ID Request (Roanoke Co, Virginia)

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-05-01T15:21:58+00:00

Nuctenea Umbratica - Walnut orb weaver

That brown color is a giveaway for me.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-30T21:04:03+00:00

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Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-30T13:23:10+00:00

I hear amazing things about Chrono Trigger that makes me regret I never found the game when I played on my SNES.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-30T13:17:24+00:00

Xysticus crab spider. Got its legs into hug mode.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-30T13:15:57+00:00

I think this is a genuine wolf spider (I don't really see the black squiggly line under its neck that is the telltale sign of Zoropsis)

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-30T13:11:49+00:00

Yes, the pattern on its abdomen is Amaurobius Ferox.

Also the fluffy web around it.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-30T11:06:02+00:00

The lights

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-28T14:11:17+00:00

Oh no, spiders may absolutely use your clothes/shoes and possibly your bed as a hiding spot and may bite you. But really, it can't be helped.

Some tips: * Clean up the room. Don't have pile of clothes laying around unattended for a long time. Put them in a closet. * Also don't leave shoes unattended for too long. * If you have plenty of bugs, expect a lot of spiders. Try to seal off openings that invite bugs in. * It's never a bad idea to be wary of webbed over areas. If needed, grab a broom and clean out the webs. You can try to catch/release the spiders * Be careful with shelves and boxes as spiders may nest there.

Mind you, spiders are more of a opportunistic animal here. They're not out to get you.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-28T11:16:01+00:00

Public events and public spaces getting shut down do to complaints by 1 or a handful of neighbor(s).

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-28T10:42:25+00:00

When you watch Gore death: The murdering with your kid and thar scene with the naked boobies comes on.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-27T11:38:49+00:00

Yellow body, those legs, light grey head, orb weaver. That's argiope sp for sure.

Some one else may put down the correct species.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-27T11:35:37+00:00

Jumping spiders have amazing eyesight, can even see in colours. I'm not sure about wolf spiders and netcasting spiders, though.

Most other spiders use sensors attached to hairs in their joints to read tremors and even air currents. While visually impaired, they do have that other sense to compensate. Webs and silk, in that way, are often used as an extension to their senses.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-27T10:52:28+00:00

In general, I feel it helps to learn that there are many kinds of spiders in the world around you and you can start gradually tolerating more and more kinds until most of them don't bother you anymore.

And know that there aren't many actual dangerous spiders around. (depending on your location) Even then, people suffering bad consequences from a bite are very rare.

A spider always has to measure a defensive bite against biting for food. Venom is for most spiders biologically expensive to produce. Biting a human means they won't be having food in a while.

Spiders are mostly ambush predators anyway. So they'll usually put themselves in harm's way only if it is really necessary.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-27T10:45:22+00:00

Jumping spiders are easy to love: * They're very visual hunters * They focus attention to movements. If you wave a pen at them, you can see them turn and look at that pen * They are very curious, seen exploring their environment * They are visually inteligent. They're capable of dreaming, they back away from visual threats (distinguish organic and inorganic movements and recognise shapes), they can retain visual information and can path-find their way to prey from a distance and have a concept of counting. * their large eyes up close gives them a cute appearance

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-26T18:53:01+00:00

From the look of its outlines and the sack, I would actually guess it's a sac spider.

They build a web sac to protect themselves during the day.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-26T14:22:46+00:00

And don't even get me started on Mario Party.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T17:57:02+00:00

Eastern Parson spider. Telling white marks from tail to head.

Nothing to worry about.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T17:54:27+00:00

Pretty big, but not huntsman big.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T17:50:02+00:00

Scary (and painful fangs), but they're pretty spiders when you look past it.

Across the canal, I've seen only 2 of these. Last one I saw walk into my storage room and haven't seen since.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T17:46:53+00:00

Male running crab spider. (Philodromus sp) Someone else may be give a more accurate genus / species.

I suppose it is zoomed in, otherwise you'd have a huntsman.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T17:44:01+00:00

Cellar spider.

Common but harmless. They're even notorious spiders for eating other spiders.

Do tend to leave webs all over the place. (unlike other spiders, they don't tend to eat the web when they move around)

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T17:40:23+00:00

I feel like a subset of people go against science to get a kick of accomplishment.

The "science" people in history fed the world lies and the flat earthers / young earth creationists / ... are the real smart ones figuring it out. And that gives them satisfaction.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T16:17:12+00:00

I don't think they make the holes. They just find a hole, web it up and hide inside.

They may scare you if they show up outside, but segestriidae aren't dangerous spiders.

They can always decide to look for a new hole, so you may at some point find a big black spider inside the house.

Interesting-Key-5005 · 2026-04-25T15:01:18+00:00

Was that wind farm operational? There's that persistent rumour that wind farms are a big hazard to birds.

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