Subject: What type of spider? Geographic location of the bug: South Florida Date: 04/16/2021 Time: 10:43 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: What type of spider is this in my bathroom? How you want your letter signed: Jakob Dear Jakob, This is a nocturnal hunting spider (does not build a web for snaring prey) … Read more
Subject: Id spider please Geographic location of the bug: Panama, western highlands 5400 ft Date: 02/10/2020 Time: 11:26 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hi – help id this spider who was staying still on the floor of my house in western panama highlands. About 2+ inches as in pic How you want your … Read more
Subject: I see these everywhere Geographic location of the bug: Southern Florida Date: 05/07/2019 Your letter to the bugman: I keep seeing these all over near my house and outside. Can’t identify it. Please help How you want your letter signed: Cory Dear Cory, Spiders in the genus Selenops are frequently called Flatties, and here … Read more
Subject: Found this beauty in my hotel room! Geographic location of the bug: Phoenix Date: 01/14/2019 Time: 07:35 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I was laying on my bed in my hotel room looking at the ceiling and suddenly realized I was staring at a pretty good sized spider. I called maintenance for … Read more
Subject: Is this flattie(?) really Selenops? Location: Down Rio Chucunaque from Yaviza, Darien, Panama April 14, 2017 6:33 am I found this flat spider “squashed” against a small tree trunk in the Darien Gap in Panama. It seems to be the same as or related to the ones in the news a couple years ago … Read more
flattie! Location: key largo, fl December 4, 2011 8:51 pm Hey guys! Here’s a cool flattie spider hanging out on my bathroom wall. I live in key largo and I was wondering if I could get more specific species info from you 🙂 Signature: wheezy Dear wheezy, Thanks so much for sending us your photo. … Read more