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Golden Silk Spider	Fishing Spiders	Wolf Spiders	Black and Yellow Argiope
Banded Garden Spider	Giant Lichen Orbweaver	Ominous Orb Weaver Spider	Crab Spiders
Jumping Spiders	Spider Webs	Stealthy Ground Spider	Funnel Web Spider
Funnel Web Spider	Funnel Web Spider	Common House Spider	Orb Weaver
Unidentified Spider with Lacewing Prey	Garden Spider on Maui, Hawai'i	Lined Orbweaver	Lined Orbweaver
Gea Heptagon	Gea heptagon	Spotted Orbweaver	Sheet Web Weaver
Sheet Web Weaver	Sheet Web Weaver	Black and Yellow Argiope (Juvenile)	Unidentified Spider
Hackled Mesh Weaver	Funnel Web Weaver	Longjawed Orb Weaver	Longjawed Orb Weaver
Green Lynx Spider	Green Lynx Spider	Green Lynx Spider with Scoliid Wasp Prey	Green Lynx Spider with Scoliid Wasp Prey
Green Lynx Spider with Rice Stinkbug Prey	Green Lynx Spider with Rice Stinkbug Prey	Green Lynx Spider	Green Lynx Spider
Green Lynx Spider	Orb Weaver Spider	Orb Weaver Spider	Orb Weaver Spider
Orb Weaver	Orb Weaver	Orb Weaver	Orb Weaver with Prey
Orb Weaver	Orb Weaver	Cross Spider	Cross Spider
Cross Spider	Cross Spider	Cross Spider	Cross Spider
Giant Lichen Orbweaver	Venusta Orchard Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider
Venusta Orchard Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider	Unidentified Spider	Green Lynx Spider
Cobweb Weaver	Cobweb Weaver	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider
Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider	Spined Micrathena Spider	Spined Micrathena Spider
Spined Micrathena Spider	Arrowhead Spider	Arrowhead Spider	Barn Spider
Barn Spider	Barn Spider	Barn Spider	Barn Spider
Orb Weaver	Tent Cobweb Weaver	Spitting Spider	Spitting Spider
Spitting Spider	Spitting Spider	Spitting Spider	Cross Spider
Cross Spider	Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver	Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver	Long-jawed Orb Weaver
Long-jawed Orb Weaver	Long-jawed Orb Weaver	Long-jawed Orb Weaver	Long-bodied Cellar Spider
Long-bodied Cellar Spider	Long-bodied Cellar Spider	Arrowhead Spider	Arrowhead Spider
Arrowhead Spider	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider
White Micrathena Spider	White Micrathena Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider
Venusta Orchard Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider	Long-jawed Orb Weaver
Orchard Spider	Orchard Spider	Barn Spider	Barn Spider
Barn Spider	Barn Spider	Barn Spider with Prey	Barn Spider
Barn Spider	Web of Feather-legged spider	Rabid Wolf Spider	Rabid Wolf Spider
Nursery Web Spider	Nursery Web Spider	Nursery Web Spider	Nursery Web Spider
Nursery Web Spider	Green Lynx Spider	Green Lynx Spider	Green Lynx Spider with Prey
Green Lynx Spider	Asian Spiny-backed Spider	Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver	Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver Spider
Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver	Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver	Flower Spider	Calico Spider
Triangulate Cobweb Spider	American House Spider	Orb Weaver	Barn Spider
Orb Weaver Spider	Longbodied Cellar Spider	Long-bodied Cellar Spider	Grass Spider (Funnel Weaver)
Sheet-weaver Spider	Venusta Orchard Spider	Jumping Spider	Long-jawed Orb Weaver
Acacesia hamata	Common House Spider	Ghost Spider	Magnolia Green Jumper
Greater European House Spider	Greater European House Spider	Unidentified Spiders

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Cathy		24-Oct-2008 02:28
I live in Houston, in a condo. I have seen two small brown spiders with a single yellow stripe. They are about 1"x 1", not very hairy, or dont seem to have any other colors on them. Does anyone know what they are? Hopefully they are harmless.

oldsnakeman		18-Jul-2008 19:37
Snakes are my thing but this is so impressive. Great photos! I am branching out into other areas of study with insects, spiders, and plants my concentration. keep up the excellent work!

