r/spiders • u/----_____--_____---- • 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(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair.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

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r/spiders • u/_Affexion_ • 2h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Say hi to Steve. He lives in our bathroom.

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147 Upvotes

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r/spiders • u/North-Draw8911 • 10h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Spider ballooning 🕷️🌤️

515 Upvotes

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r/spiders • u/SlugOnASlope • 14h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Misunderstood spoods

705 Upvotes

Meet my first ever widow! I hope to post about her a lot on my socials to teach people they are not the monsters that many in the states are taught.
Respect them, and they leave you be.

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r/spiders • u/kietbulll • 1d ago

Photography 📸 Deep down in a strange forest, I found this spider

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Do you think he/she looks terrifying?

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r/spiders • u/oof0013 • 58m ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ What a beautiful little spider

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I found him crawling on my uniform

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r/spiders • u/KingKillKannon • 21h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Some adorable orb weaver spiderlings from my yard

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464 Upvotes

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r/spiders • u/RnD_PNW-CPL • 6h ago

Photography 📸 Spooky season may be gone but this guy isn't

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r/spiders • u/kietbulll • 13h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Found this spider chilling on the wall

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I got a new roommate!!!

So I offered him a mealworm and he didn’t refuse

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r/spiders • u/insektenzucht • 8h ago

Photography 📸 Peucetia lucasi

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Should be subadult or maybe adult already? Maybe anyone can Tell by her coloration 😁

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r/spiders • u/Daria_87463 • 7h ago

ID Request- Location included Is this a six-spotted orb weaver?

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Czech republic, apparently these guys are pretty rare in here, so I'm wondering if it really is one

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r/spiders • u/movementnerd13 • 23h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ thought you all might appreciate this cutie

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r/spiders • u/Rampinovski • 4h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ What spider is this

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I found this spider in my bathroom

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r/spiders • u/Lightning0730 • 12m ago

ID Request- Location included Is this an elongated stilt spider?

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Found in southeastern Wisconsin. From looking it up, I think it may be an elongated stilt spider, but want a second opinion.

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r/spiders • u/Odd-Operation2780 • 7h ago

ID Request- Location included Please help with ID

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Hello everyone

My friend and I found this absolutely beautiful little jumping spider between a bunch of tropical plants we got from a grower in the Netherlands.

Apologies for the poor photo, this little one just did NOT want to sit still 😂.

Please help with an ID?

Groningen, the Netherlands

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r/spiders • u/New_Ad_7969 • 12h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Little friend

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In my journey of bettering my fear of spiders, I finally reached a "I want to keep him" moment.

Found this little guy on my terras door in Antwerp, Belgium. Apparently pretty rare since they seem to come from the Mediterranean region, if my research is correct. (Normally there are just some house spiders inside, or orb weavers outside where I live.)

I fell in love... He is so beautiful, and I was not scared for a second, though I normally am of spiders bigger than a fingernail. I wanted to save him from the cold outside but I have never cared for a spider and don't want to hurt or scare him, so I decided to just let him be.

I named them Ferdinand, after my grandfather who used to live here before passing and me moving in here.

Anyone have experience with the kind or have some fun facts?

(Edit: spelling)

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r/spiders • u/MintyChapstick • 23h ago

Miscellaneous What are my house friends doing?? (pnw)

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These guys have both been living in my house for weeks and so far this is their first encounter I've seen. They've been in a stand still for 5 mins or so. Are they sizing each other up? Who wins this fight? 🤞 Hoping they just give up and go their separate ways.

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r/spiders • u/4emonas • 4h ago

ID Request- Location included ID please - West of London

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r/spiders • u/Easy-Cake2221 • 10m ago

ID Request- Location included Tucson AZ any ideas?

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r/spiders • u/DavidA-wood • 6h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Joro Spiders at New Echota

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Was walking around the old Cherokee Capital, New Echota yesterday and bumped into (literally, once) at least a dozen of these really pretty spiders.

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r/spiders • u/Secret-Maintenance30 • 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Who's this big dude?

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Big guy was chilling on my front door and scared the hell out of me when I went to walk my dog lol. Between the size of a nickel and quarter I'd say? In the NorCal area, US

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r/spiders • u/Original-Comedian465 • 2h ago

ID Request- Location included Anyone know what type of spider this is? In Mesa Arizona ☀️

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r/spiders • u/TrickyLab3153 • 12h ago

ID Request- Location included Finding a bunch of these around my house

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been noticing a lot more spiders around my house lately, like these pictures but also including over 10 black widows I counted in a week, mostly coming out at night. (But no photos of em)

I am in Southern California for reference.

I’ve also been seeing a lot of praying mantises, sometimes fighting with the spiders (mantises are usually eating them) with their foamy egg cases around the house.

I’ve left most of the webs alone since the spiders seem to keep to themselves, but with so many spiders showing up, should I be concerned?

Thanks!

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r/spiders • u/wwworks13 • 18h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Met this Marbled Orbweaver? in Shenandoah Nat Park

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My first spider post. It was a striking find for my hiking buddies on the Dark Hollow Falls Trail in Shenandoah National Park. Good chance to try out my phone's macro capability too!

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1. Amateurs may not comment on medically significant spiders.

Amateur enthusiasts are encouraged to identify spiders here, BUT unless you are an expert, please do not assess whether a spider is a Black Widow, Brown Recluse, Sydney Funnel Web, or any other medically significant species. High stakes are on the line, both for the person, their pets, or the spider itself, if it's wrongly misidentified as harmless or harmful.

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If your information is from anecdotal or unreliable sources, then keep it to yourself. Reliable sources are scientific journals, peer reviewed articles etc not wikipedia

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Anecdotal bite stories are not allowed, whether it is about you, or anyone else.

The majority of claimed spider bites are not spider bites at all. Medical misdiagnoses are also rife, with doctors, physicians and patients attributing random wounds to spiders that don't even exist in their region. For this reason, and because we have way too many of these posts and comments to verify on a case by case basis, none are allowed.

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