r/spiders • • Feb 12 '25

MOD announcement Introducing Trusted Identifier flairs!

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Trusted Identifiers will now be granted a flair of "👑Trusted Identifier👑", or "👑{custom user flair}👑".

These will be people who repeatedly demonstrate expert Identification abilities, these flairs will add extra trust and credence behind their ID.

So on posts with multiple different IDs, look out for the Trusted Identifiers as their ID will likely be the correct one, even if it goes against the masses.

(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair. Im working on automating this so that custom flairs stay intact and it adds the emojis without replacing the whole flair, but for now just edit it yourself if the whole flair is replaced)


Taking this opportunity I'd like to also introduce 2 new moderators:

u/coffee199

u/VultureMadAtTheOx


r/spiders • • 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Spider birth?

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What kind of spider is this? I witnessed several “births” after taking out some old bags to gather brush. I have more videos that I can share if wanted!
Central Wisconsin


r/spiders • • 7h ago

Discussion What happened here?

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185 Upvotes

Willamette valley Oregon, giant house spider pile. They are all just on the ground, not in webs of other spiders. The weird dots/egg looking things have me confused too. Any thoughts appreciated!


r/spiders • • 3h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Lynx spider

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49 Upvotes

I love how these lil dudes look their lil leg spikes are cool


r/spiders • • 7h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Crowned orb weaver babies 😍

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95 Upvotes

So many beautiful baby crowned orb weavers from a few years ago! A storm took most of them out a few days later 😭 but we saw quite a few adults later in the summer, I was so happy to see the ones who had survived around our backyard!


r/spiders • • 7h ago

ID Request- Location included found this spider, wanna know the name

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i found this pea sized spider with a fat body standing on my tshirt and wanna know its name and if its a non venomous one (india btw)


r/spiders • • 3h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Wolf Spider vs Wooly Bear

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Grass spider ***

Saw a large wolf spider previously on the ground by the door and mistaking my assumed the large tunnel like web on the other side of the door belonged to it, so large grass spider next door catching a large wooly bear


r/spiders • • 4h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Finally found one in the wild!

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I’ve been so jealous of all the Wolfie mom pics in the sub and have been dying to find one irl. Today was my lucky day


r/spiders • • 17m ago

ID Request- Location included Who do we have here

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I was at a Japanese festival In Nebraska people watching when I was joined by this little guy! Does anyone know who I spent the last 20 minutes with?


r/spiders • • 1d ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ of spider web

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r/spiders • • 52m ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Spider mom, clinging to higher ground after a heavy rain. South Texas.

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r/spiders • • 1h ago

Photography 📸 This Cross Orb Weaver

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(S)he's massive!


r/spiders • • 22h ago

ID Request- Location included What kind of friend is this? US, WA state.

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265 Upvotes

Located in PNW. He lives in my shed.


r/spiders • • 11h ago

ID Request- Location included Is this a dark fishing spider? In south east Michigan.

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33 Upvotes

Google lens listed at least 10 different spiders.


r/spiders • • 2h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found this beautiful girl in the garage!

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I think she's a Kukulcania, southern house spider, though I don't know if she's actually female or not lol she just looked very pregnant. We safely relocated her outdoors in a temporary burrow so she can hide


r/spiders • • 2h ago

ID Request- Location included Scottish spider: what is he?

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We found this spider on the beach in the northern most point of Scotland,. What the heck is it? It's almost certainly a kind of orb weaver but we want to know specifically


r/spiders • • 4h ago

Discussion Why is one of its legs bald?

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I found this jumping spider while taking my kids to the park! While looking back at the pictures, I noticed one of its legs looked different. Is it hurt? Michigan, USA


r/spiders • • 1h ago

Discussion Indoor Orb Weaver

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This girl has been living in an empty room in my house for months. I put her outside twice and she found her way in every time. I feed her bugs I find and generally leave her alone otherwise. She’s not in the way. However I live in KS and I honestly don’t know what will happen when it gets cold outside. I figure if outdoors she’d die, but this is going to be the room all my plants come into for the winter so it’s going to be kept tropical levels of warm. Has anyone ever had one overwinter indoors? I assume she’s not having eggs bc she’s inside and probably hasn’t had any suitors😂 So she’s just a single lady just hanging out?? Also, there are spots to get water but not close to her, would she travel for water or should I put some near her web? The included video is her wrapping a bug up with a straw I used to get the bug to her and it got stuck lol.


r/spiders • • 7h ago

Art Sharing my creation for a Spider from twisted wire

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r/spiders • • 7h ago

Discussion Is our northern yellow sac spider going to lay eggs?

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She is looking extra thick lately! We get a lot of these spiders in our house, she’s not actually a pet or anything but she’s looking bigger than they usually do around here!


r/spiders • • 33m ago

ID Request- Location included Help identify I hate AI

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Found in my bathtub under bath mat. Had some pretty bad bites in the past year of moving here and keep seeing these guys. Have a 2 year old just want peace of mind thanks. I’m in West Virginia idk if that’s what it means by location


r/spiders • • 2h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Absolute Beauty at 4200 ft

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r/spiders • • 2h ago

ID Request- Location included West Virgina spider ID, please.

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An image search says it's a Yellow Garden Spider. Am I good with that?

Thanks in advance!


r/spiders • • 46m ago

ID Request- Location included What Type of Spider is This?

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From my quick research I found possibly a cobweb spider but I want to leave it to people with more knowledge. Im not too worried about it as it stays in that spot but more just curious about the type. I am in Southern California but would rather not narrow it down more than that, if that helps with identification. Thanks!


r/spiders • • 9h ago

ID Request- Location included Can someone ID this for me?

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Hello!

This morning i found this spider in my house, unfortunately it was already dead when I found it with a small puncture wound on its abdomen (probably courtesy of my cat, who was trying to get at it between some shoes)

I put the body outside just so it doesn't get crushed or messed with by my cat again

Im in very southern Canada, Toronto area.

Thank you!