaho. i have never seen one of these around my house… until now. ive been searching to figure out what it is and i have no idea. can you help? its body is just less then an inch long.
thanks,
katie
Sorry I didnt take a picture but I will never forget it. I live in mid-Missouri and found one spider in the house and one outside in an almost empty water bowl. It’s body is about an inch long, and well over 2 inches with the legs. It is dark brown and the body has two distinct round sections. The legs, upon closer inspection (after it was dead), were slightly hairy and had stripes across them. Larger than any wolf spider I have seen, common here, they can jump a couple inches, are very fast, and smart. The one inside ran from my son to me, dashing under the couch at the last second. We moved out the couch looking for it and eventually found it clinging to the bottom of the couch. I don’t want to go to sleep anymore. What could they be?
Would someone please help me out on this?
I’m pretty sure this is a commonly seen spider, but I would like to know what I am dealing with. They are all over my home.
Found (often) running across sofa, floor, bed, walls… of my South Carolina home.
The size from leg to leg is about as big as a half dollar to the old silver dollars (US).
I’m pretty sure its not a brown recluse, but I’m no expert, so this is why I am asking.
I’m generally not so squeamish (sp)… but this one was running across my back last night while I was laying in the bed (obviously this was why it is in the squished state it found itself in).
The funny thing is, I have been seeing so many of these, that I literally shook out my sheets before I went to sleep. This just freaked me out.
I would really like to get an email reply to this, if possible. So feel free to print my email HomeNot@ HotMail.Com
Thanks,
Kyle
I kill this type of spider daily in my house. Is it dangerous or poisonous? I am about to have a grandbaby in the house and I am worried. Please help. Thank you.
What is this? We are stationed at camp Pendleton, CA.
Thanks,
Bobbi
Does anyone know what spider #766 is??? Have on on my desk in a jar that looks just like it.???
i really don’t know what happened to me but my hand is purple and on my thumb a little low has a wit spot and itches really bad
Cindy, the black spider that you have found is what I believe to be a regal jumping spider. They are not venomous to us, but they will bite.
To number 87 it looks like you have a brown widow spider which even though it is not as venomous as the black widow its still one of the most venomous spiders and its highly dangerous
First off, i live in northern Michigan (upper peninsula) and these spiders were in my camp last night and this morning and all i can think of is these being wolf spiders, much too large to be brown recluse’s. one of them, the largest had a body about 2 inches long, but really thick, and with the legs extended about 4 1/2 inches in diameter. almost all black and gray, but very hairy. the second spider, which was on the floor this morning about 2 feet from my head was smaller, but had a very round bottom on it, and was more shiny black then hairy. i’m not really worried about them being poison, just curious as to what they are. thank you for any help.
I found a spider very similar to post #666 and I was also wondering what kind of spider that is. Myself and my crew at work have been bitten by several different types of spiders, and this is the first one I’ve seen like this here.
I forwarded photos (7/10) of a spider found in the lower level of our house. Can you help us identify the type of spider we found?
Hi All-
I just got back from a canooing trip in Northern Indiana. Upon stopping to relieve myself, I looked at a log directly in front of me and saw the biggest spider ever!!! I scared it and didn’t get a picture, but I was hoping that my description would prompt someone to recognize this beast of a spider.
To me, it looked like a wolf spider who mated with a tarantula. It was, and I’m not kidding here, the size of an’s adults palm. The body of this thing was about 2 1/2 inches (including the head). The legs, however, sprawled out like they were, made this spider gigantic. It was brown in color, not noticable other colors on it’s body. Didn’t look too hairy or anything. One thing about this spider was that it’s butt did stick out a little more than your average wolf spider, but I would characterize this spider’s body of more longer than round. I didn’t notice any black in it or anything…
I couldn’t believe how huge this thing was. I am not exaggerating it’s size. Literally the size of my palm. Any ides?
#80 / Andy – I have the same spider! i’ve captured it and am treating it as extremely dangerous until I find otherwise. I just can’t figure out what it is; i feel like i’ve been to every possible spider site! please help
I am wondering what kind of spider #62 is. I live in Salt Lake City, UT and I have found 2 very similar looking spiders like that in my basement apartment. The spider is a very vibrant red. My initial thought is red is never really a good thing. I have a 3 year old boy and want to make sure the danger level of the spider just to be aware. Not sure if it is THAT spider exactly but has very similar resemblance. Any info would be super appreciated! Thank you!
