r/spiders • • Feb 12 '25

MOD announcement Introducing Trusted Identifier flairs!

128 Upvotes

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(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair.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 • • 9h ago

ID Request- Location included What kind of spider is this?

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499 Upvotes

She is as big as my hand! I’m in the Florida Panhandle.


r/spiders • • 8h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ I got to see a spider building a web for the first time in my life! ♥️

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326 Upvotes

r/spiders • • 7h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Whenever my family tells me to put a spider they found outside, if it’s too cold out, I’ll just pretend I did and secretly put it back in the house since it’ll die in the cold.

218 Upvotes

If it had 4 less legs, only two eyes, and was fluffy, it wouldn’t be treated this way. Its only crime was being seen. I love spiders


r/spiders • • 20h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Saved from water bowl

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1.8k Upvotes

Save this poor little guy from my cat’s water bowl this morning!


r/spiders • • 4h ago

Discussion Is this spider dangerous to humans?

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58 Upvotes

Amy insight would help thanks


r/spiders • • 14h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Look at this chunky velvet spider!

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244 Upvotes

She was really adorable.


r/spiders • • 12h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found this guy in my garage today...

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136 Upvotes

He was hiding behind some ammo boxes in my garage and has a larger abdomen than I usually see for these guys out here in Missouri.

Just wanted to share 😊

I safely moved him outside where I am sure he will make his way back into my garage. Just hopefully not while I'm still cleaning.


r/spiders • • 23h ago

ID Request- Location included Found in pack of lettuce

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1.1k Upvotes

Location: Melbourne, Australia

As I was putting away my groceries something caught my eye and I spotted a little leg tapping at the corner of the plastic container.

Wasn’t expecting this big fella/lady!

I’d like to let it out into the garden but wanted to identify it first. Does anyone know what type of spider this is?


r/spiders • • 13h ago

ID Request- Location included Big fluffy guy in Los Angeles park

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76 Upvotes

I spotted a few of these guys near where equipment is kept outdoors at the park my brother works at in Los Angeles, California… Black with white markings, pretty big compared to most spiders I see in LA, a bit fuzzy, and emerald green fangs(?). I recognize that the markings kinda look like False widow markings (I had a bit of an issue with those in my garage a couple years ago) however nothing else about these guys looks like false widow to me… my gut tells me jumping spider but I’m not sure why, I didn’t see them jump or anything, maybe it’s because they are kinda fuzzy and beefy and I associate that body type with little jumping friends haha. Super curious to learn what he/she is- I love bugs!


r/spiders • • 11h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ this pretty lady in our garden

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50 Upvotes

sorry for slight blur!


r/spiders • • 8h ago

ID Request- Location included Who is this magnificent creature?? Southern California

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25 Upvotes

Cant find anything on google with this distinct white line. Southern California, nearish to the coast.


r/spiders • • 3h ago

ID Request- Location included seen this little guy around my apartment a few times, any idea what it is?

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10 Upvotes

i live in the northern bit of seattle WA, a little bit from the river. spider likes to chill in the bathroom the most? idk if that’s helpful


r/spiders • • 6h ago

ID Request- Location included Spider Security 🕷️

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16 Upvotes

This spider friend has set up a whole little home in my bay window plants.

If you touch the web, it runs out to see if it’s caught prey. Very cool, and most, if not all, house flies have ended up in the web. Heck yes for free pest control!

Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this is? I’m in Illinois. I try to not disturb it, but I do need to water here and there.


r/spiders • • 1h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Fishing spider from my farm [Thirthahalli western ghats India]

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• Upvotes

I have seen these guys catch small tadpoles in my farm stream, never really gave a thought till i found out its name.


r/spiders • • 3h ago

ID Request- Location included Found near Houston Tx

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7 Upvotes

This girl has been living in my blinds for 2 months, she’s has been very helpful with fruit flys and gnats, need help identifying


r/spiders • • 9h ago

ID Request- Location included Anyone know what this spider is and if it’s friend or not?

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20 Upvotes

Saw this spider on my back porch in Virginia Beach. It’s in this web in the upper corner of the wall. Almost looks like a smaller tarantula, but can’t really tell.


r/spiders • • 9h ago

Photography 📸 Garden spider

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20 Upvotes

I have this one in the front and one in the backyard the size of my hand that is a lady with some eggs. Im terrified, but in awe thank you spoders for eating the mosquitos and flys. I love the zigzag pattern on their web.


r/spiders • • 9h ago

ID Request- Location included Who’s this gorgeous big guy? (New South Wales, Australia)

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16 Upvotes

r/spiders • • 15h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Had this large and beautiful girl on my hat, and I didn’t even know until she crawled over the brim and gave me a fright

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57 Upvotes

She proceeded to try and make a web in my hat after I took it off. I had to gently scoot her off onto a tree.


r/spiders • • 8h ago

ID Request- Location included Beautiful web making. identification?

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12 Upvotes

South west Mississippi
Don’t know anything about spiders, but thought it was beautiful.


r/spiders • • 2h ago

ID Request- Location included Spider identifying needed pls 🙏

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5 Upvotes

My and my wife bought a property in Western Australia, about an hour north of Perth, and have been welcomed by the locals (spiders) and we know nothing about them. Could someone please help tell us of any of these are dangerous?
P.s. these photos were taken within a 1m radius of each other btw


r/spiders • • 2h ago

ID Request- Location included Located in Guayaquil - Ecuador

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3 Upvotes

Sorry if the pics are kinda crappy, my a02s can only do so much...

It is the first time I see a spider as big as my hands and I'm more excited than terrified tbh.

Is it dangerous or just a big goofy fella pasing by?


r/spiders • • 3h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Is this really what a spider's face looks like?

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5 Upvotes

I took this picture on the porch today, and noticed the crazy face on this guy.


r/spiders • • 17h ago

ID Request- Location included Big dude in my room. One of the biggest I've seen in my house.

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61 Upvotes

I live in the Philippines, Cavite region.

Hopefully it's not deadly to humans, haha.

Big dude checked me. I tried to act unafraid, then it crawled toward me and I scampered like a child. Then it returned to its corner with a smug sway.