Scotty Battistoni -SO Photography		20-May-2008 01:56
Wonderful Arachnid gallery, very nicely done. Voted!

Pierre		10-Mar-2008 09:17
Very interresting site. This morning I came to work and outside my window in the garden I saw two huge spiders that made me very paranoid. I managed to find a photo of them on this site and i am relieved to know that these aren't harmfull. They happen to be orb weavers. Their bodies round about 2 inches long and half an inch wide. with legs included their in the reigion of 3 inches in diamiter. Very very interresting speciman.

madonna		08-Nov-2007 20:06
In front of my home in Houston, my husband and I found a spider in a web on the front porch that we have never seen before. From your photos, it is a Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver Spider. The difference is our spider was bright yellow with black spots, and I swear looked just like a "smiley face".

lejun		02-Oct-2007 16:31
Hi Sharon. I would suggest that you log on to www.bugguide.net and ask your question there. There are a number of spider specialists who use that site and would very likely respond. Thanks for your interest.

Sharon		02-Oct-2007 01:25
I have an orb weaver spider outside my office window. I've been watching her now for over a month and she is fascinating. Her yellow stripes are vertical on one side and horizontal on the other. I read another article about these types of spiders that says she eats her web every night and spins a new one everyday, and that the male spins a zig-zag web off to/on the side of her larger web. Are these statements true of all orb weaver spiders or are there differences? I live in Southeaster Colorado.

Amber		25-Sep-2007 00:25
I came across your website in my efforts to identify a spider I found in my yard. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and I have never seen a spider like this here before. It is about the size of a thumbnail, has many short spines all over, and is fairly flat and square in shape. It is light brown with darker brown stripes on the legs, and a white sword-shaped marking on its back. I was hoping you could help me identify my spider. I have an up-close digital photo of it, I'm just not sure how to send it to you.

Brenda Jacoby		21-Sep-2007 23:20
Great site for those who know nothing of spiders. I am fasinated by the two spider webs in my yard. So I was trying to find out more about them. From your pages, it appears it is a crab like spiney orb weaver spider. However, it is orange and black, whereas your picture show it is white and black. It has seven pointed things on a rounded body with an orange back and four black dots on it's back. If the web gets damaged, it quickly (within an hour?) can get it back up. Is this the only time of year these spiders exist with their web. I am in Houston, Texas? Where are they the rest of the year? I am thankful for any helpful information. Thanks!

lejun		17-Sep-2007 20:33
Thanks, Alicia, for your comments. If you can provide a photo of your spiders, I would be happy to try to identify them. I am pleased that my site was useful to you.

Alicia		17-Sep-2007 20:29
Ok, so I'm not generally terrified of spiders, but I had a fairly shaking incident today. There was a group of estimates 50+ tiny red spiders clustered on my outside wall the other day. I've never seen so many spiders in one place before, and I'd never seen a spider that was such a bright shade of red either. From the photos I have found here, my best guess is that they are " Blacktailed Red Sheetweavers" (as I live in florida and they seen to have the state in their scientific name), but these particular spiders are not on a web and all clustered together. I was hoping when I saw them that they had just been born and would soon be on their merry way. How ever, it has been about three days and if any thing, I think the group is growing larger >.>. I was wondering if some one with more interest in spiders than I might know what they are and what can be done about them. I don't much want to kill them all, but the fist size clump of spiders on my wall really isn't acceptable either. Thank you so much for your wonderful spider pictures that helped me to identify my new "friends"

Rebecca		01-Sep-2007 19:14
Thank you for this wonderful site! My good friend called for me to rescue a spider his wife was about to kill. Knowing my love for spiders, I gladly went to his house to capture and release this beautiful creature. However, I was having trouble identifying him as there are many species here in Missouri. I now believe it was a Barn spider or possibly an Orb Weaver. Its abdomen was large and fuzzy brown with little indents and stripped legs that looked slightly brownish red, the underside had some white markings. I think it had little fuzzy front fang like things too. Not sure. Its web was very large and beautiul and was on the back upper deck of the house. Hmmm...Anyway, thanks. Rebecca

lejun		01-Sep-2007 18:37
Melanie: Do you have a photo of the spider you could provide? It is difficult to make an accurate ID from a verbal description. Thanks for your interest!

