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Red strips on either side as well, big front legs. Don’t know what kind it is.

A guy points a flashlight into the web of a very lucky spider!

This spider built a cobweb in a spot where there are a lot of flies and mosquitoes.

You cannot see it very well but it has a pattern in its butt. (Sorry I dont know much about spider terminology)

Also, can you feed it flies?

Thanks

Butte County California. Larger spider looks to be female argiope aurantia, but what is the smaller spider? Is it a male or something hunting the female (maybe something from pholcidae)?

Either way, they made a tasty snack. This came up on Nextdoor, and i don't have any better pictures.

That’s a spiders shed right? Is that the spider up top or is the one closest to the shed currently shedding? I know nothing about spiders😭

Mineral county West Virginia

Southern California, this was in my cabinet this morning. It is about the size of a quarter and its abdomen is pretty long. Any ideas what it is?

Sorry for the not so good pics. It was hard to get close without destroying the web. Just curious who this little pest control guy is. Like the title says. In Utah on my back patio. It is quite the Webber and has a good little tunnel built. I fed it a little meal worm from my tarantula snack jar. It’s a bit of a big feeder but it handled it like a champ.

Located in MA

Found on a spare mattress in my ground-level basement as I was trying to bag up the mattress for storage. I know it's unlikely to be a recluse because they're not established up here but we have received a few deliveries recently so I wanted to check before I released him back into a crevice to continue his job as pest control.

Two rather plump noble false widows in my window and one of them is chowing down on this large moth.

Buckinghamshire, England.

Reached into my backpack and this guy ran out across my hand. Looks like a brown recluse to me, can anyone verify that? I’m in Arizona.

This male steatoda nobilis just absailing down the fascia on my house waiting to capture his favourite prey a passing homo saipens 😁

Location :Co cavan Ireland

I found it in my backyard while I was letting my dogs out. I live in the American Southeast. Thank you!

I've seen this guy on the ceiling floor and wall in the kitchen, he's prob doing a lot more work than I notice but I barely ever notice flies!

Houston area.

Found this spider a few feet up the wall of my brick front doorstep in the suburbs of Memphis, TN. There are stacked rocks, mulch, & a Hinoki Cypress within a a few feet that would be great to make a home in or underneath. Also, wasps nests & bugs that tend to get further up the wall around my porch light that stays on. This spider would take up most of a large palm in circumference & was very hairy. Its camouflage colors were more vibrant & satin-sheened than the photo shows.

I'm so sorry to announce the loss of our beloved Larry. Mother, protector, and guardian of the Methadone Clinic. She is survived by her many, many children who now inhabit the corner above the sink, myself, and the other dosing nurses. I don't have any idea what happened, she was above the sink just yesterday when I was setting the alarm to leave. This is how I found her this morning :( RIP

Central coast/California

About 3”-4” long. Not super aggressive but it was a cooler day. I am in a residential neighborhood but it is surrounded by fields. I don’t spray insecticides and have a substantial alligator lizard population but have never seen a scorpion here. Would like to know how concerned I should be for my pets and little ones playing in the yard.