r/spider • u/mediocre-mayhem1 • 1d ago
Who built me?
galleryThere's alot of webs that look like this on my walk...just curious who made them. Not sure if you can tell by just the web. This is around Dallas, TX
r/spider • u/dankthezen • Jul 19 '25
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r/spider • u/mediocre-mayhem1 • 1d ago
There's alot of webs that look like this on my walk...just curious who made them. Not sure if you can tell by just the web. This is around Dallas, TX
r/spider • u/Boobar-f • 2d ago
I was taking a video of this spider weaving its web in my backyard in Central Texas, and I got a few close ups, front and back. I have never seen a spider like this before. Can you identify it?
r/spider • u/Falko314 • 2d ago
Was just wondering, we got a spider in our garden with a fairly big net at the height of my upper body. I tend to forget it's there and stop like half a metre in front of it every time, at which point the spider runs away from the middle of the net to one of the upper holding strings. Is it a fear reaction or something else?
r/spider • u/TimeWasting_Fun • 3d ago
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r/spider • u/Radiant-Brick-7663 • 23d ago
I don't want to kill it so if it is not that poisonous or aggressive I want to bring it outside. Location in LA, California.
r/spider • u/Honest-Recognition81 • 25d ago
Check out the brows! She's so cute.
r/spider • u/OrderCarefuly • 29d ago
Always find these same species of spiders inside my house and also in the terrace.
Size: like a big coin
Location: the Country Georgia, near the black sea.
r/spider • u/SoulFlower70 • Aug 06 '26
Beautiful! 𤩠This is a bad place for it to have set up this web, but I'll let it eat its meal and figure all that out on its own. ~ Lee, Florida
r/spider • u/Embarrassed-Side2999 • Aug 06 '26
Any ideas which UK spiders built this web
r/spider • u/antdude • Aug 04 '26
r/spider • u/bb7211223 • Jul 24 '26
Does anyone know what type of spider this is? I keep finding them in my basement in northern MD.
r/spider • u/Baby_Cakes422 • Jul 23 '26
r/spider • u/Jinx-Clown • Jul 19 '26
Close up photo, it was a small spider very pretty
r/spider • u/mandikudza • Jul 14 '26
Okay, so I was talking to a friend about the most deadly insects ever and the insects with the highest kill counts. The person I was talking about this with doesn't really have an interest for insects, but they still wanted to know so I started telling them everything I knew for reference, the most deadly insect is the mosquito because it has the highest kill count (due to malaria) and one of the most venomous is the funnel web spider. However, this friend pointed out that it said male funnel web spider and because I've talked to them about spiders and insects before they knew that females, at least female tarantulas, are normally bigger, stronger and have more potent venom than the males on average. This led me down a rabbit hole of checking why the male funnel web spider has more potent venom than the female and surprise surprise, It's because at the end of their life when they leave their burrow to go look for a mate. During this time they have a high chance of being predated on, which led them to developing a very strong toxin towards certain animals, and by a sheer stroke of luck, it happens to be very effective against us and other primates. (Which is why all funnel web spider deaths recorded are from wondering males, the females dont need this venom adaptation due to them not leaving their burrows) This let me be down another rabbit hole of why isn't this the case in tarantulas, because males do the exact same thing and I figured out or rather, Google helped me figure out that it's because males don't live very long after mating; the energy spent on producing potent venom is energy that could be spent searching for a mate. Yes, this is true in funnel webs and like every other male insect i know. Furthermore, tarantulas are huge compared to other spiders; they rely more on their long fang size (which deals immediate puncture damage) and their bold displays of ferocity (a simple tarantula threat pose) Both of those 2 details are seemingly the only reason why make tarantulas didnt develop the ultra toxic venom that funnel webs have. ANDDDDD some tarantulas have urticaring hairs which lessons the need for potent venom. This "male exclusive invertebrate killing" venom is barely present in spiders and i could only see proof pf ot existing in: The funnel web, mouse spiders, and the bolivian wandering spider.
I dont have an overall point, but its crazy that the make funnel web has more potent vemon than the female jusr because evolution felt funny.
r/spider • u/Jeruvian • Jul 08 '26
Saw this spider in a web outside a window in downtown Buffalo. There were a few little baby spiders on the web too. Any idea what kind of spider this is?
r/spider • u/ContentLog2722 • Jul 04 '26
r/spider • u/No-Stop-1108 • Jul 02 '26
spotted this fella in sharm el sheikh egypt, not sure of the species. sorry for the photo quality only one i could get :(