Melonie		01-Sep-2007 13:40
I can't say that I "like" spiders but I have found one in our yard and my daughter has become fascinated by it. It is an orb weaver but I would like to find out more if I can. It is brown with a white marking on the back of the abdomen. It doesn't appear to be hairy but I am not getting that close. It is actually a beautiful specimen.

Walter O. Koenig		30-Aug-2007 00:54
What a psectacular gallery. You've got some excellent images and compositions. Educational too. Great Job "V" Best Wishes, Walter

lejun		24-Aug-2007 19:14
Hi Jessica: It is very difficult to identify spiders with a description. If you can provide a photograph of the spider, I will try to identify it. Thanks.

Jessica		24-Aug-2007 17:54
i found a spider in my house today that's not very large, brown, fuzzy looking, and has two vertical red stripes down its back. any idea what it could be?

Chad Ramsey		23-Aug-2007 17:18
Fantastic collection of spiders!! Big vote!

LaJuan Mayfield		20-Aug-2007 19:17
We live in East Texas on a cattle and horse ranch. I recently saw a spider carrying a grasshopper twice his size. The spider had what appeared to be a picture of an old man's face on his back. So strange. I'm unable to identify it. Any help?

lejun		15-Aug-2007 13:22
I am glad the site enabled the identification of your spider!

Melinda		15-Aug-2007 04:12
I saw a spider in my front lawn and found your site. Thank you for helping me identify it, research it and not be afraid of it! Excellent site.

Tres		04-Aug-2007 03:28
Great photography. The color variations are excellent.

enny jameson		31-Jul-2007 19:33
wow, I am afraid of spiders , but your collection is fabulous, i had to look, super work.You know the names, top.

lejun		27-Dec-2006 16:17
Hi Connie: I am not a spider expert and suggest that you log on to www.bugguide.net You can post your question on that site and no doubt get a response. Do you have a photo of the spider?

Connie		25-Dec-2006 23:24
I found a spider or something when I was in my car drving and it came in through the window andpulsating in. It was the size of a large grand daddy spider, with a round black body the size of a pea with black legs with 6 or 8 long black legs and each and each leg had three segmants and at the joint of each segmant was a round bead-like white ball. It had no wings and all I saw it do was undulate through the air. I've never seen anything like this before and am dying to find out and no one I've asked seems to be able to identify it. So if you have any information please tell me.

lorie		29-Oct-2006 13:40
helo i found a spidr in my garden it has its 8 legs really on the side, its not hairy and the abdomen is quite wide. It is kind of orange and it has a t or some sort of white shape on its back ! I couldn't find which one it was here. if you know about it please tell me !! thanks

Rachel		02-Oct-2006 16:03
Your site is wonderful! :) Thanks for having it up on the "web" for all to see.

Guest		20-Sep-2006 01:17
I'm working on a really dumb science project for no reason. In my collection i have a black and yellow argiope and i was wondering if it could kill a person or at least wound someone!!!

Kristy		20-Sep-2006 01:10
I hope you can find more bugs so i can see all the new spiders and things you find!!!!!!!! Thanks again, Kristy

Chris		15-Sep-2006 06:04
I found a strange looking spider in my basement. It is about 1/2" long with a greenish abdomen and a red body. It has a smooth body, not hairy at all. It had a very large set of fangs. No web to speak of. I live in Utah and have never seen this kind of spider before? Any ideas?

Spider Enthusiast		11-Sep-2006 19:13
From a fellow spider photographer and enthusiast, BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS, excellent depictions of spiders capturing their natural elegence! Thanks for sharing!

karin		06-Sep-2006 15:36
Hi, I found a creepy looking spider this morning on our balcony, I live in Ca, Los Angeles. Never seen this one before. It looks most like the "golden Silk spider" I found on your site. I took 2 pictures. Can I email those to you? I am fearful of letting my pets and myself out today...can you give me advise on what to do, please? thank you for a quick response

Zainudin		02-Sep-2006 15:34
Huge yet beautiful collection of spider. Congratulation and thanks for sharing.

Zachary and his mom		22-Aug-2006 03:32
What an awesome site! We were able to identify the barn spider we found in the back yard. Will pass your site on to all my den mother colleagues! Thanks.

