what kind of spider is this
By cmecu6
@cmecu6 (420)
United States
April 9, 2011 12:28am CST
Does anyone know what kind of spider this is? I stumble on to it earlier and I thought it was a widow, but I looked up widow and they have a red diamond like strip, this one has white. Should I be worry that there are more?
2 responses
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
9 Apr 11
I believe that is a Tegenaria domestica spider or Tegenaria agrestis spider (hobo spiders) which means a house spider. Eek it was too scary to look up but I did so with one eye closed. lol
According to the article they are not dangerous says their bites are not dangerous. Here is the article:
http://greennature.com/gallery/spider-pictures/callobius_spider.html
@cmecu6 (420)
• United States
12 Apr 11
It looked like they are different spider. The one that I have, the body is round and its legs are not hairy while the house spider is more oval and the legs are hairy. I think I've seen these spiders around too! Also the ones they mentioned that jumps.
Thanks, I'll keep searching...
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
12 Apr 11
Oh my G that was too scary. lol I looked it kind of briefly but you are right it does look like your pictured one.
@speedy1279 (2665)
• United States
9 Apr 11
Did you happen to check the belly of the spider? That is where the hour glass shape will be, not on his back. Also, there are more than one kind of widow. There is the Northern black widow, the southern black widow, the red widow, and the brown widow. From what I read on a couple of different sites on brown widows they can have white markings. But I was unable to find another spider picture that looked like yours. I hope you are able to find out what kind of spider this is. Good luck!