Hi…. I found i spider earlier today that looks like its related to the tranlancha family… but not sure it black with a yellow spot on its back… and has furry legs….. Is it deadly or should we kill it? Its in a jar.
Thanks,
Alexis
Please help identify…found this spider in flower box on deck–July 2009. Flower boxes contain petunas. Located in Maryland. Sorry for the poor quality of photos–taken with my camera phone. When I returned with my regular camera–it was gone (at least I couldn’t find it which creeped me out more). The legs and head were black, but the rear segment was bright shiny red with a line of black dots down the middle of the segment. The rear segment also appeared to end in an upward point. I’ve been searching all over the web and can’t seem to find an answer. Thanks for looking.
Yes, i have found two spiders that are almost identical-didn’t have a camera with me-the beast way to describe them are as follows: The first one had a gray body with black spots, reddish brown legs and the tail end was curved like a scopion and it acted like it wanted to sting. The second one was black with the same color legs and the tail end was the same as the first.
I am just curious if you might be able to identify the spider I saw last night, i don’t have 100% memory of it but I’d say its body was somewhere from 3 inches to 5 inches in size, it was a dark Grey spider and i think it was striped going vertical and i believe they were black. I live in iowa if that helps and I just really want to know what the heck is hanging out around m apartment. @.@ Thank you.
I live in Northern Utah and some years I find a ton of these on the road, on my siding, in my garage. People tell me it is a Wolf Spider, but when I look at pictures on the internet, this one does not look like a wolf spider? Is is a grass spider? Some I have seen are as large as my palm. Most are larger than a silver dollar. It is all brown except for some white and black stripes. Can you help me identify and give me some peace of mind. Thanks.
I found a spider that was black with a white circle on it’s back and an orange dot in the middle of it. Looked like a black widow, but never seen one like this. Plus adv what kind of spider is this?
i sent some pictures of a weird looking spider and was wondering if you knew what it was. sorry the pictures aren’t so great.
I dont have a pic sorry but I was making my bed and saw across the bed was a spider at first it looked like a wolf spider (get them alot) but It was smaller and was dark brown and had Light brown Diamond shapes all the way down its body, its legs was hairy! My daughter and I have been getting bites on our bodies and they have been sweeling up as big as nickles and are very red some are yellow in the middle but as time passed the bites go away ! but hope you can help thanks kc
Spiders started appearing at night several days ago. Web is gone after sunrise and they rebuild each night after dusk. Abdomen is definitely a bright yellow and one almost has a fluorescent green yellow look. Of course the yellow blanches with the flash and when I don’t use the flash the lens stays open and the picture is blurry. One of the neighbors claimed he got bitten by a spider and ended up in the hospital. I am trying to identify this spider. One of them is quite large about the size of a silver dollar. The other two are about the size of a quarter.
Joe
Hey
we have seen in the kitchen a small-medium sized spider.
4 small yellow spots on its back and red toned legs
I live in Kailua, Hawaii on the island of Oahu and yesterday I was sitting on my sofa when a small spider ran over my foot. It was a light yellow/brownish and I think a redish blotch on or covering its abdomen. With legs stretched out would probably have reached the edges of a dime. I don’t think that it was poisonous but I am interested in what it was because I have never seen one before. My cat ate it before I could take a picture but I am leaning towards a Happy Face Spider in which case I will feel bad because I know they are extinct. Please let me know what kind of spider it is. Thanks.
I found this spider on my rocking chair on the front porch. Wicked looking, can you identify it for me.
Thank you
Nancey Ragan
Augusta GA
My husband found this spider in our kitchen. This is a picture from your page that matches what he found. Could you PLEASE let me know what it is and if it is poisonous. I am deathly afraid of spiders and want to know about this one. Thanks.
posts #712 and #746 are probly a wolf spider family hogna perhaps just spent alot of time examining the same looking spider from my family’s basement in Colorado. I also have a similar looking spider to Kimberly #666 and Armondo’s #676 and now I am stuck. I cannot seem to find any other picture’s of the spider in order to tell what it is and if I should be worried. PLEASE HELP! WHAT IS THE UGLY BLOOD THIRSTY SPIDER CALLED?
sorry my mom got closer to the spider and she says the one she saw was the size of a dime. my mother is really starting to worry about the baby in the house. Is the spider dangerous?