Patti		13-Aug-2006 19:14
I was throughly freaked out after viewing all these guys but I found what I was looking for, so thanks so much...!

Allie		11-Aug-2006 09:04
Thanks so much for the pictures of the spitting spiders. We were trying to determine whether a spider in our house was a brown recluse or a spitting spider, but no one had a clear picture of a spitting spider. Turned out that's what it was!

lejun		02-Aug-2006 14:41
Thanks, Caryl, for your note. As far as I can determine, the range of this spider is Eastern US west to Texas and Nebraska which should include your area. For more information, I would suggest you log on to www.bugguide.net and search micrathena. This is an excellent site. Appreciate your interest

Caryl Franceschini		02-Aug-2006 04:14
Hi. We have a strange spider on our storm door and couldn't find a picture of it on any website, including Wikipedia. By chance I picked your site, and there it was...an Arrow-shaped Micrathena Spider! Awesome! Your spider pictures are from Alabama. Does this spider also live in New Hampshire, or do I have a stray? I've never seen one before. Are they dangerous at all, or just stunningly beautiful? Thanks so much. Caryl

lejun		01-Jul-2006 12:54
Can you provide a photo of your spider. If not, I suggest you go to www.bugguide.net and search under "spider" You will see many varieties which will help you indentify your spider. Thanks for your interest

Guest		01-Jul-2006 12:34
founda spider this afternoon here in sunny (for a change) wales. It looked like the picture you have of a flower spider but it had a brown body with an almost luminous green coloured abdomen and overall about a centimeter in cirumference.Possibly a juevenille? Any one got any ides ? thanks Taffy

tree		03-Jun-2006 17:51
hi im wondering if you know what kind of spider is living outside my window. it is skinny brown and has a large abdomen with white and black spots on it. it is large in size and spins a web.

searching for an answer		03-Jun-2006 14:06
i meant spider not spinder haha and your pictures are amazing~

lejun		11-May-2006 12:45
Hi Andrew: Thanks for your comments. I would like to see a photo of the spider you described and will be happy to give you my thoughts about it. Just post it on your site or email it to me at my address listed in the profile section.

Andrew King		11-May-2006 12:10
Hi, Great site! I live in Brazil, and have recently taken up photographing spiders. I recently saw an orb web spider that appears to have 6 legs. I am guessing that the front two pairs are fused together - could I be right? Can send photo of the beast if you want. Andrew

Ashley Hockenberry		12-Feb-2006 22:44
Superb!!!!!!!!!!

Ashley Hockenberry		12-Feb-2006 22:44
Superb!!!!!!!!!!

Ashley Hockenberry		12-Feb-2006 22:44
Superb!!!!!!!!!!

Ashley Hockenberry		12-Feb-2006 22:44
Superb!!!!!!!!!!

Ashley Hockenberry		12-Feb-2006 22:44
Superb!!!!!!!!!!

Marcos Garc�a		07-Jan-2006 02:32
awesome collection! voted!

Barb		05-Oct-2005 17:12
Great site. It was most helpful to me in assisting a friend's son with a school project about the barn spider. Excellent pictures. Thanks

Clayton Esterson		14-Aug-2005 07:39
Nice collection. Thanks for identifying them too.

baloo kindelschmidt		03-Aug-2005 04:34
My boyfriend and I found a spider in my house, that turned out to be a grass spider... we identified it using your pictures :) thanks a bunch! great fun

lejun		31-Jul-2005 16:37
Thanks, Christopher for your kind comments. I greatly appreciate your ID's and certainly do not have the knowledge to question them. I would also ask that if you believe I have mis-identified some of the specimens, please call the errors to my attention. As you know, this is a great time of year to see and photograph spiders and I will be adding more so please come back to my website. Thanks again for your comments and interest!

Adam R		19-Jun-2005 17:05
Excelent! Your picture quality is excelent and your providing a valuable service.

Titia Geertman		02-Jan-2005 13:01
Great gallerie, I enjoyed my visit here.

lejun		22-Jul-2004 01:17
Thanks, Eli. Appreciate the encouragement on the taxonomy!

Eli Finkelstein		22-Jul-2004 01:02
Great photos, thanks for the full ID on each!

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