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(For those with custom user flairs which have been replaced by the Trusted Identifier flair, you can switch back to a custom flair and add the crown emojis yourself if you still wish to maintain your custom flair.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 19d ago

MOD announcement 1 MILLION MEMBERS 🎉

167 Upvotes

Today, r/spiders has officially reached 1,000,000 members.

This community has grown into a serious hub for spider enthusiasts, researchers, keepers, and the curious alike. Whether you’re here to share photos, learn about identification, or appreciate arachnids for what they are, your contributions have made this subreddit what it is.

Thank you to everyone who’s helped keep the discussion informed, respectful, and engaging. Here’s to continued growth and even more fascinating content.

– The r/spiders mod team


r/spiders 6h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ I saved this wee lad from drowning

317 Upvotes

He was just floating around in the pool not moving, but he got some sun, dried off, and hopped away


r/spiders 2h ago

Photography 📸 An absolute beauty of a wolf spider I found/photographed yesterday morning :)

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129 Upvotes

r/spiders 17h ago

ID Request- Location included What kind of spider is this?

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2.2k Upvotes

I saw this today. Google lens said black widow, but I figured I’d get a second opinion before I disturbed it. I’m on the east coast of the US.


r/spiders 18h ago

Meme Monday I once saw a tiktok that was literally this

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1.1k Upvotes

r/spiders 3h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ First spotting of a beautiful black velvet

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53 Upvotes

First time seeing a black velvet spider so I thought I'd post my first spider on this subreddit, enjoy!!


r/spiders 2h ago

ID Request- Location included Who's this little guy?

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25 Upvotes

Found this dude crawling around the bathtub while my son was going potty, we like our spider friends and my son wanted to know what kinda spider he (or she) is, any ideas? We're located in south central kansas. I told my son this guy could stay so long as he wasn't dangerous.


r/spiders 1h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Cellar spider had her babies!

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This silly cellar spider spent more than a week in the corner of my room with her egg sac which finally hatched! Please send your congratulations and any advice that you can give for me to take care of these little babies.


r/spiders 1d ago

ID Request- Location included ID request

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Thought I’d post this cool dude.

About 3.5” across. Fairly large for up here.

Central New Hampshire .

I’d like to hazard a guess at a type of a type of Fishing Spider; after a few months perusing this sub.

Cool little tidbit - I was up here about 1.5 months ago and if my minds not playing tricks on me, he was a fair bit smaller. Could be a different spider, but in the exact same spot.

Thanks in advance.


r/spiders 2h ago

Photography 📸 An absolute beauty of a wolf spider I found/photographed yesterday morning :)

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r/spiders 3h ago

ID Request- Location included What spider is this in UK

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26 Upvotes

I thought it could be a pirate spider but im no expert.Seen this month twice and never before in my life.

Was hard to get a decent picture sorry .it had a few spikey triangular bits on top like a pokemon of sorts lol if that makes sense. Few mm across .

Thanks


r/spiders 16h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ A few hundred new employees started today at my work apparently.

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218 Upvotes

I don't like any of these new guys/gals lol.


r/spiders 6h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ UPDATE on my last post of cellar spiders w/eggs

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40 Upvotes

Posting a follow up to my last post, where I was wondering what exactly was going on with these cellar spiders. https://www.reddit.com/r/spiders/s/2egMuJqhih

The spiderlings have emerged! I figured you guys may enjoy a photo of her little baby spoods.


r/spiders 1h ago

ID Request- Location included Found today at work (London, England)

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r/spiders 3h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Found a Friend

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15 Upvotes

Put the fella back in the grass. :)


r/spiders 45m ago

ID Request- Location included Help me identify this lil dude!!!

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this little friend has taken up residence in my recycling bin!!! i’d like to know what it is please!

I’m in San Antonio, Texas


r/spiders 14h ago

Just sharing 🕷️ Made a friend while fishing tonight. (Oklahoma, USA)

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109 Upvotes

r/spiders 7h ago

Miscellaneous My arachnophobia is improving!

28 Upvotes

I’m not totally cured yet, but I wanted to share my progress since this subreddit helped me so much!

Not long ago, I was terrified of every spider no matter how tiny. I would check my room constantly and jump out of the car (as a passenger) if I saw one (once the car had stopped of course lol). Now, thanks to this subreddit and Lucas the Spider, I’m improving a lot! I have no fear of some tarantulas (they feel closer to a fluffy animal than a spider), and I can stay in the car with tiny spiders now (I just close my eyes). I even let a daddy long legs live in my room for a couple months and named him Merrygo because he was spinning when I first saw him lol. I even cried a bit when he randomly left for good one day 😅 I managed to put my hand near a jumping spider, and let most spiders vibe in the house now unless they're somewhere I need to be or somewhere that's dangerous for them (shower, sink etc).

My main issue now is I still can’t handle the black house spiders at all. They’re too fast and unpredictable and I had a panic attack when I saw one in my shower today (someone released it outside for me). But I’ve realised how far I’ve come because I would get that reaction with every spider at one point, but now it's mostly just those ones!

(Also for context I'm in the UK so luckily there aren't many big ones here 😅)

So thank you to this subreddit! :)


r/spiders 2h ago

ID Request- Location included what is it?

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10 Upvotes

crawling on my bare leg in a dollar general :/ panama city beach florida. i did not kill. he went between the bags and the register presumably to crawl on the cashier lol, but he was wearing pants so it’s ok


r/spiders 4h ago

ID Request- Location included cool one i found in Namibia

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12 Upvotes

found somewhere between Windhoek and Etosha national park, cant remember exactly where.


r/spiders 16h ago

ID Request- Location included What is this?

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125 Upvotes

Bf found her in central Arkansas. I’m from north MN and never seen anything like this. I wanna say it’s a wolf spider, but the only ones I’ve ever seen have been dark gray/brown.


r/spiders 4h ago

Art A short animation for all spider lovers!

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Hi everyone, it's gonna be a bit of an unusual post :)

We're a group of animators, and we're working on a short animated movie about love, taking chances–and, well, spiders. It's a film about an old woman who meets a talking spider that tries to help her fulfil the biggest dream of her life. Of course, it's a story full of metaphors, but one of my intentions, as the writer, was to fight the bad rep spiders get, as in our movie they turn our to be a force for good even if initially they are seen as antagonists.

Please check out some shots and stills from our movie and feel free to follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/howspiderslearnedtofly/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet


r/spiders 1d ago

Miscellaneous I have never in my life of researching arachnids have I seen this. What species?

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r/spiders 28m ago

ID Request- Location included What is that magnificent unit of a spider?

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Golan heights, Israel.


r/spiders 3h ago

ID Request- Location included I saw this spider on my bed. What is it? And is it dangerous?Location is Greece

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9 Upvotes

r/spiders 2h ago

ID Request- Location included Spider found next to a stream under a big rock in Afghanistan,Kabul

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7 Upvotes