Green Spider
Location: Alabama
May 10, 2011 3:10 pm
Found this little green spider today and have no clue as to what it might be, I have compared it to so many different pictures but can’t seem to nail it. Have any clue? I keep running into some sort of jumping spider doing research. What was amazing is how the color of this little one really allowed me to follow the movement of his darker eyes and could tell he was watching me. A little cutie but what is it? Thanks!!
Signature: Libby
Magnolia Green Jumper
Hi Libby,
Your email did not indicate which Jumping Spider you kept “running into” while doing your research. Perhaps that is because this is a Jumping Spider in the family Salticidae, more specifically, the Magnolia Green Jumper, Lyssomanes viridis, a Southern species profiled on BugGuide.
”Come into my parlor,” said the spider to the fly.
Location: Coryell County, Central Texas
May 8, 2011 12:27 pm
Hello again. Last year, you kindly identified some photos as a crab spider, or flower spider. I found this spider on another rose and was wondering if it also is a crab spider. It drained the fly, left its carcass and then hid behind another petal, legs ready to grab another fly. It’s a jungle out there.
Curious, I looked at a second rose and found a similar, smaller spider. I wonder if each of our roses has a spider 
Noticed brown spots on the roses, aphids, probably. Need a ladybug intervention soon.
Signature: Ellen
Crab Spider eats Bee
Hi Ellen,
This is indeed a Crab Spider, most likely the Goldenrod Crab Spider or Flower Spider, Misumena vatia. The images you sent us last year appear to be a different species. We believe the prey in your first photo is a Bee, not a Fly. Flower Spiders get their common name from their habit of waiting for prey on blossoms, hence many of their victims are beneficial pollinating insects like this Bee.
Crab Spider
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help me to identify this insect /shining and colored spider ??
Location: Yeoor hills, District : Thane, state: Maharashtra, Country : India
May 4, 2011 11:45 am
Please help me to identify this insect.
i am very curious about this insect and wanted to know its exact identity.
Signature: ..
Jumping Spider
Dear ..
This is some species of Jumping Spider in the family Salticidae.
Sir,
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Wolf spider?
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
April 28, 2011 11:38 pm
These are some big spiders that I find inside and outside of my house. Sometimes their leg span must be 2.5 inches or more. I’m hoping it’s a wolf spider, as I’ve read they are relatively harmless to humans.
Signature: Joshua Robinson
Wolf Spider with Spiderlings
Hi Joshua,
This is indeed a Wolf Spider, and furthermore, her abdomen is covered with Spiderlings. Wolf Spiders have maternal behavior. First the female carries her egg sac around with her, dragging it behind her. When the spiderlings hatch, they ride around on the body of the mother for several days before they disperse.
black widow with bess beetle
Location: Garner/Raleigh NC
April 28, 2011 6:49 am
Greetings! I don’t often have anything to post, but here’s some shots I took this morning of a black widow spider that lives in a crack in the brick mortar outside the front door of where I work in Garner, NC. I noticed the web some time ago, but couldn’t tell what was in there until it came out to ’web up’ this rather large meal of what I believe to be a Bess beetle. Sure do hope it doesn’t decide to come inside!
I apologize that the one pic of the front came out so blurry, but I had to put the camera down on the ground to take it & couldn’t see the screen. I included it anyway to possibly help identify age, as I know the spots on the back mean it is younger.
Really enjoy checking out your site, and have had many chuckles over some of your replies to those ’challenged’ posters who don’t quite get the spirit of your site. Rock on!
Signature: thank God for macro lens
Black Widow Eats Bess Beetle
Dear tGfml,
We are really impressed with this incredible Food Chain documentation. We agree that the prey is a Bess Beetle, one of the few insects that actually has family values where adults care for and feed larvae. Both adults and larvae are capable of making sounds by stridulation and it is believe that the sounds are a form of communication. BugGuide has a very informative page devoted to this family of interesting beetles. When the Black Widow matures, she will lose all of her red spots and only the red hourglass marking under her abdomen will remain on her otherwise glossy black surface, making her a strikingly distinctive creature. Black Widows are shy, hiding by day, though they can often be found in the open in their webs once darkness falls. Though they are not aggressive spiders, readers should treat Black Widows with respect as their neurotoxic venom is quite potent. Again, BugGuide has a marvelous information page on Widow spiders.
Black Widow eats Bess Beetle
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Baby Spiders
Location: East Bay Area, California
April 17, 2011 9:51 pm
I work in a preschool in Northern California and found these all over one of our play structures a couple weeks ago. We have all kinds of spiders, not all of them nice…can you tell me what these are?
Signature: R. Allen
Orbweaver Spiderlings
Dear R. Allen,
We believe these are Orbweaver Spiderlings. Orbweavers are magnificent spiders and they are not considered dangerous. Your photo will not post live until later in the week because we are postdating it along with several other postings in consideration of our brief holiday.
Thank you so much! Sigh of relief
Spider from namibia
Location: Windhoek Namibia
April 20, 2011 7:22 am
This spider has been building its web and weve been watching it and we would like to know more what spider it is and if it is poisenous ??? ETC…..
Signature: The spider watchers
Orbweaver
Dear Spider Watchers,
This is some species of Orbweaver. Orbweavers like all spiders are venomous, however they are not considered to be a threat. The effects of the bite of an Orbweaver are mild and generally last less than a few hours.
What is this spider?
Location: 49242
April 16, 2011 11:00 pm
I recently found this spider sitting in our bathtub and have been unable to identify it. I’m not worried about, just curious what kind it is. If you could help me that would be most fantabulous.
Signature: M.B.
Eastern Parson Spider
Dear M.B.,
The markings on this Eastern Parson Spider, Herpyllus ecclesiasticus, are quite distinctive.
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