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  • 05-27-2015, 05:30 AM
    Alexiel03
    spider ID
    anyone know what kind of spiders these are? i found the first one in my house on the floor and the 2nd is wedged between my screen and window on my front door 0.o

    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...u/IMG_1168.jpg
    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...u/IMG_1166.jpg


    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...u/IMG_1172.jpg
    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...u/IMG_1171.jpg
  • 05-27-2015, 10:02 AM
    John1982
    First one could be a recluse. It has the right body shape and I can almost make out a faint violin shape on the cephalothorax. To be honest, anything that even slightly resembles one gets the boot around here - better safe than bit - and that spider is close enough that I wouldn't leave it in the house. I don't recall ever seeing one with so much pattern on the abdomen but would relocate all the same.

    Second one looks like a Neoscona type orb weaver - harmless.
  • 05-28-2015, 02:44 AM
    Alexiel03
    Re: spider ID
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by John1982 View Post
    First one could be a recluse. It has the right body shape and I can almost make out a faint violin shape on the cephalothorax. To be honest, anything that even slightly resembles one gets the boot around here - better safe than bit - and that spider is close enough that I wouldn't leave it in the house. I don't recall ever seeing one with so much pattern on the abdomen but would relocate all the same.

    Second one looks like a Neoscona type orb weaver - harmless.

    okay thank you :) when i looked up recluse i couldnt find one that looked like that so i had to be sure. i threw him outside so its not in the house anymore.
    i thought the 2nd one looked like a orb weaver, i live in the south and they are pretty common. just wanted to be safe lol im pretty bad at ID-ing reguar spiders lol we usually get the black and white jumping spiders in the house but i leave them be cuz they arent a threat and they look so cute lol
  • 05-28-2015, 03:39 AM
    anicatgirl
    Recluses, you don't want. We have brown ones here and that looks close enough to me! Those bites can be suuuper nasty. I am still working on being OK with spiders, so these pics just make me go ugh! Take it away! :P
  • 06-03-2015, 09:33 PM
    LestertheLesser
    Re: spider ID
    That first one could be a house spider. They often look like the recluse spider. Their bite isn't pleasant though. All spiders get the boot around here.


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  • 01-29-2017, 08:20 PM
    LemonMeringuePython
    Alexiel03, not to worry, the spider in the first pics isn't a recluse but a Tegenaria (also known as Eratigena), and the second spider is an Araneidae.
  • 01-30-2017, 04:09 AM
    LightningPython
    I think the spiders are gone now. 2 year old thread 😂😂
  • 01-31-2017, 07:28 PM
    LemonMeringuePython
    Re: spider ID
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by LightningPython View Post
    I think the spiders are gone now. 2 year old thread 😂😂

    Probably :oops: but in case someone else comes across either of these two spiders and has the same I.D. question.... ;)
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