I have arachnophobia to begin with. Am I super lucky to not have been bitten by one of these yet, or very unlucky that I keep finding them on things I handle frequently?

Do not let yourself be fooled. It is merely playing dead. Very much alive. These widows are amazing actresses.

For the ones wondering, this beauty is a black widow located in the state of Florida.

Hi hi, just wanted to share a gorgeous lady!

I’ve lived here for years without seeing one, and suddenly yesterday I came home after work to see this massive beauty.

In fact, I was so excited I threw everything, ran inside and pulled my partner to see her!

The pics aren’t great bc I couldn’t get super close (didn’t want to scare her). But my gods I was SHAKING! I was blessed with my dream spider 💙

Pretty sure she lives in my bathroom, think I’ve seen her in there before.
Went to take a bath today and she was on the floor, legs up, looking at who knows what. Reminded me of some wandering spiders I saw in the Amazon years ago. Very cute. Very tough.

Anyway, I had a red light on in there and wonder if that threw her off.

woodlouse hunter spood. such an interesting cutie 🥰

BC Canada, i’m 100% certain this is a cat faced orb weaver (Araneus gemmoides)

this lil lady was fine last week, i’m posting here to ask “what the hellll???”.
i’ve NEVER seen a spider die like this.

she was fine, happy and healthy in the middle of her web a week ago and now she’s dead. she was still in her web when i found her.

her legs seemingly fused to her opisthosoma as a result of her death. she looks like she melted?!
she had a very hard exterior (much harder than average spider exoskeletons), so theres no way this is a moult- when spiders moult the previous exoskeleton becomes very brittle.

is this the result on an insecticide? parasitic infection? something natural that i’ve always missed?

if anyone can give me a lead id be very grateful

Just saw this big mama looking ready to pop ! She is almost the size of my hand, I’ve never spotted one this big before !

spider living in my passion fruit vine, seems very aware of me when I am nearby. I noticed it about 10 days ago, and It is getting larger, Located in Los Angeles. Very cute, but is it friendly?

Dont worry he was released

My mistake!

Orb weaver and house spider not into sharing the gutter.

sorry for the low quality photo! my mom sent it to me and it’s the only photo i have. i’m thinking striped fishing spider? but it’s hard to tell. can anyone confirm?

Was on vacation and got to see my fave spood.

Is my friend a boy or a girl?

who is this beauty? the Color was actually more orange but the phone cam could not capture it - this is Colorado - Denver Metro Area (high desert)

It's my first time posting here in this subreddit, I'm not that good at spider knowledge but what kind of jumping spider is this one suppose to be?

I'm not scared of spiders unless they either bother me or theres one that is considered dangerous in the same room as me, but other than that this fellow is far from scary.

i live in central texas, and i kinda like spiders, i think they’re cool looking and fun to watch so i usually let small ones chill when i see them but ive seen several spiders like the first one in my house lately, and its making me paranoid because the patterns look potentially dangerous. when i googled brown recluse (my first thought) there was such a variety of images i couldn’t really pinpoint this specific spider. The second one was just Really big and idk what it is at all but it’s freaky looking and i’ve got no clue what it is

thanks for any help in advance!

Sorry for the shaky video quality, I've been trying to get my phone to focus for 10 minutes so I could get a video. She looks like she's in a bounce house. Is this just for fun or does it serve a purpose

I think that's what I'm seeing here. I saw this guy this afternoon and thought it was really neat.

She showed up a few days ago and it seems like she's the reason my other girl is now not coming around anymore. (The other was a Brückenkreuzspinne)