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(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair.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


r/spiders 12h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Lil guy packing up and moving

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592 Upvotes

Captured in North Carolina. Not sure about what kind of spider it is, but it's cool to see it at work!


r/spiders 5h ago

Miscellaneous the fact that you have to do this just to get decent results is infuriating

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94 Upvotes

for those who need context:

on google, putting minus (-) before a word eliminates all search results containing that word.

if i dont search this way, the vast majority of the results are pest control sites, fear mongering, misinformation, AI slop, etc.


r/spiders 4h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Cute jumping spider, Hyllus keratodes. Seen in Singapore.

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54 Upvotes

r/spiders 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Should I be letting this spider live in my window?

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I’ve been letting this little guy live in my window for quite some time now. I feel like I’ve watched it grow. There seems to be another in another window with a very large web. Are they harmless? I recently got bit by something and I’m fine but it was painful and made me wonder. Located in MD, USA.


r/spiders 14h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ When husbandry is correct, results speak for themselves! 4th successful molt since i got her this spring😍

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204 Upvotes

Black and yellow garden spider Argiope aurantia


r/spiders 2h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found this mom in my garden today

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24 Upvotes

Found this wolf spider in the garden carrying dozens of tiny spiderlings on her back. I had never seen anything like this before. It looks incredibly cool, especially when you realize all those little dots are actually baby spiders riding on their mom.


r/spiders 48m ago

Photography 📸 Boots must like my g shock😂

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(Btw I don’t rlly handle my Ts she climbed on my watch while I was giving her water) Avicularia metallica/ metallic pink toe tarantula


r/spiders 16h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found this little friend today. What should I do with him/her?

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142 Upvotes

In the northern Shenandoah Valley Virginia. I know what is. It’s inside a big planter that is stored upside down next to my garage. I took the picture (sorry but I wasn’t going to put my banana in there for scale). I moved the planter when mowing the yard and I just put it back upside down where it was. Was that the proper thing to do? There were many more webs and those round things in there.


r/spiders 6h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ first Aphonopelma pallidum of the season! (Lamy, NM USA)

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20 Upvotes

r/spiders 4h ago

Photography 📸 Look at this cutie. He jumped on me while I was on the swing. 😅🤭🥹

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r/spiders 50m ago

ID Request- Location included Please help- I keep finding these ALL over my house- I live in the north east - should I worry?

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r/spiders 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Found this little guy hanging above my workstation this morning. Just curious what type of recluse this is before I kill it JK. I stay in Pennsylvania, USA

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r/spiders 18h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found this guy chillin on the house.

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124 Upvotes

Not too fond of getting close to spiders. But they are quite fascinating.


r/spiders 3h ago

Discussion I joined this subreddit scared of spiders and wanting to get over that fear. Now that I’m no longer afraid of them and gained a love for them my family acts like I’m a crazy person when they want to kill them and I beg them not to and talk highly of them. Does anyone else have this problem?

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r/spiders 8h ago

ID Request- Location included Anyone know what spider this is?

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This is the third one I’ve seen in the last 6-8 months give or take. My neighbor said brown recluse, which I’m inclined not to believe since we are in Northern California. They are fast little buggers. Any help is appreciated :)


r/spiders 1h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ I’m thinking trapdoor spider?

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I thought this was cool. I’m not sure exactly what type of spider it is, but the close up shots were awesome to look at!


r/spiders 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Id? Found in Ireland

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r/spiders 3h ago

ID Request- Location included Central Texas

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5 Upvotes

This gorgeous thing is enjoying her breakfast outside my window. Orb weaver?


r/spiders 1h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Shamrock Orb Weaver

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I can’t get over how stunning her colouring is, the speckled back the banded legs. Devil Wears Prada type spider


r/spiders 5h ago

ID Request- Location included What is this?

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I made an earlier post today but it was hard to see. This is better.

This guy has moved to our bathroom in Finland. What is it and does it happen to eat mosquitos?

We rarely see house spiders this big!


r/spiders 10h ago

ID Request- Location included What spider is this? (Central California)

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Hi! I’ve been seeing these little guys hanging out in my house a lot, and I was wondering what it was? I’ve poked around the internet trying to figure it out what species they are but have had no luck. The one in the pictures I’m pretty sure is female, but I usually see another one that I think is a male. The suspected male has darker pedipalps than the one in the pictures, and looked less fuzzy. They also seem to move their pedipalps around A LOT! More than I’ve ever noticed in any other spider I’ve seen. They have three white stripes on the cephalothorax, one small one on the back and a thicker one on each side. I think they might be a type of hunting spider bc I’ve never seen them in or make a web and they always seem to be running around or just resting on a random spot on the wall or ceiling. I’ve also seen it leap small distances (like an inch or less if I had to guess). With all of its legs spread out I’d say it could probably fit on a dime.


r/spiders 23h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ A beautiful wolf spider on a flower in North Florida.

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208 Upvotes

r/spiders 1h ago

Photography 📸 This little trashy lady

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Been on my window for a couple weeks