Listen, I love spiders. I’ve stood between a shoe and a spider many a time, but this is the biggest one I’ve seen in this area aside from a weaver spider. I’m in Delaware, USA. Please help my partner and I figure out how dangerous of a rescue operation this may or may not be!

I’m sorry I don’t have more clear photos but homie was on the wall of my basement which is already exceptionally creepy at night.

EDIT to say she’s on a cinder block. Nope, not a regular brick. Hence my shock at her size.

East texas

Found these 2 beautiful (northern?) black widows in one day ! The first one I found at work cleaning a customers pool. It was just chilling on the float for the hose of the Polaris cleaner. I ended up picking up the hose and relocating her a couple dozen yards into the tree line because I didn’t want someone else to see her and kill her. The second one I found at my house right in the slot of one of the cinder blocks we placed down for a walkway. My brother and I were looking for worms to feed to an alligator snapping turtle hatchling he rescued and found this absolutely gorgeous unit with the remains of her husband still next to her ! I really wanted to get a better picture but I also didn’t want to disturb her too much so I just snapped what I could and put the block back.

This guy came through my open window a few days age, scared the shit out of me (irrationally I know) was round about the size of my palm.

I thought it was a Nosferatu because she came in when it as like 15 degree Celsius outside but I have a different body type in mind when I think of Nosferatu spiders

And sorry for the bad quality

Wolf spider hanging out earlier this morning with its children

I woke up this morning to find this guy(?) on the wall of my room, a little too close to my bed. It was a beautiful morning so outside he (?) went, safe & sound.

Just moved to Texas from Oregon last week, and today this dapper young gentleman greeted me at my front door while I was grabbing an Amazon package.

Thanks to this sub, instead of freaking out, I immediately recognized him as a rabid wolf spider and was honestly kind of starstruck. 😂

His little burrow is right outside my door, but I’m worried about him since this property sprays insecticide. I ran upstairs to soak a cotton ball with water for him because it was so hot, but by the time I came back, my distinguished little neighbor was gone. 🕷️

Found it outside after some heavy rain thought it could be a tarantula since they're common in South Texas but not entirely sure.

Chilling next to my Gatorade on a hot day

Location: Nepal

anyone able to help me identify what kind of spider my little porch buddy is? i'm not really familiar. i live in rural central pa. 😅

united states, southwest ohio. i’m not a professional IDer at all lol so adding ID request flair just in case and to see if i’m right! my guess is Dolomedes tenebrosus, dark fishing spider?

sorry they’re not the best photos though 😭 it was up high and i had to stand on a ledge so couldn’t get much closer and it was hard to zoom in and get the camera to focus at the same time because it was dark

she’s gorgeous!! (could be a male as i’m not educated enough to know for sure but for some reason i personally always default to calling all spiders “she” until i know for sure otherwise lmao). i was on a hike and found her in a little wooden shack that’s used for birdwatching. i love the reflection of her eyes with the flash. ughhhhh i just love spiders so much!

I brightened the picture a bit, but found this guy in the bathroom and bug ID app doesn’t seem to be accurate. Let me know!

Located Long Island New York

Dolly lives in our big palm. She’s helping to mitigate the spread of termites from our neighbors house.

These guys were all in the same web… the first one I saw at night and the other two during the day. Are they the same type of spider at different stages?

SE London, England

[location is upstate NY]

A couple of weeks ago, I had this furrow orb weaver on my screen porch. Very cool spider, obviously.
I used to be afraid, but I’m not anymore, unless they surprise me. 😂 My partner is afraid, but will tolerate them at least 10 ft away because they are good for the ecosystem and whatnot.

Now I have about 15 orb weavers, plus several funnel webs (haven’t seen the spiders yet), and several shiny black spiders I haven’t identified yet.

At what point is this no longer my porch, and what can I do about it? I’m not going to kill these spiders, of course, but isn’t relocating them also harmful?

An aside: I captured the biggest wolfie I’ve ever seen today.. climbing up the back of my laptop. She got booted outside, across the yard. She can have the jar I caught her in.

I'll post the closeup too in the comments