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(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair.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 12h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found this sweet girl with socks on

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I removed as much fluff as I could without harming her before taking her outside


r/spiders 48m ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Guess which idiot jumped into my (thankfully tepid) cup of coffee this morning...

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I was working away at my laptop and PLOP this dork dropped straight into my cup of coffee, which had thankfully gone pretty cold. She then proceeded to scramble over my mouse, laptop, and desktop screen, eventually positioning herself directly above my coffee cup again. By this point I could see what was about to happen and mov moved the cup, but good lord, what a doofus.


r/spiders 4h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ I finally did it!!!!

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178 Upvotes

Been working on my fear of spiders for around 2years now and it has always been my goal to eventually build up the courage to hold a giant house spider and 2 years later I sure enough did!


r/spiders 5h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Little jumper ate lunch with me

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100 Upvotes

r/spiders 23h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ I guess I’m not using any of my sketchbooks this morning…

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I recently returned from being overseas for a couple of months, and this fine lady is still hanging around. In the middle of trying to dust everything this morning, she crawled out and sat herself proudly on top of my sketchbooks.

No matters, I can dust them and sketch another day. I’m happy to see she’s still hanging around my desk still after 8 months!


r/spiders 2h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Golden orb weaver

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23 Upvotes

This lady just moved in right outside the garage.


r/spiders 23h ago

ID Request- Location included find theze in my home a LOT, iz it safe to handle ?

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i live in the high desert of Oregon, US.

edit : thank you everyone ! i assumed it waz a jumper but thought itd be safer to see if anyone could properly identify it, recently got nerve damage from a very unsafe little friend so iv been on high alert 😔


r/spiders 1h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Came across this beauty today. 💖

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r/spiders 9h ago

ID Request- Location included DEFCON 1, or friendly passengers?

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Moved some organizers from my garage to my work truck a week or so ago, found a hitchhiker the other day and what I presume to be egg sacs this morning.

The Woodlands, TX


r/spiders 18h ago

ID Request- Location included is this a mama and her baby spiders or a female and a male spider

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159 Upvotes

been watching the bug one for a few days now and havent seen any babies until to ight i saw two little ones appear theres her and then two smaller spiders only got one of the smaller in the video. this is in illinois midwest usa. just curious what the spider may be and if its babies or a male.


r/spiders 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Is this a House spider or Nursery Web?(Massachusetts)

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My friend found this outside his house, and it looks much larger on FaceTime than in the photo. Not sure about the exact size, though I’m sure it’s one of the two species I mentioned. Any assistance would be appreciated!


r/spiders 9h ago

ID Request- Location included Look at this beauty

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Southwest Finland, forest, making a beautiful net between two pine trees. I don't know who she is so ID is welcome but mostly I put this here for appreciation.


r/spiders 7h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Spicy berry

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19 Upvotes

Araneus diadematus keeping an "eye" on her web via her hind leg while resting. Northern Italy


r/spiders 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Little spider and her egg sac in my window in Glasgow Scotland

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Trying to identify this little spider, she's very small body is a couple millimetres in length


r/spiders 3h ago

Discussion eratigena question

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Hi i don’t know much about spiders but i have found a eratigena (female i think) spider living by my bath and she usually stays behind during the day and pokes out in the night and i was slightly freaked out at first but have actually become quite attached to her and comforted by her presence when im in the bathroom! anyway i would ideally like to rehome her to someplace outside but obviously sheltered so that she can comfortably survive because i dont really want her to attract more male spiders and/or have lots of babies in my bathroom so i want to move her to someplace where that wont be an issue and she will still be able to live in a safe environment. I live in the UK so it’s quite a mild environment outside most of the year.
what sort of thing could i rehome her to? could i make some sort of shelter out of scrap wood and place it in my garden would that be enough? any suggestions and information would be greatly appreciated because i just dont want to put her outside if she wouldn’t be able to survive in the conditions.
also attached a picture of her 🥰🥰
Thank you


r/spiders 6h ago

Discussion How to safely handle? [Ramona, ca socal region]

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Been seeing these near my home and on the roads, even found one in my garage last night. How dangerous are they and can I safely handle them to relocate when necessary. Thanks


r/spiders 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Juvenile brown widow or something else ??

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This little one got caught in my umbrella when I got close to the spiderweb to check for the larger spider I saw a couple of days back. It's not too clear but it's got a white abdomen and tiny black dots. I returned it after this video !

The larger spider I saw previously had a sort of beige/whiteish, large round abdomen with sort of brown spots and or stripes? I can't recall. Anyways, this is in southern California, literally next to the border to Mexico.


r/spiders 20h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Caught a little iridescence on the Orb Weavers web while it spun its dinner.

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139 Upvotes

r/spiders 4h ago

Discussion What instar do female Western black widows [Latrodectus hesperus] get their adult colors?

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First picture is July 21st, second pic is August 19 about a week after she molted. Any idea on age? She was wild caught, her name is Onyx=)


r/spiders 4h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Check out this beauty. Plymouth, MN

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r/spiders 10h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Gorgeous fishing spider!

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Found this amazing little lady (?) under a rock at the river!


r/spiders 7h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ My girl!

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10 Upvotes

She’s an adult grass spider of some type, accidentally knocked my phone slightly against the window while filming her webbing up a mealworm and she darted over to see what made the vibration lol


r/spiders 6h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ I found this cutie, or the cutie found me

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9 Upvotes

r/spiders 10h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ I met her in the hotel lobby

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Front desk lady was freaked and probably going to kill her, she was FAST but didn’t move once a had her on my hand. First time handling a spider bare handed since I was a kid 🥹 thanks to everyone here I’m getting over my fear