What kinda spider is this?

[Bullneck 19200]

That's one of them "King of Animalia" spiders.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Scytodidae
• Genus: Scytodes
• Species: Scytodes thoracica

 

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

14 hours ago, Wiler77 said:

Not an expert, but I think that's part of the widow family (i.e. extremely dangerous). They can have all sorts of different markings other than the classic hourglass.

P.s. are you still alive?

 

You are on the right track. Its a male black widow. The females are the classic solid black, chunky body (no Vic), shorter legs. Plus the hourglass shape is on the underside of the abdomen for females. Those markings are on the top.

Males are less venomous, and less likely to bite, and don't make webs. You rarely see them, compared to the females.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21920]

That's because they've all been eaten after banging the female

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Not an expert, but I think that's part of the widow family (i.e. extremely dangerous). They can have all sorts of different markings other than the classic hourglass.
P.s. are you still alive?

He is…can’t speak for his son

[Wiler77 1567]

53 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

You are on the right track. Its a male black widow. The females are the classic solid black, chunky body (no Vic), shorter legs. Plus the hourglass shape is on the underside of the abdomen for females. Those markings are on the top.

Males are less venomous, and less likely to bite, and don't make webs. You rarely see them, compared to the females.

Good info.

It's a pretty damn cool looking spider.

[SquishMitten 10425]

I did not know that. Guess that means there’s no worrisome ladies around, so that’s good

[SquishMitten 10425]

And I guess I could just google, but that’s no fun. If they don’t make webs, how do they feed?

[WhatTheBuck 28797]

2 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

And I guess I could just google, but that’s no fun. If they don’t make webs, how do they feed?

Educating yourself is fun. You should try it. I googled it. I have your answer. I’m not going to share it with you. 

Edited April 2, 2022 by WhatTheBuck