Hey,
I live in Montana and I have arachnophobia, so i try to find out all i can about the spiders that live in or around my house. But there is one spider i can’t seem to find anything on. I couldn’t get a picture sorry. But the spider is probably about the size of a quarter. Its body is bright yellow and has red almost translucent legs. It’s body is very round. Any information would help we have a two year old in the house and I am wondering if the spider is dangerous. I have never seen anything like it before and neither has my family. Any thing would help.
Thank you,
Amanda, Montana
Let me start by saying, I firmly believe that you should live and let live. Everything serves a purpose in nature and we all must coexist…humans, animals, insects, etc. I don’t kill anything – I catch and I release. (and living in the North Georgia Mountains, I do ALOT of catching and releasing!!!)
That being said, I do not wish to harm the spiders that have taken up residence between the screen and the glass of ALMOST EVERY window in my house, as well as the corners of my porch, deck and sunroom, UNLESS I HAVE TO!!! After hours of internet research and days spent studying the spiders, their webs and their egg sacs, the only reasonable conclusion I can make is that they are Brown Widows. However, I don’t see an hour glass (although it’s been hard to see the underside of their abdomen) and the egg sacs aren’t as lumpy as I’m told they should be. I just can’t find information on any other spider with similar characteristics.
Please help me! I am at my wits end trying to identify them and THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!! As you’ll see in the picture, one egg sac even “hatched”. I don’t have children but I do have a husband, (3) dogs and (2) cats, all of which I want to keep safe. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Rhonda Balsamello
Big Canoe, Georgia
Every year we have one of these staring at us as we walk out of our front door!! What is it and is it dangerous?????
Albert & Cynthia
Not sure what I got bit by, About the size of a nickel. Started looking like a bruise with a raised bumpin the midddle.Does not hurt or itch.
298… anyone? anyone know what it is? still hoping to find out.. or if anyone knows of any other sites I could check on? tia!
rachel..#22
(i believe that is a brown recluse spider)
Dear Camilo and Allen, This is most defenitly NOT a Brown Recluse Spider. This is Wolf spider, they are much more hairy. Wolf spider mothers carry their young on their back. Wolf spiders can be kept as pets simler to a tarantula. (wich I have done) Wolf spiders are not dangours (unless allergic) and should be released out side into the grass their prefeard home. Your basement is probly not their first choice…. Brown recluses are much smaller and very skinny plus the have a fiddle shaped mark on their cephlathorax. If I can find a brown recluse pic I might upload it. It saddens me to see such a intersting spider die.
James L.
I also found a spider in my house it was #62 does anyone know what it is.
Thank you
I have seen the replies to #22 and I am worried that you are causing this poor person unnecessary stress! A brown recluse spider doesn’t have any marks on it like that spider does.
the spider ive found looks exacly like a brown recluse spider. i live in Michigan and i’ve read on many web sites about this spider ive found and it says they are very rare to Michigan. although they do like dark places such as under books and boxes, they like dark areas. We found this spider in our basement and its very warm down there. another thing that these spiders like. also i’ve found that they can live up to six months without food and water. this spider i have found is a darker brown and about the size of my palm. it has two huge fangs and big eyes. its legs are about two inches long maybe less. its just a estimate. and it looks as if its legs are spread out as if its on water. its very big and thankfully it hast bit anyone in the house. we have it in a jar at the moment because we want to find out what it is. although we aren’t sure yet. would someone like to send any info on it that would be VERY helpful.
my e-mail is x_coracupcake_x@ live.com
thanks again.
Cora.
we found a spider that has red legs & body,black head, black abdomen and 4 strange whitish-brown marks on it, it was very big it was under our porch. i live in port mcneill bc, Canada.
Sorry no photo, I’m at work. Keep seeing this spider outside. No “web,” but it sits on a couple of silk threads just blowing in the wind. It is light green with a fluorescent yellow rectangle on the top (I think it’s the top). It’s “skinny” with long legs. The legs are green with black stripes. It is not 1/2″ long. Anyone know what kind of spider this is? I’m on Long Island, NY.