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(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair.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

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1.9k Upvotes

Any idea what might have happened? I found him crawling on my wall. Almost scared me to death cause I didn't realise it was a spider with missing legs.


r/spiders • • 6h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ An update about Lady Ophelia, my 7 legged huntsman roommate.

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237 Upvotes

It's kind of cute how small she made herself here. No, she's not a pet, she just moved in and decided to stay here.

She's much lighter than when my old cat used to sleep on my lap while I worked, at least!


r/spiders • • 19h ago

Photography 📸 The weirdest spider I’ve ever met

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809 Upvotes

A broad-headed bark spider (Caerostris sp)

Have you seen one before?


r/spiders • • 17h ago

Art The Blue spood

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253 Upvotes

It's a labradorite pendant 💙


r/spiders • • 19h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ 💀 Just sharing 🕷️

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372 Upvotes

r/spiders • • 17h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ This little Spineback Orbweaver put her egg sack on my spiderweb Halloween decoration.

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209 Upvotes

She couldn't have picked a better spot! Does that kind of make it a real spider web? Sorry it's not the clearest photo.


r/spiders • • 10h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ She’s weaving her orb

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51 Upvotes

My nightly visitor. Hentz orb weaver


r/spiders • • 5h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Just wanted to post this Joro pic my wife took... All to see a male creeping up on the female while she's (the spider) sucking the juices out of her prey. She chased him off a couple of times. Looks like he finally had some success. It was delightful to watch!

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16 Upvotes

This was in Japan near Jodokahama Beach


r/spiders • • 18h ago

ID Request- Location included Who's this cool looking fella I found?

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163 Upvotes

Near Houston, TX, USA


r/spiders • • 13h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ 💛 Found On A Jumping Spider

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52 Upvotes

Also if anyone knows if they're a male or female I'm curious to know 🕷


r/spiders • • 6h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ The elusive “Folding Door” Spider and her heartbeat

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14 Upvotes

Antrodiaetus pacificus found in Washington State. This one is an adult female. While photographing and filming her I noticed her heartbeat! Ever since I learned how these spiders disguise their burrows I see them literally everywhere. They have to be one of the more common outdoor spiders in my region but because they’re exclusively subterranean, they seem rare. The exception is the males sometimes appear this time of year as part of their mating season at night and the early morning. They’re exceptionally cold hardy; I’ve seen the males marching around in the high 30s and 40s without much issue which is pretty exceptional for Mygalomorphs, at least, in my experience. And for those who see its bulk and are wondering, yes they are related to tarantulas as they belong to the same infraorder (mygalomorphae). Their fangs fold down just like tarantulas and posses only two spinnerets. They get their name from their unique trapdoors which fold with two “doors” instead of one and they pile up clay rich soil and debris on top which is how I’ve been finding their burrows by the dozens.


r/spiders • • 9h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ lovely little dark fishing spider

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24 Upvotes

i think it’s a male (?) bc of his lil boxing gloves (pedipalps!) although they’re not super apparent in these pics.

also sorry they’re not better, i don’t have the macro lens on my phone 😔


r/spiders • • 11h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Look At Her Go to Work

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30 Upvotes

What do you guys think? Could this be a Funnel Weaver?


r/spiders • • 2h ago

Photography 📸 Happy October, it seems the Halloween Decorations have come to life! Last photo for scale.

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6 Upvotes

Carolina Wolf Spider. They’re so big!!!


r/spiders • • 3h ago

Discussion Please help identify this jumping spider

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6 Upvotes

Found him on my car in Tucson AZ it’s very friendly very active


r/spiders • • 9h ago

ID Request- Location included South central Kansas. Hogna Carolinesis?

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19 Upvotes

My 7th graders found this guy in my science classroom today. He’s our new class pet. Any idea on the species of wolf spider? I’m going to get a large tank with dirt to keep him in.


r/spiders • • 4h ago

ID Request- Location included Dark fishing or wolf spider?

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Hey there from michigan! Found this guy in my garage as he slowly crawled out from under a bookcase. Wondering what he is!


r/spiders • • 5h ago

ID Request- Location included Anyone know the species of my new friend? (Northern British Columbia, Canada)

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r/spiders • • 1h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Fascinating ant-mimicking spider from Indonesia

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• Upvotes

r/spiders • • 3h ago

Discussion Any idea of who this pretty one is

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4 Upvotes

I was looking around for some cards (Pokémon if it matters lol) and she wasn’t there i promise you (this is in my room under my bed also my 3rd post here lol)


r/spiders • • 12h ago

ID Request- Location included Found a spider i never seen before

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21 Upvotes

Found it on a pallet in North Eastern Oklahoma

Very cool looking


r/spiders • • 1d ago

Discussion Can someone explain why?

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1.1k Upvotes

Curious of reasons why the spider may not have gone for the weevil


r/spiders • • 2h ago

ID Request- Location included What spider is this?

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3 Upvotes

Found in the Coastal Lomas System in Lima, Peru. About 1.5cm wide. Is this a black widow?


r/spiders • • 2h ago

Spider Appreciation 🕸️🕷️ Wolf spider(?)

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3 Upvotes