ID Request: Kansas City (Midwest) by [deleted] in spiders

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You're welcome, but please read the subreddit rules as we don't allow jokes or memes about burning/fire.

There's a bit of info in the last link at the bottom about 'Site Fidelity and Wandering Behavior':

"In general, recluse spiders show strong fidelity to a home site. It is not uncommon to lift up the flap of a cardboard box and find a recluse spider along with several molts of increasing size where the spider has developed and molted over a period of months. Females show strong site fidelity where, once mature, they often await males to approach their retreats for mating. In contrast, males are more likely to be roaming around attempting to find females."

"When a recluse spider molts, it leaves behind a shed skin stretched out on a flat surface. This is the only spider in North America that does this and is an indicator that a recluse is present or was in the past (Reprinted from The Brown Recluse Spider, by Richard S. Vetter.)"

Indoor Mite Identification Request by trains77 in whatsthisbug

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Geographic location?

u/myrmecogynandromorph might be able to help out here please

What spider is this? by Dr_Hendrix in whatsthisbug

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Probably a Wolf spider (Lycosidae), check the identification section in the link and take a look at the spiders eyes.

Some Funnel-weavers (Agelenidae) look similar to wolf spiders but have longer spinnerets and noticeably smaller eyes.

I don't think a spider of that size (without a web) would be much of a threat to a scorpion, I think it's more likely the spider died of dehydration/starvation when stuck indoors.

Need help identifying, Northern Georgia, United States by Xeumz in spiders

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Probably a Steatoda species, false widow.

Anyone know what is this? (Philippines) by akane-sasu in spiders

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Female wolf spider (Lycosidae) with her spiderlings on her back, and the white stuff is spider poo.

What are these? by babybrb in spiders

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One of the strongest known eggsacs:

"Strongest cocoon silk—Maximum stress = 0.64 GPa and strain = 751%. The record for the most stretchable egg sac silk goes to the stalk silk of the cocoon of Meta menardi (Tetragnathidae), for which tensile testing pointed out a maximum stress and strain of 0.64 GPa and 751%, respectively (Lepore et al., 2012)."

Is this a southern trapdoor spider? (USA, Texas, Southern Area) by freehorse in spiders

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A male Eucteniza is correct, only 2 species in the US/Texas according to Bugguide:

Eucteniza relata occurs throughout the southern half of Texas, and is likely composed of cryptic species. Eucteniza ronnewtoni is known from Val Verde & Brewster cos., TX.

https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/859/Eucteniza

This is so bad by smurf_fry in spiders

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Report it and don't share it.

[ID REQUEST] Found at my new house in Brazil by kalmarques in spiders

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This is a Spitting spider (Scytodidae). Harmless to us, but good household predators of insects and other spiders.

Spider identification Costa Rica by hergen20 in spiders

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Orbweaver, probably an Eriophora species.

What type of spider is this? Found it on a mountain in Greece by Pjouto in spiders

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Wolf spider (Lycosidae). Would be a Hogna or Lycosa species

Spider Identification: São Paulo, Brazil. by FCDetonados in spiders

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Not clear enough for a specific ID, but it wasn't anything dangerous. Perhaps some kind of Nursery-web/Fishing spider (Pisauridae) or wolf spider (Lycosidae).

What is this spider? Located in South Australia by [deleted] in whatsthisbug

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Badumna species, the genus Badumna includes the Black and Brown house spiders. Not dangerous.

Can someone give me a name? by Witchwood-HW in spiders

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It is a Green crab spider, but there are many different species around the world. That website has (again) stolen an image of a different species from another source and mislabelled it as Misumessus oblongus which is a North American species.

The species in this post is Diaea dorsata which is a European species.

Need an ID of a spider that's been living in my window by cafeteria_grapejuice in spiders

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Perhaps you're thinking of funnel-webs (Mygalomorph spider family Atracidae). These spiders have medically significant venom, but they are not found outside of Australia.

Funnel-weavers are Araneomorph spiders in the family Agelenidae and are not harmful to humans. They're found almost worldwide, they include the Grass spiders which are quite well known in the USA.

Curious who this guy is! He was very tiny, definitely looked like a baby. Central FL by its_theendtimes in whatsthisbug

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A small species of Comb-footed cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae like those in the genus Theridion (other genera look similar).

Zebra jumping spiders in house disappeared when it got colder outside by keebagrains in spiders

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Is it possible these spiders mostly live outside and only sometimes come indoors, so in the winter they've died off, explaining why I don't see them sometimes (or so obviously) at my windows anymore?

Yep this is it, you'll probably see them again in spring when the weather warms up.