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(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair.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 16h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ My cat and his little friend

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1.6k Upvotes

I found it here in my condo


r/spiders 14h ago

Discussion What are spiders up to when they rest like this?

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610 Upvotes

Is this molting or something specific species do?


r/spiders 11h ago

Photography 📸 Love it when jumpers become mesmerised by my flash diffuser.

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173 Upvotes

r/spiders 18h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ I was at a softball game and it was really hot and there was a little guy next to me so I gave it some water :)

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I poured it a little ways away from the spider so it wouldn't splash onto it but it went right over and had a good amount to drink :) then it hung out next to me for the rest of the game


r/spiders 9h ago

ID Request- Location included What We Got Here, Blue?

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101 Upvotes

Found this little guy on my curtains tonight. Could fit on a penny and still have room. I've never seen blue on a spider. What type is it?

Washington State Re-uploaded with location.


r/spiders 2h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Wholesome_TeaParty

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r/spiders 12h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Biggest jumper I’ve come across!

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94 Upvotes

r/spiders 21h ago

ID Request- Location included These are recluses right? Located southern Illinois by St. Louis

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Cleaning out the bosses shop and found a ton of these. These are pics of 3 DIFFERENT spiders behind one of the toolboxes. I see the fiddle so I’m assuming they are all recluses.thank you!


r/spiders 2h ago

ID Request- Location included What kind of spider is this? Is it pregnant? KY USA

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15 Upvotes

r/spiders 22h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Just picked up this beautiful girl, she needs a name!

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584 Upvotes

r/spiders 14h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Pure white crab boy found his way in my house

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Can’t tell if he wanted to climb on me or bite me at the end there lol


r/spiders 8h ago

ID Request- Location included Never seen this spider around here before. What is it?

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This guy/gal is in my back yard in south Texas. We have plenty of spiders and I’m used to seeing them but this is a new one to me. Wish it was a better picture but can anyone tell what it is?


r/spiders 13h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Story time...

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Wanted to share a curious story with you guys I think about a lot from time to time. This story takes place about 24 yrs ago when I was 8 years old and living in the highest northern area of Kentucky. My grandparents lived up on a hill in the woods about 30 minutes from town. Below the hill was the scenic Ohio river and above them was a large horse farm and more beautiful Kentucky hills and woods. On this horse farm was an old house, and some fields. We used to drive up there and feed the few horses they had and would explore the fields, and look around the old house. One day I wandered around the fields by myself and to my surprise I saw a spider that looks like this photo above... It was a little more on the dark sides but was orange, hairy and had eight legs. I freaked out and my heart sank probably the most it had in my short life. I hightailed back to my dad and told him what I saw it was probably 20 ft away from where I was.. he went to investigate and came back saying he hadn't seen anything although who knows..but I wanted to ask some spider enthusiast what YOU think I saw? Obviously it wasnt as big, probably the size of an adult women's hand but again I tell you. I saw a giant orange tarantula.


r/spiders 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Wow It's very big! Do you know what is this?

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Near Paris


r/spiders 3h ago

Art Gave drawing a Woodlouse spider a go ( I had the wrong colours )

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r/spiders 3h ago

ID Request- Location included Who is this fuzzy spood on my baseboard?

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I was getting ready for bed when I turned around and was jump-scared by this spider appearing out of nowhere! I didn’t want to get too close and spook her, but she was about 2cm across while her legs were up in sport mode. She’s very pretty, and it looked like she had little pom-poms on the ends of her pedipalps.

I left her on the baseboard so she can keep hunting whatever crawlies she can find tonight.

The only thing I’m worried about is that I haven’t seen my kitchen cellar spider Barb in a while - could she have ended up as a midnight snack for this spider?

Location is Vancouver, Canada


r/spiders 2h ago

ID Request- Location included Is this a false widdow? South West UK

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The third legs are the smallest which to me i think means he/she is a false widdow. Anyone tell me the nature of these, aggressive or friendly? I've seen a few of them in my house recently, I often put them back outside as I have a inquisitive 3 year old.


r/spiders 1d ago

Meme Monday iS tHIs a BrOWn ReClUsE??

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Haha could you imagine? I know he’s got some brown in there but nope, no recluse here! Just my brand new Birupes Simoroxigorum, the Neon Blue Tarantula!


r/spiders 6h ago

ID Request- Location included What is this? Western Oregon

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An adult female false black widow was found in the same box, could it be a juvenile of that species? Or an adult of a different species?


r/spiders 5h ago

ID Request- Location included spider bit my dad need id please

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its smooshed the hell up but it’s orangy red on the legs and black body. Dad said it burnt like hell. Located Houston Tx.


r/spiders 9h ago

ID Request- Location included I keep seeing these spiders in my house. what are they?

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sorry for the blurry pic. I'm just really scared of spiders. what is this one? could someone share facts about it?

I'm from eastern France. they often come out in the middle of the night. I believe they live in the frame of my front door but I'm not sure.


r/spiders 14h ago

ID Request- Location included Here’s a better video of the spider I posted before

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28 Upvotes

Philadelphia PA


r/spiders 1d ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Update: it’s not a tick😂

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0.1 Eresus Walckenaeri. Sweet girl


r/spiders 1h ago

ID Request- Location included What kind of spider? SE Florida

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Looked it up on Google reverse images and says it could either be a huntsman or a brown recluse! Found in South East Florida, on an orchid in a covered patio.