Subject: Guatemalan Fellow Geographic location of the bug: Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Your letter to the bugman: Greetings Bugman! In 2016 my husband and I took a vacation in the breathtakingly beautiful Central American country of Guatemala. This was during the rainy season, approximately mid May. We stayed at a hotel in the provincial area … Read more
Subject: Spider named Aragog Geographic location of the bug: Southern California Date: 01/07/2018 Time: 01:27 PM EDT I can’t find a thing on this lovely ‘lady’. My son purchased an old Airstream Trailer, drove it home (apx 30 miles) and saw her trying to climb up one of the tires the next morning. We have … Read more
Subject: Brown Recluse? Location: Charleston, SC July 21, 2017 8:16 pm Greetings, I was sitting on my sofa and I saw this spider walk across my living room. It looks to me that it could be a brown recluse. Or maybe a trap door spider? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Signature: -John in Charleston, … Read more
Subject: Large Spider scurries from under the recycle bin! Location: Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California December 13, 2016 11:30 AM Alas, we did not have a camera handy when we made this exciting sighting of a reddish colored, male Southern House Spider which is reported from Los Angeles according to BugGuide. We had to take … Read more
Subject: What’s this spider Location: Santa Cruz Mountains California November 7, 2016 8:51 am I was out I was out getting silverfish for my blue belly lizards. And underneath one of the two by fours on the deck was this pretty large spider. which I have never seen in my 50 years living here. I … Read more
Subject: Spider Location: Las Vegas, NV January 19, 2016 7:42 pm Just want to know what kind of spider is this and other information. It showed up at my work. Signature: J. Bressler Dear J. Bressler, We believe this is a Crevice Weaver Spider in the genus Kukulcania, and a member of the genus found … Read more